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13% of Library of Congress Materials Are Missing
Inventory control is a huge issue no matter the size of your library. But if your library is one the world's largest research institutions with 135 million items in its collection, the problems of the typical library get multiplied at an exponential rate. According to the article linked to above, the Library of Congress has […]
A New Name For Library Patrons?
One of the big ways that librarians amuse themselves is debating whether to call the people who come into their buildings “patrons”, “clients” or “customers”. (I wish I was joking about this. I'm not.) I happen to be firmly in the “patron” camp but do recognize that each term does have reasons why librarians choose […]
Would You Work At This Library?
Would you work for this library? I would in a heartbeat. (See the end of the post for the Internet company I cribbed this hiring manifesto from. I've re-worded it so it sounds like a library wrote it.)Our Library delights peopleIt is satisfying to work at a company that people love. When you wear Library […]
In Praise of the Family Change Room at the Cornwall Centre
I had a meeting in Regina this morning so took the rest of the afternoon off to do various “only doable during a weekday” errands in the city. One of the things we did which isn't necessarily a weekday-only activity was to stop at the Cornwall Centre which is Regina's downtown shopping mall.During the course […]
Yeah, But Who's #26 Baby? Oh…not me either.
A quantitative look at the Top 25 Library Bloggers provides some obvious ones, some new ones to check out and one massive glaring omission! (via the ALA's “American Libraries Direct” e-newsletter which is frankly one of the best e-newsletters I've seen in my life.) Also from the newsletter, I wants! [Edit: compare and contrast the […]
Five Things I Learned in Library School That *Actually* Helped Me & Five Things I Wish I'd Learned
Today marks the six month anniversary of me starting at Southeast Regional Library. It's hard to believe how time is flying – I think any job tends to go faster, the longer you're there and the more comfortable you get but this one, mixed with the new baby which also helps to make time pretty […]
Libraries gave us power/Then work came and made us free…
This is a wicked version of an awesome song (even the drunk guys singing in the audience don't ruin it – actually, they sort of add to the anthemic feel.) And I never really caught the power of James Dean Bradfield's voice until hearing him do acoustic versions of some Manic songs. (Thanks intrawebs!)
2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere
An annual survey provides a snapshot of the world of library bloggers. I don't think I filled this out when the call for responses went out so here are my responses:1. Male2. 31-40 years old3. Western Canada (survey methodology – she lists “Eastern, Western and Middle of” as choices for Canada. I know there are […]