Over at a Curious Expeditions the writers have put together a collection of photos of what they say are the most beautiful libraries in the world. I believe them because I can scarcely imagine that any library more beautiful than these could exist!
Archive for February, 2008
The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World
Posted in Libraries, tagged Libraries, Library photographs, Photo Collections on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Friday Fun, Or, March Madness
Posted in Humor and lighter fare, Librarians' image, Library history, tagged Librarians, Library humor, videos on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two of the things I most enjoy in this world come together very nicely at the Library Cats map.
ACRLog celebrates or, at least, enumerates obsolete library skills. Now that was a trip down memory lane!
Then there are an amazing number of librarians to be found at YouTube, for instance: Super Librarian
And then there [...]
But Where are the Alabama Libraries?
Posted in Library history, tagged Library photographs, Postcards on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I collect vintage postcards. They are a fascinating mini-documentary of life, fashions, and attitudes (political and social) at the turn of the century (the “golden age” of postcard production ran from (ca.)1898-to 1915). I don’t suppose that a single topic under the sun was not documented on a postcard.
While views of cities, buildings and tourist attractions [...]
Why Students Want Simplicity And Why It Fails Them When It Comes To Research
Posted in Library blogs, tagged Students, writing on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently came across this very interesting article about students and writing which will be, I think, of interest to everyone who provides BI or reference services to students:
“The research process, by its very nature, can be both complicated and complex. For students it presents a gap between the known and unknown. They get a [...]
LCCN Permalink
Posted in News, tagged Library of Congress on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Reposted from AUTOCAT with simple editing for clarity)
The Library of Congress is pleased to announce “LCCN Permalink” — a new persistent URL service for creating links to bibliographic records in the Library of Congress Online Catalog using the Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN).
LCCN Permalink is a convenient way to cite items from the Library’s [...]
Alabama SOLINET Users’ Group Meeting
Posted in News, Workshops, tagged SOLINET on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(reposted from cus-l)
The Houston Cole Library at Jacksonville State University is pleased to announce that we are hosting a SOLINET Users Group Meeting for Alabama to be held on Friday, March 14, 2008. The meeting will be from 9:00 until 3:00 with registration beginning at 8:30. Cal Shepard from SOLINET will be presenting the SOLINET Update [...]
Blogs and Libraries
Posted in Library blogs, tagged Georgia State University Library, Library blogs on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I won’t go so far as to say that blogs and libraries are a match made in heaven, even if it is Valentine’s Day. However, libraries of all sorts are making very creative use of them.
The GSU library is a case in point. Georgia State University Library has an unusually interesting page of “subject” blogs [...]
Libraries in the United States
Posted in Resources, tagged Library web sites on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some useful compilations of library websites:
LIBWEB Library Servers via WWW is updated daily and currently lists some 7700 pages from libraries all over the world.
“Libcat offers quick and easy access to library websites in the United States. Select a state from the map of list of states to see academic, government, public, and special libraries in that state.”
Library-themed Wedding Invitation
Posted in Doings on other blogs, Wedding, tagged Libraries, Weddings on February 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With Valentine’s day approaching, this discovery seems very appropriate. The soon-to-be married librarian has made charming use of an old-fashioned date-due slip, pocket, etc. to create his wedding invitations. The call number (Dewey) is quite clever too. If Dewey isn’t your thing, one of the comments spills the beans on its meaning: http://speakquietly.blogspot.com/2008/02/library-themed-wedding.html (via Autocat)
Plagarism
Posted in Plagarism, tagged Plagarism on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A very interesting article in the LA Times (Feb 3, 2008):
“What is this modern-day phenomenon that has spread like poison ivy through the ranks of novelists, historians, academics, scientists, students and almost anyone who uses and publishes words?
Plagiarism is a species of intellectual fraud that an author claims is original but has been copied from [...]
