Tag Archive | librarian
Weird Libraries: The Case of the Steak Sauce Bottles
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
As those of you who have worked in libraries know, patrons often do strange things. Something about the smell of books inspires people to act differently than they otherwise would. Avon Lake Public Library in Ohio is currently dealing with one patron doing just that. Starting in January, the staff…
Win 50 Books for a School or Library
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
I want to share a contest that I recently stumbled across. Brightly, a division of Penguin Random House that focuses on books for kids and young adults, is giving away a collection of 50 books. The sweepstakes is open to parents, librarians, and teachers who live in the United States and…
Newbery, Caldecott, and More: The American Library Association’s 2017 Midwinter Meeting
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
Groups of crows are a called a murder. Groups of alligators, a congregation. And groups of cobras, a quiver. I’ve often thought that librarians should have their own group name as well. Perhaps they could take their title from starlings and become a murmuration, or maybe they could borrow from wombats and…
The Desperation of a Public Library
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
These days public libraries operate on desperation as often as they run on anything else. This recently drove several library staff to do something a little reckless. Culling library collections often relies on numbers. If a patron checks out a book, that book is safe in the system. If a…
Bookseller Review: CATALOGING THE WORLD
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age by Alex Wright Reviewed by Jan Alex Wright channels his inner James Gleick here and offers us a compelling biography, not only of an important forerunner to information science, but a brief biography of the birth of the Web and…
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