tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256017222011-04-21T16:10:22.062-04:00I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. ~Jane AustenThe unLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13751936167278469366noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25601722.post-1161798474013016162006-10-25T13:46:00.000-04:002006-10-25T13:48:01.630-04:00

Unless my new site crashes and burns and dies, this will be my very last post here on blogger. Please join me at my new location!!!

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Well, I wanted to wait until it was perfect before I let you all (what all six of you, lol) where the new blog is. Unfortunately I have realized that this isn't really possible, especially because I don't know how to code, as I'm sure most of you know. So, I'm trhowing my hands up in the air, and steering you all towards the new site which is: http://theunlibrarian.net/blog. Please remember

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I've stated time and time again in numerous places that I am NOT a web design genius. Nope, not me. I fake it pretty well sometimes, but then there are times like now...I don't know why I'm posting this, because if I didn't you would never have known.Screwed up my blog, that I did. I've been working on the new blog at a domain of my very own. I opened up Dreamweaver, which had remained

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My little library blog is moving!!! Keep your eye out for my new location.

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Happy birthday to the blog-goddess, Jessamyn West!

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I am now maintaining my 5th blog!!! And get this, it was not only voluntary, but was my idea! What was I thinking? So far, I "oversee", I guess the APB Blog, the MLC Communique Blog (though this one takes very little work on my part), one blog that I'm not going to share, this, my "Geeky Librarian Blog", and the all new MLC The Library Rebooted: Unwrapped blog.So, on Thursday I got this idea..

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It's been a bit, I know...and according to my poll, there is 1 person who has probably been waiting longingly for my next post, five who felt at least a bit of loss and 1 who really just doesn't give a damn. That being said, if you are actually reading this, posting a comment every once in a while isn't that bad of a thing...if nothing else, it'll give me a tiny boost of ego.This is my first "

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Do you actually read this blog? Yes - Daily! Yes - From time to time Yes - When I'm already falling asleep anyway Um... well...where am I again? NEVERView ResultsFree Myspace Polls

The unLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13751936167278469366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25601722.post-1154442108490629032006-08-01T10:18:00.000-04:002006-08-01T10:21:48.503-04:00

Frederick G. Kilgour, the founder of OCLC passed away on July 31. Check out OCLC's news release. He was known for the amazing innovations that OCLC offered in it's youth. He truly was a friend to libraries.How things change.

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Have you checked out the Center for Democracy and Technology? According to them, "The House of Representatives has passed a bill (DOPA) that would force schools and libraries to block chat and social networking sites as a condition of receiving federal E-rate funding.”Lovely.There's been a link to a video clip floating around lately about some reported that videotaped a guy viewing porn and

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Meridith Farkas has a very interesting post on her blog (Information Wants To Be Free) about LIS, LS, IS programs today. Being a somewhat recent library school grad (2004), I must admit that I did my far share of complaining in regards to what I learned, or rather what I didn't learn in my LIS program. The post covers what basic skills librarian should have, including the ability to embrace

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Do I even have to say anything? Click on the picture for realistic (and sadly humorous) examples of the intellect and intelligence of our fearless Commander in Chief.On another note, Jessamyn West (librarian.net) has a very interesting post today on the battle between good and evil on ALA related articles on Wikipedia regarding ALA's Library Bill of Rights. Check it out.

The unLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13751936167278469366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25601722.post-1152215694525994802006-07-06T15:34:00.000-04:002006-07-08T00:33:12.903-04:00

Well, day three got off to an almost normal start. I had gotten a decent amount of sleep and made it to the convention center for the first program I planned to attend. I did NOT make it early enough to surf the free breakfast, but alas.Initially, I wanted to go to the Forum on Digital Preservation, but the day/time was changed to Friday, I beleive. So, my first program was at 10:30 - Next

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At 8:00 am, I awoke still exhausted (even though we didn't stay out that late) with a headache and a continuing case of nausea. It was the same nausea I had been feeling since Wednesday or Thursday (peaking on friday), so I didn't think it could be blamed on the vodka. I had hoped to attend an early session on open source programs, but was a little wary of sitting in a room full of people

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Every year we attend ALA, it's like a librarians' orgy, sorry, but it is. We all get together, the more the better, and see what exactly we do for each other. I, being one who works for a network and not a library, probably spend a great deal of my time viewing everything from a different perspective, a "how can this help MLC" perspective. I have to admit that it's not my original intention.

The unLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13751936167278469366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25601722.post-1148569768778681752006-05-25T10:47:00.001-04:002006-05-25T11:12:34.916-04:00

So, technically I'm a librarian. Librarians like these things that are called (solely by us, I might add) Information Packages. These include books, CD's, videos, magazines, microfilms, eSerials, eBooks, etc. A large majority of these Information Packages are made up by words, either in text or audio.I'm a librarian. Librarians like words.I like words.If you don't understand words, then the

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Study Suggests Difference in Lesbians' BrainsA Study Indicates That Lesbians' Brains Respond Differently From Those of Heterosexual WomenRead the complete article here.I tried to be a good little librarian and find the actual scholarly paper, but alas, it was not meant to be found.

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Celia Barrett is the head librarian in Gulfport, Miss. — not that you'd find the library without the solid marble sign in front. Barrett says Hurricane Katrina checked out 30,000 books and every lick of furniture in the Gulfport library. It will take a mammoth effort to rebuild. But fortunately, as CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports, someone is leading the charge.That someone is 11-

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Henriette Avram, credited with the development and implementation of the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, died April 22 at age 86. The vehicle for the communication of bibliographic data was adopted as a national and international standard in 1971 and 1973, respectively.For full article, check out American Libraries

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How many academic librarians does it take to change a light bulb?Just five. One changes the light bulb while the other four form a committee and write a letter of protest to the Dean, because after all, changing light bulbs IS NOT professional work!

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I never liked country music, for the reason that a lot of us share: My parents liked it. All of the sudden, there's this "Young Country" thing going on, and I still hated it. If anything, I hated it more. They were all the same to me, these young, apparently "hip" country singers. To me, it was the difference between my father and my sister, old Republicans and young Republicans. The

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So, yesterday I went to library camp at the AADL. This was my very first "unconference". A bunch of people got together with a broad topic to discuss. At the beginning of the unconference, every got together and created a schedule, including what topics they wanted to cover, then we all went on our merry way, choosing what session to go to, etc.Theoretically, it was a discussion and not a lecture

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Well, on Friday I'm going to: Library Camp, a Library 2.0 Unconference. I came to the realization this morning that I'm not quite sure what Library 2.0 is...I knew it was another one of those trendy librarian catch phrases. "Librarian Trendy" is a very...unique idea...kind of like tying silk scarves around their necks, THAT is "Librarian Trendy". It doesn't take a brain surgeon, or maybe I

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A friend of mind wanted to be a librarian when she grew up, and now she is. That's amazing to me. The fact that she is now what she wanted to be is more amazing than the fact that she wanted to be a librarian.Me, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, then a social worker, then a musician, then a music teacher, then an enthnomusicologist. How did I end up a librarian? It was as easy as the fact that

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So, I must admit that I have blogs wandering out there in cyberland...anonymous blogs filling with the soulful longings and moanings of your average dark, self-analyzing-half-asian-liberal- vegetarian-unLibrarian. Now, however is the time for a blog that I can open to those I know, a somewhat professional illusion of maturity that the world is allowed to see.I suppose the first question to be

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