It's fascinating to think about the relationships we have with our colleagues in this digital age compared to how it was in pre-Internet (or at least the Jurassic era of the Internet – the years around 1995 or so). Back then, you would become colleagues at University but then, it took an extra special effort […]
Continuing yesterday's trend of posting items long after their “best before” date, here's a press release from the Canadian Library Association summarizing their second annual survey of challenges to materials in Canadian libraries.Oliver Twist, The Golden Compass and Rolling Stone magazine were among the library materials challenged by Canadian library users in 2007, according to […]
Ross Dawson, a business consultant who tracks different customs, devices, and institutions on what he calls an Extinction Timeline, predicts that libraries will disappear in 2019. He's probably right as far as the function of the library as a civic monument, or as a public repository for books, is concerned. On the other hand, in […]
You know it's a hard core list when the Library of Congress only ranks an “honourable mention”. Ranking the World's Best Digital Libraries
Thanks to Heather M. for forwarding this to me… Message from Terry Epperson, chair of PLG’s Braverman Prize committee Hello – We’re pleased to announce the fifth annual Miriam Braverman prize, sponsored by the Progressive Librarians Guild, for the best student paper on progressive library issues. Below are the guidelines for the prize. The announcement […]
From Books to Beers and Stacks to Snacks (Leap Year Edition)”You Work An Extra Day This Year – Why Not Celebrate The Fact?” Come to O'Hanlon's at 1947 Scarth St. — we'll start at 5 pm on Friday February 29. RSVP on the event page. Spread the word far and wide — especially to others […]
TechCrunch recently had a story about a new study which found that lower-income people tend to prefer Yahoo! and higher-income people prefer Google. (Shea's reading over my shoulder and goes “That's funny – I didn't know anyone preferred Yahoo!”)Anyhow, that made me think about the “Everything You Wanted To Know About the Internet (But Were […]
If you're an MLIS student or recent grad, I encourage you to enter this contest. (I can't tell you how much fame and fortune I've gained by being a runner-up last year! That does remind me – I better spend my CLA gift certificate for free swag before it expires!)— Dear Students: CLA is […]
Inspired by Barb's request for the toilet paper rolls pictured in my last entry (unfortunately, that was a borrowed picture from Flickr so I can't help out with that), I'll put out this question…One of our branches had a sign up requesting empty used Kleenex boxes be donated to the library. I assumed they were […]
Hmmm…it doesn't seem to require that you be a librarian, only that you are willing to join CLA for the duration of the term on the jury (which is a 5 year commitment with a requirement that you read ~100 books per year. I've done nearly that for a book awards jury once but doing […]
