The New Jersey Library Association — you know, the ones who brought you Super Librarian — are now having a design your own librarian contest [pdf], a contest I intend to try to win! [thanks carol]
library school student body presidents with blogs
U of Toronto’s library school’s student council president has a blog. I happen to know that the library school president at Simmons does too.
ad hoc librarian?
What happens when your site is the first hit for “instant message question answerer” on Google? Kids ask you their homework questions, duh!
God loves RFID?
The Vatican Library says that tagging their materials with RFID chips will cut the amount of time they need to close for inventory from a month to half a day.
voting time at ALA
I just filled out my [paper] ballot for the ALA elections. I mostly voted for the progressive candidates, a few oddballs, and my pal Step Schmidt who convinced me to run for Council myself and whose entry about why she is running — as well as her personal statement that was included with the ballot — resonated deeply with me.