Library Society of the World

lris to Library Society of the World
Come work with me!! http://pegasuslibrarian.c...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 5 ] -

When I was job-hunting last year, I would've jumped on this. - bentley - -

1 other comments...

No! I won't! You'd love it here!! - lris - [ 3 ] -

Comment

Catherine Pellegrino to Library Society of the World
Wow, the independent filmmakers are getting even more desperate/annoying: cold-calling, with a follow-up email that admits, "alas, it's precisely the kind of email that almost no one ever clicks to open." YA THINK?

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - - [ 2 ]

no kidding - lris - -

ha. indeed. - mehlib - -

Comment

bentley to Library Society of the World, bentley's feed
“Selling Yourself: The Art of Personal Branding.” Last week’s “Under the Influence” (about advertising) was about personal branding, and how to use those principles when job hunting. Very interesting. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/u... (Note: even though the audio is going away in a week, the blog page has the complete script, plus illustrative images and video.) (NOTE: the first video auto-starts.)

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 1 ] -

(I cross-posted this to LSW because personal branding could be seen as part of professional presentation.) - bentley - -

laurabotts to Library Society of the World
We need a Systems Librarian! https://www.mercerjobs.co...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 1 ] -

bentley to Library Society of the World, bentley's feed
Charleston Library Manager Killed in Shooting at Church http://lisnews.org/charle... http://www.pressomatic.co...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - - [ 2 ]

bentley to Library Society of the World, The Reading Room, bentley's feed
"Crafton Hills College student, parents protest material in graphic novels English course" http://www.redlandsdailyf... (via http://news.nationalpost.... ) https://nationalpostcom.f...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - -

"A Crafton Hills College student [Tara Shultz, 20, of Yucaipa] and her parents have complained to college administrators that graphic novels taught in an English course are pornographic and violent. [...] Four of the graphic novels discussed in the course depict nudity, sex, violence and torture. They also contain obscenities. “It was shocking,” Shultz said. “I didn’t expect to open the book and see that graphic material within. I expected Batman and Robin, not pornography." [...] - bentley - -

5 other comments...

It feels like a huge portion of her objection is that reality doesn't conform to her profound misunderstanding of the medium. I have no patience for that. - Jennifer D. - [ 2 ] -

Comment

waltcrawford to Library Society of the World
True confession: I almost hate it when I find myself disagreeing with Rick Anderson--as I frequently do in the OA arena--because he's so damn sensible,, and blunt, about so many things much of the time. Ah well: I even disagree with Ms. Rogers and Ms. Salo from time to time...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 1 ] -

Catherine Pellegrino to Library Society of the World
I just deleted an entire folder of outraged emails concerning the Great APA Style Guide Typo Disaster of 2009. What has taken you down memory lane lately? (crossposted to http://thelsw.org)

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 3 ] - [ 1 ]

SLIS graduation a few weeks ago. TEN YEARS SRSLY?! - Ondatra iSkoolicus - -

6 other comments...

Do you have an APA cite to that Chronk article? - Joe from iPad - -

Comment

lris to Library Society of the World
Achievement unlocked: teaching EndNote to someone at another school over chat.

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 10 ] -

*bows down before deity* - Ondatra iSkoolicus - -

3 other comments...

Funny story. The very first online chat I did was assisting someone with Endnote. Wasn't teaching from scratch as the person attended in class but didn't get it. - Aaron Tay from Android - [ 1 ] -

Comment

Catherine Pellegrino to Library Society of the World
Cry "havoc!" and let slip the pre-ALA vendor emails.

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 2 ] -

lol even teensy SLA inundated my inbox - Ondatra iSkoolicus from iPad - -

bentley to Library Society of the World, The Reading Room, bentley's feed
Taking reader's advisory up a notch? "Can Reading Make You Happier?" http://www.newyorker.com/...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 4 ] -

"Several years ago, I was given as a gift a remote session with a bibliotherapist at the London headquarters of the School of Life, which offers innovative courses to help people deal with the daily emotional challenges of existence. I have to admit that at first I didn’t really like the idea of being given a reading “prescription.”[...] But the session was a gift, and I found myself unexpectedly enjoying the initial questionnaire about my reading habits that the bibliotherapist, Ella Berthoud, sent me. Nobody had ever asked me these questions before, even though reading fiction is and always has been essential to my life. [...] - bentley - -

3 other comments...

