Erin goes to grad school

WHEN A PATRON LEAVES UNSATISFIED

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:01:30 -0400

"It’s National Library Week — like Shark Week but with cardigans."

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:38:19 -0400

“It’s National Library Week — like Shark Week but with cardigans.”

- my coworker in the University Archives. (via ex-tabulis)

libraryjournal: housingworksbookstore: Librarians: we know...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:33:01 -0500

libraryjournal:

housingworksbookstore:

Librarians: we know you’re stuck sitting in a chair most of the day. Why not get fit with this insane, super bizarre librarian workout from 1987?!

The Betty Glover Librarian Workout ad is awesome. It has: Van Halen music (and so much other great 80s music that it’s impossible to list it all), an old lady (Betty Glover) with a riding crop (and this predates Fifty Shades of Grey by over 20 years!), and librarians exercising. (via Betty Glover Librarian Workout Tape Ad (VIDEO))

This, including riding crop wielding, will now be mandatory procedure for all HWBC booksellers.

This is pretty much an auto-reblog.

Duke University Libraries Introduce “Digitize This Book”

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:18:35 -0500

Duke University Libraries Introduce “Digitize This Book”:

libraryjournal:

nerdylikearockstar:

Awesome strategy to keep digitization from becoming an overwhelming prospect—give priority to the books that are being requested in e-format.

Duke University Libraries say: “Starting this semester, Duke University faculty, students, and staff can request to have certain public domain books scanned on demand. If a book is published before 1923* and located in the Perkins, Bostock, Lilly, or Music Library or in the Library Service Center (LSC), a green “Digitize This Book” button will appear in its online catalog record. Clicking on this button starts the request. Within two weeks (although likely sooner), you will get an email with a link to the digitized book in the Duke University Libraries collections on the Internet Archive. You—and the rest of the world—can now read this book online, download it to your Kindle, export it as a PDF, or get it as a fully searchable text-only file. And you never have to worry about late fees or recalls!”

patrondebris: thepierglass: Mis-shelved library books: Harder...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:57:23 -0500

patrondebris:

thepierglass:

Mis-shelved library books: Harder to find than Jimmy Hoffa. (Sign from UW-Madison, photo by librarykitty)

Statistics are ESSENTIAL.

Photo

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:45:18 -0500

libraryjournal: continuants: thedanaash: I do not have the...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:13:14 -0500

libraryjournal:

continuants:

thedanaash:

I do not have the skills of an artist but how do we make this (or something like it) happen?

yes it is a real quote.

please make this real so i can have one.

!!! !!! !!!

ULTIMATE LIBRARIAN SWAG!

libraryjournal: nerdylikearockstar: Oh the gems uncovered by...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:18:58 -0500

libraryjournal:

nerdylikearockstar:

Oh the gems uncovered by weeding!

Just marvelous.

I desperately want to believe that this is published by a...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:43:10 -0400

I desperately want to believe that this is published by a literal group of carnivorous plants, like a community newsletter.

Why, thank you.

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:22:19 -0400

Why, thank you.

Sauntering off to my 17th year in public school, and feeling...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:19:40 -0400

Sauntering off to my 17th year in public school, and feeling pretty zen about it.

fishingboatproceeds:

sincerely-jessy:

John’s Open Letter to Students Returning to School

Summer is ending.

I argue that this is good news.

By which I mean, I’m moving in less than a month.

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:01:06 -0400

By which I mean, I’m moving in less than a month.

I was in the dentist’s office today, and looked at the TV...

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:10:34 -0400

I was in the dentist’s office today, and looked at the TV screen just in time for Rachael Ray’s guest to say of their makeover subject, “she’s no librarian.”

Ok, got it. …And yes, I still need to go to library...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:06:32 -0400

Ok, got it.

…And yes, I still need to go to library school.

jyhslibrary:

RETRO POSTER - Books are Arranged … (by Enokson)

The bizarre sound that I made when I saw this (somewhere between...

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:26:00 -0400

The bizarre sound that I made when I saw this (somewhere between a sigh and a sob and a moan) affirms my confidence in my career path…

npr:

One of the submissions from our “Heart of Your City” project. You can participate, too, just go here and follow the directions. — Tanya

Let's start at the very beginning

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:45:39 -0400

My undergraduate diary consists of approximately seven sentences. Here’s a synopsis:

“Orientation Day 1: Very tired. More later.”

My goal is to document my graduate school experience in a slightly more complete manner.