Hey clue club, any Harvard or Boston area librarians want to solve the what the heck is this mystery alluded to on this blog post? It looks like a handwritten version of the poem printed in the book, but without page numbers or any other indication that it’s part of the book. Table of Contents is mum on what’s going on. Anyone know, or want to go check out the book at Harvard and see? [thanks chase]
camel bookmobile
They Kenyan National Library Service provides a Camel Mobile Library Service to rural and nomadic Kenyans. The Guardian has a longer story. [thanks jenny]
Consumer/librarian reviews
My favorite thing about blogs beyond the personal interactions that they afford is reading what people think about more products than I can usefully evaluate on my own. Two reviews that came through my reader lately have been true gems:
1. Mary “LibraryLaw” Minow discusses LibraryElf: My library elf – the joy and the horror
2. Sarah “Librarian in Black” Houghton tries a beta of QuestionPoint’s Flash interface: New QuestionPoint Flash Interface: LiB’s Review
Meredith “Information Wants to be Free” Farkas also does a lot of good no-nonsense reviews.
not only should librarians be coders, they should hang out with other librarians who code
Access 2005 Hackfest has become spawned the code4lib 2006 conference Feb 15-17 2006. Soon! Cheap! [note: updated to reflect that Hackfest is still continuing, but code4lib is available for your coding pleasure as well!]
Manifesto of Avant Garde Librarianship
How did I miss this manifesto in the past?
10. We must recruit those who have no investment in things as they are, the future will be for those who will create change without loving it; those who perceive the joy of creation behind every destruction.
[thanks jason]