- Another Online Resource for Getting Quickie Overviews of Various Internet Apps
Posted May 28, 2008
Our colleagues in education find it just as difficult to Keep Up as librarians do, and one of the things some of
them have done to make Keeping Up easier is a website called Educause.
One of the site's handiest tools for library workers is a feature called
7 Things: very short overviews of the whys and wherefores of various well-established or emerging Internet-based
phenomena. So if you don't know the difference between, say Flikr and a wiki, this would be a good place to start your
education (especially if you're short on time - and who isn't?).
Found via the
Librarian in Black.
- ACLU Files Suit on Behalf of Harry Potter-Objecting Librarian
Posted May 28, 2008
The librarian was disciplined for refusing to dress up as a witch for a Potter-fest at the library where she's a
part-time employee.
Details
from the Southeast Missourian.
Found via LISNews.
- Gwinnett Library Trustees Instruct Library Staff
to Report Alleged Child Porn on Internet Screens
Posted May 20, 2008
The disturbing details
were reported this past weekend by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- Bookish Quotation du Jour
Posted May 20, 2008
From Josiah Mitchell Morse's preface to The Irrelevant English Teacher (Temple University Press, 1972):
“The contemplation of a well-made sentence is the second greatest pleasure in life. The greatest, of course, is to write
such a sentence oneself. What did you think it was?”
Found via Anecdotal Evidence.
- Dept. of Law-Breaking Librarians (Iowa Division)
Posted May 17, 2008
Who says librarians don't love the Internet?
This one was caught selling off her library's books via Amazon.com.
Found via LISNews.
- Dept. of Unexpected Internet Uses: Determining How Many U.S. People Have Your Name
Posted May 15, 2008
If you've ever Googled your own name, you've probably run up against the humbling fact that other people share your
name. HowManyofMe.com, based on U.S. Census data, will tell you just how many
such people there are. Who would've thought, for example, that there are 103 people named John Szabo out there in
the United States?
Found via A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy.
- Clearwater, Florida Libraries Facing $800,000 in Budget Cuts
Posted May 14, 2008
Details from the St. Petersburg Times.
Found via LISNews.
- Arson at Ontario Library
Posted May 14, 2008
Details.
Found via LISNews.
- Knife-Wielding Guy at Ohio Library
Posted May 14, 2008
Details about the incident, where a man threatened to kill himself at a branch library
near Cincinnati..
Found via LISNews.
- Super Screenshot: A Kewl Tool for Trainers, Bloggers, Webmasters
Posted May 7, 2008
Couldn't be easier: go to this web page,
type in a URL, get a screenshot you can save or insert into your webpage, blog, PowerPoint presentation. Several sizes and
content-displaying options are available.
Found via David Lee King.
- Dept. of Law-Breaking Library Workers (New York Division)
Posted May 6, 2008
This one charged $13,000 to a library credit card for a down payment on her car.
Details.
Found via LISNews.
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