I couldn’t help chuckling when I saw this post from sj, who recently discovered Gary Price’s ResourceShelf. It just confirms what librarians have known for a while: Gary is totally awesome and creates very valuable resources.
Jay pointed to this entry from The Yeti a while back. Let me just say that I don’t I give out my business cards hoping to get a date, especially if that someone has a significant other.
Networking is a very big part of my profession. That’s why I distribute my cards. But now I’m thinking [...]
Rumor has it that the mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, wants to save money by hiring non-degreed librarians. A colleague of mine is meeting with him about this on Thursday and wants some ammo to use in that meeting. She e-mailed a discussion list asking for hard information showing why degreed librarians are better than what [...]
Steve writes about why he appreciates librarians and the similarities between techies and librarians. His words are too good for me to just let them linger in a TrackBack link.
Some key excerpts:
“I have a feeling that one of the main reasons computer techies appreciate librarians is because they both understand exactly how challenging it is [...]
Shimon blogged about walking on frozen Spy Pond on Sunday. I was out on Ponkapoag Pond in the Blue Hills, so I wanted to comment on his post. In order to comment on a blog post, Frassle requires you to set up an account. I didn’t think too much about it because of all the [...]