Creeping into this dusty room...
Haven't updated in forever, but I've been keeping tabs on my f-list (even if I've barely commented anywhere...)
Brief job-crisis update: Philadelphia's City Council and Mayor, after haggling, got together a budget that restores a bunch of funds to the library. Now the question is--what will the library administration do? Will they have the sense to work on rebuilding morale, to seek input from their employees? My trust for them (probably most staff members' trust) is at rock-bottom. But at least I'm still employed...
::hastens to find wooden surface on which to knock::
I'm going to organize a tween & teen anime/manga discussion group at my branch. Haven't done the like before. In trying to get my act together, I came across two articles in the Voice of Youth Advocates magazine that I thought demanded sharing with you-uns--fellow fanficcers and suchlike. (VOYA is "a bimonthly journal addressing librarians, educators, and other professionals who work with young adults.")
"All Shapes of Hunger: Teenagers and Fanfiction" by Rebecca C. Moore
(...just love that HP fanart on the first page!...) The author has some intriguing reflections on what drives fanfiction, includes entertaining quotes from a few fics, and presents an "Insider's Guide to Fanfic Slang."
and
"The Anime-ted Library" by Kristin Fletcher-Spear and Kat Kan."
(Must confess I haven't read this article yet--but I've looked at the pretty Azumanga Daioh pictures... *_* )
More posts to come soon.
I think.
Brief job-crisis update: Philadelphia's City Council and Mayor, after haggling, got together a budget that restores a bunch of funds to the library. Now the question is--what will the library administration do? Will they have the sense to work on rebuilding morale, to seek input from their employees? My trust for them (probably most staff members' trust) is at rock-bottom. But at least I'm still employed...
::hastens to find wooden surface on which to knock::
I'm going to organize a tween & teen anime/manga discussion group at my branch. Haven't done the like before. In trying to get my act together, I came across two articles in the Voice of Youth Advocates magazine that I thought demanded sharing with you-uns--fellow fanficcers and suchlike. (VOYA is "a bimonthly journal addressing librarians, educators, and other professionals who work with young adults.")
"All Shapes of Hunger: Teenagers and Fanfiction" by Rebecca C. Moore
(...just love that HP fanart on the first page!...) The author has some intriguing reflections on what drives fanfiction, includes entertaining quotes from a few fics, and presents an "Insider's Guide to Fanfic Slang."
and
"The Anime-ted Library" by Kristin Fletcher-Spear and Kat Kan."
(Must confess I haven't read this article yet--but I've looked at the pretty Azumanga Daioh pictures... *_* )
More posts to come soon.
I think.