Nancy Pearl’s action figure is outselling all the other action figures at Archie McPhee. This means that in at least one sense, she’s more popular than Jesus. More factoids about her in this interview. [lisnews]
Author: jessamyn
national medical librarians month
It’s National Medical Librarians Month and MLA has all sorts of good ideas of ways you can “celebrate“
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
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
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]