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Fears of reading outbreak
At the time of writing, there was no apparent cause for this escalation in textual involvement. A search of book store web sites did not reveal any seasonal sales, nor had any additional promotional activities taken place. There is some anecdotal evidence to suggest that the observation may indeed have been prompted by the fact that the observer herself did not have any reading material with her on the day of the observation ... ...No more to read here >> Unauthorised activity under investigation
In one instance, a man was seen moving a chair to the reference shelves, in an apparent attempt to appear to be using the book stock. However, an alert security guard noticed that this location was closer to the exit door than the chair's original location near the Fiction Collection. Auditors state that they are tired of being fobbed off, by excuses such as decaying and broken equipment that is supposedly being put into dumpsters, and not replaced due to budget limitations ... ... No more to read here >> Huge crowds at book signing
Crowd control was at maximum levels, as two elderly gentlemen were shown to the photocopier, and a table of four students quietly slumbered over their open texts. Reference librarian Tracey Wardell hosted the event (the neat one in the picture to the left), and provided a working pen as everyone else was out to lunch or hiding ... ... No more to read here >>
LIBRARY CONFERENCING Airline has wings clipped
Since the last edition of WLW, the Warrior Librarian has been embroiled in a major conflict with the nation's flagship airline. The saga begins with a phone call informing the Warrior Librarian that she will not be flying with the national carrier, but with a new el-cheapo offshoot (whose advertising is appropriately fronted by comedian Magda Szubanski). But paying the full economy fare. The difference between AUD$240.50 for economy return, and the el-cheap advertised rate of AUD$29.00 each way is not insignificant. A rebate? Sure, twenty bucks. Five days later, and after two "appearances" on talk-back radio .... ... ... the saga continues ...>>>
For those who might like to update or refresh their literature studies, Ommundsen's "Metafictions" (ISBN 052284524X) seems initially like a good choice for some light reading, as it's quite thin at only 106 pages. However, despite the implications of simplicity provided by the cover graphic, the casual reader should beware. The author states in the introduction that "one of the aims of [this book] is to challenge the perceived incompatibility between reflexivity and involvement with reality". It's pretty heavy going, but does provide a number of key phrases such as "intertextual reference", "transparency and neutral instrumentality", and "destabilization of the fictional illusion, calling attention to its fabricated nature" (and that's all from just one paragraph), which sound pretty impressive if you can trot them out and pop into a casual conversation with, say, your hairdresser or butcher ... ... No more to read here >>
But perhaps if not more fascinating, then at least more relevant, is the range of titles that come from an "extreme ironing" search at Amazon.com. The hits include titles on the ecology and politics of large dams, gender and citizenship in transition, Las Vegas for dummies, and Master Graphics 2002 ... ... ... No more to read here >>
MORE ORIGINAL HUMOR
Research has shown that the average librarian will take 15 to 20 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 (all written by Biblia, and not available anywhere else on the 'net) 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:
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The Nancy Pearl action doll has outsold the "Read" posters featuring Orlando Bloom at the PLA conference in Seattle ... It must have been a ceremony with mixed emotions for the 16 African library graduates, as they were told they all had jobs, but were not as "good" as the previous year's graduates ... "Librarians, the fastest human search engines in the pre-Internet era, believe encyclopedias provide great topical overviews, well-suited for elementary- and middle-school reports. There's also an ongoing debate about the reliability of data found on the Internet; kids need to be taught how to evaluate it." There is a debate? It probably isn't news to Medical Librarians that Healthnostics is now the largest Internet medical reference site directory for journals and associations ... A new taxonomy is being touted for managing information. However, the addition of the subject terms Genetics, Finance & Business, General Enterprise, Technology and U.S. Government still seems somehow not quite as comprehensive as Dewey ... Queensland beer drinkers apparently also don't mind reading ... As yet, there are no suspicions about the involvement of school library staff involvement in the seven fires at schools in Victoria over the last two weeks ... According to the International Monetary Fund, Iran has the largest brain drain of the 61 countries it surveyed. One ex-pat cited the lack of a decent library as being one of the reasons why he left ... Nancy Drew and the Hardy boys remain popular, with young adult librarians awaiting four new titles updated for contemporary readers ... The Library of Congress is currently doing something pretty major with digital preservation. "To assist in harvesting digital materials for preservation, the library has worked with 22 international experts to develop technical specifications for an open-source Web crawler. In fact, intellectual property issues, not technical ones, are proving to be the thorniest problems" ... Is there some degree of irony in the fact that the warning to publishers about homosexual content was published in The Straits Times ... There are three different perspectives on home-making icon Martha Stewart's proposed memoirs. Whilst Steve Cody, managing partner of Peppercom Inc. said it had "all the makings of a blockbuster", Scott Waxman, an agent for the new autobiography by controversial baseball player Pete Rose thought it would be more interesting if it wasn't all "sour grapes". However, Jim Cohen, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, believed "it wouldn't be a very interesting book" if Stewart stuck to her story about the share trading that might result in a prison sentence ... Who knew that Steve Martin was also the reference librarian at the Morrisson-Reeves Library ... There is no more >>
What color is fly poop?
A witty saying proves nothing. Voltair
Don't be put off by the game name Fowl Words, because it's not at all offensive. This will suit wordmeisters with a passion for poultry ... There is no more >>
Connaisseurs of office supplies are sure to enjoy a visit to the online Drafting Pencil Museum, from leadholder.com ... There is no more >>
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Commuters may have noticed a sudden increase in reading on public transport (unless they were actually reading themselves, in which case they probably didn't even notice that they had missed their stop).
Librarians are becoming increasingly concerned regarding a new trend in thefts from libraries. Lately, a large amount of furniture may have become unaccounted for.
The new temporary home of Blacktown's Max Webber Library was the setting for the latest public appearance of the Warrior Librarian.
Going to a conference? Need to make travel arrangements? Booked your airline ticket 6 months in advance? Ahhh. Nothing to worry about then. Not.
In the absence of any new books being sent to WLW by publishers for reviewing, this is a good opportunity to cover some incidental professional development.
Strangely, while researching ironing - without actually doing any - it seems that ironing can be classed an extreme sport. Rather than one of speed (or reluctance to start), it appears to be more a matter of location.
MASS MEDIA: Yet again, there has been no coverage in any of the national papers on either Biblia or Warrior Librarian Weekly. Sheesh, even the Blacktown Sun and the Blacktown Advocate seem to be completely tied up with other stories ...
CONFERENCES Biblia's next conference appearance is scheduled on 
ACADEMIA: The University of Texas at Arlington now lists this website on its page 'Websites for Professional Growth'...
INTERNET: Google now lists 'about' 2,410 hits, up from the previous 1,830 hits for a search on the phrase "warrior librarian". Not that we check regularly or anything ....
FROM THE MAILBOX: The most interesting phenomenon noted this week is the increase in spam that is offering to eliminate spam ...
