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hey the library made The Onion in a supporting role

jessamyn — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:05:01 +0000

I think you will enjoy Protagonist Scrolls Intensely Through Microfilm. [thanks sandy!]

dudes! did you see the library they’ve got here?

jessamyn — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:30:18 +0000

“[W]hile I’m here on campus, my life is totally going to revolve around that library. “

cat and girl listen to the news

jessamyn — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:52:34 +0000

“When you think of librarians you might think….”

$5000 for one of the best library ad campaigns I’ve seen

jessamyn — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:12:32 +0000

I put this on Twitter last week while I was trying to figure out how to get permission to post one of these photos. The link got buzzed around really speedily and the photos were everywhere. I figured I’d drop it here for posterity too. Aren’t these trucks great looking? Another neat thing from Johnson County Library System (KS).

A few links to kick off 2009

jessamyn — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:03:23 +0000

I’ve been working on keeping my inbox pretty well empty which has meant no linkhoarding this week. Here are a few things worth pointing out that I’ve kept around.

Look what this library found in their bookdrop! [via unshelved]
OPACs, Open Source and Patron Perceptions: a look at what happens (and what can happen) when open source software is a library’s public face. A student paper from Elyssa Kroski’s LIBR 287 class.
Seeking chapters for a new edited collection entitled Beyond Article 19: Libraries and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Can you help out?
The Effing Librarian has put together a book. Shopping season is over, but look at that sunny yellow cover!

file under: why did you tell anyone?

jessamyn — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:17:01 +0000

Package Containing Porn, Pot Mistakenly Sent to Maysville Library. [thanks coldchef]

this is just to say….

jessamyn — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:27:09 +0000

“Ayn Rand man, I would like to apologize for a few things. To begin with, I am sorry that I did not state in simpler words, when you asked why Ayn Rand was shelved in the fiction section instead of the philosophy section, that the Fountainhead is a novel.” from best of craigslist, via library_mofo.

lolbrarians

jessamyn — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:15:50 +0000

Noted without any more comment than “this is awesome to my personal refined humor sensbilities.” I give you lolbrarians. If you have an LJ account, consider contributing. I have. If you’re wondering wtf, you can Google lolcats or perhaps lolbees and see if it becomes any clearer. If not, don’t worry it’s just a stupid joke. (rated SC for “some cussin’”)

make Amazon suck like your OPAC. innovative + api haxie

jessamyn — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:27:32 +0000

If Amazon sucked like our old OPAC. To be fair, this Innovative version is pretty ancient. Funny? Yes. Accurate? Not entirely. [thanks marlene]

This Week on A Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette

jessamyn — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:36:02 +0000

Confused as to how one stakes a claim on a given collection or service?

Pee on it.

unfortunate children’s books and library humor

jessamyn — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:51:34 +0000

A usually-amusing photoset on Flickr of Unfortunate Children’s Books. Here’s another one on library comics, humor and illustrations. [thanks jen & steve]