Author: Brandon Sanderson Title: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Publication Info: Scholastic Paperbacks (2008) ISBN: 9780545024938 Summary/Review: Another audiobook I downloaded based on title alone from the public library and one that shows that Young Adult literature is far ahead of grown up fiction for imagination and creativity. Alcatraz Smedry is a teenage orphan with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Librarians’
28 Sep
Banned Books Week 2010
It’s Banned Books Week again where we celebrate intellectual freedom by reading and highlighting books that have been banned, challenged, or otherwise suppressed. Usually I pick out a banned book or two to read but I’m behind the curve on this one and haven’t even finished reading a book I started a couple of weeks [...]
1 Sep
Library Blogs
I keep hearing that Library Blogs are a thing of the past, something I’ve been hearing since I started following Library Blogs about five years ago. Luckily, just like the frequently misreported death of libraries themselves there are many Library Blogs alive and well. I follow dozens of them in my Bloglines feeds. Coincidentally, today [...]
25 Jan
Return of A Day In a Life of a Librarian
Back in July, I participated in a web-wide librarian event entitled Library Day in the Life. This event was created by the terrific librarian-blogger Bobbi Newman to allow people who work in libraries to share the great variety of work we do with students, patrons, and fellow librarians. For more on what I do, check [...]
29 Jul
Book Review: Rex Libris: I, Librarian
Author: James Turner Title: Rex Libris: I, Librarian Publication Info: San Jose, Calif. : SLG Pub., [2007] ISBN: 9781593620622 Summary/Review: Rex Libris is a tough-as-nail librarian now several eons old fighting to protect knowledge and make sure books are returned on time, even when they’re held by intergalactic space creatures. This comic book/graphic novel is [...]
27 Jul
A Day in the Life of a Librarian
Librarians everywhere are signing up for the Library Day in the Life project as a way of showing what we do to fellow librarians, library school students, and anyone curious. I missed out on this the last time it occurred so I definitely wanted to participate this year, especially since I’ve been looking for ways [...]
19 Feb
library links for 19 February 2008
To start things off today a fun Sesame Street clip, “No Cookies in the Library” (via the new WorldCat Blog): And now a couple of links about reading and writing: Resources for Book Suggestions by Brian Herzog (Swiss Army Librarian, 2/14/08) – an exhaustive list. Information Overload: The Blogger’s Worst Enemy and 8 Ways to [...]
16 Feb
Peter Brantley Lecture
The following are notes I took at a lecture I attended recently by Peter Brantley. The notes are a bit scattershot since Brantley spoke fast and I had trouble reading my own handwriting. I was impressed that he referred to a lot of current articles in his talk, so I’ve linked them where ever possible [...]
11 Nov
Sesame Street @ Your Library
Posted by Liam in Ideas, Opinion & Commentary. Tagged: Events, History, Holidays, Librarians, Libraries, Sesame Street, Television. Leave a Comment
This is part two of my tribute to Sesame Street on its 40th Anniversary. Sesame Street is an educational program for preschoolers with one goal to help children begin to learn to read. As a result they’ve been a boon to my profession with sketches that make the library look like a fun place. Of [...]
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