I’ve set aside technolust as a subject for an entire post on ALA Techsource, but now that the whistle has blown (and before tonight’s next station of the cross), here are several other thoughts I shared very early this morning before Movable Type ate them: Stubbornness. When I hit our first budget crisis, in 2002, […]
Meredith Farkas wrote a post about skills for librarianship that has received well-deserved praise from many corners of LibraryLand. I’d like to add to this list a little–and challenge one comment. Based on my own experience and what I have observed for the last fifteen years, here are a few more skills you need: Cunning. […]
Chris Rose at his ALA Booth Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. Chris Rose, Times-Picayne reporter, whose columns about life after Katrina are collected in the must-read, must-buy book, 1 Dead in Attic. I heard him at a reading Sunday night, and this guy could read tax forms and make it all funny and new. He’s not […]
My OPAC Sucks button Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. I confess I did this in part to tease Steve Lawson. But if you agree your opac sucks–hey, say it loud! This, to me, is teeshirt-worthy… Bookmark to:
My librarian trading card Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. Finally got around to doing this, once I realized I could use the Simpsons picture to create it. I might add more to the card, but this was a fun start. Bookmark to:
ALA Committee Form Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. So I just remembered someone had recommended me for an ALA committee… dug around for the email… filled out the form, and got to the bottom, which states: “PLEASE NOTE: ALA will be the copyright owner of any work created for the committee. The undersigned assigns to ALA […]
L2 Friendly Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. How about you? Bookmark to:
100_1240 Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. I went to the Sunset Magazine annual open house today, a marvelous event in Menlo Park, and due to bizarrely unseasonal rain, it was… soggy. The rain pounded down, visitors huddled under tents (such as were available), and vendors looked forlorn. But every time I engaged with a vendor, to […]
Pals in the sun Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. This is how I feel these days–it’s slightly illusory, since I have to finish my major project (and I have a revision of a revision to turn in next week, as well). Has it been almost two years since I started the MFA? How it has flown. […]
First bud of spring, originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. This was such a rainy spring that it’s as if we were back east again: it’s late April, and I have just spied my first bud. This is on Dazzler, one of a dozen fragrant miniature roses I have growing in pots on our patio. Bookmark to: