The Library of Congress has had a class action lawsuit filed against it by 45 black employees. You may recall that the LoC settled a class action lawsuit with its black employees in 1994.
MaryLaine would like some input from you
MaryLaine is looking for people to write to her about their proudest moments in librarianship.
librarian learns to dance on a bar becomes “more outspoken”
A little bit of follow up on that reality TLC show where the librarian got a job at the Coyote Ugly bar.
I still plan to audition for a job at the new Coyote Ugly in San Antonio. I think it would be fun to work there part time and in a library part time.
AFPL watch, now out of a job?
Now that Atlanta-Fulton Public Library system is getting a new director and a significantly smaller board will the AFPL Watch site shut down? The AFPL site, if you haven’t read it, is a scathing and sometimes amusing indictment of one clearly dysfunctional library system, board and director written by “concerned citizens” and anonymous AFPL staff. How much of your own library do you see in it?
who is watching the library watchers?
Other pages where the phrase “library watch” features prominently: China Library Watch, bloggish library watch entry, Library Watch name for a library news page, Library Watch newsletter, Library Watch safety program at UofT, Library Watch the joke Fox series and, of course, the Library Watch Cat