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POPULAR CULTURE Research funding needed
Closer analysis (involving actually taking the material off the shelf) confirmed the original theory. As yet, there does not seem to be any ongoing research in this area, with much collection development being based on the anecdotal evidence. WLW is not afraid to ask the question: Who will put up some grant money so this vital aspect of children's literature can be properly explored? And it has nothing to do with the fact that we have no budget left to renew our subscriptions .... ... There is no more to read >> TECHNOLOGY Unique virus solutions
Urban myth suggests that cloaking email addresses on web sites is a solution. Some sites include a removespam-type inclusion such as "", and others have opted to use an image showing their email address. Whilst this will fool the spam-bots, most of the self-replicating viruses harvest email addresses from within an infected computer's address book. Sigh. Options appear to be limited to everyone in the world deleting their address books; no-one sending any email; or finding the culprits responsible for writing malicious programs and cancelling their library card ... ... There is no more to read >> LIBRARY FASHIONSAnother change of season
Although still treading the fine line between achieving a cosmopolitanism presentation and a credible countenance, it is predicted that library staff may very well opt for the well-known waist split. Above the countertop of the circulation desk something bright and perminant press, but below - out of patron sight - perhaps the standard jeans and sneakers in the USA and Australia, whilst British colleagues may prefer slacks and sandshoes. Spare a thought though for our European colleagues, where they get to buy all those great shoes at dirt cheap prices. No-one will ever see those stompers, except when they're shelving .... ... There is no more to read >> WLW RESEARCH COLUMNAnother mystery solved
Whilst looking at palaeontology websites (as one does), the Warrior Librarian Weekly research team came across a wealth of information on Bohemian Trilobites. Although not actually having the time to read through all the information, WLW now proposes a new theory on trilobitic extinction. Beats us why no-one came up with this before, but its pretty obvious that all that sitting around in open sandals and writing bad poetry in open cafes in the middle of winter .... ... There is no more to read >>
LATEST HUMOR PAGE First Aid For Libraries  Everyone should learn first aid, and every library should have someone trained in advanced CPR and EAR, as well as AACR2. (Which, although not exactly life-saving, is still pretty important.)WLW is proud to present some library-specific first aid tips, for the next time someone leaves a resuscitation mannequin on your library floor ... ... Check it out >> MORE ORIGINAL HUMOR
Research has shown that the average librarian will take 5-10 minutes to read this web page. Anecdotal evidence is suggesting that many librarians fear they do not have enough time to investigate the humor links. The majority of the 90+ original library humor items in the Humor Index are designed to take less than 2 minutes to read. However, if you choose to hang around there for hours reading them all, then re-reading them, then WLW cannot take any responsibility. You now have the choice of using the genetically unmodified Alphabetical Index or the dolphin-safe Dewey Version. Caffeine-free version is still in beta .... MOST POPULAR BIBLIA PAGES TO DATE:
 From the Mailbox
Agathasue circulated through LibraryFunlist that "these actual signs might not communicate what was hoped for": On a Jacksonville, Florida, bookstore: Rare, out-of-print, and nonexistent books Billboard on Florida highway: If You Can't Read, We Can Help On a library in Marlboro, New Hampshire, honouring Robert Frost: Frost Free Library ... There is no more to read >> |
Has society got its priorities wrong? Or is it just politics? Or maybe money? Or maybe only in Australia? With the closure of Blacktown City Library for a month in order to accommodate the extension of the nearby shopping center, at least one irate Warrior Librarian has now written to the local paper. Not that it will do any good ... It's nice to read in the UK Guardian that a new refugee center will incorporate a library for recreation. The generation of a suitable collection development policy will be a challenge ... The new campus for 5,000 students in Malaysia will have "a large lecture theatre, library, administration block, laboratories and canteen" stated the chairman for development. Can we hope that there will not be equal funding for these four facilites ... Is there some confusion over Dickson's failure to keep their library budget "in tact". Perhaps its just naive of us to assume that budgets are meant to be spent .... There is no more >>
The best class I ever took in college was Library Skills Christopher Frasier
With the emphasis on OSH, and the forthcoming crisis in medical services, you could do worse than spend your time developing your skills with Alien Growth, where you have to destroy bad cells ... There is no more >>
What more can be said about Aesop's Fable, that you don't already know ... There is no more >>
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In a recent informal survey (which means we looked on the shelf), it was discovered that the most popular periodicals for young adults were those that had been specifically targetted to this age group.
As yet another wave of computer viruses sweeps the planet, forcing government networks to close down, many of the standard solutions are proving ineffective.
The relentless changes in weather and fashions, combined with the failure of library salaries to increase expodentially, have yet again left information professionals in something of a predicament.
The popular feature Column 8, in The Sydney Morning 
August 21, 2003