Long poignant story about a librarian and others who do [and lose] their jobs while having attention deficit disorder.
Month: July 2004
canadian library jobs resource list
The smartie library students at McGill have created a Library Jobs and Internships page for people seeking library work in Canada. LISJobs also has a good list of links to try looking for non-US library jobs.
I wake up every morning thinking “how can I keep my job from going to the robots?”
I would be happy to see robots in libraries fetching and shelving the books for me, though I think the term “mechanical husher” [see the actual URL name] may not catch on.
why give it away for free when you can pay for it across the pond?
I didn’t realize that Eldred from Eldred v Ashcroft lived near me. Apparently he’s been at Walden Pond giving away some of Thoreau’s works. But there’s been in trouble because he may be cutting in to the profits of the bookstore. I’ll see if maybe he’d like to come to my library.
hey Jonathan, why do you sing such pretty songs about the library?
Who is Jonathan Rundman and why is his latest album called Public Library? Be sure to download the title track Librarian.
because power comes from knowledge just like fire from a spark
and like Gutenberg and Luther with press and pen in hand
I take the message to the masses in a form they understand
I’m a librarian, I’m a librarian
and I like it quiet so the pages can be heard
I’m a librarian, I’m a librarian
and I do it for the love of the word [thanks jonathan]