Recently I came across a question from a patron: Which play is the Shakespeare quote "The earth has music for those who listen" from ( Read more... )

Someone apparently thought it would be highly amusing to set off a stink bomb in the third floor stacks of the library. Exciting times.

"Technology should be a familiar subject to us, after all; it lies at the heart of printing and book history. The most recent revolution, dazzling as it may appear in its purported transformation of how we pursue knowledge and communicate with each other, is only the third of three. The first technological revolution, the invention of writing, ( Read more... )

Book #60 -- Mary W. George, The Elements of Library Research: What Every Student Needs to Know, 164 pages.

This is actually an excellent guidebook to the undergraduate research process. I'll be using selections from this book in my class.

Progress toward goals: 218/365 = 59.7%

Books: 60/100 = 60.0%

Pages: 15096/30000 = 50.3%

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Ok, I have to do a presentation on both the pros and cons of creating a library presence in SecondLife. So, on the pro side, can anyone give me examples of really good Library/University/Education sims in SecondLife? I've got a few, but I need more.

Any of the other librarians out there notice particularly appropriate or ironic call number assignments to certain subjects? The ones I can think of off the top of my head are (all LC because that's what I know):

Subclass BS -- The Bible
QL666 -- The biology of reptiles, including, of course, snakes.

Can anyone think of any others?

So I was browsing through an author's journal last night looking for fanfic (yes, my guilty pleasure) when I noticed a post in which she linked to an article referencing a "bastard child" and went off in a righteous rant about how we should be beyond attaching insulting names to children born out of wedlock, and how it was the father who should be ( Read more... )

Why I love Unshelved:


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