With the exception of the “push to shush” action figure, my most received link would have to be ones about library cats, often to the same library cat page. I love the page, but try not to relink unless something really new is going on. Well, there’s a new article out about library cats, and it’s adorable. [thanks carolyn]
Category: libraries
the library visit/review thing
I expect to be able to use the MT blog categories to bring back my library reviews one of these days, but not yet. So, here is a list of the libraries I went to on this trip:
- NYPL: Morningside Heights branch [busy and confusing, good booksale]
- Yale’s Sterling Library [Jen and Tom’s place of business]
- Columbia’s Watson Library [fancy reception, food in the library!]
- Brooklyn Public’s Central Library [got a card]
- Bank Street College Library [Carol works there]
- Barnard Library [Jenna works there]
I also went to The Strand which, while not a library, is one hell of a bookstore.
tell a library story
I had a friend who had a tattoo that was a hobo sign for “tell pitiful story” Today I found a site that shows you how to tell a library story [I was looking for library-themed computer wallapaper and settled on this]. Here’s hoping your library stories aren’t pitiful.
“Your Public Library: Just Another Defenseless Victim Zone
In response to Toledo Ohio’s new concealed carry law, the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library will be posting signs letting patrons know that the library is exempt from the concealed carry law. [thanks chris]
Stealthy RFID
San Francisco Public Library tells voters it will hold a public forum to discuss RFID technology before it goes on the budget and then … doesn’t.
“City Librarian Susan Hildreth … downplayed the decision to include RFID funding in the library budget, because the action can be reversed at a later Library Commission meeting.”