Oh hey guess what? Remember when Ashcroft called us all “hysterics” and then showed us convincing documents stating that section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act had never been used? Apparently it now has been. [laz]
“She said her prize money would go to … pay off loans for her master’s degree in library science.”
Former librarian [and now mommy, it looks like] wins a cool million in the Pillsbury Bake-Off.
happy ala conference
Hope all of you at ALA are having a good time. Here is a sneak peek at my “talk” that I am giving in absentia at the Revolting Librarians panel today at ALA.
how to help your library not look stupid
PUBLIB librarians have compiled a final list of “things making libraries look stupid” which should be read by anyone involved in library policy, as well as library staffers. We just call a lot of these things “good customer service” where I work, when we get it right, that is. [shifty]
an outsider’s view of ALA
I know what do when I go to conferences, but what do you suppose non-ALAers think we do?
I never joined ALA, because even in 1966, it was beyond the pale for me, then a liberal Democrat. Soon they, or it, will be meeting in Orlando, Florida, world of fantasy and make believe, where librarians will meet to pretend that our society will some day pay them what they are worth if they make everyone else’s business their own.
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