A number of changes to governance seem to have taken place without Joe (or Jane) Public's knowledge. Who knew that Persistence had changed status from Virtue to that of approximating a mortal sin?

Until recently, Persistence had connotations of "goal centred achievement", "never say never", "if at first you don't succeed try, try again". Slipping in under the cover of darkness is the new handbook, officially endorsed and recognised in the legal sense.

Launched (quietly) in August 2007 was the Unreasonable Persistence (Section 3.1) proscription. Notably, there is no indication as to who is to be the arbiter of "unreasonable". And strangely, the same website still includes the instruction to "be persistent".

And all that without considering the new laws allow for heavy fines just for being annoying. Sure, at the moment they're just for July. But what are the implications for library advocacy ...

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According to her employer's website, Ruth Kneale's interests include Electronic Data Management Systems; Content Management Systems; Perl; perception of librarians; computer use in libraries; continuing database development; human-computer interactions.

As Systems Librarian, Ruth is responsible for documentation, database development, electronic resource management, research needs, technical support, and whatever else is needed by the ATST staff. As the NSO webmaster, she handles web design, development, and scripting needs for the various NSO projects. Her main duties for her Special Library Association (SLA) divisions are also web and tech related; in addition she researches and talks on the image of librarians in the Internet Age.

So? Ruth's recent (and exceptionally polite) request to have her excellent website included on the WLW Librarian Stereotype page reminded an embarrassed editorial staff that the current version is about 2 years out of date. We'd sack the person responsible except for the fact that there'd be no more WLW ...

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Hank Roberts of the very useful website SpamCop writes in obvious frustration regarding the 1999 article on the "Role of the Teacher Librarian".

Whilst the exemplary Hank contends that there is a typographic error, a quick referral to a trusty (hard copy) thesaurus notes that duel = affair of honor, bout, challenge, engagement, fencing, joust, shootout, single combat, sword fight.

However, dual = bifold, binal, binary, coupled, double, double-dip, doubleheader, duple, duplex, duplicate, matched, paired, twin.

Who would have thought that the pun would sit there "unpunished" (well, where did you think the word came from?) for so long, completely unexposed in its duplicitous nature ...

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Relying heavily on Internet-based information, the luggage is being organized - but what to pack for New York and Washington DC in October?

With something of a shock, the WLW editorial team found that "street wear" and "urban fashion" are quite different. Also, weather information varies from site to site.

The well-travelled Rosemary intends taking one small wheeled suitcase and a backpack, but the WL finds that volume of luggage is barely sufficient to convey the proposed footwear across to the other side of the planet. Mind you, an awful lot of other baggage will also be making the trip ... ...

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