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 funny [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Libraries’
29 Jul
Book Review: Rex Libris: I, Librarian
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 [...]
3 Oct
Banned Books Week 2008
So, it’s Friday, and the ALA’s Banned Book Week is coming to an end and I haven’t posted about it yet. Thus, here’s my post and a reminder for you to go to your library or bookseller this weekend and get a banned or challenged book to read. And yeah, go in person, don’t be [...]
5 Sep
War of the Worlds video
Catching up on a request from a friend to share a promo video for the 70th anniversary of the War of the Worlds broadcast which will be held at the David Sarnoff Library in Princeton, NJ. This video is worth watching simply for the kickass theramin theme music. Sure the visuals are dull, but [...]
9 Jun
Idea: The Librewery
I’ve been mulling an idea for sometime of opening a biblio-themed brewpub called The Librewery. The Librewery would have a bar and a network of small dining rooms, nice little nooks and crannies, or “snugs” as they’re called in Britain. The walls would be lined with bookshelves filled with real books. In [...]
21 May
del.icio.us, Library Thing, and Twitter updates
Here’s how I’m using my social networking tools these days.
del.icio.us
When I first registered for del.icio.us I imported all the bookmarks from my browser and then didn’t use it for a year. I didn’t really need all those bookmarks so I cleaned things up by deleting them all. I also cleaned up and consolidated misspelled tags. [...]
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 course, even [...]
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