List #475: 3 Fun(ny) Things that have Happened in the Library

List #475: 3 Fun(ny) Things that have Happened/Happened-to-me in the Library

1. Found a piece of dessicated, half-eaten Salami as a bookmark (in a book that hadn't seen use in many years)

2. Was asked if the library had a subscription to Match.com

3. Found "Origin of Species" 're-shelved' under Fiction.

List #474: Favorite Library Tools

List #474: Favorite Library Tools

1. Bone Folder

2. Double Sided Glue Gun

3. Red Book Cart

4. Barcode Scanner

5. Not the AV stuff.

List #473: Dewey Decimal Classes (in order of favoriteness)

List #473: Dewey Decimal Classes (in order of favoriteness)

1. 300s

2. 100s

3. 700s (almost entirely for 741.5 and the 780s)

4. 000s

5. 900s

6. 400s

7. 600s (641s)

8. 500s

9. 800s (assuming fiction shelved seperately)

10. 200s

List #472: 5 Favorite and 5 Least favorite things about my library

List #472: 5 Favorite and 5 Least favorite things about my library

Favorite

1. Excellent Librarians

2. Solid Graphic Novel Collection

3. Space is used by the students

4. Quality book and e-reference selection overall

5. Lots of windows

Least Favorite

1. Layout of the offices and Desk

2. Temperature/light control

3. Cleanliness, physical-space and loudness-level respect of the children

4. Lack of study-room

5. Windows to nowhere

List #471: Best Things About Being a School Librarian

List #471: Best Things About Being a School Librarian (I ain't no 'media specialist,' fool!) [Library Week]

1. I get to buy aweseome books and resources and convince people to read/use them

1a. And among such resources are Comics and Graphic Novels

2. I get to talk about copyright law

3. I get to learn about the same things the kids are interested in

4. I get to also coach a variety of Hockies.

5. I get to have interesting conversations with interesting kids

6. I get summers off!

List #470: 5 Things Libraries Have Done For Me

List #470: 5 Things Libraries Have Done For Me (Library week)

1. Fed my reading habit from an early age

2. Supplied me with access to nerdy game materials

3. Helped me crush opponents in Speech and Debate

4. Given me gainful employment

5. Supplied me with Buffy DVDs

List #468: Favorite Libraries in the World

List #468: Favorite Libraries in the World (that I've actually been to or used)

1. Gould Library, Carleton College

2. Howard County Library, Maryland (currently)

3. Duluth Public Library (when it was actually funded and open at useable times)

4. Suzallo Library, University of Washington (because it's pretty)

5. Upper School Library, GCS (I made this!)

6. Malmo City Library

7. Turku City Library

8. Bangor University Library, Wales (also pretty)

9. Copenhagen City Library (whichever branch I visited)

10. Danish Royal Library (at least to look at)

List #397: 10 Things I Learned about Life and Libraries in the Nordic Lands

List #397: 10 Things I Learned about Life and Libraries in the Nordic Lands

(this is a few months late. It is taken from a presentation I gave about my trip this summer. You can view the slides here Nic's 10 Things PPT )

1.People Read in Public

2. Breakfast is Awesome

3. Libraries are about Books

4. Libraries are about more than Books

5. They like those Vampires, too

6. Librarians are Good People, everywhere

7. Biking and Walking are great ways to travel

8. Comic books are fun, in any language.

9. GCS provides you with great opportunities and connections

10. Libraries, as Places, matter

List #383: Librarian Stereotypes I Don't embody

List #383: Librarian Stereotypes I Don't embody (or the reasons behind my lack of embodiment)


1. I will never own one cat, let alone many
2. Hornrims block peripheral vision, and chains would bug my neck
3. Most "Classic" literature bores me
4. None of my sport coats are tweed, and none have patches on the elbows

And one I do...
1. I use the finger-to-lips 'shush' action.

List #348: Favorite College / Grad School courses

List #348: Favorite College / Grad School courses

1. LIS 508 : History of Recorded Information (UW)
2. Jazz History (Carleton)
3. Survey of Southern African History and Senior Seminar: Africa(Carleton)
4. The upper-level Medieval Welsh History course (UNW Bangor)
5. Musical Biography and Autobiography (Carleton)
6. LIS 510 (UW, because Trent was cool)
7. Intro Sociology (Carleton)
8. Intro Linguistics (Carleton)
9. Bandits (Carleton)
10. Francophone Literature of West Africa and the Caribbean, in translation (Carleton)

List #307: 77 6-word book reviews

List #307: 77 6-word book reviews

Six words to describe one book
Call Number gives the book's location
Title and Subtitle (when it exists)
Author (if the report printed it)

1. Love the book; don’t' steal it.
002.075 BAR
The man who loved books too much : the true story of a thief, a detective, and a world of literary obsession /


