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| ISSN 1445-9124 | THE ZINE FOR LIBRARIANS WHO REFUSE TO BE CLASSIFIED |
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| ISSN 1445-9124 | THE ZINE FOR LIBRARIANS WHO REFUSE TO BE CLASSIFIED |
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PUBLIC SUPPORT Library Riots Around the nation, irate citizens are voicing their opinion on the lack of funding for libraries, and demanding immediate action.
There has been a flood of letter to a newspaper, and an angry call to talk-back radio. Inside sources believe that there may even be plans to produce a leaflet. At this stage, riot police are apparently on stand-by, not attending the protest rallies in what is believed to possibly be an effort to reduce media attention. A spokesperson for the Wangaratta Police Department, Vernon Kwriskzi, stated that he was prepared to arrest anyone that violated city ordinances for Unlawful Assembly, although he hadn't actually heard anything about the Library Protests. At this time, there does not appear to be any federal investigation to identify the leaders of this protest movement, nor into the claims of insufficient library budgets ... ... There is no more to read >> READING PROMOTION Library doubles figures
Duffield, VA: Following intense work by library staff, the community seems to have been convinced that the Internet doesn't hold all the answers for students with research papers. The city's Chief Librarian, who asked to remain anonymous, stated that the advertising in the local newspaper, together with celebrity appearances and 'open house' events had used up the entire budget for the next three years, "but, by golly, we got those kids back in there reading". Unfortunately, staff have had to be slashed back to one part-timer, and there is now no aquisitions budget. The Library Board has denied that the return to using hard copy resources was in any way related to the fact that as the library now can't afford electricity, it can't run any computers. Although the reading promotion campaign consumed most of the library's budget, the reading room is now catering to record numbers of users, in fact twice that recorded for the same period last year, up from one to two ... ... There is no more to read >> AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Zeitgeist or Bust? According to a recent CNN report, Michael Jackson "delivered millions of viewers to ABC, NBC and Fox during the February ratings sweeps".
There are now threats of another two hour special on Fox. But this time at least we can be prepared. The April 24 show will provide "unprecedented access to thousands of hours of never-before-seen footage revealing his real life, family and friends," the network said. Water Boards are expressing concern that millions of people may decide that they'd rather wash their hair on that night. However, this forwarning allows librarians (with appropriate copyright concessions) time for considered decision making. Will they either rifle through old video tapes to see what they want to tape over, or join the general population by deciding to do something not related to the continuing Michael Mania ... ... There is no more to read >> LIBRARIAN PROFILE OF THE WEEK Julie Niederhauser The vast majority of the population has never heard of Julie Niederhauser, Reference Librarian at Alaska's Kenai Community Library.
Maybe it's because they don't live in Alaska. Possibly they've never even heard of Kenai? When was the last time you even thought about Alaska (unless you live there, of course). Have you ever sought out Alaskan pen pals, or sent home-knitted socks and scarves to the Alaskan Red Cross? Concerned readers will be wondering what this has to do with Julie Niederhauser, and rightly so. Julie is in charge of inter-library loans and the Reference Collection, and works as a full-time assistant at Alaska's Kenai Community Library. But is that the end of the "Julie Niederhauser Story"? What are the hopes and dreams of Julie Neiderhauser? What professional relationship does she have with her library manager, and how does her commitment to excellence in her library work impact on her family life? Was the website she constructed for the Kenai Community Library a labor of love, or part of her job description? Maybe you don't even care about Julie, Kenai, or even Alaska. If so, perhaps you should ask yourself "am I really an informed citizen" ... ...More on Julie Niederhauser >>
SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION  From the Mailbox
In Brief, the quarterly journal of Legal Secretaries International Inc., have written to request permission to use Biblia's How to Be Successful at Meetings in their June edtion. Boston Public Library's Professional Staff Association (BPL-PSA) newsletter The Real Sheet may be reprinting Biblia's Library Management Models in a forthcoming edition. At the time of writing, they were awaiting legal advice ... ... There is no more to read >>
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The most important thing I have to say to you today is that hair matters. This is a life lesson my family did not teach me [and] Wellesley and Yale Law School failed to instil: Your hair will send significant messages to those around you. What hopes and dreams you have for the world - but more, what hopes and dreams you have for your hair. Pay attention to your hair, because everyone else will. Senator Hillary Clinton, giving the principal address at Yale's commencement exercises (5/01)
Can anyone verify the claim that because printed materials are being replaced by CD-ROM, microfiche and the Internet, libraries that previously sank into their foundations under the weight of their books are now in danger of collapsing in extremely high winds. Please contact the website below if your library has recently blown over ....
Described by the Internet Scout Project as "a compendium of links and writings by and about the American writer Henry James", it is unclear if the Scholars' Guide will take any action against casual web surfers who inadvertantly find the site, or if students with failing grades try to access the information ...
Stanford's Persuasive Technology Laboratory has conducted research on how people evaluate websites. It found that 13% of the survey group report that the major factor in assessing the quality of web based information was the type of advertising displayed on the page ...
Will PhilSci become the Genre of the Decade, or will it go the same way as LibAdmin, in failing to fulfil its early promise of reader demand exceeding library supply ... Did the link die? >>
Q: Actually, what is the right definition of life? ... There is no more to read >>
Shockwave.com offers Bookworm, an online Scrabble-alternative. You link letters together to make words. Don't let the red tiles reach the bottom, or your library will catch fire! Mind you, we know a few libraries where a good conflagration is the only viable solution for improvement ...
Thanks to the magic of multimedia, we can now view graphic representations of pain in Flash8.2 Complete with explanations, interviews, and soft-focus graphics, even the background music is painful ...
The PowerPoint Anthology of Literature will introduce the classics those with the attention span of a two-year-old. As an added bonus, language arts teachers who are having difficulty proving that they have 'successfully integrated technology into their classroom practice' will now be able to sleep at night ... ... Sigh >>
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