Nancy Pearl — who has done a lot more great stuff than just posing for a plastic figurine — to retire at the peak of her superpowers. Special thanks to LISNews for ensuring that her name will be forever keyword-linked to the world’s finest love doll [do not click that link at work].
dead docs’ final resting place
Speaking of the overlap between cemeteries and libraries, check out the UNT “cybercemetery” whose mission is “to provide permanent public access to the electronic Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.” [like maybe this one?]
“are you sure you’re using that citation properly…?”
Kung-Fu Librarian has one of the most attractive library blogs I’ve seen. I’ve been enjoying looking at library blogs/websites off the beaten path. I’ll find one I haven’t seen, in this case Librarianguish, see who links to them, find another blog [tinylittlelibrarian], repeat.
Gary Price isn’t afraid to still call himself a librarian
Gary Price honored by SLA for “his unflagging and selfless 24/7 work in keeping the news librarians themselves up to date” [stuff]
ATAC: can you rig a voting machine and still have it pass certification?
A new addition to my tech-blogs list: ATAC: Abusable Technologies Awareness Center. [laz]