December 2011
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“Libraries aren’t in the real world, after all. They’re places apart, sanctuaries...”
– Paul Auster, Moon Palace (via bookoasis)
I’ve seen this quote going around before, and it’s cute enough I suppose, but if you really think it about it it is exactly what we don’t want to be promoting about libraries. Libraries are very much of the real world; they are real places...
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“Librarianship has traditionally been seen as women’s work, along with nursing...”
– Do Men Get Library Jobs More Easily than Women? « Annoyed Librarian (via ebookworm)
I’m calling shenanigans on this for a few different reasons, chief among them that, were I single and at a cocktail party where I met a male librarian, I would find that hot as hell. But maybe I’m weird - I am...
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Prep for Facebook's Timeline Layout: 6 Must-Do... →
Get ready for your Facebook past to come back with a vengeance; the social network is now rolling out its new profile layout, Timeline, to all users worldwide. Timeline is basically an online scrapbook that displays your Facebook activity in reverse chronological order going back to when you first joined the social network. This means you and your Facebook friends will be able to peruse your...
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“Why it is that Mao’s army destroyed Tibetan libraries? Why did the Germans...”
– Caroline Kennedy, in a speech to this year’s winners of the ‘I Love my Librarian’ award. (via whereipostthings)
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Lifehacker Faceoff: The Best Digital Digests for... →
My friend John (@octopushat) wrote this article for Lifehacker. It covers the various digital digest apps in detail (think Flipboard — stylish aggregators of twitter and facebook feeds combined with news sites and RSS). Check it out!
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Overdrive has different ebook categories for... →
Sarah Houghton, the “Librarian in Black,” reveals that Overdrive makes different book titles available to purchase to different library systems based on their lending policies — but doesn’t tell them that.
Scholar continues to find flawed metadata in... →
infoneer-pulse:
Two years ago, Google Books was becoming the world’s largest digital library and, with an effective monopoly, seemed “almost certain to be the last one.” The tragedy for scholars was that Google Books’ metadata – which allow users to search the catalog – were “a mishmash wrapped in a muddle wrapped in a mess.”
Such was the argument made in 2009 by Geoffrey Nunberg, adjunct full...
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