I’d like to point everyone to the new blog ricklibrarian. Rick is the Head of Adult Services at our library and loves to read. From his page, it is:
a review of books, websites, movies, or anything worth reviewing with comments about libraries and librarianship
Rick writes thoughtful reviews for the library, so I know [...]
The Delft Public Library (yes, in Holland) has joined the flickr group “Public Libraries.”
Side note: Check out the openbare bibliotheek delft website. It has an RSS feed, it has a great color scheme, I’ve seen no other library website look so hip (tho it is a bit broken in firefox). [...]
Thursday I attended a presentation by Jenny, see the title above. I brought by laptop and blogged a play-by-play of the action, but haven’t posted it because her presentation will be online as soon as she recovers from the nasty bug that seems to be going around the Chicagoland area.
Instead, I think [...]
I got a few emails asking, “What’s not to get about Ranganathan?” so I thought I’d proffer some info about my graphic. In 1989 an art student started a sticker campaign with this image [click for big]:
Throughout the 90s the image became somewhat of a skateboard/graffiti culture trope, was plastered everywhere, and inspired [...]
When I started library school I thought that the “reference interview” was something librarians made up so they’d have something to write articles about. Was I ever wrong!
I really enjoy seeing the way reference transactions unfold. The neat thing about doing reference via IM is that you’re left with a record of [...]