Monthly Archives: April, 2008
High on Reader’s Advisory
Actual conversation at the Help Desk with a customer (girl between the ages of 13 and 16) from yesterday:
Me: Can I help you?
Customer: Yeah, you know the books Glass and Crank?
Me: Yeah, did you want to know if we have those in?
Customer: No, I already checked and they’re not, but I was wondering if you [...]
What happened to the riot?
Don’t worry, it didn’t go away. Well, I did go away so that I could focus a little on final papers and projects (two more A’s for the report card), and I also took some time off for a well-deserved vacation.
But the good news (if I can say so myself) is that I’m back. [...]
Riot Rule #3: “Snarky = bad.”
Not to echo a previous post too closely…
… but snarkiness and sarcasm really won’t take you that far.
And that’s coming from me, of all people.
Muxtape
I’m a music lover. Like, a huge one. So I was really glad when my friend Mel turned me on to this site called Muxtape. It’s basically selections of playlists that people have compiled and submitted for sharing with the world. I’m not really sure what it’s like from the creator-end, [...]
Adaptation
I have a soft spot in my heart for children’s literature. Even if it can seem naive, there’s often wonderful pearls of wisdom for adults in pages meant for children. I came across this particular pearl last night in Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for True Blue Love by Patricia Martin. The [...]
Under the Rainbow
Tami Albin, a librarian at Kansas University, is working on an oral history project chronicling the lives of non-heterosexual people in Kansas. The collection will be called “Under the Rainbow: Oral Histories of GLBTIQ People in Kansas.”
Discovered via LISNews.
Napoleon III and the public library
This is interesting. Rory Litwin at Library Juice shares a piece about the rise of (and resistance to) public libraries in France during the 1860s. I especially love the use of phrases like “hotbeds of propaganda and political intrigue” and “dangerous or subversive theories.” Kinda makes me wonder what Paul Boudet would [...]
Riot Rule #2: “Be inclusive.”
“Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten.” — Lilo, from Lilo and Stitch
One of the things that I truly love about my job is the spectrum of people that I get to work with. Public libraries, almost more than any other institution, are uniquely positioned to help people from all [...]
Thanks, Meg!
A very special “thank you” goes out to my friend Meg (on the left), who generously gave (donated?) a one-year subscription to a Flickr Pro account for Library Riot. Thanks to her, Library Riot will (hopefully) be Flickring all over the place now!