Library Stuff

The Prairie Spinner blogs about our fun conversation.

You know, my post-conference session on cool tools was one of the highlights of the show for me. I had so many great conversations with other librarians and we all learned from each other. How very social of us.

Did you catch the Los Angeles Times story on gaming? I was contacted by the journalist, but declined an e-mail interview because I always get misquoted. Well, while the piece did not misquote me, it does make me look like an old curmudgeon.

Oh well, no harm, no foul, right Tbone?

I like this quote:

“Sadly, like in the example of the older generation not being able to read when books first were invented, the same goes with Videogames when some people like this guy from the older generation somehow can’t be bothered in learning how to play “these darm” videogames.”

I’m officially old. And after today, I feel old.

CNET News.com – “Google is extracting quotations for politicians and celebrities from news sources and featuring them at the top of the Google News results page for certain searches.”

Towson Times – “Once best-selling service overtaken by competitors”

Courthouse News Service – “The Clark County Library District and the Friends of Southern Nevada Libraries are no longer friends. The library system seeks an injunction to stop the nonprofit from taking its money elsewhere.”