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unintended consequences: Wiley price hike post-Kirtsaeng 18 Jul 2013 | 09:54 pm
In the wake of the Kirtsaeng decision Wiley has, predictably, decided to raise their prices in the UK to match American prices for titles. The news I got was from a forwarded email but it appears, in ...
theming it up for 2013 12 Jul 2013 | 09:50 pm
I’ve been doing a lot less public speaking this year, by choice. Just trying to travel less, be more of a homebody, be choosier. I just noticed that I haven’t mentioned any of the talks I have been do...
press release: librarians now helping people get information 2 Jul 2013 | 03:39 am
Two things to mention here 1. I finally saw Desk Set. I have no idea how I not only managed not to see it before but also how I even missed the theme which is whether computers will ever really effec...
Serendipitously browsed: gems of american scenery 10 Jun 2013 | 10:17 pm
I went to the Windsor Library in Windsor Vermont this weekend to take a look at their seed library. It was really neat. The whole building was terrific with large photographs of people from the commun...
Link roundup, things you might like 18 May 2013 | 06:44 pm
When nerds collide – some advice on managing groups of volunteers for one-off library projects I failed to communicate the “why” of this project to the volunteers. Before turning my volunteers loose, ...
What is going on with New York’s public libraries? 15 May 2013 | 07:36 pm
I know people are probably pretty up on the general level of change, upheaval and consternation that are happening surrounding NYPLs big changes, most notably the changes at the Central Library but al...
“Who are your guys?” some radical librarian resources 9 May 2013 | 09:27 pm
I listen a lot to Marc Maron’s WTF podcast about comedy. He interviews pretty much everyone you’ve ever heard of in the comedy world (and some people you may not have heard of) and one of the things h...
National Library Week starts now 15 Apr 2013 | 06:40 am
Happy National Library Week. This is the week that encompasses a few more days worth celebrating including National Library Workers Day on Tuesday, National Bookmobile Day on Wednesday and Support Tee...
Barbara Gittings, that lady in the “hug a homosexual” booth 31 Mar 2013 | 07:01 am
Just a photo that came across my stream, taken for Life magazine but not published there. This is from ALA, in 1971. I saw the photo and wanted to know more about it. As a former member of SRRT and so...
On government and libraries – two important things 19 Mar 2013 | 06:40 pm
1. Supreme Court KIRTSAENG v WILEY decision came down, supporting first sale doctrine even for copyrighted works made abroad. This is good news for Team Library. Here’s more analysis from ACRL that de...
