jessamyn

there are good and bad reasons why you did not get the job

Matt Wilcox, who you may remember [see 3/8 entry] as having a keen sense of humor, tries to help us understand why he didn’t hire us.

I googled you and found that a) you are weird or maybe b) whine a lot on listservs with searchable archives or c) whatever. Do I know that this is wrong, that I should be evaluating your skills and not your personal life? Yes, of course. I am not stupid. Will I do it anyway? Yes, of course. After all, I am not stupid.

food for fines, simple program great results

Posted on 04Oct04 by jessamyn

Another Food for Fines program from last year at the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma County. [thanks emily]

e-rate hold up dragging into monthlong mess

Posted on 04Oct04 by jessamyn

A few bad apples may be spoiling the E-Rate program that provides Internet and phone service to a large amount of the country’s schools and libraries. There are tighter spending rules, a lower mandatory contribution from the telcos [thanks FCC!] and possible delays on cash outlays extending into 2006. Now might be a good time to contact your elected official and make sure they are aware of this issue and actively working to resolve it. If E-rate money isn’t forthcoming, what does that mean for CIPA? [thanks rebecca]

hi – 01oct

Posted on 01Oct04 by jessamyn

Hi. I’m off for a long weekend. If anyone is interested in checking out the Fall Tour of Libraries next weekend, seeing Bernie Sanders grousing about the USA PATRIOT Act in the evening, and hanging out with me and bookmarklet co-conspirator Andrea, drop me a line.

Library Juice, juiced

Posted on 01Oct04 by jessamyn

If you like Library Juice, Rory has put together a “Selections from Library Juice” page which is a best-of sort of thing. If you don’t know Library Juice, this is a good place to start getting acquainted with it.