Tag Archives: librarians
We remember: Army special services librarians
I recently supported a successful Kickstarter campaign by those wonderful folks at Unshelved. They are going to make a series of librarian ranger badges. Fun, right? I think a lot of us are also aware of the Librarian merit badge … Continue reading
How not to write about libraries – some guidelines for reporters
We get it. Times are tough. The public sphere is shrinking in the US and elsewhere. Libraries are around and open, doing stuff. Their funding cycle is cyclical and short and up to the whims of various people, sometimes mysterious. … Continue reading
Men of the Stacks: why this isn’t just another wall calendar
I was happy that I caught the tweet early when the Men of the Stacks calendar came out because it’s been fascinating to watch this project grow and blosson. If for some reason you haven’t heard of it, the website … Continue reading
Dataviz you can get behind, librarians as sees through a census lens
“Today, the marriage rate among librarians is the highest it has ever been with 62 percent of librarians married in 2009.” There is a lot of data in the world. Librarians are good at using census data to help people … Continue reading
Brenda Elizabeth Moon – chief librarian, University of Edinburgh, RIP
I’ve paid particular attention to obituaries since finishing Marilyn Johnson’s excellent book Dead Beat. There are some great librarian obituaries; a life of pulbic service seems to lend itself to this. A local librarian pal pointed this one out to … Continue reading
