May 2004 Archives

speaking of Seattle public

You know, I never call catalogers “catalog librarians” which is probably an oversight on my part. Seattle Times has a little profile on one of SPLs cataloguing librarians

“My husband would probably tell you I do a little too much thinking about the library after-hours. But it’s not the kind of job where I get paged in the middle of the night for a cataloguing emergency.”

hi – 09may

Posted on 09May04 by jessamyn

Hi. I’m spending the entire morning reading about HIPAA. Part of the talk I’m giving at MLA will be about this legislation and the affect it has on medical librarians. The rest is on the USA PATRIOT Act and CIPA. HIPAA is my weakest area so I’m reading up. If any health or medical librarians would like to send me words of wisdom about their personal dealings with HIPAA, I’d really appreciate it.

hi – 07may

Posted on 07May04 by jessamyn

Hi. There’s a part-time job at a nearby library here in Vermont. It’s 14 hours a week with pay “depending on experience” at a library that is open 17 hours a week. I’m going to try applying for it anyhow. What are the chances that the hourly pay is in the double-digits? Incidentally, someone asked if I ever have librarian.net t-shirts using that little favicon lady that some of you may have seen. The answer is that I might. Stay tuned.

SFPL OKs RFID FWIW

Posted on 07May04 by jessamyn

San Francisco Public Library approved the use of RFID for use in their libraries at a meeting last night. [RFIDinLib]

a different kind of bookmobile

Posted on 07May04 by jessamyn

Bookmobiles bring books to people who stay in one place, but how do you get books to people who move around? The award winning Mobile Library Travellers Project tries to do just that. [thanks owen]