8bitlibrary.com reports that their American Library Association interest group, on Comics and Graphic Novels, has taken off. I’m no longer an ALA member (AALL and SLA fit my needs) but this is great news for the medium and for librarians.
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Awesome News on Libraries and the Comic Book & Graphic Novel
Posted in comics, libraries, tagged ALA on January 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Etymology
Posted in libraries, tagged etymology, reference on January 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Aliens in the Library
Posted in libraries, tagged aliens on January 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Stop Thief!
Posted in libraries, tagged news on December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A complete nutter out of Alabama has reportedly been jailed and fined for stealing over $5,000 in library books [ai.com], The Anniston Star :
“Titles of the books police and library officials say Smith stole include the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer, the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella, The Art of Brazilian Cookery, by Dolores Botafogo, and a number of murder mysteries.”
This makes absolutely no sense (not the titles but the act itself). It doesn’t sound like she was turning the books around to make a profit but keeping them for her own collection. And I wonder if she removed the library labels or kept them. Will her library rights be revoked for life? A library thief leaves me with so many questions. At any rate though, stealing from the library is as bad as stealing from your own grandmother and/or drinking unicorn’s blood.
PressDisplay
Posted in digital libraries, libraries, technology, tagged databases, pressdisplay on December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My favorite news database is PressDisplay. More than likely you have free access with your library card. Check out your public library website list of databases or call your local librarian.
PressDisplay touts itself with:
| Over 1,000 U.S. and international newspapers in 40 languages. Newspapers are available in full-color, full-page format with a 60-day archive. |
Sears is the new Google/CIA/Big Brother?
Posted in libraries, technology, tagged FTC, sears on December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The FTC has released a report detailing an invasion of privacy by Sears. In short, Sears enticed users with $10 in order to have them downloaded software to assist in consumer research. This software then collected an insane amount of web-surfing data. [via LibraryLaw Blog]
Sears now has to cease the operation and delete all collected data. I wonder if lawsuits are on the horizon or if the agreement keeps Sears safe. For the most part, no one reads software license agreements (not that most of us could make sense of the legalese anyway). Either Sears really gets the Internet and how to manipulate it or they are a bunch of goombas. At any rate, users need to be better educated on WWWdangers, especially potential offers from “trusted” companies.
Ancient Section
Posted in comics, libraries, tagged comics on November 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If he is not an ancient historian, good luck reading it.
Worldcat
Posted in libraries, tagged worldcat on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Potent Quotables
Posted in libraries, tagged Dostoyevsky, video games on November 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“The argument that all these young people would turn up [in the library]to play video games and think, ‘Oh by the way, I must borrow that book by Dostoyevsky’ — it seems ludicrous to me.” [via]
- Michael Gorman, former president of the American Library Association.
Perhaps a video game about being exiled in Siberia or Crime and Punishment could right that ship?
Interview
Posted in libraries, tagged harry potter on November 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“witchcraft is not real…” -Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
You can read the full interview here: ALA.
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