My housemate Sarah recently sent me this comic, which details an alternate universe. It's a dangerous world out there, and books are the ultimate gateway drug.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. DEA officials held a press conference to alert law enforcement officials of a dangerous new hallucinogen, "books", which can cause users (slang term "readers") to visualize people and places that do not exist.
- Protesters assemble outside drug den ("library")
- A student holds his "library card", which he claims grants him access to books legally.
I'm so glad that in the real world, books are available over-the-counter without a prescription or legal repercussions. Well, if you don't count copyright law.
June 25, 2008
June 22, 2008
These children shall pass fifth grade
For those of you have not seen me kicking around town this week, I did survive my mission to _________ International Middle School. My favorite part of my time there was, believe it or not, not working in the library. It was hanging out with my sister. She is a fifth grade language arts teacher, and had her students as a final project write biographies on famous persons. The biographies blew my mind. Some of the facts were a little off. One student wrote that Eleanor Roosevelt was the "First Lady" to ever marry a president. Another wrote that when Truman dropped the bomb, "everything in Eleanor's body stopped working." My favorite was the following:
During the war Winston Churchill He became Prime minster. He was for England. At that time His grandFather deid. When the war ended Winston ChurchiLL sadly deid. I January 30, 1965. In Oxford england. they threw him in the river.
I made sure to buy some biographies for the library.
During the war Winston Churchill He became Prime minster. He was for England. At that time His grandFather deid. When the war ended Winston ChurchiLL sadly deid. I January 30, 1965. In Oxford england. they threw him in the river.
I made sure to buy some biographies for the library.
June 18, 2008
A blast from the past
In February, Emily and I had the privilege of attending the grand opening luncheon for Bert's Cafe, the UGLi's newest coffee shop. After the luncheon we got to meet the man himself, Bert Askwith, who is known by some as "the biggest thing to hit the library since Google."
Today, I was presented with proof of this momentous occasion:
Notice our big smiles and averted eyes. We were totally awed. I'm thinking of getting this framed.
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June 16, 2008
It’s Already Been Broughten, or the story of one librarian’s journey to the 1st Annual Bilderberg Challenge
On May 30th, 2007, an historic call to arms was issued via the SI listserv:
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[BRING IT] softball -- archivists vs librarians (BRING IT)
For literally hundreds of millions of years, tension has been brewing between archivists and librarians...
Well stop your shushing, put down your acid free folders, and get ready because forever is about to be decided:
THE 1ST ANNUAL BILDERBERG SOFTBALL CHALLENGE
When: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 1 pm
Where: Burns Park Softball Diamonds (look it up or follow the information scent)
Who: Archivists vs. Librarians
What: A duel on the diamond - standard softball rules - bragging rights at stake - in a word, BRING IT!
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This email, issued by Maureen and Bill, ARCHIVISTS AT LARGE, started a revolution in the SI community. No longer was the listserv dominated by a handful of HCI enthusiasts. It was time for the traditional information professionals to take the stage, and take it we did, rocking the status quo.
This challenge marked my entrée into the world of SI-all email communications and sparked a fever in my heart that could only be cured by MORE SOFTBALL.
On 06/07/08 at approximately 1:23 pm, the 1st Annual Bilderberg Challenge began, a softball showdown between archivists and librarians. The archivists, hosts and home team, were decked out in black. The librarians wore white. There was tension in the air and a storm was brewing. Everyone in attendance recognized an epic battle was underway.
As a proponent of librarianship and former captain of the Oberlin varsity softball team, I knew it was my duty to unite LIS students and allies to overcome ARM’s attempts to undermine us. We dominated from the moment we stepped on the field; the Bilderberg Trophy was at stake and we could taste victory with every pitch.
With our reputation on the line, we put the archivists’ trash talking to the test, and they crumbled under the weight of our heavy bats and profound fielding prowess.
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[BRING IT] softball -- archivists vs librarians (BRING IT)
For literally hundreds of millions of years, tension has been brewing between archivists and librarians...
