And, speaking of laughing out loud, I present: ALA Council: The Drinking Game
Author: jessamyn
who do you serve?
I missed this from the PLA Blog before I left ALA. but there’s a pretty interesting statistic here: 80% of libraries serve populations of less than 10,000. Even a rural-ish library like mine serves a population of almost 30,000.
iRead shuffle – enjoy uncertainty
What is missing from a lot of library weblogs? Fun graphics! Thanks, Aaron for making a whole new graphic out of my old tired Encyclopedia Britannica.
low end powerpoint – streetref notes
Inspired by Michael’s white board shot, I have the notes from my street reference talk — which got at least one positive review — on-line. How are you at communicating your message without your gadgetry?
why mandating filters doesn’t work
Welcome to the club of the misfiltered, Oregon Libraries! According to Sethf, the Oregon Libraries Network web site is classified by N2H2 as “pornography” and hence is unviewable by 40% of schools in the US, according to their statistics. You can check to see if your own site is filtered. More over at LISNews. Here are the result from a few of my pages:
librarian.net – not currently categorized
jessamyn.com – “Web Page Hosting/Free Pages” [incorrectly]
jessamyn.com/journal – “Message/Bulletin Boards” [note: this could apply to any blog]
jessamyn.com – “Web Page Hosting/Free Pages” [incorrectly]
jessamyn.com/journal – “Message/Bulletin Boards” [note: this could apply to any blog]