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Subversion in School Libraries
Beyond exposing impressionable minds to secondary sources, library "visitors" have been delivering anecdotes, stories and artifacts. But to what extent has the veracity and authority of those guests been verified? When A.B. Credaro recently read the book Hairy Maclary to a number of Grade 2 classes in Minnesota, no-one thought to check the copyright date on her passport. And what of the toy koalas that were randomly distributed? Anatomically incorrect, for a start. Not to mention the Australian flags that were donated to the schools - could this be an early indicator of developing a generation of warrior librarian "sleepers" ... Satire mistaken for culture
Whilst acknowledging that the electronic journal may occassionally contain some cultural content, Biblia was concerned about the accusation that the zine contains "serious book reviews", and briefly considered the possibility of legal action. However, given the vast backlog of other work, plus a general indifference to the matter .... ... There is no more to read >> A Brief History of Literature
Author and academic Patti Miller recently eclipsed Steven Hawking by keeping her "brief history" down to two A3 sized pages - of which almost half were graphics. Writing in a recent edition of Good Weekend, Miller covered the major authors since 1719, and across many cultures and continents. She defined the term "literature", provided reader guidence, and neatly summarised the major writing movements. Sure, she missed a few books and authors, but given the completely unreasonable word limits in the popular press, it was still a pretty comprehensive treatment ... ... There is no more to read >> Grandma speaks out
I don' know if I completely agree with all this book learnin' and readin' an' such. In my day the women was too busy lookin' after the house 'n' feedin' the family. Ah, those days when we were up at the crack of midnight, bakin' our own bread 'n' milkin' our own cows. An' the menfolk, they was too busy what with the .... errr - well, they was out in the tractor shed most of the day. Except maybe yer Great Uncle Jed - his shed burned down when the still exploded, so he'n spent a lot of time over at the neighbors. Anyways, we didn' do much readin', 'n' yer can see it didn't harm us none .... ... There is no more to read >>
The WLW Research team is now inviting funding proposals of a significantly large magnitude to enable an exhaustive study into this area. ... There is no more to read >>
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 has been temporarily canned, pending an FDA investigation ... MOST POPULAR BIBLIA PAGES TO DATE:
AMAZON BOOK SALES: Skyrocketing from its previous sales position of 526,239 up to an amazing 521,669 this week, is now being bundled with Matthew Battle's Libraries: an unquiet history for a mere $42.47 with free shipping (US only).
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The mystery of Santa Cruz' dearth of injured librarians really is easily explained. The repetitive strain injuries are caused by overwork .... A well-meaning letter writer from Gordon's Bay suggests that an unstaffed library could be run by volunteers as (apparently) it's all pretty easy stuff - just put people's names into a computer and get some books ... Supposedly the "believed to be the largest such research exercise into children's use of the internet", a report released this week finds that our youth mainly use the web for email, music and gaming. We're not sure, but we think we are supposed to be surprised by the investigation's findings ... Melbourne (Australia) The Age newspaper features a LTTE from a school librarian on the importance of appropriate support for libraries in the battle against illiteracy. The question is, why was it listed under "opinion", and not on the front page of the broadsheet ... There is no more >>
OK, so you've weaned your Internet searchers off Yahoo!, and onto Google. It's a start. Maybe they're not quite ready for full-text databases or (gasp!) books yet. You could direct them to P.C.Magazine's "20 Great Google Tips" ...
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Drawn the late shift for Desk Duty? Amaze and astound your patrons by your intense concentration on these plastic martians. There is no more >>
Maybe redundant, but for those who want yet more web-based book reviews, you could probably do worse than Words Without Borders, which incidently warns of the "dangerous imbalance" of translations to and from English language. And we always thought that a "dangerous imbalance of books" refers to when there are more books on one side of the book cart than the other? There is no more >>
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Recent informal studies in school libraries have revealed that students - particularly of elementary schools - are not restricting their learning experiences to the use of books and computers.
The Australian Cultural Network (ACN) has entered WLW onto their web-based database, in the directory for the "culture sector".
Firstly a note for the ACN. This is not a book review.
How many chucks could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? This question has continued to baffle and confuse many generations, and yet it seems that no-one has undertaken any valid research on this societally significant baffler.
MASS MEDIA: Although the main stream media seem to be continuing to ignore the presence of warrior librarianship, the Colorado Assocation of Law Libraries has requested permission to reprint a selection from the WLW Collective Nouns in their summer newsletter.
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 run by the School Information Cataloguing Service through Edith Cowan University ...
INTERNET: For some reason, Warrior Librarian Weekly has now been listed in Steven Carr's 
FROM THE MAILBOX: Many thanks to cliffhanger.com, who emailed us to let us know that we could buy the keyword, "warrior librarian" ....
