The real question is, what's not so great about libraries? ;) This was
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Today was a good day. SE and I went with a local librarian group on a tour of the Sonoma County Wine Library, which is part of their public library system. It was interesting -- not so much for the space, but to see what can be done with such a specialized collection. Lots of books, of course, including this 16th century book on agriculture from ( Read more... )

Quick note: with this question answered, I only have two remaining for the entire month. Anyone else?

Today's question is from
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A full day at FogCon! Getting down the notes quickly while it's still in my head...

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I am here, just taking a few minutes in my hotel room between events. I arrived around 3:30 and have gone to one panel so far, on genre fragmentation, and I spent most of the time with my librarian hat on, listening to people talk about classification and tagging and recommendations, and I wanted to say something brilliant about it but never ( Read more... )

So in my last post, I wondered why there are so many librarians in fandom, and suggested that I had some theories on why. Folks asked me to elaborate, so here are some random thoughts, in no particular order ( Read more... )

Notice this thread of librarian convergence in the Doink! friending meme. Did I already know that there were so many librarians in Final Fantasy fandom? Is that unique to us, or are other fandoms filled with librarians also? Speak up, if you are out there ( Read more... )

Let me set the scene: It's a Monday morning, early. I'm a little cranky because I worked Saturday and now I'm working Monday and it's going to be a long day, not to mention how it's kicking off a six-day workweek ( Read more... )

Some months ago, I offered to switch schedules with the other librarian, who has been covering Saturdays for many years now. Recently, she decided to take me up on it, and so as of this week, I'll be working Tuesday through Saturday (with a few exceptions) for the next few months ( Read more... )

It occurred to me yesterday that I have now worked in the library for longer (five years and two months) than my former boss did (four years and five months). I haven't yet been the director for longer -- that's about half a year off -- but still. And yet, there's a part of me that still feels like I'm the temporary custodian of her library. I'm ( Read more... )