Hi. Last month at the library I taught an email class and 25 people showed up. This month my email class netted three people, two of whom had been at the last class. The vagaries of the library world still mystify me some days.
Author: jessamyn
the library visit/review thing
I expect to be able to use the MT blog categories to bring back my library reviews one of these days, but not yet. So, here is a list of the libraries I went to on this trip:
- NYPL: Morningside Heights branch [busy and confusing, good booksale]
- Yale’s Sterling Library [Jen and Tom’s place of business]
- Columbia’s Watson Library [fancy reception, food in the library!]
- Brooklyn Public’s Central Library [got a card]
- Bank Street College Library [Carol works there]
- Barnard Library [Jenna works there]
I also went to The Strand which, while not a library, is one hell of a bookstore.
Reading Over the Shoulder of the Future at the Library of Congress
Interesting though ponderous essay about what we can divine from the future by observing the LoC. A postmodern look at the future of information.
“I am unsure what marks off knowledge in the digital age from an earlier, Gutenberg-era episteme. Is there a difference in how we know? Is sifting through a bunker of diverse materials heaped on a desk so terrible different than linking together multimedia resources through hypertext? How?” [thanks robert]
with apologies to kelis
Speaking of categories, I don’t even have one for “humor” what does that tell you…? The livejournal hydra has sprouted another interesting librarian group [that I found because they are hotlinking to all my naked librarian pictures] which brings us this parody.
I can see you’re on the OPAC,
you want me to teach thee,
boolean techniques that freak these boys,
it can’t be bought,
just know the operators can be used,
in parentheses.
you want me to teach thee,
boolean techniques that freak these boys,
it can’t be bought,
just know the operators can be used,
in parentheses.
tell a library story
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.
