23 March 2007

This Week in Libraries

Here are some recent (and not so recent) pieces on libraries and librarianship:

I try not to bristle at the typical “libraries are behind the times” and “what can we learn from big business” aspects of this article and try to glean the positive aspects of how libraries can help the patron who shouts I Want [...]

23 March 2007

Friday Sillies: The Journal of Star Wars Research

In the not too distant future, one can expect the study of Star Wars to become a serious discipline in anthropology, arts, sociology and philosophy. Articles on Star Wars will be published in peer-reviewed journals and one will read things like this: A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope: Reconsidering Star Wars [...]