The votes are in, Leslie Burger is the new incoming president of ALA.
Author: jessamyn
what to do with old library cards
Catalog card post cards, by Amanda. Lovely.
All these books belong to you.
Tous ces livres sont à toi. A photoessay on the Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec. [thanks aaron]
Nevermind in LoC.
What do Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, Fear of a Black Planet by PublicEnemy, and Nevermind by Nirvana all have in common? They’ve been added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Here’s the full list. [thanks juanita]
also, wikipedia talk
Also, I did not make it to Jimmy Wales’ talk on Tuesday. I was having a nice evening with my sister and I just don’t see her often enough as it is. Jessica did an IRC transcript of the talk so I can at least get the gist of what was said. The last line of the transcript is “the price of admission to the talk is to edit” so I’m already paid up.