The Sex in the Library blog is compiling a list of links to library mascots, add yours.
ooooh, black and bloggy
Library Autonomous Zone, nice looking blog from San Diego librarian James Jacobs.
books can carry smallpox?
An article from a 1912 Bulletin of the Medical Library Association on the disinfection of books.
In Bordeaux, several people were attacked by a feverish lumbago after having rearranged the library books of the Faculty of Medicine.
[thanks daniel]
[thanks daniel]
you don’t have to test to see if the filters work because they DON’T work!
What is it with the lawsuits against porn surfing librarians lately? Apparently if you are caught surfing for porn in Utah you’ll be fired and threatened with jail time. But, if you get fired for looking at porn in a Kansas library, you just might have a wrongful termination suit. Incidentally, most of us librarians know that “checking to see if the filter is working” is not a real good excuse when caught viewing porn. [thanks dsdlc]
after all, we know kids NEVER go to the library, right?
Elementary school teacher accused of child abuse [duct taping children to the blackboard] in Florida gets to work in the school library while she is awaiting trial. [thanks natalia]