Somehow, I completely missed this blog by one of news librarianships’ shining stars until now. The “news” Barbara reports is often helpful to journalists and news librarians everywhere, not just the UNC journalism students who use the Park Library. Recent entries include information on election statistics, aviation facts, almanacs, articles of note, and library news. [...]
Blake wants proposals for a chapter about blogging as it relates to all aspects of librarianship for an upcoming issue of the journal “The Reference Librarian.” From LIS News
LIS News links to some great information and resources for celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of America’s greatest children’s books authors: Theodor “Ted” Geisel, who wrote under the name Dr. Seuss. The important date is March 2. The main event seems to be “Read Across America,” a program encouraging children to [...]
Michael responds to reactions to a controversial photo with some thoughts on bloggers and self-censorship. My thoughts: Sometimes it is difficult to know when to “protect” readers from something that might offend them and when to write something without caring whether it’ll offend someone or not. There’s a balance between the attitude “If you find [...]