The “news” that a sizable minority of the population doesn’t read books appears scary, until you turn it around. A thousand years ago, well over ninety percent of the population worked a long day and went home to stare in the fire all night. Now three out of four people read, and the rest are [...]
Tags: This and That
These are my del.icio.us links for August 22nd:
Tallahassee Democrat - Allen apologizes - Then he put a FOOT in his mouth…
The Menu @ Clusters & Hops - Advised this was one of the best desserts in Tally
Lots of Librarians Can Keep Stuff Safe - 8/15/2007 - Library Journal - My articleabout LOCKSS in LJ.
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Yum, yum, yum, I seriously love my local public library! I’ve lived all over, and let me tell you, that’s not always the case. Some libraries have lousy collections, some are disorganized, some have mean staff… but I get to Tallahassee and I see a library that does the absolute best with what it can [...]
Tags: Librarianship
I put up a CommentPress version of my NASIG talk from May 2007 (which now feels extremely old and stale, but never mind — it links to my Library Journal article about LOCKSS, among other treats I’m sure you’re slavering for).
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(Added 8/26/07.) Last night I had a confusing dream involving a house in Sonoma [...]
Tags: Vast stupidity
These are my del.icio.us links for August 21st:
Libraryman » Blog Archive » Disco Dancing for Peace in the Biblioblogosphere - Michael Porter and (in drag) Michael Gorman, disco-dancing. Ok, maybe it’s not REALLY Michael Gorman in that red halter dress… gosh, would LibraryMan do that???
Garden Offices choose a Hut Garden Office. -
The Reader Online [...]
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These are my del.icio.us links for August 20th:
weather.com - Blog: The Weather Channel on weather news, hurricanes, tornadoes & meteorology -
Computers in Libraries 2008 -
Hard To Tell If Wikipedia Entry On Dada Has Been Vandalized Or Not | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source -
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These are my del.icio.us links for August 19th:
Popular Search Words < Searching the Web in the Yahoo! Directory -
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It has taken me a while to admit this — to really feel it in my bones — but what many writers say is true: the longer I do not write, the harder it is to begin writing again, and conversely, the more frequently I write, the faster and better I write, and the less [...]
Tags: Writing
LimeSurvey.org - The Leading Open Source Tool for Online Surveys - Bug and Feature Requests
(tags: survyes)
Amazon.com: The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina–the Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist: Books: Ivor van Heerden,Mike Bryan
(tags: Katrina storm hurricane)
Desert Storm: An Arizona Library Dumps Dewey - 8/1/2007 - School Library Journal
Brian Kenney points out [...]
Tags: Uncategorized
These are my del.icio.us links for August 18th:
Oriental Rosewood Jewelry Box -
Costco 8′ x 12′ Studio Guest House W/ Floor Kit -
John Edwards Calls Ann Coulter “She-Devil” - Well, if the shoe fits…
Desert Storm: An Arizona Library Dumps Dewey - 8/1/2007 - School Library Journal - Brian Kenney points out what was really [...]
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