Rachel Singer Gordon is working on a book about library management and is looking for library workers to take a very brief survey. [beyondjob]
Month: February 2004
George Poland Henderson, RIP
George Poland Henderson, librarian, editor and publisher, RIP. [thanks bill]
ashcrofts vs librarians, wayback machine
Seems that Ashcrofts have been disrespecting librarians since way back when
It was Mother s Day, a Sunday, 1990, when I was
called by my staff; who told me Mrs. Ashcroft wanted the
Missouri State Library opened, recalls Monteria Hightower,
who was then state librarian. Assuming the governor’s wife
wanted to show visitors around (and that I could make a pitch
for new computers…), Hightower left her
family at home and hurried to unlock the darkened library. She
found Janet, outside in a car with a driver, accompanied only
by a boy of 12. With astonishment, she heard Janet’s reason
for her Sunday appearance at the library: I want to find
something on the Elizabethan era for my son s homework
assignment.
[thanks lis]
called by my staff; who told me Mrs. Ashcroft wanted the
Missouri State Library opened, recalls Monteria Hightower,
who was then state librarian. Assuming the governor’s wife
wanted to show visitors around (and that I could make a pitch
for new computers…), Hightower left her
family at home and hurried to unlock the darkened library. She
found Janet, outside in a car with a driver, accompanied only
by a boy of 12. With astonishment, she heard Janet’s reason
for her Sunday appearance at the library: I want to find
something on the Elizabethan era for my son s homework
assignment.
[thanks lis]
earlham librarian is tops
People seem to be suprised when I tell them that Indiana — parts of it anyhow — are a hotbed for progressive and proactive librarianship. My sister went to Earlham college, home to Evan Farber, whose library director was just chosen as the top academic/research librarian of the year by ACRL. [thanks dsdlc]
Library Issues – for academic librarians
I’m not sure how I managed to never see Library Issues before… last month’s issue contains strategies for dealing with the PATRIOT Act.