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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 and related news:
The importance of libraries in the economic downturn. It has computers, gives advice and is free. Despite their own difficulties – which are severe in New York especially – libraries are doing their best to help other people get themselves back into work.
As anyone who follows Neil Gaiman's blog will know, there are continuing censorship issues for artists and writers of graphic novels. Mom Protests Library's 'Sexual' Spider-Man Comic. On that subject, have a listen to Dirty Books
I'm vaguely following the news of Wolfram Alpha, a semantic web-searcher. There's a brief introduction to it here.
University of Michagan goes over to e-publishing. The end of the book?
The Darien Statements These are inspirational and aspirational rather than practical, but damn I want to be that librarian.
But you don't look like a librarian! I'm still exploring this site, but it seems to have good things to say about the perception and the reality of librarianship, and where the two intersect.
Married barrister had affair with client, and charged her £250 an hour for their…er…personal time
The Open Cloud Manifesto. Lots of words. The action remains to be seen.
Law Library things:
Harvard Law School library's YouTube channel
UCLA's guide to free law research resources and Georgetown's guide
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]
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 and related news:
The importance of libraries in the economic downturn. It has computers, gives advice and is free. Despite their own difficulties – which are severe in New York especially – libraries are doing their best to help other people get themselves back into work.
As anyone who follows Neil Gaiman's blog will know, there are continuing censorship issues for artists and writers of graphic novels. Mom Protests Library's 'Sexual' Spider-Man Comic. On that subject, have a listen to Dirty Books
I'm vaguely following the news of Wolfram Alpha, a semantic web-searcher. There's a brief introduction to it here.
University of Michagan goes over to e-publishing. The end of the book?
The Darien Statements These are inspirational and aspirational rather than practical, but damn I want to be that librarian.
But you don't look like a librarian! I'm still exploring this site, but it seems to have good things to say about the perception and the reality of librarianship, and where the two intersect.
Married barrister had affair with client, and charged her £250 an hour for their…er…personal time
The Open Cloud Manifesto. Lots of words. The action remains to be seen.
Law Library things:
Harvard Law School library's YouTube channel
UCLA's guide to free law research resources and Georgetown's guide
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]