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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Librarianship’
14 May
I’m a Twit
So, I finally gave in and registered for Twitter even though I really do not understand the practical purpose of the tool. I mean I understand what it’s for – telling people what you’re up to at every minute of the day – I just don’t know what it does for a shy guy [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
8 Feb
library links of the day
I’m so far behind on these “of the day” posts. I’ll start this one off with a fun clip from the Star Trek animated series:
via Librarian In Black
And now the links, focusing mainly on Library 2.0, library humor, and all of the above.
The essence of Library 2.0? by Meredith Farkas [...]
11 Jan
Library Links of the Day for 11 January 2008
On being in bed with Google by Paul Courant (Au Courant, 11/4/07) – a response to the criticism of the University of Michigan Libraries collaboration with the Google Book Project. Some of my earlier posts on this topic include Boston Athenaeum Lecture Series: Libraries and Copyright and Library Trick or Treat.
Pew Internet & American [...]
27 Dec
Library Links of the Day for 27 December 2007
I’m on holiday break thanks to my union so I’m not thinking too much about library work right now, but here are three interesting stories I’ve culled just for you!
Ten Stories that Shaped 2007 from LISNews (12/20/2007). Here are my contributions to four of the stories:
10. Movie Review of The Hollywood Librarian & Attack [...]
17 Dec
Library Links of the Day for 17 December 2007
Striving to be “container neutral” as a Librarian by Laurie (Laurie the Librarian, 11/22/2007) via Librarian in Black – “Container Neutral is defined as choosing the best format for the information source based upon needs not upon a goal to collect resources in a particular format.”
A Treatise on the Black Market of Holds by Sarah [...]
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