Monthly Archives: August, 2009
Small Strokes
The new (well, new-to-me) blog Small Strokes is the newest addition to my Google Reader. While it’s not library-related, issues of politics, gender, and sexuality have always interested me, and they can certainly inform how we, as librarians, implement our services and design our resources.
Anyway, I’m not trying co-opt or hijack Ashley’s project, but I do [...]
Live baby dinosaur @ GCPL
Why yes, a baby Tyrannosaurus rex did visit my library today.
Poem for the day
Anyone who knows me knows that I like poetry.
A new wrinkle in the brain
Lost among hair and context
Only seen in the last autopsy of your life.
Read (and enjoy) the full text of Permanent Marker, written by Rick Stoddart.
GCPL Link Roundup
For anyone who’s following the action in Gwinnett County, here are some links of interest.
Gwinnett Daily Post, 8/8: “Library to begin new schedule. Branches to be closed Sundays, Mondays”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 8/9: “Tough times take toll on Gwinnett libraries”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 8/11: “Gwinnett to close Dacula branch to staff new library”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 8/12: “Dacula library branch [...]
Tweeting in the dark
It’s a reality of the social web: the more we put ourselves online, the more our personal and professional worlds overlap — sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad, and sometimes it’s just just uncomfortable.
I haven’t personally experienced any drama or anything like that, but my Twitter account has been going through an identity crisis. When [...]