It’s good to hear (other) library administrators blogging, particularly Michael Golrick. But he’s overwrought about the resolution Council just passed on free expression. The resolution doesn’t tell chapters what to do. It reaffirms ALA’s policy within light of recent threats to free expression. It couldn’t be any milder in terms of direction without “dumbing it […]
I agree with Library Dust that the Chronicle of Higher Education (or so it likes to call itself) screwed up in publishing a pseudonymous editorial about job candidates whose blogs interfere with their employment options. Hiding the author was just plain sleazy. Also, “Ivan Tribble” appears fairly clueless about the blogging world–a bad sign in […]
You know about the other neighbor–Jerry Garcia, I refer to him mockingly. But I haven’t written about the neighbor on the other side. It’s just past sunset and cooling down in Palo Alto. The patio is quiet and dark; I can just make out the bright green coleus and the white roses, but the darker […]
I’ve been doing technology-related presentations for almost fifteen years now, and thought I’d stop to tell you what I like best when I do presentations. 1. When early on in the arrangements, the library, without any prompting from me, connects me with a tech guy or gal who holds my hand on the room setup. […]
Biblioblogosphere: the loose collective of librarian bloggers Biblish: library jargon (with thanks to RLG) The Big O: OCLC, a huge “nonprofit” FRL: Free Range Librarian (this blog) LibraryLand: the world of librarianship MPOW: My Place Of Work YPOW: Your Place of Work To be continued… Bookmark to:
About a month ago or so, I subscribed to WritersMarket.com. I’m going to stay subscribed, which is its own nod of approval. It’s a writers’ resource with fabulous things going for it, from a scrupulously-maintained database of listings for thousands of publishers, agents, magazines, newspapers, contests, script markets, and other specialty writing fields, to the […]
So I was avoiding doing a read-through on the rewrite of my latest essay and catching up on Hurricane Dennis, because, you know, maybe it will move across the United States and hit Palo Alto. Ed Cone’s blog pointed to Brendan Loy’s blog, and as I was studying his interesting pictures and analysis I caught […]
I’m deep into a revision of an essay due next Saturday morning before the rooster crows, but browsed the blogs long enough to see Ken Leebow crooning over his new Treo 650 and asking for ideas. I use my Treo for so many things, but they aren’t unique. Email, calendar, contacts, reading blogs while on […]
Apparently Steven Bell likes to position himself as controversial, or perhaps he likes to be a “curmudgeon.” Have you ever noticed that curmudgeons are always male? But I digress. To me, Bell’s recent LJ piece about the Obama keynote, now circulating the blogs, was as refreshing as warm, sour milk. Pardon me, Steven me laddie, […]
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