I had a friend who had a tattoo that was a hobo sign for “tell pitiful story” Today I found a site that shows you how to tell a library story [I was looking for library-themed computer wallapaper and settled on this]. Here’s hoping your library stories aren’t pitiful.
Author: jessamyn
hi – 16mar
Hi. Back from New York. I learned a lot of neat stuff at Columbia and I really really hope that they will make the talks available online at the same time as I really really doubt they will do so. Crossing fingers…
WTF WiFi?
Technobiblio is more polite than I am so I will just say this: charging $25/day per user for wireless Internet access at ALA is total bullshit. Not that I am such a junkie that I will whine and complain that I can’t get my fix, but it is out of scale for a) the actual cost per user of providing this service and b) what other equivalent vendors charge. I don’t need wireless throughout the whole center [though it would be nice and far from impossible technologically] I’d just like a few hotspots where I can sit with my laptop and check my email. Shorter lines at the Internet cafes [where one well-placed wireless router could accomplish all of this for $99 for everyone forever] and happier people who can use their own software. It’s astonishing that this is such an impossible endeavor to do well, or even to approach realistically.
bloggercon ii, see you there?
Jessica Baumgart is trying to put together some sort of librarian blogger event at BloggerConII which will be in Boston/Cambridge the weekend I’ll be down to speak at Simmons. Anyone else interested in getting together? If so, sign up [it’s free, free as in $0] and email Jessica.
core competencies for librarians
I love lists. These lists are great: The Top Ten Things a new Sci/Tech Librarian Should Know. I am sorry I missed this in Toronto.
9. You might get a lot of colds (working with the public).
10. You won’t be expected to do everything you promised in the interview.
11. Your colleagues are just as clueless or insecure as you are.
10. You won’t be expected to do everything you promised in the interview.
11. Your colleagues are just as clueless or insecure as you are.