Newly added to the blogroll: The Secret Library, the intersection of poetics, humor and library mythology. Plus, it’s orange.
Author: jessamyn
libraries and poor people, new blog
The Social Responsibilities Round Table of ALA tackles a lot of different social justice issues. They have a task force called the Hunger, Homelessness and Poverty task force that has just started a blog with a thought-provoking first post “Are Public Libraries Criminalizing Poor People?“. [libact]
bloggers as patrons
Remember, that patron wondering when you’re going to be getting RSS for your OPAC may be a blogger of some note. [stuff]
quoted librarian explains herself
My pal Andrea got quoted by the Houston Chronicle talking about what Laura Bush the former librarian, should be telling her husband. She explains herself further in this post.
look at [and listen to] this happy librarian
NPR’s Sound Money does a “day in the work life” spot on Julie Diana, librarian at the Agnes Irwin School for girls in Philadelphia