The Library That Puts on Fishnets and Hits the Disco. Look at it. Read about it. I find myself almost stupidly hopeful for this building and this library. maybe we can learn a lesson about the perpetual perfunctoriness of many of our spaces and learn that just because it’s uberfunctional, it doesn’t need to be staid. [nyt, thanks bookofjoe]
Month: May 2004
dewey decimal drill team in tulip parade
You’ve got to wonder what it takes to be a pit crew in a Dewey Decmal Drill Team [thanks tom]
let the sun set on USAPA
The EFF blog is on my RSS feed so I get to read great stuff like this: Let The Sun Set on USA PATRIOT. New one tomorrow!
Every two weeks … we profile one of the 13 provisions scheduled to sunset and explain in plain language what’s wrong with the provision and why Congress should allow it to expire.
more public library data
Librarybug is just a fancy front end to this dataset circa 2001 from the National Center for Education Statistics. Check out the number of ways you can search it. Looks like there’s just over a thousand public libraries that have a service population of 1,000 or less. Interesting. [thanks rteeter]
lisnews too liberal? too conservative?
Interesting article by Rory over at this week’s Library Juice talking about what he perceives to be a conservative shift in LISNews’ content and membership. update: LISNews responds.