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project re-shelve, busted!
So… I’m planning to pursue a Ph.D in Children’s Lit next year. So what better time to start reading more kids books and hey, writing about it, since that’s my new direction? I’ll start with two (no,...
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#ALA10 advice for ALA conference 2010 (or, take it from me, DC is HUMID)
Another advice post? From a librarian who isn’t even attending this year’s conference? What does she think she is, a diva? Well, no. I had a once in a lifetime chance to see Carole King/James Taylor...
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Catalog race…19 problem books in 1 hr!
Saturdays have become (or always have been?) the day of the week when I deal with problem books. Last week it was catalog records. This week it was checking books that were either cataloged by other...
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Written after my morning (glory) walk…
While I moaned last Sunday about having lost two hours and six dollars when I was done watching “Morning Glory,” the latest movie starring Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford, and Rachel McAdams, there was one...
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I still didn’t get eaten by zombies…
Wow, the last post for this blog is from November, of 2010. And the reference in the title is a post I wrote in 2009 before going to ALA in Chicago. Since then, big things have happened!! Such as…I got...
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Great Scott!
Today on the Children’s Book-a-Day Almanac, Anita Silvey tells us about the elevator operator at #2 Park Street, Boston, who became the inspiration for Dr. Seuss’s most famous character, the Cat in the...
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Books I’m not reading this week, an occasional feature.
Note: these are not bad books. I am merely not reading them. I am releasing them back to their home libraries, the shelves where someone else can pluck them and enjoy them. Who knows, you might find...
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“It is not down in any map; true places never are…”
(Herman Melville) So, here we are. We’re closed Sunday, I’m off on Monday, so starting…NOW, it’s Europe week for “One World, Many Stories” at my library. The “Oktoberfest in July” is on Tuesday–the...
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snowy book by Sara Zarr
I am not a fan of book reviews. Reading them, I mean. I would rather read the books. So when I write book reviews, I try to make mine as non-New York Times Book Review or Washington Post Book Review as...
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Some news from LibraryLand
It’s been ages since I’ve posted here, I don’t even know if I have any readers left. HI!! Since we last met, a lot has happened in my librarian life. I am now a full time cataloger. Yes, overnight, my...
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If I have 11 tabs open, it’s time to write a blog post…
American Libraries Direct, it’s all your fault. Well, that’s not entirely true. But I have some links open that I can’t close until I put them somewhere important. This blog is the closest place to...
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Books…and more books
I am forever taking too many books home and forever trying to read them before their due dates. Last night, I crossed 5 books off my list, and today, I finished one more. Art made from Books: altered,...
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