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By accessing the free online Wikipedia from her middle school library, she - like anyone else with the same problems - can now access the 'brass tacks' of library administration - presented in one concise paragraph. Library schools, and publishers of library school textbooks, at this stage have not commented on the possible revenue and staff losses that might result from such information being given away through the Internet ....... There is no more to read >> Realia storage issues
Although most artifacts have the common decency to be completely stationary, and more than happy to be encapsulated and displayed, there is always something unpleasant waiting in the dark recesses of Technical Services. And with any luck, it won't smell. But then again, it depends on the size of the backlog. At the time of going to press, there was no statement from OCLC, or LC, on whether semi-decaying material should be preserved in the condition of existence at the time of cataloging, or described in terms of the predicted eventual state. This is one problem that can't be fixed with tape or library glue ... ... There is no more to read >> Belated recognition for retired adminstrator
But it's not like anyone said thank you for all the unpaid hours she put at the library after closing time before her retirement, or even considered the amount of her own time she put in when travelling across the country to visit the grandkids and stopped off at bookstores to see what was new. Or the Sunday mornings she spent reading book reviews in the newspapers she bought with her own money. Fercryingoutloud, the woman drove across three states to get a book autographed by the Warrior Librarian. But at least she got a nice dinner ... ... There is no more to read >>
Whoever still thinks librarians just "stamp books and shush people" really have no idea how complex our work is. ... There is no more to read >>
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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 has been temporarily canned, pending an FDA investigation ... MOST POPULAR BIBLIA PAGES TO DATE:
AMAZON BOOK SALES: has slipped slightly from last week's sales ranking of 55,122 to 70,661 this week. Strangely, the Amazon link to "explore similar items" delivers Harry Potter 5. Rowling must be thrilled ...
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Turning up in a Health e-newspaper was an article on information overload, with a proposed solution for handling it. Would have been much more valuable if there was a proposed solution as to how to raise the money to actually buy some of it ... Still on the health soap box, from Australia is the news of a new report released last week by the Australian Psychological Society on Email Stress. The WLW research team disagrees with the findings - its just lack of time to deal with the emails that is causing the problem. Some employers seem to expect their workers to actually complete some work. Occassionally ... A recent survey of cell phones in libraries revealed that West Coasters are more likely to turn them off (or switch to another type of alert system) than other US regions. Not that you'd notice or anything ... Great news on the technology front on the use of tags to link customers to goods. Apparently, it could also be used in libraries ... Best news of the week is that McDonalds and Starbucks intend "competing" with libraries in the provision of Internet services. Are we supposed to be worried? Let's see how they cope with greasy keyboards and food scraps in CD drives ... There is no more >>
It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. Andrew Jackson
A fairly standard sort of memory game, Match the Undies challenges you (but not very much) to remember what square you just clicked on ... There is no more >>
Someone called Sean-Alonzo says that SeanAlonzo.com is the official site of occult fiction author Sean-Alonzo, exploring symbolism, alternative history, philosophy, secret societies and other areas of the esoteric tradition. It might be OK, but who knows ... There is no more >>
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Citing the overdue books, returned material that was never borrowed, resources found in trash cans and the loss of 150 books in one year, as contributing to "making her crazy", one library media specialist may be able to find the answer to (almost) all of her problems.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the stacks, another problem rears its ugly head. And tail.
Former Director of the Neligh Public Library, Ruth Strassler, (pictured with John Dale of Lincoln City Libraries NE) was recently presented with an award for her chairmanship of the library accreditation and guidelines committee for Nebraska Libraries.
Having now finished the Blaire Fossil Project, and spending last week photographing mineral crystals from the (NSW) Department of Mineral Resource's reference collection, the WLW research team is now gearing up for the creation of the Math's Glossary pronunciation (pro·nun·ci·a·tion )audio files.
MASS MEDIA: The Newcastle (Australia) Herald published a book review of Biblia's Guide a few weeks ago. Variety has yet to cover this seminal work of post-modern deconstructivism ...
CONFERENCES Biblia's next conference appearance is scheduled on 
ACADEMIA: Recently discovered was the fact that both the Warrior Librarian and this website have been included in the course material for the Information Literacy e-course IST 4117. We wrote to them on September 14, asking for a copy of the course notes, but haven't heard anything back yet ...
INTERNET: For some reason, Warrior Librarian Weekly has now been listed in Steven Carr's 
FROM THE MAILBOX: Thanks to (non-librarian) Maria who emailed in admiration of Biblia's web content, and asked if we could email her back instructions on how she can emulate such a site. Our response was a suggestion that she visit her library and get a book on webpage construction. To which her response was "I'll get back to you". Yeah, right ...
