Here it is, LCSH Weekly List 08 (February 20, 2008). I've divided my favorites into three categories: "Why now / aka it's about time," "Gotta be a lotta books about, way more than about the waves of feminism," and "I don't know what it's all about, but I'm intrigued."
Here's a little report back from the Google and Libraries conference I attended on Monday. The conference was organized to be part of ILIAC (International Library Information and Analytical Center)'s Tenth International Workshop: "Digital Resources and International Information Exchange: East-West." It was held at Columbia University on Monday, March 10, 2008.
It's Drupal BarCamp time, once again in NYC, and as usual, I'll be out of town. But if I weren't going to be at WAM, I'd be at Brooklyn Polytechnic learning how to make this site (and others, notably Radical Reference) better.
Sign up now, they're capping registration at 120. It's free. You'll learn the same kind of stuff other groups might charge you $1200 for.
Ann Sparanese
Deirdre Stam's LIS classes at LIU/The Palmer School
We will spend approximately 2.5 minutes on each of these topics, alternating speakers:
The first Library Journal zine reviews column is out!!!
The print version has a cover image of Sugar Needle. The online links to a couple of the zines' websites. Other than that I think the online is comparable content-wise.
Weekly List 07 (February 13, 2008)
This was an especially good week for botany and snails. As usual, not a good week for Third-Wave Feminism. But first, something that sounds a little ominous to me, about which I hope my gov docs savvy pals will respond:
Should I be worried about the change from "publications" to "information" -- seems less responsible, doesn't it? Like the government is distancing itself from what it's saying and like LC is substantiating that?
150 Electronic government information [May Subd Geog]
* 450 UF Electronic government publications [EARLIER FORM OF HEADING]
* 550 BT Government publications
More on the plants, snails, electronic government information, and silly sounding headings...
Being a zine publisher and zine librarian, I am accustomed to getting pretty good mail, but the unexpected package I received yesterday from my WAM co-presenter Lana Thelen beat just about anything non-edible I could possibly get.
Here are my highlights for the last week or three.
It must have been a good weekend at the Cheezburger Factory because today there's a better than average crop of LOLcats. For some reason, I find this one utterly hilarious.
I'm on my lunch break, by the way, in case anyone's wondering.
They've got to know at the Queens Library that the title "Coping Skills Librarian" is going to cause some titters.
The position has a noble and much needed mission, "Plans, schedules, organizes, promotes and monitors coping skills programs in languages other than English." and more like that.
