Recently reported here was the threat by author Zohar Amihud of sending his latest book for review. The book has now arrived with the Warrior Librarian stating it is in the review queue. Which is behind the ironing queue but well ahead of the sleeping queue.

However, preliminary examinations reveal that the book Look, Mom! I built my own website, targets middle-schoolers; is a sequential guide covering the significant aspects of web construction; but lacks any mention of the Warrior Librarian. But apart from the last, it's a pretty good book.

Amihud, who has written a number of books and has contributed to the writing of other books including HTML, JavaScript, ASP, ASP.NET, Visual Basic, C# and Microsoft Office also has an MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) certification and a Master's degree in Business Administration specializing in Marketing & Information Technology.

Further enquiries reveal that when he isn't writing, he is probably in the fitness club doing spinning, weight training or running a treadmill, and he is married with 3 children. There is no information at this stage as to the library overdues status of the author or his family ...

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The Internet Scout Project has ended the NSDL Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology after four years of publication.

Chris Long, the managing editor of the Scout Report, stated that they are "very excited about our newest NSF National Science Digital Library-funded effort, the Applied Mathematics and Science Education Repository (AMSER), a new four-year project that will link community and technical colleges to online applied math and science resources via a web portal and complimentary services."

They are hoping to make AMSER (http://amser.org/)"the same kind of high-quality source of information about online resources that the NSDL Scout Reports have been". Which is sort of nice in a cucumber sandwich sort of way ...

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Information specialists and researchers may not have to trawl through endless blogs to identify valuable communication between the leading lights of society.

Cogprints (http://cogprints.org/), which resembles something like Cliff Notes meets Einstein, is an electronic archive of the work of scholars from diverse fields.

Unfortunately for those with ingrained reading habits and low level expectations, the Brains Trust does not reveal where they get their pizza from or what movie they've just watched ...

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The perennial, but rarely considered, problem of keeping the Armed Forces in top form in the unlikely event of non-conflict periods may have been solved.

The Warrior Librarian approached a number of members of the Australian Army Reserves to discuss this matter.

In addition to addressing the gender imbalance in library staffing, the use of military personnel in full combat kit may also act as a deterant to graffittists and book vandals.

But probably not ...

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English, being a living language, is continually morphing in meaning, expanding in color and scope, and generally open to abuse. And misuse. Not to mention poor spelling and grammar. With the incursion of unnecessary expletives by those with an insufficient vocabulary to adequately express themselves appropriately. But with exceptions being made for library workers who have been banging their heads against brick walls for a prolonged period.

A new word emerged from the depths of reflection - if not despair.

wally-bother. n: a compound word made from the parts wally meaning a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid and bother (1) To disturb or anger, especially by minor irritations; annoy.
(2) To make agitated or nervous; fluster.
(3) To make confused or perplexed; puzzle.
(4) To intrude on without invitation or warrant; disturb.
(5) To give trouble to.

Wally-bother is (now) a Knowledge Management term referring to small but significant irritations caused by inept management (wallies). Generally not worth getting steamed up about, but certainly worth documenting for future reference or retribution. First documented use by A. B. Credaro on June 18, 2005. See also microstress and cumulative stress ...

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This week's offering is a bonus edition, in the tradition of mainstream publishing. Normally one would expect the 'bonus' in the form of additional advertising.

As WLW does not accept advertising, apart from a small and very subtle link to our sole sponsor who pays ONLY the website hosting fees, this presented a small challenge to the Warrior Librarian team.

Therefore, we have bulked up this edition by making the image files larger, and hope that this will be an acceptable compromise for our readers.

"Competition" is embedded in the lunchboxes of children from kindergarten up - specially packed by loving parents. Of course there are some who don't get lunch.

J. Wilkinson, Teacher Librarian, Sydney Australia

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Former library worker and frequent library user, Stephen Chrisomalis (pictured) is the mastermind behind The Phrontistery - and yes, we had to look it up too.

phrontistery FRON-tis-te-ri, n: a thinking-place [Gr phrontisterion from phrontistes a thinker, from phroneein to think; applied by Aristophanes to the school of Socrates]

The site supplies an online dictionary and the definitions to rare and unusual words. There's also a 15,500-word dictionary of obscure and rare words, the International House of Logorrhea, as well as many glossaries, word lists, and other English language and etymology resources ...

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Another typical working week:
Manic Monday: A lot of trying to find where I’d left things from last week, and what I was up to.
Traumatic Tuesday: I can’t help but note how much work there is to get through, and how much time I wasted yesterday trying to catch up with myself.
Weird Wednesday: As Alice said, “curiouser and curiouser”. Where have the last two days gone?
Thursday Wild: OK, time for a big surge in work output. I’m not taking a coffee break for at least the next 20 minutes.
Freakin’ Friday: OMG! Is it Friday already? Now I’m freaking out ….the weekend starts tomorrow and I’ll never get through all the ironing. Maybe next weekend?

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