"I want you [librarians] to stop checking into your own library on Foursquare." valid comment for anyone working at a public location.

(zombies in the library!) cute.

"DRM is like the Ford Pinto: it's a smooth ride, right up the point at which it explodes and ruins your day."

have to download a non-epub file onto the computer, put it on the SD card, and then load. can't directly load the epub file from the Overdrive folder. :( I am actually liking Aldiko as a reader and was curious what the Overdrive books looked like there.

some of the pricing particulars are odd, but in general, I'm with this. I'm more than happy to pay (a little) or use the library if it's easier and better.

actually, some interesting book recommendations, both in the original list & in the comments.

"economics can be tricksy, and I don’t think that gut response is necessarily the right one" - on book piracy

first written in 1995, with some updates, but nice clear points nonetheless

lots of big fascinating ideas here.

"I thought I’d go a little steampunk-horror on you and talk a bit about the early far-from-halcyon days of American librarianship" quirky.

"The Publishers Association has set out an agreed position on e-book lending in libraries that will see library users blocked from downloading e-books outside of the library premises." are they high? insane? stupid?

interesting take from a librarian on authenticity etc. (fodder for a future blog post?)

“The truth is, librarians Google better,” he says. “We have super Google powers.” (Also: published in the future!)

blerg. need to remember to move FOL from a group to a page, btw.

"I'm happy that scientists are noticing, but what seems like a sudden crisis is more easily likened to the Thirty Years' War, and it has been pretty bleak here in the trenches for a long, long time."

neat stuff. (found via a metatalk thread about servers and such, of all things.)

crummy formatting, but potentially useful.

going to try to be there.

Includes a story from C!

"Carol Brey-Casiano told—for the first time in its entirety, she said—about an experience she described as the worst in her professional career. It involved a Texas Ranger, a lawyer named Paco, the Patriot Act, and the Merritt Fund."

about law libraries & tech, but broadly applicable, I think.

A lovely essay. "In my experience, librarians almost always pass the beer test: They are among the most likeable people you'll find at any college."

Updated for the new catalog!

a nice recap of basics of fundraising. (damn, it's been a LONG time since I was involved with that stuff.)

"To me, LibPunk is unconcerned with whether or not it is considered a profession at all." delightful take on the subject of my blog post yesterday.

"I thought I'd explain my own motivation for setting up an 'antisocial' service, what exactly I mean by the term, and how it affects features that will or won't make it into Pinboard" fantastic micro-essay!

"F*** YES I TOTALLY APPROVE" ranty, but in a good way.

saving for reference in library/internet blog post #2.

"All in all, the most ecologically virtuous way to read a book starts by walking to your local library." :)

"These are the results of the 1992 Librarians and Sex Survey that Wilson Library Bulletin refused to run." quirky.

"Can our young modern girl find love in her local library?" awesome.

tweet of 1873: "Nothing took place worth noting."

"Is there some reason this warning shouldn’t apply to (ahem) public tweets?"

wow. that's fantastic.

"The conflict of interest for the City of Yelm to continue using public funds to pay rent in the Fay Fuller Building (Prairie Park) beginning in 2012 and without TRL's partnership would be imprudent."

west olympia

nice visual way to understand what's in the public domain!

includes awesome pic!

librarian stereotype in a D&D prestige class!

"Or, how to download an audio book from the Cleveland Public Library" ugh.

or any organization, really.

this is AWESOME.

"The people who do make use of these services love them, and for this we're eternally grateful. But there remains the question of those who don't, and Godin's post is a perfect illustration of this."

"I get really nervous when we start judging the relevant “uplifting” value of resources, especially in a public library setting." She disassembles a recent Seth Godin post.

makes me wish I wasn't in the middle of such a HUMONGOUS book. :)

love the enthusiasm & creativity.

AWESOME notes...applies to all "professional" career tracks, I think, not just librarians.

amazing story of the Queen Susan Shawl, a group knitting pattern project based on a museum's archive photo.

"While I may not have one specific teacher, the whole Internet has become my teacher." great things to think about.

"For a monthly fee, library users will be able to check out a limited number of materials for an unlimited amount of time. The optional system will eliminate due dates and overdue fees, asking for money upfront in return for no worries later."

love it!

in which a librarian notes that the "bookstore of the future" described by Shirky is, well, a library.

nice little wordpress blog.

need to post to FOL site, but also need to find good explanation of steampunk to go with it! :)

"When a person goes to a library to get help seeking employment, and they see a notice on the door that says that due to cutbacks the library is not open, it only adds to the persons frustration that there is no hope or places to go for the help that they need." our libraries have cut hours, added fines, cut substitute librarians, reduced the collections budgets, plus I'm assuming a whole bunch more stuff that I don't know anything about.

might look into some of these for library, xmas tree lane, ena.

comes with mailchimp analytics, which I don't care about, but looks like a good way to incorporate google analytics right into the dashboard!

I was thinking this was a super-cool new thing, but it looks like it just connects to the same QuestionPoint service as on the TRL site.

"No, I woke up early this morning—rather painfully early, in fact—and knew what I wanted to give myself: this post, in which I hang up the keyboard on old CavLec for good. Not a spangly gift, or an easy one to wrap, but what price peace of mind?" wow. Dorothea is part of the first group of bloggers that I read and interacted with. (ugh, awkward sentence!) I find myself sadder than expected, but can understand the sentiment. She's been out there on the front of her field for a while now, saying the unpopular and quite loudly at that. Gotta be tiring. Hope to see her elsewhere on the internets.

some interesting links for reading. (I'm now Secretary for two boards of directors, neither is really a total dud, but I'd love to contribute better. Also, should dig thru C's nonprofit mgmt schoolwork.)

"The purpose of the Library is to preserve the integrity of civilization." beautiful & inspiring.

"I promised you folks “stabbing, grotesque, eyeball-searing irony” this year." congratulation? but srsly, I know about nothing of this profession, and I'm still impressed by Dorothea. :)

"So, the library initiative didn't pass. That means 2.5 million dollars have to be cut from the budget." Planning on going to the one on Monday. Might post to the ENA site too.