Archive for November, 2009
Library Routes Project
This is a question I’ve asked people over and over since I first had the germ of the idea of becoming a librarian: “How did you become a librarian?” What I’ve found, is that everyone I’ve asked has a real story of how they come to the conclusion, that this is the job they want. [...]
Filed under: A Day in the Life, By: The Librarienne, Fun Finds | Leave a Comment
Tags: backstory, librarians, Library Routes Project, wikis
Gone Rogue
As many people may have heard, Sarah Palin’s Tuesday release of Going Rogue lacked an index. Thankfully, Slate has created the Unauthorized Index of Sarah Palin’s Autobiography: Going Rogue. It includes gems like:
Baldwin, Alec
________preference for Stephen over, 314
Bono, nondescript conversation with, 301
Couric, Katie
________”repetitive, biased questions” of, 271
________unfair editing of interview with, 273
________condescension of, 276
________things I [...]
Filed under: Books/Authors, By: The Librarienne, Fun Finds, News, pop culture | 5 Comments
Tags: awesome, Going Rogue, index, Sarah Palin, Slate
Required Reading
I’m not a terribly excitable person, but when I see good thing, I get a bit squirrely. Library Love Fest recently put up a post about a book coming out in February: This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians can save us all. Appropriately, I was sitting at the reference desk when I read [...]
Filed under: Books/Authors, By: The Librarienne, News, Success!!, libraries, library history, pop culture | 5 Comments
Tags: Additional credit: Paige Turner, Marilyn Johnson, required reading, the Dead Beat, This Book is Overdue!
Conferences. You hear a lot about them in library school, and as you delve deeper into the library world, you find they are kind of a big deal to librarians. Just like in any industry, library conferences are loved up by librarians for the opportunities they afford to exchange ideas, let loose a little, and, [...]
Filed under: By: Paige Turner | 3 Comments
Tags: California Library Assocation, CLA, library conference, MLIS
