Some good listening
Wisconsin Public Radio’s To the Best of Our Knowledge has an hour-long program this week on libraries, books and reading. Interviewed are Maryanne Wolfe, author of “Proust and the Squid: … Read more Some good listening
Category: Fun
Whose space?
Puzzle Me, Puzzle You: “My Account” “Your Account” Which is it? The autonomous liberal subject wants to know. Whichever it is, it’s somebody’s account – mine, yours, Jacques Lacan Jr.’s, … Read more Whose space?
International InfoLit Logo
That’s the winning design in the IFLA/UNESCO design contest for an International Information Literacy Logo. The winning designer was Edgar Luy Perez, of Havana, Cuba. I like the logo, and … Read more International InfoLit Logo
Obsession
Robert Kent, Steve Marquardt, Walter Skold, FREADOM, “Friends of Cuban Libraries”… What is that perfume, that perfume that you won’t let anyone forget? Ah, I recognize it…. It is:
Area Eccentric Reads Entire Book
Thank you The Onion, for this: “Area Eccentric Reads Entire Book.”
An example of a blog
I don’t read a lot of blogs. I won’t say why, as other people have said enough about what is wrong with blogs, but I want to give you a … Read more An example of a blog
Carmen D’Avino’s “Library” short
Carmen D’Avino created a lot of recognizeable animation in the 60s and 70s, some of it for The Electric Company, a PBS show for graduates of Sesame Street that I … Read more Carmen D’Avino’s “Library” short
Cereals Solutions
A good start to the day: Cereals Solutions
Library architecture in Slate Magazine
Slate Magazine has an interesting photographic item featuring eight pictures of library buildings, with a bit of thoughtful discussion about the architecture of library buildings in the digital age. I … Read more Library architecture in Slate Magazine
or whatever
Obviously the analogy I suggested yesterday for encouraging undergrads to use library resources instead of Google has problems. (It was, “Why eat at McDonalds when you can eat at a … Read more or whatever
Pig Latin Bible
My first experiment as a publisher was a Pig Latin translation of the Book of Psalms and the Book of Proverbs. I have not been very public about this project, … Read more Pig Latin Bible
Are we the friendly produce consultants of the information age?
After offering reference help to a student the other day and having it refused, I had what I can only call an evil thought. I’d like to share this evil … Read more Are we the friendly produce consultants of the information age?
How do you afford your 2.0 biblio-lifestyle?
I love that CAKE song, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle,” and thought of it during that thread on “A Hipper Crowd of Shushers.” Liz of the LibraryTavern blog wrote great new … Read more How do you afford your 2.0 biblio-lifestyle?
Amusing correspondence
The following is a brief email correspondence that I found amusing. I’m withholding the name and email address of the person who contacted me at Library Juice Press…. I recently … Read more Amusing correspondence
Frankentoons back online
For several years I hosted Joel Kahn’s “Frankentoons,” a fun fair-use protest site, on Libr.org, and took it down due to a change in my hosting situation. I just received … Read more Frankentoons back online
The Globe-Wernicke Vertical File
The Globe-Wernicke Vertical File
March of the Librarians
This is really funny.
If books were computers
This is a cute visual argument for the value of printed books. A friend at work sent it to me….
One Love, One Bank
Bank of America execs exchange their souls for money in front of a camera. Not specifically library related except inasmuch as it paints a good picture of what we’re up … Read more One Love, One Bank