The World’s Fastest Librarian, a film made by and for librarians. Coming soon to a conference near you (maybe?) but you can view the trailer on Google Video
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Manifesto of Avant Garde Librarianship
How did I miss this manifesto in the past?
10. We must recruit those who have no investment in things as they are, the future will be for those who will create change without loving it; those who perceive the joy of creation behind every destruction.
[thanks jason]
obit: Margaret Osmond, 98; librarian who lived flamboyantly
I can only hope my obituary makes me sound like as cool a librarian as Margaret Osmond. [thanks mom]
librarian finds peace, leaving New Orleans
Just got an update that New Orleans Public Library resumed circulation of books today at the Nix and Hubbell Branches. Weekly bloggish updates of the recovery efforts are on this page. This all, however, just a feel good intro to this heartwarming librarian story Evacuated librarian lends hand, finds peace
When Xavier University’s library director decided to leave New Orleans hours ahead of Hurricane Katrina, fate put him on the road to a mutually beneficial relationship with a library miles away.
the plural of manifesto is?
I’ve liked the idea of manifestos since I started rattling the idea of an OPAC Manifesto a ways back [it was a wiki before everyone had a wiki, and I didn’t like being a wiki-mom so now it just has a page]. Michael makes the link between the ILS Customer’s Bill of Rights and Jenny’s new proposal the Online Library User Manifesto. For anyone who considers the Cluetrain Manifesto essential reading — my copy is the only book in my boudoir currently — this is a logical extention. If, as they say, “markets are conversations” then libraries are big loud boisterous and lively conversations, and we’re all part of it. Jenny’s manifesto delightfully contains links to people who are getting it right, behind her no nonsense declarations like “I want to know how your library works.” I’d even bring this out further and change it to “I want to know how our library works.” Who wouldn’t?