"Berthoud and Elderkin are also the authors of “The Novel Cure: An A-Z of Literary Remedies,” which is written in the style of a medical dictionary and matches ailments (“failure, feeling like a”) with suggested reading cures (“The History of Mr. Polly,” by H. G. Wells). First released in the U.K. in 2013, it is now being published in eighteen countries, and, in an interesting twist, the contract allows for a local editor and reading specialist to adapt up to twenty-five per cent of the ailments and reading recommendations to fit each particular country’s readership and include more native writers. The new, adapted ailments are culturally revealing." - bentley - -

Comment

lris to lris's feed, Library Society of the World
Want to come work with me? Seeking a Reference & Instruction librarian to be my "languages & cultures" librarian buddy: https://jobs.carleton.edu...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 4 ] -

Catherine Pellegrino to Library Society of the World
Metadata is hard, ladies and gentlemen: http://content.screencast...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 5 ] -

what the what? - Ondatra iSkoolicus - -

10 other comments...

Yes. Gale. (*cough* *cough*) Though that only explains some of them -- not the ones from Sage. At this point, I throw my hands in the air and say "hey, discovery services were never intended to be exhaustive search tools, right? Right?" :-) - Catherine Pellegrino - -

Comment

Ondatra iSkoolicus to Library Society of the World, Ondatra iSkoolicus's feed
If you or someone you know would be interested in teaching a course in reference online this fall, please let me know. The person we had planned on just backed out.

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 3 ] -

I would absolutely be interested (and I DM'd you). - Meg VMeg - [ 1 ] -

yay! will be in touch! - Ondatra iSkoolicus - [ 1 ] -

Comment

waltcrawford to Library Society of the World
I replied to a tweet and probably shouldn't have: I suppose it's unfair to hold against Jim Neal that he found it necessary to respond to my broadcast request for help in finding a new job by saying how WONDERFUL it was that he'd helped engineer the merger that caused me to lose my job. To me, needlessly rubbing salt into wounds is asshatishness, but maybe that's petty.

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - - [ 1 ]

I should note that, after the tweet, Jim Neal asked what the problem was and apologized--saying it was out of character for him. Which it was, I think. - waltcrawford - -

2 other comments...

As he noted in his apology--and as I knew--he played no part in post-merger personnel decisions; he just helped engineer the merger itself. - waltcrawford - -

Comment

mehlib to Library Society of the World
I'm having the worst time with the ALA Store site loading. #wackypants

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - -

mehlib to Library Society of the World, mehlib's feed
Hey, I'm looking for a diagram of a part of a boat engine. Anyone want to help, just for kicks? #refdesk

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 1 ] -

Sure you do! Patron wants a diagram of the distributor cap that shows the firing order of the Vovlo Penta AQ 125/130 engine from a 1984 Bayliner Cuddy Caprice. Thus far, have not yet found such a diagram in a manual, Google Patents or on the Volvo Penta website. - mehlib - -

no luck thus far. Hoping UMN libraries can help out - mehlib - -

Comment

lris to Library Society of the World
webinar webinar webinar

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - -

woo - mehlib - -

waltcrawford to Library Society of the World
A bit discouraging but not surprising. A Frontiers blog entry about spring OA conferences with various "predatory" and other stuff finished with two recommendations for Important Sources for OA journal validity. First, DOAJ. Second...thus giving him even more validation...Beall's List. Sigh.

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - -

lris to Library Society of the World
This seems almost too good to be true for people who need a relational database -- also open source with hosted version available. http://heuristnetwork.org...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - -

lris to Library Society of the World
Sitting in on an all-workshop for undergraduate student research assistants who will be working on humanities projects over the summer. The first of its kind. So exciting!

9 years ago from iPad - Comment - Hide - - [ 9 ] -

So far they've touched on IRB, and thinking about personal research styles. Now Kristin is teaching data management practices. - lris from iPad - -

4 other comments...

Finished up with work time for faculty/student collaborators. It was a good day. (And it's hosted by the library and the Humanities Center on campus, not just the library.) :) - lris - [ 2 ] -

Comment

bentley to Library Society of the World, bentley's feed
From "I Work At A Public Library" http://iworkatapubliclibr... http://40.media.tumblr.co...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 5 ] -

You mean? I can leave in the colored sticky things when I return books back to the pl? - Joe - [ 1 ] -

mehlib to Library Society of the World
So, we are now on QuestionPoint as part of the AskMN consortium. Thus far, no questions.

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 1 ] -

*tap, tap, is this thing on?* - mehlib - -

5 other comments...

huh - mehlib - -

Comment

Katy_S to Library Society of the World, Katy_S's feed
The Laws of Librarianship you might not learn about in library school. #1 Somebody will puke on one of the busiest days of Summer Reading and no one will be able to find the biological substance clean up kits. Also, gloves won't be where they are supposed to be.

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 1 ] - [ 8 ]

blergh - mehlib - -

mehlib to Library Society of the World, mehlib's feed
Did I already tell you all about Umbra Search from the Givens Collection at UMN Libraries? It is a big digital collection on African American history & culture. You, too, can sign up to be a beta tester! https://www.lib.umn.edu/a...

9 years ago - Comment - Hide - - [ 3 ] -

Library Society of the World

Warning!