Some anonymous blogger stole LII’s name, and LIS Blogsource immediately posted this blog without stopping to ask, “gee, is this name familiar?” I am in close contact with LII leadership, and they advise me LII is not responsible for the six-post blog (which should be immediately apparent when you read the introduction). My guess is […]
As noted earlier, Michael Stephens recently posted some guidelines for bloggers. I’ve been turning the issue of 21st-century netiquette around and around in my head, particularly after a recent incident where a librarian in need of attention flamed me repeatedly on a professional list. I signed back on that list, but it concerns me that […]
A May 28 press release on the ALA site advises us that ALA and Walgreens are “partnering” to “bring Medicare information to libraries.” Although corporate partnerships can play a positive role for ALA, it concerns me that the Walgreen “partnership” places ALA (and participating libraries) in the role of uncritically promoting the Medicare Drug Discount […]
A library patron and self-described “activist” (in this context, presumably, also a euphemism for “jerk”) has been banned from the library for a year for using the “f-word” in an exchange with a librarian. It wasn’t his first altercation. Good for the director to stick up for her staff and enforce reasonable standards for conduct […]
See: http://www.tametheweb.com/ttwblog/archives/000255.html Very good guidelines all around! Bookmark to:
An update on the wireless issue. Some folks had wanted to know why ALA couldn’t buy this for everyone, or why Only Council was getting this “perk.” That’s because this is a maiden voyage for ALA and they want to get it right. (Remember how you kvetched at the minor problems when ALA launched e-voting […]
Did anyone else open Amazon this week to find they had a “Plog?” “Your Amazon.com Plog is a diary of events that will enhance your shopping experience, helping you discover products that have just been released, track changes to your orders, and many other things. Just like a blog, your Plog is sorted in reverse […]
John Berry of Library Journal recently wrote, “I am troubled when I read all the whining about flaming and ‘inappropriate’ comments on the various discussion lists to which I subscribe.” He encouraged librarians to let it all hang out, and scolded lists where informal rules of conduct preside. I was reminded of his words this […]
At my work place, we have a lot of change afoot. (One of you had once commented that I should link to “my work place” from my entries, and I think I’ll go back to NOT doing that, thanks very much.) Contracts fluttering left and right, deep discussions with programmers and other gurus, workplans, and […]
Not much to blog, since I’ve been plowing through work and resting up with good books late at night. I’m alternating between Fenton Johnson’s Geography of the Heart and Frederick Taylor’s Dresden : Tuesday, February 13, 1945. I had read Johnson’s book years ago, and was pleased to see it on the reading list for […]