Author: Kendra

  • Looking for Eric

    THE KING, originally uploaded by coquettish. Yesterday I was moving books (it’s basically all I do these days) and listening to old bits from The Football Ramble. Maybe it was the late hour in the day, the fact that I’d been moving books for hours, or maybe it was something more, but the Dean Windass…

  • Moderation is key: Being yourself, being professional, and personal attacks?

    Yesterday the Libray Journal Movers & Shakers for 2012 were announced. Congratulations to them all! To be honest, it’s one of those days that comes and goes without much notice of me, but a couple of people were talking about the winners all over the Twitterverse. I happened to open the link for JP Porcaro…

  • Weeding: Dirty work, but somebody’s gotta do it

    Dirty hands, originally uploaded by Photos by Rose. For those of you following from afar – I’m still working at the library and we’re still going through big changes. One of the big projects we’re undertaking is a substantial weeding project. (Weeding is library speak for thinning the collection.) We’re not really sure how much…

  • The web strikes against SOPA,

    Tomorrow January 18, 2012, the several websites are joining the web strike against SOPA, this site included. As noted last week, the proposed legislation is a terrible idea and a death knell for net neutrality. (Obligatory LSW discussion.) We all need to speak up and not let the system grind us down. Go listen to…

  • SOPA and the Research Works Act: Evil master plan or do publishers think so little of us?

    This week there’s been some interesting and disgusting things going on within scholarly publishing. Most of the internet is up at arms about SOPA, the ludicrous Stop Online Piracy Act. Earlier this week I stumbled across an interesting blog post Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA. I think the same…