“Quite a trick, being able to posture as a radical, while at the same time being fawned over by the mainstream media” says the Conservator blog about the recent AP wire story about activist librarians. I thought so too; Jenna Freedman and I are quoted heavily.
Category: librarians
but enough about open content, how about…
Librarians with giant calculators. I was treated very well at Internet Librarian. Their choice of speakers’ gift made many of us very happy.
More accolades for Sanford Berman
Sandy Berman is Nerve’s Crush of the Week. I’d like to think I had a little something to do with that. Congrats Sandy! [misseli]
why do librarians pay librarians so little?
Michael McGrorty’s blog post with some advance discussion about an article he wrote with Thomas Hennen appearing in American Libraries in October. I’ll jump to the conclusion for a pullquote, but you should read the whole thing. “[A]t the finest public library system in the nation, the starting salary, adjusted for cost of living, comes out to $12,833. That is simply a crime, and one that should be addressed by two parties: the management of the enterprise, and the leadership of the American Library Association”
how mdoneil got his cessna
Reason number seventeen to not mess with your librarian: They know the law and they do not tolerate any guff