Uncharacteristically, I find I’m not all that turned on by banned books week. If anything, I like the whole scene because it gives libraries a reason to get out and strut their stuff. Maybe I just don’t think they should need a reason, or a reason that centers around THE BOOK. Maybe [...]

It’s rare for me, but I made a special trip to Barnes & Noble yesterday for books for an upcoming trip. Tripping through shelves, wide-eyed, I realized that I was actually dizzyingly overwhelmed and disoriented. It was simply way too much to get my brain around. And I wondered, is this reaction [...]

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Hey, what a surprise, there is nobody else in the US named Lichen Rancourt… Actually, I did think there were a couple others. Jan Brett has a Christmas story in which one of the reindeer is named Lichen. I’m sure she’s a [...]

I haven’t posted in ages, but I have a good reason. After attending a fantastic conference in Denver I realized that I was a mere six hour drive from my aunt’s place outside of Santa Fe. So, in an uncharacteristically bold move I changed my plane ticket, rented a car, and headed south [...]

What does a scholar do the day after they complete their MLIS coursework? Why, sign up for Library Thing, of course. It wasn’t, afterall, purchased by WalMart but it inspired this kiddo to start forming even stronger opinions about library OPAC functionality. Why, for instance, do we differentiate the OPAC from the [...]