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Library posters impounded by customs
Terri Lent of Ashland, VA, was the winner of last year's Warrior Librarian Weekly competition, and has been waiting for her prize since mid-January. At this stage, it is unclear whether her autographed copy of the Biblia's Guide promotional poster has been impounded by U.S., or Australian, customs. However, another poster has now been sent. When the Warrior Librarian was asked how much insurance she wanted on the poster, the AUD$50 million request was met with the suggestion that she either have it couriered, or deliver it herself. Ultimately, a much more modest sum was negotiated with Australia Post. But the story doesn't end here. The National Library of Australia was also promised an autographed poster. And THEY are also still waiting. But their poster has not yet arrived because the Warrior Librarian Correspondence Team has lost the contact address ... ...No more to read here >> New gimmick for serials
Knowing that the average punter can't affort the high-budget car, some specialist magazines are now proposing to combine the "do it yourself" and "collect all the parts" types of periodical. Now you can collect all the parts and assemble a full-scale, working Maserati Spyder. The next issue of Maserati Monthly will include the Air Filter Box Strap: #bt20100, valued at $18.95 ... ... No more to read here >>
The April edition of Editorial Eye will feature an article on global literacy, complete with all its damning figures. 25% of the world's population is functionally illiterate. 900 million people. And those 900 million people aren't all located in the 'third world', or tiny drought-ridden nations that no-one has ever heard of, until their sole athelete marches in the opening ceremony of an Olympic game event ... ... No more to read here >>
Well, for a start, this copy has just come into the library. And at the (Australian) retail price, who is going to rush out and buy one, when you can read it for free from the library?
Not that anyone in Australia knows who Bill O'Reilly is, or even cares very much. But discussion of that cover picture consumes nearly a whole chapter, so it is pretty relevant. (Incidently, the greater part of the population here knows very little about Franken either, but that's not the point. Librarians know this book was a world best seller, and that's all that matters. At least to librarians.) For those who are interested in these things, the Australian version is also missing two of the photographs that are mentioned in the acknowlegements, which we believe should have - at the very least - resulted in a discount on the book's price ... ... No more to read here >>
Kelly Connolly's report on a Canadian study of humor states that "in older adults [an] appreciation and emotional reactiveness to humor doesn't change with age. Older adults still enjoy a good laugh. However, the ability to comprehend more complex forms of humor diminishes in later years ..." Which is at odds with the median age of WLW readers, if the Greying of the Profession concerns are anything close to reality. If anyone has any grant money available, the Warrior Librarian Research Team is currently available for international junkets and/or fact-finding missions ... ... ... 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:
Dear Sir or Madam, I have no idea who you are, but I am very surprised at [your email]. The update subscription newsletter is a double-opt in you must have firstly requested to receive them, then confirmed that you wanted them. If for some reason you have changed your mind, then there is a very simple unsubscribe procedure at the end of the email to which you have objected. As for going to hell, I am already there. Apparently. Please be more selective in your abuse, or at least just a little more imaginative. I have unsubscribed as I think you have requested, by using the instructions that are on the bottom of your email. ... ... No more to read here >> |
Has Princeton Public Library developed a sizism policy? The latest news is that in addition to charging late fees, they are going to also charge "larger" users ... Alice Springs Public Library is now addressing patron hygiene issues, in addition to asking people not to use the library as somewhere to eat and/or sleep ... Who would have thought that the Library of Congress would get a mention in Rolling Stone magazine? One can't help but wonder if the Letter to the Editor (of another publication) about librarians not being responsible for supervising unattended children was actually written by a librarian ... According to a press release, the 14th annual Rocky Mountain Writers Festival begins on Monday. As the venue is Arthur's Coffee Emporium, we're guessing that they aren't expecting a big crowd ... Someone must have entered into a lot of correspondence concerning copyright before NASA could legally scan some 300,000 pages of journals, going back to 1821 ... Libraries that are having to justify their graphic novel collections will be pleased to hear that at least one academic has recognised them as a valid literary genre ... It seems like Waco TX could be the site of the George W. Bush presidential library after the current incumbant "leaves office" ... Although it was way back in 1971, India's women's volunteer force was only recently honored. According to Minara Begum Jhunu "the main tasks of that force were to take care of the wounded freedom fighters, train up the women fighters and manage the mobile libraries" ... Danny Sullivan writes in Search Engine Watch that "the US Federal Trade Commission has made a landmark recommendation to the search engine industry that it should improve disclosure of paid content within search results. The action came in response to a deceptive advertising complaint made last year by watchdog group Commercial Alert" ... There is no more >>
Please to excuse; what meaning for the words "bitch-slap"? Is common? You have books with this please? There is no more >>
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past. Robertson Davies,
If you are looking for this week's diversion, we have good news and bad news. Firstly, the bad news is that there is no "new" diversion, but the good news is that all past - and future - diversions have moved to their own page, which eventually become a navigation button or link when we get around to it ... There is no more >>
Take the quiz "Would you enjoy being a librarian" from the Become a Librarian website. The easiest 12 questions you'll ever have to answer ... There is no more >>
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Librarians should be warned that (apparently) some library posters are considered too controversial for international postage.
In an already highly competitive market, it seems that marketing strategies know no bounds. As the previously successful attachment of CD-ROMs, plastic tat and other promotional items continue to clog up end processing for libraries, an different sort of challenge is about to arise.
Literacy and libraries should be partners with a common goal, right? So with budgets being cut to libraries, the money is going into literacy programs, right? Actually, wrong.
It's been an international best seller, it's been reviewed all over the place, just about everyone on the planet has already read it. So why is it mentioned here?
The Australian edition (pictured left, ISBN , published by Penguin Books Australia) doesn't have the U.S. cover (pictured right) featuring Bill O'Reilly, which readers of the book will know resulted in threats of legal action, and the possibility of physical harm to Franken.
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 ...
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ACADEMIA: The University of Texas at Arlington now lists this website on its page 'Websites for Professional Growth'...
INTERNET: Google now lists 'about' 1,830 hits for a search on the phrase "warrior librarian". Not that we check regularly or anything ....
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