12.12.09

libraries are mentioned, though alas not by me

Posted in Uncategorized tagged , at 2:14 pm by Andromeda

On the internet, everyone gets their fifteen seconds of fame.

12.09.09

better late than never

Posted in Uncategorized tagged at 12:59 pm by Andromeda

11.24.09

Cutter number? But I…

Posted in Uncategorized tagged at 2:28 pm by Andromeda

McSweeney’s list of library science jargon that sounds dirty.

You know….none of it sounded dirty before it was in a list….

11.09.09

lipstick, cowbells, and serendipity!

Posted in Uncategorized tagged , , , at 3:14 pm by Andromeda

Hilarious slideset on library 2.0 OPAC features with a great subtitle — “Utilising Web 2.0 in the OPAC: lipstick, cowbells and serendipity.”.

10.24.09

i saw this as a scene in a real novel recently, too

Posted in Uncategorized tagged , , at 11:20 am by Andromeda

“A headstrong young protagonist in way over her head visited the microfilm room of the New Haven Public Library Tuesday night in order to delve deeper into a riveting plotline that could put her career—and maybe even her life—on the line….”

Thanks, Onion!

Having dealt with microfilm myself recently (for the first time in, probably, decades), I admit the suspense potential is pretty high. But findability? Not what I’m used to.

10.03.09

“why google and apple win and you don’t”

Posted in Uncategorized tagged , , , at 1:21 pm by Andromeda

This cartoon doesn’t realize that it’s making the same claim as discovery interfaces and other current OPAC design thinking, but it is.

09.11.09

I can totally go study every morning

Posted in Uncategorized tagged at 10:02 pm by Andromeda

07.14.09

in which hilarity ensues

Posted in Uncategorized tagged at 3:25 pm by Andromeda