Hi. I made my reservations to go to ALA in San Diego. If anyone is going and wants to meet up for coffee or kvetching, drop me a line. I’ll be at all the Council meetings, other than that, I’m not sure.
Author: jessamyn
canadia represent!
Since ALA, we all have known that the Canadian library schools are really putting out some top librarian talent. But who knew they had a fashion sense as well. The students from the SLIS at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia are hawking some mighty fine librarian t-shirts, possibly ones even too racy to wear to work. And, “action figure” aside, my favorite one has to be the NLA shirt. [thanks all]
way to go!
Other trends I am fond of… precision book truck drill teams. This one won first place! Longer list of library teams is here.
kvetching and kvelling
Speaking of kvetching, this guy has a good point.
It’s possible, however, that society’s collective inability to appreciate the public library as a vital institution is the library’s fault. But libraries are also venturing into murky waters. They are attempting to be everything to everybody, particularly at a time when higher usage is often rewarded with higher levels of funding support from government. [lisnews]
enhancement is not basics
State funds for school library enhancement were completely cut in Alabama after the failure of the Governor’s tax referendum. As a result school libraries are watching their budgets shift to zero while the stadards for accreditation are [rightfully] staying the same. Also, one of the saddest little library pictures I have seen. [thanks mac]