Month: February 2008

  • Library in the living room?

    LIS News linked to an article describing how libraries are more about community activity than hosting books: “Libraries today are like your extra living room,” said Christy Ragle, public relations coordinator for the New Castle-Henry County Public Library. “They’re community centers, meeting places, the places where anyone can go — for free — to hang…

  • Library School- Not Web 2.0 enough?

    Steven at Library Stuff recently posted about a report from ARIADNE entitled, Web 2.0 in U.S. LIS Schools: Are they Missing the Boat?, which reads: This preliminary survey indicates that LIS schools in the United States are not adequately prepared for the rapid changes in Web technology and use. It seems that the LIS programmes…

  • Don’t become a librarian?

    Monday mornings are always a little weird in the library. You never know what’s happened over the weekend or what state the library will be in. (Graduate students have keys to the library, and apparently it’s a happening place in off hours.) We’ve found laptops, bags of produce, and pairs of pants left behind. Today…

  • Why do I want to be a librarian?

    It’s a hard question to answer. Last week the

  • No rhinestones in the library.

    The Well Dressed Librarian wrote an amusing (to me) post about the scourge of library fashion – “festive” sweaters. It does raise the whole question of library fashion/dress codes, but I feel like I’m not the best person to weigh in on the issue. I am easily pigeon-holed in the hipster librarian clique, though I…