Tuesday, December 27, 2005
OCLC is again hosting a Blog Salon at ALA, this time 6 p.m. Sunday. I’ll be there! Bookmark to:
Monday, December 26, 2005
Both of us cried near the end. As Sandy said, the movie was more spiritually moving than several years’ worth of Good Friday services. I had expected my mind to wander; the movie couldn’t be as good as the books, I told myself, and of course it wasn’t–but it was still very, very good, very […]
Monday, December 26, 2005
A number of bloggers are taking breaks right now, including one of my favorite literary blogs, Beatrice. I plan to take a short year-end break from Wednesday to Sunday. Library bloggers, take note: it’s good practice to announce a break, so that new readers know you haven’t give up on the blog but are just […]
Friday, December 23, 2005
Sure, make all the jokes you want. The couple times I held a golf club, I hurt myself. I never came close to hitting the ball. I really do not play golf. That said, if you play golf or know someone who does, you might consider placing a purchase at golfoutletsusa.com. I don’t know this […]
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Dan Walters, current president of the Public Library Association, has tossed his hat into the ongoing discussion about compensating speakers invited to present at ALA and divisional conferences. Walters’ response is predictable, but it’s not accurate. I call it predictable because the party line for the last several weeks has been that the glory of […]
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Courtesy of ALA President-Elect Leslie Burger comes this story of a small-town elected official who got his big red Rudolph nose out of joint because he received a “Seasons’ Readings” card from his local library director… even though the card (published by ALA, and gee, why didn’t I do those this year?) did include Christmas […]
Monday, December 19, 2005
My favorite scene in Fried Green Tomatoes is the over-the-top moment in the diner where the detective dines unawares on the barbecued remains of the bad husband killed in self-defense. “Secret’s in the sauce,” Sipsey keeps saying. Google yielded up a little search engine ‘cue today with its debut newsletter for librarians. Not surprisingly, Google […]
Sunday, December 18, 2005
What are the drawbacks of transparency and information? Can you really know too much about a contributor? Quite a few decisions about Wikipedia come from the strong personality of Jimmy (sometimes called “Jimbo”) Wales, who even after acknowledging in the aftermath of WikiGate that anonymous writers are a problem to be addressed, insists that user […]
