Copyright is the place where my interests as a fan and as a librarian are most likely to collide, so it's no surprise that I came out of the two talks on the subject I attended this afternoon energized and excited ( Read more... )

I am off to a librarian conference tomorrow! Leaving ridiculously early in the morning. First a few days in New York to visit M, and then I'll be in Philly for the conference through Saturday. I'll probably be mostly offline for the New York portion of the trip, and only in the evenings during the conference. So if it seems like I'm not around... ( Read more... )

So, how about this kerfuffle over the Bitch Magazine recommended reading list of YA literature? It's been all over the Internet for a couple of days now, and it probably deserves a more thoughtful post than I have time to write tonight. But this story hits me in so many places that I live: as a reader, as a writer, as a feminist, as a free speech ( Read more... )

Dear student workers and library patrons ( Read more... )

I am going to exert meme-writer's privilege again and switch around the order of topics, because the question originally slotted for today is one that will take time and research, and my schedule today is more suited to tapping out a post on my iPhone. (There's a post idea: the ways in which owning a smart phone has affected my life, for good and ( Read more... )

One more session to go, conference-wise. But before I forget, I want to note a talk I saw earlier, by a librarian-artist who considers blogging a integral componant of her artistic practice, and it struck me how much I feel the same way about my LiveJournaling and how it relates to my writing. Feedback, community, keeping notes on progress and ( Read more... )

New quarter + upcoming travel = one busy KJ ( Read more... )

My work project for the last couple of days has been going through the magazine back files: putting them in order, rescuing mis-shelves, pulling really old issues that we need to get rid of to make more space. It's the kind of mindless busywork in the stacks that I like doing from time to time, both to share the load with the student workers, and ( Read more... )

Library linkspam! It's been awhile...

• Hayward Public Library tries the Netflix model. For a small fee, patrons can check out three items for an unlimited amount of time. Libraries have tried the "items by mail" aspect of the Netflix service, but it appears that this is the first time one has implemented the "no time limits" model. The hope is that ( Read more... )

State of Pennsylvania passes a budget, funds for Philadelphia libraries and other city services are saved.