Today begins a new semester. Being back in classes will hopefully save me from myself. People spend their free time in lots of different ways. I usually work on web sites. Changes to this site went pretty well, my other projects didn’t turn out as planned. In attempting to integrate Stephanie’s blog and photo gallery … Read more
I did pretty well on the test, the questions are pretty focused on American Library History, I’m pretty sure the questions I missed were the put Dewey and LC in the right order. I’m not that good of a cataloger. 🙂 Questions about the test, such as the right answers,can be directed here. Head Librarian … Read more
Library 2.0 is a nice buzzword, but what does it mean? Right now “Library 2.0” seems to be as well defined a term as “information society. Current thinking about Library 2.0 seems to center around library information technologies. But it’s more technology centered than people centered. New technologies are pointless if they’re not used. Michael … Read more
The DaVinci Institute – The Future of Libraries “We have put together ten key trends that are affecting the development of the next generation library. Rest assured that these are not the only trends, but ones that have been selected to give clear insight into the rapidly changing technologies and equally fast changing mindset of … Read more
Remember that senior at UMass Dartmouth who was visted by federal agents after he requested a copy of Mao Tse-Tung’s book on communism, “The Little Red Book”? Turns out he made the whole thing up. Made a great story though.
I seem to be finding really funny stuff at Librarian’s Rant lately. Here’s the latest. Don Saklad Orders A Pizza: A Play FYI: Don Saklad is a really weird interesting guy and so is his blog. Update: Haiku/Senru based upon the writings of Don Saklad
Via Librarian’s Rant and LAW-LIB. The Lovesong of A. Radical Militant Librarian By: Robert S. Ryan – 12/16/05 Oh, I am just an RML I’m militant. I’m radical. I plot to thwart the FBI When I am on sabbatical. I hold the most bizarre beliefs, Perhaps they are exotic – Due process, law and privacy … Read more
This memo has made about as many waves as the Hysterical Librarians by Ashcroft, but I haven’t seen an ALA press release about it yet. 🙂 And following in the footsteps of the Hysterical Librarians button there are also Radical Militant Librarians buttons. A red version just says Radical Militant Librarians (I got a few … Read more
Ok, so I’ve fallen off the LIS blogging bandwagon the last little bit…. To make up for it here are the top library related stories of 2005 from LISNews.
I created my own trading card to add to the Librarian Trading Cards on Flickr. I tried to use this Trading Card Maker , but it didn’t work quite right and I had to edit the picture a bit. Update: I’m also on the LISNews trading card
