Episode One has hit the intertubes… watch it at DrHorrible.com. Download it from iTunes. I’ve seen it, therefore… Me > You.
Summer Reading Booklist
My School Library Media Specialist buddy created a wiki for her school’s summer reading booklist. Her recommendations/suggestions are top notch.
Check it out at Radez Library Wiki.
Joss Whedon’s SugarShock
Read SugarShock on Myspace. An internet comic written by Joss Whedon.
Meet the Directors
“CLRC (Central New York Library Resources Council) is please to announce the latest feature on our website, a monthly pod-cast entitled “Meet the Directors”. Listen to a short interview each month with a different director of a CLRC member organization. Our first director to be featured is Mary Lou Caskey, Director of the Mid-York Library System. Mary Lou will be retiring in June so we were pleased that she could take time out of her very busy schedule to meet with us for 15 minutes. Let us know what you think of our latest feature and we hope you enjoy hearing from your fellow colleagues.”
Check out Meet the Directors at CLRC.org.
Nancy Pearl
I went and saw Nancy Pearl, the Michael Jordan of Librarians, at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library on Wednesday night (5/21). She signed my Deluxe Librarian Action Figure! Nancy is a fantastic speaker and the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library is bad arse. The talk was centered around Readers Advisory towards children and young adults. Nancy has a simple four doorway philosophy towards RA… Story, Character, Setting, and Language doorways. Most children’s books are going to have large story doorways. Children don’t have the time or patience to get into character development, the experience to get into setting, or the language skills required to appreciate the language doorway.
Shiny news
Watch full episodes of Firefly (the greatest T.V. show ever canceled) at hulu.com.
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more cat pictures
I got leid at the State Librarian retirement party
Janet Martin Welch, distinguished New York State Librarian is retiring from service next month. Her retirement party was held yesterday on the fourth floor of the New York State Museum. It was tropical themed with plenty of desert options.
The party centered around what she has done for New York State libraries and praising her for her advocacy efforts. She looked rather uncomfortable as legislators, regents, advocates, and coworkers stepped up to the mic to present her with honors and going away presents.
The best story of the party came from Carol Desch, Coordinator of Statewide Library Services and Director of Library Development (also my boss’ boss). Melvil Dewey, who many consider the father of modern librarianship, was a misogynist and an anti-semite. So when Janet became the first female New York State Librarian (a position
held by Dewey), she told a news reporter that she hoped he was “spinning in his grave.” A portrait of Dewey hangs in the New York State Library’s Librarians Room along with the last State Librarian Joseph F. Shubert (who was at the party). A beautiful/very regal looking portrait of Janet will be hanging directly across from Dewey in the Librarians Room, so he can always see how wrong he was. It was definitely a girl-power moment.
You can read more about her retirement in the NYSALB (New York State Association of Library Boards) newsletter.
LOL Cats!
There’s one for every occasion. Sorry I’ve been gone so long!
Check out the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats at Hobotopia!
