Clearing out Delicious

Right, I think that's everything I had tagged for posting.

Since some people have said they like the library links, and I'm cross-posting mode anyway, many of these will appear here and in my library blog, but I'll keep the ones here under a cut so people who just want the fun, pretties and other articles and get at those as well.

Having said that, if I had to choose once link that really summarises my feelings about libraries at the moment, it would be this one: The search for the next big thing. To paraphrase Yes, Prime Minister, there's a lot of things we can do, and a lot of things we ought to, and a lot of things that people want us to do, but choosing what we should do? That's hard.

( Library links )

( Law Library things: )

Fun stuff:

Eat this book!

The art of bookmaking is not dead yet!

Books, young man. Books!

Stephen King on enjoyment

How to be a bat. Absolutely captivating videos and fascinating research into bat-life.

Dog vs bedsheet, set to drums

The history of art, online. Complete with pictures, commentary and text.

Have I shown you this before? Just in case I haven't - Forgotten bookmarks. It's amazing what people will leave behind.

Also, for all the Classicists: The Aeneid on Facebook

The temple of Apollo as Naxos Stunning photography.

Those who forget their history… When I was a student, my strongest interest was in reception studies – how the present receives, interprets and re-casts the past for its own needs. There are some obvious comparisons to be made, and some less obvious ones. Further reading recommended in the article.

Celebrating Wikipedia

Values of the Facebook generation. It did strike me that you could substitute "fandom" for "the Web" in most of these and not be too far off.

The Ministry of Type. Beautiful typography.

Master Classes from Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein

Flickr Commons More photographs, more history.

The 50 best US TV shows. Not a bad list, but where's The Sarah Connor Chronicles? (next on my list once I'm done with The Man From UNCLE) Debate, disagree, discuss.

[cross-posted to DW]

Delicious clear-out

Right, I think that's everything I had tagged for posting.

Since some people have said they like the library links, and I'm cross-posting mode anyway, many of these will appear here and in my library blog, but I'll keep the ones here under a cut so people who just want the fun, pretties and other articles and get at those as well.

Having said that, if I had to choose once link that really summarises my feelings about libraries at the moment, it would be this one: The search for the next big thing. To paraphrase Yes, Prime Minister, there's a lot of things we can do, and a lot of things we ought to, and a lot of things that people want us to do, but choosing what we should do? That's hard.

( Library links )

( Law Library things: )

Fun stuff:

Eat this book!

The art of bookmaking is not dead yet!

Books, young man. Books!

Stephen King on enjoyment

How to be a bat. Absolutely captivating videos and fascinating research into bat-life.

Dog vs bedsheet, set to drums

The history of art, online. Complete with pictures, commentary and text.

Have I shown you this before? Just in case I haven't - Forgotten bookmarks. It's amazing what people will leave behind.

Also, for all the Classicists: The Aeneid on Facebook

The temple of Apollo as Naxos Stunning photography.

Those who forget their history… When I was a student, my strongest interest was in reception studies – how the present receives, interprets and re-casts the past for its own needs. There are some obvious comparisons to be made, and some less obvious ones. Further reading recommended in the article.

Celebrating Wikipedia

Values of the Facebook generation. It did strike me that you could substitute "fandom" for "the Web" in most of these and not be too far off.

The Ministry of Type. Beautiful typography.

Master Classes from Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein

Flickr Commons More photographs, more history.

[cross-posted to LJ]