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Jessica the Cool Librarian has started a new group blog to discuss library matters (and related topics) as a community. I’ve joined on as one of the moderators, and as a mod, I encourage anyone and everyone to sign up and start posting and commenting. Behold, Library Talk!
I was going to call this post “Knee Deep in the Hoopla,” but decided a Starship reference would be a crime against good taste. Anyhoo… MPOW’s general public blog has gotten a couple of comments. From patrons. Yes, patrons are actually reading our blogs and making comments. This makes me very very happy indeed, because [...]
On the eve of Election Day, MPOW’s teen blog has had a patron-submitted name chosen by patron vote. The blog has been dubbed “OPL Teen Hot Spot” and the YA librarians are now soliciting logo designs from our teen patrons!
One of my favorite authors is Ray Bradbury. His manic enthusiasm for life, art and what many people consider “trash culture” (like monster movies and carnivals and comics), his approach to writing, his beautiful beautiful prose, his wide-eyed race towards tomorrow. I love the 10-year-old boy in the old man’s frame. His novel Fahrenheit 451 [...]
I’ve been blogging for 5 years now, and I’ve only just started to really think about why. No, that’s not entirely right. In 2001, you didn’t need a good reason to blog. In 2006, I think you do, and with the premiere of MPOW’s blogs, I’ve been thinking about my reasons and the reasons for [...]
It’s been more of a wait than impatient l’il ol’ me would’ve liked, but the public blogs for MPOW are officially open! The main blog is called “Hoopla,” and we also have a Children’s Department blog (“Around the Corner“), a Young Adult blog (currently called “Teen Blog” until the winner of the YA contest names [...]
I’m feeling sluggish and spacey this morning, and that’s not a good thing. It’s usually not a good thing, but today it’s a particularly not-a-good thing. This afternoon, I need to be energetic and…gee, what’s the opposite of “spacey”? “Earthy”? (What happens when Kevin Spacey meets Eartha Kitt? Wait, nevermind.) This afternoon, I’ll be making [...]
