I don’t know if you’re at all familiar with the GTD [getting things done] organizing craze sweeping the blogosphere. Merlin — a non-librarian with a great blog — asks the lazyweb “Can I get an RSS feed of my library books?” Discussion ensues. [thanks bill]
books, delicious!
One of the joys of serendipitously dipping into random blogs by way of keyword searching Feedster or Technorati is the occasional discovery like this one: booksdelicious, a pretty new blog written by a pretty happy-sounding librarian. Be sure to read the weeding entry.
America the Book back in MS libraries
The 15-week best selling book America The Book, besides being unavailable at Wal-Mart, was also being banned by the Southern Mississippi library system because it contains the heads of the Supreme Court justices superimposed on age-appropriate naked bodies. Apparently, as of today, the library system has reversed their decision.
fun fact about the ALA online planner
Fun fact about the ALA Online Itinerary Planner, it doesn’t seem to require a password, just a login with a valid email address. This means, if you know the email address of any registered conference attendee, you can look at and even alter the events in their planner.
ala gets tsunami page up
ALA has a page up consolidating information on the damage and relief efforts for libraries following the tsunami disaster.