Well stop your shushing, put down your acid free folders, and get ready because forever is about to be decided:
THE 1ST ANNUAL BILDERBERG SOFTBALL CHALLENGE
When: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 1 pm
Where: Burns Park Softball Diamonds (look it up or follow the information scent)
Who: Archivists vs. Librarians
What: A duel on the diamond - standard softball rules - bragging rights at stake - in a word, BRING IT!
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This email, issued by Maureen and Bill, ARCHIVISTS AT LARGE, started a revolution in the SI community. No longer was the listserv dominated by a handful of HCI enthusiasts. It was time for the traditional information professionals to take the stage, and take it we did, rocking the status quo.
This challenge marked my entrée into the world of SI-all email communications and sparked a fever in my heart that could only be cured by MORE SOFTBALL.
On 06/07/08 at approximately 1:23 pm, the 1st Annual Bilderberg Challenge began, a softball showdown between archivists and librarians. The archivists, hosts and home team, were decked out in black. The librarians wore white. There was tension in the air and a storm was brewing. Everyone in attendance recognized an epic battle was underway.
Photo Credit: Dawn B.
As a proponent of librarianship and former captain of the Oberlin varsity softball team, I knew it was my duty to unite LIS students and allies to overcome ARM’s attempts to undermine us. We dominated from the moment we stepped on the field; the Bilderberg Trophy was at stake and we could taste victory with every pitch.
With our reputation on the line, we put the archivists’ trash talking to the test, and they crumbled under the weight of our heavy bats and profound fielding prowess.
The final score:
Librarians 16, Archivists 7.
Librarians 16, Archivists 7.
Archivists, I have but one thing to say for my profession: IT’S ALREADY BEEN BROUGHTEN.
[If you're curious, Wikipedia has more on the Bilderberg Group. For Quaker porn, please visit Maureen's blog at: http://patriarcJune 8, 2008
Welcome to Mafia's Media Center
I am in ___________ visiting my sister. She is a fifth grade teacher at ____________ International Middle School. Her school is a bit corrupt, but since I'm part of her family, they hired me to help them re-organize their media center. (Apparently it helps to have a family member on the inside). Wednesday night my sister tried to prepare me for what I was about to encounter.
sister: the books are a mess, they are just piled on the shelves and falling apart.
me: (trying to stay positive) well, books are meant to be used
sister: yeah, but not as roller skates
This did not prepare me for what I was about to encounter. On my first day at the school, my sister walked me down to the media center, past the old grandfathers who are paid to be full-time ____________, past oodles of screaming children, into a room turned totally upside down.
My sister left the room and the librarian told me he wished I wasn't there, that their library didn't really need much done. That was awkward. Then he told me that he doesn't really know what to do when kids ask him what book to read, so maybe I could just make a list. I said, "maybe I'll just put these books in order first", and got to it. He got on his cell phone. As I sat reshelving books, and he sat __________ on his cell phone, it became more aparent that there is a _________ being run out of the media center. This was confirmed when he yelled over to me, "Miss Emily, you go to the bathroom for a break now." Umm... I have since uncovered that the school is in fact controlled by the __________ mafia.
So I have become a library __________. I have been shelving for ______ days, _______ hours a day______. All while witnessing _________. There seems to be some major issues here. That is all I can say right now.
sister: the books are a mess, they are just piled on the shelves and falling apart.
me: (trying to stay positive) well, books are meant to be used
sister: yeah, but not as roller skates
This did not prepare me for what I was about to encounter. On my first day at the school, my sister walked me down to the media center, past the old grandfathers who are paid to be full-time ____________, past oodles of screaming children, into a room turned totally upside down.
My sister left the room and the librarian told me he wished I wasn't there, that their library didn't really need much done. That was awkward. Then he told me that he doesn't really know what to do when kids ask him what book to read, so maybe I could just make a list. I said, "maybe I'll just put these books in order first", and got to it. He got on his cell phone. As I sat reshelving books, and he sat __________ on his cell phone, it became more aparent that there is a _________ being run out of the media center. This was confirmed when he yelled over to me, "Miss Emily, you go to the bathroom for a break now." Umm... I have since uncovered that the school is in fact controlled by the __________ mafia.
So I have become a library __________. I have been shelving for ______ days, _______ hours a day______. All while witnessing _________. There seems to be some major issues here. That is all I can say right now.
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