Lower East Side Librarian

This time NYPL's "in transit" message was accurate, and I was able to pick up my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the day it came out. Don't worry; no spoilers will follow.

I am a total sucker for in-jokes, especially when they're as bibliogeekarific as this punny history of cataloging. I just wish they'd kept going instead of stopping in 1916.

Will Sherman of Degree Tutor (the same guy who wrote that 33 Reasons Libraries Are Still Important article) interviewed 27 library workers including me. I'm pretty happy with how mine came out--except for some grammar weirdness and missing links.

Oh, happy day, I've pretty much finished a talk I'm giving at the SHARP conference on Friday.

[Read My T-Shirt] for President...a True History of the Political Front--and Back a new book with one chapter researched at Barnard. Thanks for the thanks.

The Raw and the Rotten: Punk Cuisine -- I loved this journal article!

There is an article about Desk Set (Brooklyn librarians) in The New York Sun. (I assume the link won't last long. It's from July 5, 2007. Article by Gary Shapiro, "For New-Look Librarians, Head to Brooklyn.")

I get so sad when my books are "in transit" at NYPL for extended periods.

This year I was fortunate to win the Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award. I will miss the award ceremony because I am home taking care of my sick cat, but it's not like I would have gotten to make a speech anyway. Still, I have people to thank, so I thought I'd make my little speech here.

Polar Fiction -- who knew?