Archive for the 'librarians' Category
Shush!?
May 3rd, 2008SPLAT: “If it is an old cliche, but we still shush people at our libraries, are we doing it as a joke, or do we really mean it? And even if we’re shushing people as a joke, do the customers think that? The customers do not want to be shushed, so maybe we should all [...]
Annual convention of naughty librarians
March 9th, 2008on Flickr
More here.
Librarian Dress Up!
February 27th, 2008Librarian Dress Up! - “Now it’s time for Librarian Dress Up! Simply drag the items of clothing with your mouse and they snap right into place!”
Emerging….
February 26th, 2008LSJ Editors’ Blog - “Do you have a colleague who is doing innovative research? Have you met someone at a conference whose blog you read daily because it inspires you to think in new ways? Has a classmate come up with a creative solution to address a current problem in your local library? If so, [...]
Unfortunately Named Librarians?
December 28th, 2007Michael Golrick - “I’m wondering if there is a list of unfortunately named librarians?”
I don’t know of any. Readers?
findingDulcinea - Librarian of the Internet
November 27th, 2007They’re kidding us, right? The last time I checked, this was not 1995.
As far as I’m concerned, there is only one Librarian of the Internet and one Internet Librarian. Heh.
Librarians Still Fighting
November 2nd, 2007Ellen Nakashima - “A little-remarked feature of pending legislation on domestic surveillance has provoked alarm among university and public librarians who say it could allow federal intelligence-gathering on library patrons without sufficient court oversight.”
Hey Dave, Over Here!
October 17th, 2007Dave Winer - “The metadata is generated by librarians, and we don’t as yet have our own librarians in the blogosphere (though some might disagree).”
Dave used NYT taxonomy to create a list of popular keywords and phrases used behind their articles. The list is updated once an hour.
Dave’s a great guy. [...]
Too Traditional?
October 9th, 2007Francine Fialkoff - “Nearly 13 years after LJ’s groundbreaking report on job satisfaction, “Are You Happy in Your Job?” (LJ 11/1/94), the latest survey, touted on our cover, reveals some fundamental concerns about the profession, especially your willingness to loosen the “tight reins of tradition.” (via)
Articles I Love To Read
October 7th, 2007Charlotte Hsu - “The college librarians’ job has changed immensely. In one generation the librarians’ world of shelves piled high with printed books, encyclopedias, magazines and scientific journals has given way to Wikipedia , pdfs, e-books and digital periodicals.”
See? It’s possible to write articles about librarians without resorting to stereotypes.
Fighting Crime
September 16th, 2007Jeri Krentz - “You’ll need a calculator to count the number of days Margo Fesperman has spent inside the Mecklenburg County jail. With a master’s degree in library and information science, she manages the jail library system. Fesperman’s mission, as she says, is to “fight crime with literacy.”
Not a Librarian?
August 27th, 2007Palm Beach Post - “The American Library Association went in search of a 100-year-old librarian this year to help celebrate the centenary of American Libraries, its professional magazine. Instead, it found Frieda Greene, part-time staffer at the Boynton Beach City Library. “I’m not a librarian!” she tells you straight off. You have to have a [...]
Librarian Shortage?
August 15th, 2007AP - “Communities, public schools and universities along the Texas-Mexico border are having a tough time finding and keeping librarians. Offering an average salary of $37,000 for a job that requires a graduate degree, public libraries are competing with corporations that need research specialists and can pay much more.”
Poetry Librarian
August 11th, 2007Seattle Post-Intelligencer - “To answer the question, “What is the point of poetry?” Sara Wingate Gray is traveling the world as an “itinerant poetry librarian.”
She’s got a blog too.
Approaching Users
July 31st, 2007On E-LIS - “Fearing the library dragon : Why librarians should approach users instead of waiting for them.”
It takes many things to make a good librarian
July 29th, 2007A list.
Good Librar* PR
July 23rd, 2007Candace Lombardi - “Chances are you are buying, subscribing to, or stealing something you can get for free with a library card.”
Also: Gary Price is all over the Web today.
Librarians Blogging And The Birth Of Library 2.0
July 17th, 2007Rohit Bhargava at DMW Daily - “Techies and geeks are not just finding their homes in startups from the valley working on the next social network or broadband-streaming-TV-over-the-Internet solutions. They are also landing into roles like “Digital Branch & Services Manager” at libraries and finding ways to bring information to more people more easily. [...]
Don’t Mess With Librarians
July 13th, 2007Or, just don’t use the computers in the library ig you don’t want to get caught..
What Do Librarians Do?
July 9th, 2007Caveat Lector: “[T]he next time some brainless style reporter shows up to play image games. We say no. We say “you write about what I do at work, or you don’t call me a librarian in your article.”
Best Reaction to Silly NYT Article
July 7th, 2007On Twitter, Jennpb.