Free Range Librarian

The ALA Wiki has some good tips, and provides links to several other collections. Here’s my gathered wisdom:
* Don’t assume you’ll have ubiquitous web or email access; do assume that friends will have complications and crossed wires that a cell phone can help resolve. I always carry a short printout with my schedule and key [...]

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In the “Noticed by Muggles” Department, The Institute for the Future of the Book notes (approvingly, I assume) that the University of Pennsylvania library catalog is offering user tagging. My murky brain wonders if other libraries are doing this…
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Alligator

Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian.

Yes, that’s an alligator, and no, this isn’t Palo Alto. We’ve had a few mountain lions wander into PA, but no alligators… as far as I know.
I’m back from my Mystery Trip (in which Mrs. Rev. Dr. Free Range Librarian was [...]

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Ferreted out from ALA list traffic… I had heard there was an event planner survey but it is buried in the Event Planner (much as a survey buried in WordPerfect 6.0 might have concluded it was a successful release, since the only people who would find it were those who didn’t say “gaaaahhhhh!” and drop [...]

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Yet more supporting material for John Berry’s latest editorial: Jo Ann Pinder was fired. A Wandering Eyre notes that one of Pinder’s crimes was buying Spanish-language materials; I note her dastardly tendency to lavish her budget on popular reading. What was she thinking?
As is usually the case, it’s all a front for a right-wing [...]

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LII Teeshirt (men’s XL) and boxer shorts

Originally uploaded by LII.org.

I’m sorry, here I am disturbing the Veil of My Place Of Work, but we just got a rush order of the SWAG we’ve been developing for our new store, and I can’t STAND how CUTE [...]

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My OPAC Sucks button

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I confess I did this in part to tease Steve Lawson. But if you agree your opac sucks–hey, say it loud! This, to me, is teeshirt-worthy…

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My librarian trading card

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Finally got around to doing this, once I realized I could use the Simpsons picture to create it. I might add more to the card, but this was a fun start.

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I wanted to take a peek at the ALA event planner for the annual conference in New Orleans, just to see what else was happening 12-1 on Sunday, when Google is holding an event. They aren’t serving lunch so I wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing some other, equally informative lunchtime session where I [...]

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[6/19/2006: This is what's going forward. But it's definitely not too late for additions and corrections!]
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DRAFT MEMORIAL RESOLUTION FOR JOHN ILIFF
Whereas, John Iliff served libraries and the library profession with distinction and dedication for nearly two decades; and
Whereas, John’s humor, intelligence, and compassion for the challenge of learning new technologies inspired many librarians to [...]

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