Okay let’s just say it straight. Having our OPACs say “Check shelves” when a book is supposed to be checked in is not much better than saying “Dream On” right? An amusing post by Karen on Web4Lib. [crafty]
Category: libraries
more on the Boston Public Library
I guess my DNC blog was enough of a paean to the Boston Public Library but I found a link to this BPL tribute page from Larry Nix who runs an interesting postal librariana page in addition to his regular librariana pages.
nudes!
The American Nudist Research Library turns 25 this year. See also the Toni Egbert Naturist Law Library.
Live nudes would seem to provide more reliably strong effects than photographs of nudes. The American Nudist Research Library has nudes of both varieties, a bounty that should be of interest to scientists. And it may be instructive to librarians elsewhere who lament that people don’t visit libraries the way they used to.
voting programming @ your library
Incidentally, one of the things I took away from the DNC was the importance of stressing the importance of voting, especially local voting. While I’m pretty critical of the ALA’s register to vote @ your library campaign — which should be called the “print out and mail this form at your own expense but only if you have an email address, otherwise you’re completely SOL @ your library” campaign — there are local elections where voting makes a huge difference and apathy can cost you money, no two ways about it. Pop Goes the Library has some good program ideas for mixing pop culture and democracy at your library.
Election years have unlimited potential for library programming ideas. From displays of books on the electoral & campaign process to town hall meetings to voter registration drives, libraries have the opportunity every few years to play an active role in being a go-to informational clearinghouse for voters.
prose and cons – a directory of prison libraries
This directory of state prison librarians [and libraries] is an essential resource for anyone concerned with library service in correctional institutions.