Hi. I’m completely exhausted. We helped the Gilbert Hart Library in Wallingford reshelve their entire non-fiction section into their new addition. Five of us shelved a few thousand books — only approximately in order, shelf reading comes next — in four hours. Then our library director took us out for ice cream at the local filling station.
what’s a union? from ALA-APA
This month’s issue of the ALA-APA’s Library Worklife includes this little primer on unions, plus, a little something about blogs.
more neat blogs
Every state library association should have a nifty little blog like Library Stories to collect local library news, national news of relevance, and links to useful associations [and me!]. Oklahoma is lucky to have this.
why YOU should read copyfight
I know it says “tech news” at the top, but Copyfight should be required reading for all librarians because it tackles the increasingly legally problematic issue of free information. In the library, we give our information away, freely. We learn about Fair Use to watch our asses, but who is going to sue a library? Well, here is a good post about Fair Use and folks who are challenging the DMCA with their own legislation, the Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act, or DMCRA.
popular books by the book popularizers themselves
Top 100 Library Books, from OCLC, who should know. Sort of a surprising list, in some ways. Chicago Manual of Style appears twice for different editions. I’m not sure why Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Proceedings of the International Symposium At McGill University made the list. They seem to be all either politics, management or reference books, with a few curveballs [no Googdnight Moon? Only three kids books?]