I’ve been messing with Flickr which is a not-very-library-oriented web site that is useful for organizing and sharing pictures. My thoughts, of course, turn to books and libraries and I stumbled across the Independent Association of Armed Librarians. Here’s their wiki.
Month: September 2004
Laura’s Bush — something to offend everyone
Political satire in a no-royalty play. Laura’s Bush is a lesbian sex farce featuring an absurdly prudish librarian and, of course, the First Lady. [thanks tom]
some systems librarian writing from webjunction, and me!
WebJunction finally wore down my resistance. After several attempts to get paid work for them over the years failed, I wrote them an article for free. The good news is that they’re all incredibly nice, flexible on deadlines, and not heavy-pencil editors so my article is pretty much how I wrote it. It appears in their Focus on Systems Librarianship section [which is full of good reading by the way] and is called “Those Darned Users! how to serve your users without sacrificing safety, privacy, or your sanity.“
research buzz hits 300
Tara Calishain is a tireless crusader and a savvy marketer. Her weekly publication ResearchBuzz just hit its 300th issue and she’s used that milestone to also announce her new book Web Search Garage. Congrats all around!
hi – 09sep
Hi. Permalinking is now a bit more functional and obvious. Let me know if anything isn’t working like it should. I’ve added a few more dates to my sidebar calendar. I’m sending my registration today for the Dartmouth conference in October. I’ve also been invited to somehow give a talk at a New Librarians Symposium in Adelaide Australia in December. This will probably take place via some sort of teleconference, but maybe, just maybe, I can get some funding and go. If anyone has any creative ideas on how to raise funds for a plane ticket to Australia, please let me know.