Here's a goofy idea I had for a fun (yet embarrassing) entry… I've been going to public libraries since I was a kid. I've visited libraries across country like they were tourist attractions (which I guess means that they are – at least for me!). I've just finished my Master of Library Science degree. And […]
For many library users, the OPAC is the source of connection to their library – how they find books, movies, CD's, etc. And it's a well-known issue in libraryland that OPAC's frequently aren't all they should be, something that's increasingly in the spotlight because of how much better Web 2.0 sites like Amazon and LibraryThing […]
My dad has a heavy old, four-drawer metal filing cabinet. When I was a kid, that filing cabinet was one the most fascinating things for me in our entire house. Many times, when my sister and I would play school or store, the filing cabinet had a part in the story. And it's probably not […]
To combine this as both a baby and a library-related post, I'll go back to an entry from a couple weeks ago where I talked about my favourite presentation from my year in library school which was on the topic of online broadcasting. One of the main points I discussed in the presentation is how […]
John M. did a post about Michael Gorman after hearing about one of his books on my blog. To keep the cross-blog dialogue flowing, I thought this might be a fitting time to post a comment I made about Gorman on our “Advocacy in Libraries” message board. I posted the following on the week we […]
US News names their 25 Best Careers for 2007 and Librarian is right up there – although we get a “C” rating for both “job outlook” and “prestige”. (Physician’s assistant on the other hand…)
Mike M. responded to my “Top 10 Memories of FIMS” post by suggesting I should write a library screenplay (noting the beautiful irony of doing a movie rather than a book.) Here is my response:“Party Girl” didn't really do it so I think there's still room for a really good library movie – either a […]
AskMetafilter recently had the following question posed which led to some great discussion.Did libraries (public and university) stop requiring people to be quiet in the last few years, or is it just me?At home on a recent break, I tried studying in a number of public libraries and found that most were noisier than the […]
“Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.” – Jean Anouilh, Ardele“We can and do spend too much time worrying whether librarianship is a craft or an art, a job or a profession, irrespective of whether it is one or the other, all or none, librarianship has three major values: service, intellectual freedom, and preservation […]
LISNews.org names The Top Ten LIS Stories of 2006 (via Stephen’s Lighthouse) The list is a bit tech-heavy and a bit US-centric but otherwise, provides a good overview of the year in libraryland. (That's kind of a goofy phrase but since a prof used it recently, I've started using it too!)I didn't do this when […]
