“Refuse to deal with life. Make it deal with you.” The World’s Strongest Librarian is full of good advice. Read more about library director Josh Hanagarne in the Salt Lake Tribune.
Category: librarians
librarians and roller derby
I went to a roller derby match this weekend, my first, and this morning this article crosses my desk. Coincidence? I think not.
By day, she’s Beth Hollis, a 53-year-old reference librarian in Akron, Ohio. By night, she’s MegaBeth, an ageless dynamo on the roller derby rink. “All my life, when I tell people I’m a librarian, they say, ‘You don’t look like a librarian,’ ” Hollis said. “And now that I’m a roller derby girl, they say, ‘You don’t look like a roller derby girl, either.’ So I don’t know where I fit in.”
update: please head on over to FM Daisy’s blog to see more Derbrarians.
a day in the life of a library/librarian
I didn’t work in a library today, so I didn’t think I’d be good for the Day in the Life project that many librarians were doing today. However, I did enjoy reading people’s tweets and now I’m going back and checking out some blog posts and Flickr photos.
cat and girl listen to the news
“When you think of librarians you might think….”
oh Library of Congress, I am sorry you are not leading the way
Erica says it better than I can — regarding the discrimination lawsuit the Library of Congress lost because it rescinded a job offer from a hired applicant who disclosed that he was transitioning into becoming a woman — “Hey, Library of Congress. Cut that shit out.” Thanks to the wonders of YouTube you can hear Diane Schroer herself talking about transgender discrimination.