Yay! It’s Library Day in the Life time again! I am a big supporter of this project. I think something like this, while I was in graduate school, would have helped me think a bit more about the different types of work in the field and what I might want to end up doing.
In the [...]
The Louisville Free Public Library in Louisville, KY was hit with a horrific storm, and was flooded yesterday. I started hearing about it on Twitter, then FriendFeed, and later on Facebook. But the messages weren’t like typical “oh, we have a little water in here” ones that sometimes come through. Each one was worse than [...]
I love this!
Aaron Schmidt has another cool project: Creating (the) Future (for) Libraries. These awesome little notebooks are in a limited run, and all profits go to a good cause. I, for one, am having a hard time coming up with just one purpose for the book, so I might just have to get several! [...]
I’m not sure the reference desk makes the most sense anymore. I say that, though, based entirely on my own experiences at my own institution. Most of the questions I get are either way out of my league and something for a subject specialist, or they are super simple “how do I print” or “where [...]
So, as you might know, I’ve been working on a big project, away for a bit and am now settling back in at home. And it’s good.
I’ve been thinking about how vacation is a bit like rebooting a computer, setting everything back to its natural state, giving yourself the opportunity to start over again, fresh. [...]
