libraries

nudes!

The American Nudist Research Library turns 25 this year. See also the Toni Egbert Naturist Law Library.

Live nudes would seem to provide more reliably strong effects than photographs of nudes. The American Nudist Research Library has nudes of both varieties, a bounty that should be of interest to scientists. And it may be instructive to librarians elsewhere who lament that people don’t visit libraries the way they used to.

voting programming @ your library

Posted on 02Aug04 by jessamyn

Incidentally, one of the things I took away from the DNC was the importance of stressing the importance of voting, especially local voting. While I’m pretty critical of the ALA’s register to vote @ your library campaign — which should be called the “print out and mail this form at your own expense but only if you have an email address, otherwise you’re completely SOL @ your library” campaign — there are local elections where voting makes a huge difference and apathy can cost you money, no two ways about it. Pop Goes the Library has some good program ideas for mixing pop culture and democracy at your library.

Election years have unlimited potential for library programming ideas. From displays of books on the electoral & campaign process to town hall meetings to voter registration drives, libraries have the opportunity every few years to play an active role in being a go-to informational clearinghouse for voters.

prose and cons – a directory of prison libraries

Posted on 02Aug04 by jessamyn

This directory of state prison librarians [and libraries] is an essential resource for anyone concerned with library service in correctional institutions.

canadian library jobs resource list

Posted on 21Jul04 by jessamyn

The smartie library students at McGill have created a Library Jobs and Internships page for people seeking library work in Canada. LISJobs also has a good list of links to try looking for non-US library jobs.

back to the porn grind

Posted on 11Jul04 by jessamyn

So, back to one of my favorite kind of stories: Adult web site run by University of Washington students apparently uses UW rooms and buildings for backdrops, specifically the Suzzallo library which used to house the library school back when I was there. I can’t find any actual shots that seem to be in the library though. If you can, drop me a line. [lisnews]