Lower East Side Librarian

I'm thinking about going to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul next summer. How about you?

Order IndyKids for your public school library! IndyKids has been added to the list of vendors that New York City public school librarians can order for their students.

Librarians are not supposed to judge anyone's choice of reading material. Therefore I'll direct my hate at the publishers of Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith By Beth Holloway, HarperCollins. ...

I'm wondering how others feel about teaching MLA to first year English students. In the past in my library research class (about 70 minutes) I showed MLA, LION, and ProQuest (substitute your favorite multidisciplinary database if your institution doesn't have PQ). Now I'm thinking of killing MLA in favor of JSTOR. (I'd still keep MLA on my subject and research guides, but just not give 7 of my precious minutes to it in class.) ...

Radical Reference's inaugural skillshare in cooperation with InterActivist Network is this Sunday from 4-6 on the 3rd floor of ABC No Rio. ...

Since this is the Lower East Side Librarian blog, I feel obligated to announce this event about the history of radicals in the 'hood.

LIBERTARIAN BOOK CLUB / ANARCHIST FORUM: The History of Radical Resistance on the LES.

Tuesday, October 9, at 7:30pm

The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton Street, Manhattan
(just south of Houston St.) ...

If the Garden State Rollergirls all-stars (the Ironbound Maidens) aren't enough of a lure for you, go to their next bout for the half-time show: "quad rugby." Quad does not stand for the style of skates, but for the nonworking limbs of its players. ...

I heart Wikimedia Commons. It's my first and usually only-stop shopping for "freely usable media files" when I'm making webpages for the library research classes I teach. (Not all the course guides listed on the previous link were made by me.) ...

It was a very copful weekend. In addition to riding in Critical Mass and getting a ticket for doing so on Friday night, I participated in the Radical Homosexual Agenda's Parade without a Permit on Saturday evening, and on Sunday, hung out with Eric's uncle, a retired Atlanta police officer.