May 2013
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“Until it has been read, a book is, at worst, a jumble of signs on the page, at...”
– Phantoms on the Bookshelves by Jacques Bonnet
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April 2013
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Smaller Books
sunshinegames:
Today I helped a family new to the United States get library cards. After giving them the rundown on what a library membership means, I showed the kids the children’s area. The mother told them they could each check out two books. The smallest child, a girl of seven, picked out two small board books.
“Are you sure you don’t want a picture book?” I asked her, showing her a few new...
March 2013
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techdirt: How PeerJ Is Changing Everything In... →
calimae:
One of the best summaries of the problem with academic publishing that I’ve seen:
Has there ever been a business more ripe for disruption than academic publishing? For anyone who’s not been following along, the business model of academic publishers, built on solving 18th century distribution problems, incarnates the Shirky Principle: that “Institutions will try to preserve the problem...
February 2013
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Successful Performance Metrics for Measuring...
youtastelikenachos:
Okay so this is something I think about a lot and something I’ve kind of rallied against since I began doing library programming is the notion that an increase in attendance is a reflection of how well a library’s programming is doing. To rely on a mere headcount is silly because if you keep growing, you’re eventually going to have trouble with parking and over-scheduling....
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5 Ways You Can Help Your Library Right Now →
libraryadvocates:
1) Dust off your library card and actually use it – check out books, ebooks, DVDs, anything.
Attend library programs. And once you’ve done these things, be vocal about it! Tell your friends and neighbors how the cool things that are provided by the library (you know, in case they forgot). Word of mouth is essential when it comes to library promotion.
2) Write to your local...
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Vincent Van Gogh: The Letters →
I’m in an XML and TEI workshop, and Jen Weintraub just mentioned this incredible site. I’m amazed.
“Tell me about Barbara Gordon!”
– And the award for my favorite reference question of the year goes to the adorable boy who “used to be three but now [is] finally four,” who loves Batman, who had heard rumors about more bits of the bat family, and who wanted to know more. I am always happy to oblige. (via librarianpirate)
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megaparsecs:
I know I don’t need to defend Star Trek as A Thing on tumblr of all places, but sometimes it just hits me how much fucking influence science fiction can have.
Like, this is an old one most people already know, but your cell phone looks the way it does because the engineers who created the technology grew up watching Star Trek!
It’s a silly show, especially TOS. TOS has an ep...
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As 3-D Printing Becomes More Accessible, Copyright... →
ex-tabulis:
Perhaps of interest to those who have a Makerspace in their library.
Ooh, I definitely need to add this to my portfolio’s issue paper.
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Overcoming Instruction Stage Fright →
ex-tabulis:
I don’t know how many of you keep up with the Hack Library School blog, but they do a great job posting interesting articles for lib schoolers and new professionals (I think experienced librarians would find their posts interesting as well!). This post is all about what to keep in mind while instructing students (and other groups). Julia mentions five main things to keep in mind:...
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“Imagine an Internet where unseen hands curate your entire experience. Where...”
– The Rich See a Different Internet Than the Poor: Scientific American (via ehbeesea3)
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Belarus Official: Document Dissolving Soviet Union... →
infoneer-pulse:
The powerful Soviet Union may still exist after all — at least on paper.
Former Belarusian leader Stanislav Shushkevich says a historic 1991 document that proclaimed the death of the Soviet Union is missing from the archives.
Shushkevich discovered that the document was gone while working on his memoirs. He said he believes it was stolen — possibly by a former Belarusian...
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January 2013
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Hey librarians, do you find yourself compulsively... →
ala-midwinter:
thelifeguardlibrarian:
PC Sweeney has a challenge for you—whether you’re conferencing this weekend or not.
Librarians on deck!!!
TOO REAL.
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"ala-midwinter is now following you. OMG!"
I won’t be there :(, but say hi to my internship co-workers/twice-weekly lunch buddies from SCELC if you see them!
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Star Trek at the Online Archive of California →
Favorite reference question of the night so far! The researcher was looking for the Gene Roddenberry Star Trek Television Series Collection, 1966-1969 at UCLA, but I was surprised by how many results there were for “star trek” overall.
Others of note:
the Ron Moore [of Battlestar Galactica] Collection at USC
the Contemporary American Comic Book Collection, ca. 1962 - ca. 1994 at...
December 2012
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“It’s time for libraries to begin producing for themselves what they can no...”
– Bryn Geffert (great name), Amherst College Librarian, Amherst College to launch first open-access, digital academic press devoted to the liberal arts | Amherst College (via yayitsrob)
Ohhh.
(via thelifeguardlibrarian)
November 2012
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“If I could identify one thing I’ve learned from the experience of teaching this...”
– Interview with Maria Accardi, Instructor on Critical Pedagogy in Library Instruction
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“As far as I’m concerned, when you suppress a minority from your library...”
– Boolean Berry - LGBT pride and libraries (via contrarylibrarian)
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Librarian Wardrobe: Call for Papers!
librarianwardrobe:
Librarian Wardrobe is putting together a book on librarian style, stereotypes, and image, and we want you to contribute your research.
Perceptions of librarians is the current zeitgeist in the library community. Hipster librarians have become a common human interest piece in the news, sexy librarians are pervasive, and reactions are mixed. The topic of librarian stereotypes and...
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thelifeguardlibrarian:
cakesandcourage replied to your post: Nearly every time strangers (and sometimes friends and family) find out I’m going to school for an MLIS, they want to know how libraries are going to change because of the Internet and ebooks.
My stock response: “What have librarians always done? Helped to separate the signal from the noise. What do we do now? Help separate the...
