Monthly Archives: July, 2008
“The Disconnected”
There’s a downright important article in this month’s Library Journal that everyone — and I mean everyone – should read: “The Disconnected: Who these 3.8 million people are, and why libraries need to help them”
From the article,
Ultimately, these factors create insuperable economic and social challenges for this group that we, as librarians, cannot ignore. Beyond [...]
For the love of lo-tech
I firmly believe that the post-it note is one of the single greatest inventions of the twentieth century, if only because I couldn’t make it through a normal workday without them. I scribble — notes, call numbers, library card numbers, to-do lists, personal reminders — all over them, both at home and at work, and [...]
Road Trip! – Hall County PL
About a month ago, my friend Susan and I paid a visit to the newly-built Spout Springs branch of the Hall County (GA) Public Library. In terms of design, it’s a very impressive building. The library manages to incorporate a number of features, including study rooms, a fireplace, an expansive quiet reading room, and what [...]
TV and the Internet
“If television’s a babysitter, the internet’s a drunk librarian who won’t shut up.”
– Text of a sticker available through the Cat and Girl webcomic store.
I also like the one that says, “My other car is a Pynchon novel.”
Privacy 2.0
I love it when blog posts incorporate video! I don’t think I’ll ever get into exclusive vlogging, but I do enjoy the YouTube videos or blip.tv clips that people sometimes include with a blog post.
Anyway, Jessamyn West got snagged by Library Journal and was asked some questions about privacy, the (to some people) fetishization thereof, and the role [...]