Wonderful news! As posted on the almost-blog of library-related Hurricane Katrina news that American Libraries has been running continuously since before Katrina struck, and as shared by other sources from within the NOPL Diaspora, the main library and key archives of New Orleans Public Library appear to have survived Katrina quite well. Below is a […]
It’s very up in the air whether ALA Annual will take place in New Orleans next summer, as scheduled. While ALA hasn’t changed plans yet, we all know, deep down, that this has to be an item of discussion within Executive Board and at the very highest levels of the association. I don’t know what […]
Are these Banned Books Week bracelets not completely irresistable? Kudos to ALA for this great idea. And how timely–it’s only 43 shopping days til my birthday! I will print off this entry and casually leave it on the dining room table… ALA Wrote: ——————— To help raise awareness that books continue to be challenged, ALA’s […]
Here I am at Council 3, feeling fat, tired, and poor… but bravely holding the colors for LITA. The LITA blog has been fantastic! Go read all the yummy techno-library goodness and leave your own thoughts. I’ve had a really good conference and loved meeting so many librarian bloggers. A big, big thanks to OCLC […]
A day before departure, I’m rattling between tasks such as “find sparkly black dress for GLBTRT gala dinner” and “test spell-check and advanced search on hidden server and try reverse sort on internal search.” Meanwhile, in Blogville, I’m closing this week’s FRL survey at 5 p.m. PT today so I can comment out the survey […]
I just explained myself a little better in the post on Top Tech Trends. Thanks for keeping me honest and real… it’s easy to fall into inscrutable geek-speak. Bookmark to:
Update: I agree with the assessment (shared in msbosh’s comment, below) that I wrote this post in Computer Klingon without enough emphasis on more fundamental technology issues. I’m adding some clarification. ———— I’m cautiously opening comments on this post, and will watch the resources on the evaluation server Dreamhost has parked me on. You’d do […]
O.k., here’s the deal for wi-fi at McCormick Convention Center, for those of you attending ALA Annual in Chicago: You can buy wi-fi through ALA for $25 for the entire conference, June 24-June 29 inclusive. (Where? How? I continue to plead for details. Stand by.) Or you can buy wi-fi directly through the Convention Center […]
Wow, what a great tip that almost-ALA-president-elect Leslie Burger has a blog. I believe it’s possible to be technically literate, a good leader, and not have a blog. But I love that she grasps her role as communicator and is flexing her blog muscle accordingly. (I supported Christine Hage for ALA president, and only regret […]
(Note: I did change the title of this piece, from “terrorize” to “get busy,” though in my comments I indicate why I’m not entirely comfortable with that. In truth I had issues with using the word “terrorize.” It bugs me that I did, though.) Don’t quit ALA over Michael Gorman. In fact, if your membership […]