I came across this lovely article from DLib showing some examples of digital libraries that use Greenstone, open source software for creating digital libraries.
Category: pr, hype & bs
references sources of terror
This may have made the rounds while I was away, but it’s amusing nonetheless. many jokes were made at council meetings about this dorky almanac business: Reference Sources of Terror. [thanks jonathan]
now that the dumb holiday is over
Bizarre gift item: Library of Congress baseball from the LoC’s Yahoo storefront. “Had Mr. Jefferson not been born long before the game of baseball was invented, this is the ball he would have had in his collection!”
reviewed
Jay Dougherty reviews Revolting Librarians Redux and seems to like it!
mtv wants you?
I know this casting call doesn’t say “librarians” anyplace but the person who sent me the link assures me they are looking for librarians. This despite protestations by me and ALA staffers that since librarians have master’s degrees, they are tough [though not impossible] to find in the 19-25 age range.