Young babies and toddlers can sometimes be loud in the library. They scream and run around, often disrupting real patrons’ placid library experience. Parents have no control. These little menaces really have no place in our buildings. NO BABIES OR TODDLERS IN THE LIBRARY!!
Is there any library that would dare post [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
no babies in the library!!
29 Apr 08 – 2:08 pm
walking paper scraps
16 Apr 08 – 5:35 pm
→ Zkimmer
Browse magazines with Google Maps controls. It actually works pretty well.
→ The hours of operation are perhaps not the sexiest aspect of a library website, but they are nonetheless a “killer app,” providing a small, crucial bit of information for your users. Great intro to the article Using Google Calendar to Manage [...]
v. important reference item
9 Apr 08 – 9:42 am
The CIA’s library has a copy of “Danger Man” aka “Secret Agent.”
originally uploaded by goppenheim
P.S. I did some spy work on my own and noticed that the CIA’s holdings appear to not be in worldcat.org. Huh.
iLike the iSchool
8 Apr 08 – 7:49 am
Last Friday I had the honor of giving the first talk in the newly resurrected Margaret Chisholm Lecture series. Over 100 LIS students, alumni, and faculty spent a portion of their evening talking about the read/write web with me. LIS on a Friday night? My kinda folks for sure. I even [...]
Gaming (& Gadgets!) Night at Computers in Libraries
2 Apr 08 – 11:01 am
What: Gaming (& Gadgets!) Night
Where: CIL 2008, Jefferson Room
When: Sunday, April 6th, 5:30-8:00 pm
How much: FREE
Who: You and other people interested in gaming
Jenny Levine and I have given a few gaming workshops at past Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian conferences. After the sessions we’ve opened up the room to anyone interested [...]
