I passed Michael’s post, Steal This Idea Quicker Than a Ray of Light, around to our library staff last week. Someone replied with the delightful, Adventures of Super Librarian from the McCracken County Public Library:

Part of what I love about social software is that the tools are free so it evens the playing field [...]

Casey and Jessamyn graciously overlooked my post-high school reunion snoozing in the back seat yesterday afternoon on our way to Darien, CT for Library Camp East. After a delicious dinner and spirited company I turned in early to rest up for lots discussions today. Many thanks to the Darien Public Library for sponsoring [...]

Yesterday I suggested that some library business could, or should, be conducted in a bar. I was thrilled this morning to find Dan Chudnov on vaguely the same wavelength:
All these years we librarians have fought our little battles over whether we should open little coffee stands in the library. But the answer’s been right [...]

More library professionals should conduct their business meetings in crowded, mid-week bars. Extra points for community participation, if it’s in a small state capital on pub quiz night. Super duper points for not participating, but sitting in the middle of the fray with your open laptop and exposing yourself to heckling from other [...]

Today is Talk Like A Pirate Day; I know, it’s hard to believe that it’s here already - those holidays come up so quickly. This year’s though is near and dear to my heart, because New Hampshire Libraries just wrapped up their summer reading programs and this year’s theme was Treasure Reading. Too [...]

I’ve seen few wiki implementations that exist to directly reach patrons so I’m generally quiet about wikis. It’s an emerging technology that I just can’t get that jazzed about, well, except for the obvious, but wikiHow is an exception.
First off, I really like that they’ve taken the time to customize their interface, this is [...]

I just got home from vacation - long autumn days at my family’s cabin on Moosehead Lake. Days were still warm enough for repainting the exterior - this year’s project- and nights cold enough to leave thick blankets of frost all over our cars and causing us to vault out of bed to make [...]