http://notmarian.org Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:51:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://notmarian.org/2009/10/jumbo-elephant-landing/ O.M.G.! http://notmarian.org/2009/09/get-your-hankie-ready/ I said in a recent post that I was going to leave the decision about gaming in libraries up to the public librarians because they know more about it than I do. When I read finger-waggling preachy blog posts like this recent one by Library Garden,(recommended by one of fave ... http://notmarian.org/2009/08/another-gaming-in-libraries-lecture-from-on-high/ God I love this site. Check out Juliane Koepcke's story: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/koepcke.html http://notmarian.org/2009/08/bad-ass-of-the-week/ I know this has been around for a long time but its worth watching again. :) http://notmarian.org/2009/08/hugs/ California Community Colleges cut electronic resources budgets. Completely. 100%. No more databases for community colleges there. As Kenley notes, the state is looking at central brokering for the CC's but what until then? Did they slash the Universities like this? What does this say about how Cal. values community ... http://notmarian.org/2009/08/no-real-research-for-you/ Here's some pictures: [flickr pid="3808582721" size="medium"] http://notmarian.org/2009/08/cod-island-progress/ In a recent article on csmonitor.com, community college librarian William Wisner (Laredo CC) chastises librarians and the library schools that produce them for whoring out to technology and abandoning the rightful mission of the Library. You may recall that Wisner wrote the excellent albeit depressing Whither the Postmodern Library (McFarland, ... http://notmarian.org/2009/08/whither-the-community-college-library/ I'm so glad my internet is back...check out this hilarity: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/07/freud-would-be-proud.html http://notmarian.org/2009/08/laugh-with-me/ for any inconvenience this may have caused you...have a great (insert appropriate time of day!) And thank you for calling Comcast. I have been in internet service provider hell for the last week and intermittently over the past two months. My service keeps slowing to a crawl, ... http://notmarian.org/2009/08/we-do-apologize/