Congratulations to fellow Kansan David Lee King, who has been named as one of Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers for 2008. David is doing amazing stuff at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library (and inspiring others at the library to do amazing stuff), as well as blogging and speaking nationally about library progress. Thanks […]
I’m going to chime in a bit late here to the heated conversation about Orson Scott Card getting this year’s Margaret A. Edwards Award to say this:
1. From what I’ve read of Orson Scott Card’s publicly-stated views, I find his beliefs and opinions reprehensible.
2. I first read Ender’s Game for a class in library school. […]
A position in my department has opened up, so if you or anyone you know is qualified and interested in working with a group of buttkickingly cool people in a dynamic library system, get those applications in!
If you haven’t yet heard (which would surprise me, because I’m coming to this party a bit late), the Wyoming Libraries have started an advertising campaign to promote the auto repair database ChiltonLibrary.com. They created an image that references cheesecakey mudflaps often seen on trucks. I can’t say I’m outright offended by this, but I […]
It was with a heavy heart that, due to a variety of circumstances, I had to miss last night’s Uncontrolled Vocabulary. But in general, I do my utmost to listen and participate in the conversation. And so should you. Why? Cindi Trainor has some reasons for you, so go read her blog. And if you […]
Last night’s premiere of Greg Schwartz’s “Uncontrolled Vocabulary” was an immense amount of fun. It was also an interesting exercise in multitasking streams of information and conversation, as I was listening to and participating in the discussion, reading the typed chats that some participants were typing out, reading the articles we were discussing, and reading […]
Tonight is the premiere of “Uncontrolled Vocabulary,” 10 pm Eastern/9 pm Central/figure the rest out on your own. Call in and join the conversation!
Greg Schwartz has decided to put together a weekly, hour-long, live podcast in which people call in to talk about issues and events in the Magical Land of Libraries. He’s calling it “Uncontrolled Vocabulary,” and has set up a blog and del.icio.us tags to go along with the show. The premiere show will be this […]
The latest Carnival of the Infosciences is up! Head on over to Inn0vate and check it out.
I’m now taking submissions for the next Carnival, which I’ll be hosting right here on March 5th. Enter your submissions through the wiki or send ‘em directly to me.
I wrote a letter to the editor of the Lawrence Journal-World. The hardest part was keeping it down to the required 250 words or less. Brother, do I have a lot to say in response to Mark Hirschey’s piece!
Of course, it’s a week after the opinion piece was published, so who knows my letter will […]
