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Workplace Intellectual Freedom
From an amazing piece in the September-October 2009 issue of Academe:
This unwillingness to engage academic and intellectual freedom within libraries has resulted in a serious bifurcation: such protections exist for the users of libraries and in building, maintaining, preserving, and providing access to library collections of all types, but they do not cross the desk [...]
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 [...]
Harry Potter and me
Let me start by saying, I’ve never read the Harry Potter books. (Please express your disappointment, shock, and anger in the comments.)
I have, however, finally seen all the movies. Last weekend, Mel and I did a marathon of the first five, before going to see “The Half Blood Prince” in theaters.
I have to say, I [...]
Flexibility in the classroom
Anna over at the blog First Conclusions is my new hero. She’s managed to provide in-house instruction in less than ideal circumstances and with less than optimal resources.
What I really like, though, is that Anna really manages to use what she already has, rather than complaining about what she doesn’t. The library’s wireless allows participants [...]
M & W : “The Insulting Librarian”
I hate to admit it, but this makes me laugh: a horrific caricature of the librarian stereotype, courtesy of Mitchell and Webb (via Ray).
A day in the life
No, not the blog meme – though that’s cool, too.
Just today, I’ve noticed a lot of librarians describing or commenting on their day-to-day professional lives. A few highlights:
* From the Library: A Morning in the Life of a Librarian (from the Daily News Transcript, via)
* Day in the Life of a Digital Branch Manager (by David Lee King)
* Cat and [...]