jessamyn

new kid on the block

I am enjoying this website already. In the accidental systems librarian vein, meet The Librarian in Black. Self-proclaimed techie gamer librarian chick.

This site was born out of my displeasure at having to wade through dozens of websites, blogs, & RSS feeds related to librarianship, technology, webmastery, and current issues to find those few posts that applied to me as a Tech Librarian. [thanks jessica]

the obligatory not safe for work links

Posted on 06Jan04 by jessamyn

It is becoming apparent that the naked librarian/libraryworker/library patron meme is really starting to, um, spread. This link is safe for work, all subsequent ones are not.

patrons, can’t live with them, can’t ban them permanently from the library

Posted on 06Jan04 by jessamyn

Even though I generally dislike the smarmy tone of much of what appears in Mcsweeney’s, I have been enjoying the occasional Dispatches from a Public Librarian. The content isn’t really much different from what you find on RefGrunt, just the tone is somehow much different.

Later that day I received a call from another librarian at the city’s main library asking if I had had any problems that day with a patron. I said yes, and asked the librarian why. He said the man had come into the main library and filed a complaint against me. I asked if he mentioned coming back after I got off work to beat me up. He had forgotten to mention that. [thanks rob]

spelled dui, thank you

Posted on 06Jan04 by jessamyn

I am presently reading Libraries: An Unquiet History which should be required reading for all librarians. I am learning all sorts of new things and getting many more quotes to populate the sidebar. Did you know that Melville Dewey originally had the middle names Louis Kossuth? Kossuth is widely known and the leader of the Hungarian Revolution. Dewey later dropped the middle names.

hi

Posted on 03Jan04 by jessamyn

Hi and Happy New Year! One of my resolutions is to get archiving and category sorting up and running for librarian.net this month. After I get back from ALA I will likely have my chance. Thanks for bearing with me.