2. Bill wrote many very important things.
016.8223 COL
The book of William : how Shakespeare's first folio conquered the world /


3. Play outside. Be a better person.
152.4 WAA
The age of empathy : nature's lessons for a kinder society /


4.Morality is Pathology. Think beyond it.
171 MOE
The moral fool : a case for amorality /


5. Casual Christians outnumber, but not overpower
200.973 BAR
The seven faith tribes : who they are, what they believe, and why they matter /


6. Move forward, but also look back.
303.48 DAV
The wayfinders : why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world /


7. Populist Journalism, unfiltered nonsense, or TMI?
303.48 ROS
Say everything : how blogging began, what it's becoming, and why it matters /


8. Youtube ate my attention span. Yours?
303.48 WAS
And then there's this : how stories live and die in viral culture /


9. Can Green be practical? Surprisingly, yes.
304.2 BRA
Whole earth discipline : an ecopragmatist manifesto /


10. Have we been doing it wrong?
305.231 BRO
NurtureShock : new thinking about children /
Bronson, Po, 1964-

11. Legal or not, immigration's about people
305.868 THO
Just like us : the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America /


12.Young people can change the world.
323.1196 LEW
The shadows of youth : the remarkable journey of the civil rights generation /


13. Managing Economy: maybe not so hard.
330 FRA
The economic naturalist's field guide : common sense principles for troubled times /


14. …and I feel fine. Or "lucky".
338.7 AUL
Googled : the end of the world as we know it /


15. BOOM! "Miserable Failure?" French Military Victories?"
338.7 DOZ
Google bomb /


16. Boys are difficult, or are they?
339.4 BRO
Packaging boyhood : saving our sons from superheroes, slackers, and other media stereotypes /
Brown, Lyn Mikel, 1956-

17. The future of our robotics club?
355 BEL
The department of mad scientists : how DARPA is remaking our world, from the internet to artificial limbs /


18. Shocking that this still / ever happens.
362.82 HUS
Murder in the name of honor : the true story of one woman's heroic fight against an unbelievable crime /


19. Don't trash that. I'll eat it.
363.8 STU
Waste : uncovering the global food scandal /


20. School teaches life. Good things happen.
371.2 NAT
The hardest questions aren't on the test : lessons from an innovative urban school /
Nathan, Linda F., 1955-

21. No college? No problem! See World.
378.1 FRO
The new global student /


22. Pretty, sparkly, pointy… anything I missed?
398.24 LAV
The natural history of unicorns /


23. I'm a librarian. No arguments here.
418 DEH
Reading in the brain : the science and evolution of a human invention /
Deheane, Stanislas

24. Demerits, Detentions: For sake of Science.
507.8 GRA
Theo Gray's mad science : experiments you can do at home--but probably shouldn't /


25. Myth, Medicince, Madness, Werewolves and Science
523.3 STR
The book of the moon /


26. Not a world I'd live in.
551.31 POL
A world without ice /


27. Life can't just be a beach.
577.5 SWA
Antarctica 2041 : my quest to save the earth's last wilderness /



28. machines? animals? Which conquers humans first?
591.5 BOY
The smartest animals on the planet /



29. Keep making them. We'll keep fixing.
616.02 GUP
Cheating death : the doctors and medical miracles that are saving lives against all odds /


30. Ottiavni's comics make science history fun!
GN 629.45022 OTT
T-minus : the race to the Moon /


31. Good? "Everything is Illuminated" author disagrees.
641.3 FOE
Eating animals /
Safran-Foer, Jonathan

32. …seem like they could be convoluted.
720.92 ISE
Conversations with Frank Gehry /


33. 'twas a Mad, Mad, Mad world
741.5 KIT
The art of Harvey Kurtzman : the mad genius of comics /


34. Let's use those Whole New Minds
745.2 BER
Glimmer : how design can transform your life, and maybe even the world /


35. The one true American art form.
781.65 GID
Jazz /


36. This book will not cause seizures.
791.43 RIC
The rough guide to anime /


37. Shan't touch this in six words.
808 GAR
Stylized : a slightly obsessive history of Strunk & White's The elements of style /


38. "Blink," "Tipping Point," author's collected columns.
814 GLA
What the dog saw : and other adventures /


39. Leopold Bloom is for everyone. Really.
823 KIB
Ulysses and us : the art of everyday life in Joyce's masterpiece /


40. Ancient literature speaks to modern warfare
883 ALE
The war that killed Achilles : the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War /


41. Written by winners. Handle with care.
901 MAC
Dangerous games : the uses and abuses of history /


42. Atrocity and ingenuity: better with pictures
GN 909.0802 GON
The cartoon history of the modern world /


43. They're on a boat, getting' shakespearian'
910.9163 WOO
A brave vessel : the true tale of the castaways who rescued Jamestown and inspired Shakespeare's The tempest /


