Special ed teacher handcuffed at airport when bookmark is confused with concealed weapon. [thanks bjorn]
Author: jessamyn
You do remember libraries, don’t you?
What if your search engine really worked like a librarian does?
If only the search engine could stop after a few tries and say, “hey, I’m guessing that you’re looking for something like…” You know, just like any reasonably bright librarian might. (You do remember libraries, don’t you?) Yeah, it’d probably freak some people out, but what if it actually was helpful? [thanks hanan]
feed of the day? me?
Jessica helps demystify why my site wound on as Feedster’s Interesting Feed of the Day a few days back. I am still waiting for the day when my hand-coded RSS feed from jessamyn.com makes it there.
still national library card sign up month
It’s still National Library Card Sign Up Month. Here is a somewhat weird article about, in general, what your library might do for you. I am a bit creeped out by numbers 14, 17 and 19. [lisnews]
How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information and the Public’s Right to Know
More delightful anti-USA PATRIOT Act reading from Homefront Confidential. This one focuses more on journalists, but really, isn’t it about all of us? Lots of good data in this article.