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Australian poetry revival
Returning to Oz to tour with his book of poetry 'The book of My Enemy' and to attend various writers' festivals, James has authored over 40 books on various topics, including three autobiographies. Weighing in at 400 pages, the book is an accumulation of four decades of work. The guy just isn't trying, if it took him 40 years to make enough enemies to fill a book ... ...No more to read here >> Junior Chick-Lit hits big screen
Which goes a long way to explaining why the film's website is not yet operational, the trailers aren't available, you can't complete an online review, fan sites are conspicuous by their absence, and there is not yet a supporting cast to lampoon ... ... No more to read here >> Information Literacy Framework hysteria
Which just goes to prove that having a document edited by an Al Bundy is no guarantee of textual humor ... ...No more to read here >> Computer upgrade goes terribly wrong
Yep, you checked it was plugged into the power outlet. You're not dumb - you checked the main power switch was on. The next obvious step is to pull the thing to pieces, right? Around the world, this depressing scenario is being constantly repeated ... ... No more to read here >>
WLW EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Journeying with Anna Maria Dell'oso
Yet, just moments after the polite applause came to an end, a figure darkened if not the doorway, at least the back of the school library. Yep. It was the Warrior Librarian seeking yet another real-life, real-time interview ...
Not to mention library staff, custodians, and the hearing-sensitive. Tinnitus sufferers don't seem to notice any difference ... ... ... No more to read here >>
MORE ORIGINAL HUMOR
Research has shown that the average librarian will take 15 to 20 minutes to read this web page. Anecdotal evidence is suggesting that many librarians fear they do not have enough time to investigate the humor links. The majority of the 90+ original library humor items (all written by Biblia, and not available anywhere else on the 'net) in the Humor Index are designed to take less than 2 minutes to read. However, if you choose to hang around there for hours reading them all, then re-reading them, then WLW cannot take any responsibility. You now have the choice of using the genetically unmodified Alphabetical Index or the dolphin-safe Dewey Version. Caffeine-free version has been temporarily canned, pending an FDA investigation ... MOST POPULAR BIBLIA PAGES TO DATE:
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The Letter of the Week (to other publications) has to be awarded to the Fifth Graders of Arizona's Islands Elementary School, who wrote elequently in praise of their school library ... A big Duh! award for the Times Dispatch for working out that internet usage declines with users' age ... More news to hand on the rare book collector who build a half-million dollar private library without any expenditure. Ten police were sent to arrest the Gulf War veteran, who has now been banned from at least one library ... Damage-proof hardware being installed in prisons to enable access to LexisNexis might appeal to a number of non-correctional facilities ... One for the noticeboards and to circulate to governing institutions. "According to a 2000 Urban Libraries Council study, cities and small towns nationwide are investing in their libraries and the economic benefits are following." Downtown Yonkers, with views over the Hudson ... The Scotsman is insisting that more Scottish authors be represented in their libraries. Maybe they would be if they could use themes other than haggis and bagpipes ... Many thanks to Kendall Grant Clarke, for an excellent(ish) exposition on the organization of lending libraries. "Who knew libraries were such complex places, right? ... This social and informational complexity means at the very least that it's okay for librarians to be so incredibly anal retentive." This is really going to boost circulation rates and enrollments in library school ... The free online CIA Factbook has now been incorporated into the online subscription reference service, xreferplus. Apparently there is still "one born every minute" ... Willmington parents are mounting a challenge against the Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland book, "King and King", about a homosexual prince ... Brazilian author Lygia Bojunga was named the winner of the second annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature. Bojunga, a children's book writer, was invited to Stockholm to collect the $663,400 prize from Crown Princess Victoria on May 26. "Lygia Bojunga dissolves the boundaries between fantasy and reality with all the exhilarating ease of a child at play," the prize jury said in its citation... There is no more >>
I have always imagined that hell will be a kind of school library at lunch break. Peter Hughes (1950- )
Can you get me breakfast menus from the following 5 countries: Tibet, Mongolia, Turkey, Thailand (pronounced "Thighland") and Space Shuttle? Public Library, Ohio There is no more >>
Here's one for those late-night shifts on Desk Duty, or when waiting for the fire brigade to arrive. Candy Cruncher is a sort of Match-the-pictures meets Rubic's Cube online game ... There is no more >>
Who would have thought that solving the world's literacy problems was as simple as downloading a parent's tip sheet and some colouring in? Every liberry MUST put a link to this site, immediately! There is no more >>
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Notable Australian ex-patriot Clive James has stated that there is a global resurgence in antipodean literature, with poetry proving to be the leading light.
Delta Goodrem will take the lead female role in the film version of Robin Klien's Hating Alison Ashley, a tale of teenage angst and parental embarrassment. The project has been given the "green light", and starts filming in Melbourne in a few weeks time.
The release of the second edition of the Australian and New Zealand Information Literacy Framework: Principals, Standards and Practice (ISBN 192092700X available online for free at http://www.anziil.org/index.htm, or 5 print copies for AUD$35.00 including tax and postage in Australia - no information about additional costs to New Zealand, or elsewhere) is causing much less interest than was initially anticipated.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back online, you find out you have a hardware problem. Or maybe a software conflict. Although problems with corrupted files might be the base cause. Whatever.
Far from it being a dark and stormy night, it was a humid Sunday afternoon at a senior high school in Sydney's western suburbs. The critically acclaimed author was delivering a lecture to students preparing for their finals. The HSC English topic "Journeys" was not one to be taken lightly.
With the news that Panasonic has orchestrated a beatnik deal for musical mobile (cell) 
MASS MEDIA: Although the Blacktown Advocate has once again ignored the Warrior Librarian and her various activities, the University of Sydney Gazzette apparently covered this less-than-distinguished alumni's publishing efforts in a recent issue. Two independent sources have mentioned the item, although attempts to obtain another copy of same have so far been unsuccessful (the whereabouts of Biblia's copy are currently unknown) ...
CONFERENCES Biblia's next conference appearance is scheduled on 
ACADEMIA: The University of Texas at Arlington now lists this website on its page 'Websites for Professional Growth'...
INTERNET: Google now lists 'about' 1,830 hits for a search on the phrase "warrior librarian". Not that we check regularly or anything ....
FROM THE MAILBOX: There's been an interesting increase in the number of "bouncing" emails coming back to our mailbox - particularly as they weren't sent from here. When we find out who's spoofing our address to send p*orn*graphic spam, boy, are they in deep trouble ...