44. This one here was my inspiration…
920.008 NOT
Not quite what I was planning : six-word memoirs by writers famous and obscure : from Smith magazine /


45. Stuff happened there. In that year
943.087 BES
Germany 1945 : from war to peace /


46. Don't drop the soup… or something. (PS: This one is probably my favorite)
951.05 CHO
Egg on Mao : the story of an ordinary man who defaced an icon and unmasked a dictatorship


47. Sultan Mehmet: master of the empire
956.1 FRE
The Grand Turk.


48. Cultural perspectives for our modern country
973 MAL
A country called Amreeka : Arab roots, American stories /


49. NOW with 50% FEWER BIG WORDS.
338.1097 3 CHE
The omnivore's dilemma : the secrets behind what you eat (young readers edition) /


50. She likes animals more than people.
B BRO
Animal magnetism : my life with creatures great and small /


51. Conservation: is it for the birds?
B EDG
Rosalie Edge, hawk of mercy : the activist who saved nature from the conservationists /


52. The lonliest monk. Straight, no chaser.
B MON
Thelonious Monk : the life and times of an American original /


53. Four siblings tell of non-traditional childhoods
B WEL
The kids are all right : a memoir /


54. All your favorites in plain prose.
FIC ACK
Canterbury tales /


55. Builds on the book described below.
FIC ASI
Foundation and empire /
Asimov

56. The basis for modern Science Fiction
FIC ASI
Foundation /
Asimov

57. Science plus Religion. And natural disasters.
FIC ATW
The year of the flood : a novel /
Atwood, Margaret

58. Hollywood is like High School. Period.
FIC DEA
Hollywood is like high school with money /


59. Deaf girl, Veteran and Refugee's friendship.
FIC GRI
The Orange Houses /


60. Controversial, but it gets kids reading.
FIC HOP
Tricks /


61. Teen life is hard at bicentennial
FIC HOU
Eli the Good /


62. Boy accidentally kills (not) a bear
FIC IRV
Last night in Twisted River : a novel /
Irving, John

63. MMA novel: Brutal, Beautiful, Booklist starred.
FIC KIT
The longshot : a novel /


64. Fifth grade Christmas in the 1960
FIC LAM
Wishin' and hopin' : a Christmas story /
Lamb, Wally

65. Six friends, life changing Friday night
FIC LER
wtf /


66. Student photographer has girl / family troubles
FIC MAD
Flash burnout : a novel /


67. Steampunk! Detectives! Which Librarian reads first?
FIC MAN
The affinity bridge : a Newbury & Hobbes investigation /


68. "Wake" sequel: More High School nightmares
FIC MCM
Fade /
McMann, Lisa

69. Dream Travel, High School: Both scary
FIC MCM
Wake /
McMann, Lisa

70. Alan Moore, Michael Chabon both endorse
FIC MOO
The Best of Michael Moorcock.


71. "Time-travelers Wife" author's second book
FIC NIF
Her fearful symmetry : a novel /
Niffeneger, Audry

72. Historical fiction: romance, war, frontier life
FIC NOW
Choices /


73. A Chinese-American Girl in Magical St.Louis
FIC SHI
Gateway /


74. Bertrand Russell's life in pictures, words.
GN B RUS
Logicomix : an epic search for truth /


75. Another World War Two Graphic Memoir
GN B TYL
You'll Never Know 1.


76. Everything they did was the best.
GN FIC SIM
The Best of Simon and Kirby.


77. War's Over. Now the troubles begin.
GN FIC WIL 12
Fables: The dark ages /
Willingham, Bill

List #71: CDs I got from the Library, pt 2

List #71: CDs I got from the Library, pt 2

1. Jeff Beck "Blow by Blow"
2. Rush "Snakes and Arrows"
3. King Sunny Ade "Juju Music"
4. Rough Guide to the Music of Central Asia
5. Rough Guide to South African Jazz
6. "Dawg Tales" (David Grisman tribute)
7. Bill Bruford's Earthworks "Earthworks"

List #67: CDs I got from the Library the other day

List #67: CDs I got from the Library the other day

1. Various Artists "Miles from India" Miles Davis tribute
2.Youssou N'Dour "Rokku me Rokka"
3. Lionel Loueke "Karibu"
4. The Fiery Furnaces "Window City"
5. Henry Kaiser and David Lindley "A world out of time. vol. 2: Madagascar"
6. The Academy Is..."Fast Times at Barrington High"
7. Angelique Kidjo --I forgot it in my car ---
8. Nick Cave "Dig, Lazarus, Dig"