“For all the creativity and innovation that goes into making (some) Hollywood films, there are also a lot of ideas that get recycled time and time again. I’m not referring to stock characters or the sequalitis that hits multiplexes every summer. I’m talking about the basic building blocks of storytelling that are ingrained in the […]
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100 Must-Read Books For Men
Whenever one of those “100 Books You Must Read” lists come out, I'm always a bit ashamed that, even as a former English major, I find that I've barely read any of them.But now, finally, a list where I have read, well, about the same proportion as any other “Top 100 Books” list. 100 Must-Read […]
Five Really Crazy Ideas for Public Libraries
I'm at the SLA conference right now and, inspired by all the great sessions, here's a list of some ideas for wild, outside-the-box ideas that public libraries could do to draw more people and attention in their communities. Some of these are ideas that I came up with, some I found online and some are […]
10 Ways The Internet (As We Know It) Will Die
In roughly a decade or so, we've gone from the Internet just entering the general public's consciousness to being ubiquitous and something most of us pretty much take for granted. We expect wireless Internet connections for our laptops every where we go, we post to Twitter and receive Facebook updates on our mobile phones, we […]
Ten Common Misconceptions To Social Media Adoption (And How You Can Respond)
Some of these suggestions could be very useful in a library setting if you're trying to encourage movement towards more technology-based solutions and are feeling resistance from colleagues and/or management.Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond – ReadWriteWeb(PS – I've had this link kicking around for a LONG time and […]
Americans (and certain Canadian library bloggers) Love Lists
(via Cenobyte B.)
Randomness from the ALA e-newsletter and elsewhere
I may have mentioned before that the person I'm replacing at work is a member of ALA and, since he had his subscription to their e-mail newsletter, “American Libraries Direct”, coming to his work e-mail address, it's been forwarded to me for the past year. I don't get to look at every issue but have […]
Free-Range Parenting (aka "Parents These Days!")
Shea's on a mommy board (er, an online message board for moms if that's not clear) where they're currently having a discussion about “free range parenting”.This is the idea that you should allow your children lots of freedom to explore, learn and become self-reliant (ie. presumably the way that many of us grew up.) From […]
10 Things Every Adult Should Know
So I've had this list of “10 Things Every Adult Should Know” kicking around for a few weeks, never sure when to post it. I really like a lot of what the guy says…8. You have no right to be proud, unless you did it yourself. That goes for anything from racial pride to patriotism. […]
Top Five Reasons Why "The Customer Is Always Right" Is Wrong
Part of the reason that some librarians prefer to call patrons “customers” is that they believe in ideas such as “the customer is always right”. But here's a good list of Five Reasons Why “The Customer is Always Right” is Wrong. We run more than 3 million people through our books every month. One or […]