When I applied to library school several years ago, it was not because I specifically wanted to work in a library or that I had dreamt of becoming a librarian since I was a wee lass, or that I had to work with books in some capacity and becoming a librarian would fulfill that andContinue reading “So, You Want To Be A Librarian/Archivist: A Portrait of the Librarian as a Young(ish) Woman #libday7”
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Wednesday the Pug Watches Over All
For most of her life, Wednesday has suffered from chronic ear infections – mostly stemming from her allergies to weeds, pollans, and grasses. It is this, we think, that is the cause for her starting to go deaf. A condition that has gotten progressively worse in the last few years and more prevalent now thatContinue reading “Wednesday the Pug Watches Over All”
Things are a changin’
A few weeks ago, I accidentally nuked the content at biblyotheke.net when I ssh’d in to my hosting server and accidentally deleted the wrong directory when I hit enter after the auto completion of “biblyotheke.net” instead of finishing it out with “biblyotheke.net.old.” Oops. For some time, I’ve been whinging on my existential crisis (of sorts)Continue reading “Things are a changin’”
Chaingang: August 8, 2011
In the mid-late ’90s, I ran a mailing list, “chaingang,” whose sole purpose was to forward links and bits and bobs to interested parties. This is the 21st century version of that mailing list, compiled weekly. What States Have Highest Concentrations of Librarians? and Librarians in the U.S. from 1880-2009. The first article mentions theContinue reading “Chaingang: August 8, 2011”
Chaingang: August 1, 2011
In the mid-late ’90s, I ran a mailing list, “chaingang,” whose sole purpose was to forward links and bits and bobs to interested parties. This is the 21st century version of that mailing list, compiled weekly. Thousands of SF classics return to earth as ebooks – I’ve discovered in recent years I’m a latent Sci-FiContinue reading “Chaingang: August 1, 2011”