Hi. I made my reservations to go to ALA in San Diego. If anyone is going and wants to meet up for coffee or kvetching, drop me a line. I’ll be at all the Council meetings, other than that, I’m not sure.
canadia represent!
Since ALA, we all have known that the Canadian library schools are really putting out some top librarian talent. But who knew they had a fashion sense as well. The students from the SLIS at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia are hawking some mighty fine librarian t-shirts, possibly ones even too racy to wear to work. And, “action figure” aside, my favorite one has to be the NLA shirt. [thanks all]
way to go!
Other trends I am fond of… precision book truck drill teams. This one won first place! Longer list of library teams is here.
kvetching and kvelling
Speaking of kvetching, this guy has a good point.
It’s possible, however, that society’s collective inability to appreciate the public library as a vital institution is the library’s fault. But libraries are also venturing into murky waters. They are attempting to be everything to everybody, particularly at a time when higher usage is often rewarded with higher levels of funding support from government. [lisnews]
enhancement is not basics
State funds for school library enhancement were completely cut in Alabama after the failure of the Governor’s tax referendum. As a result school libraries are watching their budgets shift to zero while the stadards for accreditation are [rightfully] staying the same. Also, one of the saddest little library pictures I have seen. [thanks mac]