Monthly Archives: March 2007

Audiobooks and Access to Information for Canadians with Print Disabilities

Flickr user American Graffiti (Shannon LaBelle) FlickrMailed me to ask permission to use a picture of some talking books I took. Little did I know it would end up in such a nice looking presentation.

I love seeing flickr listed in her references

Rogers, C.R. (Dr.) (2006, June 22). Record Player [1952 model]. Flickr. [...]

lego sofa~

Wouldn’t this look great in a YA or YS department? 350€ from Italy.

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stop disasters!

No, not your hair on a Monday morning. Natural disasters! If you have some time to spare, check out Stop Disasters which is a joint project of the UN and International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

Each scenario is a different location with a specific natural hazard against which you must protect a village or [...]

if you must have signs about noise in the library…

…make them like this. Clever, humorous, and polite. Signs like this are the best because there’s added value. The reader takes something else away from the sign other than the primary message.

Kudos to Rochelle for the inspired sign. See her post “Library Flyer: It goes to 11″ for her [...]

don’t use this as a training video

Here’s a goofy German car advert that takes place in a library, posted partially because it is slightly funny and partially because the librarian is so damn mean. How’d we get that reputation?