I am only a little addicted to this.
Via @Prof_Murdoch, a “new, open-access, online journal covering all arts and humanities disciplines, and with an emphasis on multi- and inter-disciplinary work.”
From the call for submissions: “I Quit! Now what? (tentative title) is a collection of essays that will detail the multitude of issues involved with the lack or loss of employment in libraries.”
The Last Bookshop, a musing on the future without physical books. (by bakerytv)
From the site: “The International Librarians Network (ILN) peer mentoring program is a facilitated program aimed at helping librarians develop international networks. We believe that innovation and inspiration can cross borders, and that spreading our networks beyond our home countries can make us better at what we do.”
Are you participating? If so, what do you think?
Although the Central Library in Copley Square is closed today, all other branches of the Boston Public Library are open.
This is a reminder that public libraries aren’t only for lending books. They are so much more. Ask a librarian.
“Today, 83 percent of librarians are women, but in the 1880s men had the edge, making up 52 percent of the 636 librarians enumerated. In 1930, male librarians were truly rare, making up just 8 percent of the librarian population.”
(An analysis using 120 years of census data via Librarians in the U.S. from 1880-2009 | OUPblog)
P.S. Don’t forget to take part in our National Library Week 2013 Photo Contest to share how you are celebrating this week (and for a chance to win a laptop for your library). Plus, get access to the OED and Oxford Reference all week for free!
(via thelifeguardlibrarian)
My #1 from this list: depth indexing.
From the link: “LibraryCity inspired mentions on the Atlantic Magazine’s Web site and elsewhere with a call for a national digital library endowment for the United States. Endowment funds would come entirely or almost entirely from philanthropists, in the beginning at least, given the hostility of so many politicians toward new programs. The endowment would be just one source of library funding, but it could make a huge difference.”
“A trained librarian is a powerful search engine with a heart.” Via explore-blog:
“A trained librarian is a powerful search engine with a heart” – lovely poster by Sarah McIntyre, adding to the history of visual love for libraries.
