It happens nearly every week: a day or two after an MFA student hands out a piece for other students to critique, the all-class email arrives with an apology and at least one correction–sometimes to errors of fact, sometimes for typos. I’ve done it myself once or twice, but I finally decided that the errors […]
LiB tagged me, so here I go! I Googled around and noted that the meme had morphed here and there. Four jobs I’ve had in my life: Spine-label scribe, jet engine mechanic, aircraft maintenance officer, digital library manager Four movies I could watch over and over: The Fisher King, Desk Set, It’s a Wonderful Life, […]
AL Direct is a new newsletter produced by American Libraries. It’s the kind of email newsletter I really like: newsy, colorful, interactive, and fun to read. Yes, I do prefer some newsletters by email, when it’s the best medium, and AL Direct joins CostCo (yes, CostCo), Sur le Table, Williams Sonoma, the New York Times, […]
The new ALA newsletter, AL Direct, runs polls every week. Results of the January 25 poll: Should ALA Council pass a resolution condemning the Cuban government for its imprisonment of dissident “independent librariansâ€? YES………….70% NO…………..30% (112 responses) Now, 112 is about 2/3 the number of people on Council. So is this poll driven by the […]
Rochelle Hartman provides more color for the Codrescu kerfuffle. I appreciate Rochelle stating that Codrescu changed her thoughts about the 2005 Council vote. That event has been so distorted by so many different people in so many different ways that it’s worth revisiting. Here’s the Midwinter 2004 nut graf, as my journalist friends say: brave […]