Monthly Archives: May 2008

chained toy

Found in the children’s section of the Bibliotheek Den Hague. I couldn’t believe it.
Much more to come!

library pictures from barcelona

This morning I had the honor of giving the opening speech at the 11th Jornades Catalanes d’Informació i Documentació in Barcelona. It was my first talk with an interpreter and I entered the room in procession with the Catalonian Minister of Culture. Wow. To be honest, all of that made me a [...]

brainfood at your fingertips

What’s the best way to come up with a name for something on your website that you’re not sure what to call? Ask the website’s users. The WCCLS did just that regarding the its subscription databases/other electronic content after first labeling them “Periodicals.”
The responders chose the term “Online Resources” as their [...]

walking paper scraps

→ First there was the Aargh Page, a cool infographic of the word’s spelling. Now we have even better graphs for Oh Shiit and Daamn.

→ citation needed shirt

→ earbud JACK keeps your headphones untangled

not a box

Ok, so the *last* thing I ever expected to blog about is a children’s book but I came across one in the library yesterday that I liked so much I want more people to know about it. It is titled Not a Box and is about a little rabbit with an active imagination. [...]