Meeting
Library closed. We cannot meet at the fountain. What do you think of meeting next Thursday?
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Tomorrow's Meeting
According to the branch manager, William, there is a chance the building may be closed tomorrow. I will know around 9 am tomorrow and will let you know when I know.
As far as meeting at the fountain, I have emailed William to see if that will be OK. There may be some policy that may prevent us from doing that. I will keep you posted on that suggestion. If the bossman says it's OK then I am fine with doing that.
According to the branch manager, William, there is a chance the building may be closed tomorrow. I will know around 9 am tomorrow and will let you know when I know.
As far as meeting at the fountain, I have emailed William to see if that will be OK. There may be some policy that may prevent us from doing that. I will keep you posted on that suggestion. If the bossman says it's OK then I am fine with doing that.
Ed:
As we all know, the library is having some rather severe problems with paint fumes. These problems may or may not (but hopefully will not) cause this month's meeting to be delayed or cancelled.
A few of us were thinking (more wondering, really) that perhaps if the library ends up being closed on Thursday you could come anyway, and we could have our meeting by the fountain out back. We've done that before, and aside from the rocks, it wasn't bad.
Just a thought, let us know what you think.
As we all know, the library is having some rather severe problems with paint fumes. These problems may or may not (but hopefully will not) cause this month's meeting to be delayed or cancelled.
A few of us were thinking (more wondering, really) that perhaps if the library ends up being closed on Thursday you could come anyway, and we could have our meeting by the fountain out back. We've done that before, and aside from the rocks, it wasn't bad.
Just a thought, let us know what you think.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Changes
You may not be aware of this but the librarian profession is in a constant state of change. This excerpt of a good story on technology in libraries sums it up well: "“The librarian as information priest is as dead as Elvis,” Needham said. The whole “gestalt” of the academic library has been set up like a church, he said, with various parts of a reading room acting like “the stations of the cross,” all leading up to the “altar of the reference desk,” where “you make supplication and if you are found worthy, you will be helped.”"
I find this to very much be the case at the Morrison library. People don't come to the desk right off anymore. They tend to come to us when they get stuck. It is necessary to not only direct people to online resources and web sites but you have to know how to walk them through these resources and sites.
You may not be aware of this but the librarian profession is in a constant state of change. This excerpt of a good story on technology in libraries sums it up well: "“The librarian as information priest is as dead as Elvis,” Needham said. The whole “gestalt” of the academic library has been set up like a church, he said, with various parts of a reading room acting like “the stations of the cross,” all leading up to the “altar of the reference desk,” where “you make supplication and if you are found worthy, you will be helped.”"
I find this to very much be the case at the Morrison library. People don't come to the desk right off anymore. They tend to come to us when they get stuck. It is necessary to not only direct people to online resources and web sites but you have to know how to walk them through these resources and sites.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Adventure Reading
Just in case you are getting bored during your summer break I am providing you with a link to the 100 best adventure books as assembled by National Geographic.
Gamers and their Avatars
A photo essay. It cracked me up. I love Metafilter.
Just in case you are getting bored during your summer break I am providing you with a link to the 100 best adventure books as assembled by National Geographic.
Gamers and their Avatars
A photo essay. It cracked me up. I love Metafilter.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Weird
The strangest thing just happened. This homeless guy that comes into the library every day just bit Melanie on the hand. I had to walk him outta here physically with a little help from a guy from circulation. He kept trying to bite us as we were walking him out. He would talk, just try and bit. It was weird. After we got him outside he started chasing patrons in the parking lot and one ran up near the intersection of Colony and Morrison. The homeless guy ran in front of a car and got nailed and he exploded all over the road it was really gross. Melanie's hand is starting to turn read and the 911 number is busy. We are going to try and take her to the emergency room.
Holy Cow
You're not going to believe it. I just got back from lunch and Melanie has been walking around biting people while I was gone. She bit Charlie and the new librarian, Catie and a bunch of patrons on the second floor. We have tied her to a chair with an extension cord and she keeps drooling all over herself and slurring things like "Eat you! Blurrgle! Eat you!" It's kind freaking me out.
Gets weirder
So, we got Melanie tied to a chair and shes' really starting to freak out. Biting out at every person that gets near her. We still can't get through to 911 and those that Melanie bit earlier are starting to get sick and a couple of the old men are getting in a fist fight. The two men turned out to be acting like Melanie and they were fighting over a dead body. While the two crazed old men were fighting one of them ripped the head off the other. The severed head is still chomping away at thin air. Still can't through to 911 and if everyone that Melanie bit is going to start acting crazy, I am getting out of here. I'm heading home right now.
Holy cow
I just got home and I just had the strangest drive of my life. The roads were deserted. All the library employees downstairs agreed with me that we should all go home because there were other people milling around outside trying to bite people and business inside had really trailed off. I didnt' bother to set the alarm. I left a message on Williams voice mail. Let him go by there and clear out the freaks and try to lock that place up.
The only people I saw on the road were behaving like Melanie ad the fighting old men. At stop signs they would rush the car. I stopped stopping at stop signs. Wendell, my roommate, has been off all day and he has been scanning the news and he had the door barricaded when I got home. He made me talk in a complete sentance before he'd let me in.
More information here.
The strangest thing just happened. This homeless guy that comes into the library every day just bit Melanie on the hand. I had to walk him outta here physically with a little help from a guy from circulation. He kept trying to bite us as we were walking him out. He would talk, just try and bit. It was weird. After we got him outside he started chasing patrons in the parking lot and one ran up near the intersection of Colony and Morrison. The homeless guy ran in front of a car and got nailed and he exploded all over the road it was really gross. Melanie's hand is starting to turn read and the 911 number is busy. We are going to try and take her to the emergency room.
Holy Cow
You're not going to believe it. I just got back from lunch and Melanie has been walking around biting people while I was gone. She bit Charlie and the new librarian, Catie and a bunch of patrons on the second floor. We have tied her to a chair with an extension cord and she keeps drooling all over herself and slurring things like "Eat you! Blurrgle! Eat you!" It's kind freaking me out.
Gets weirder
So, we got Melanie tied to a chair and shes' really starting to freak out. Biting out at every person that gets near her. We still can't get through to 911 and those that Melanie bit earlier are starting to get sick and a couple of the old men are getting in a fist fight. The two men turned out to be acting like Melanie and they were fighting over a dead body. While the two crazed old men were fighting one of them ripped the head off the other. The severed head is still chomping away at thin air. Still can't through to 911 and if everyone that Melanie bit is going to start acting crazy, I am getting out of here. I'm heading home right now.
Holy cow
I just got home and I just had the strangest drive of my life. The roads were deserted. All the library employees downstairs agreed with me that we should all go home because there were other people milling around outside trying to bite people and business inside had really trailed off. I didnt' bother to set the alarm. I left a message on Williams voice mail. Let him go by there and clear out the freaks and try to lock that place up.
The only people I saw on the road were behaving like Melanie ad the fighting old men. At stop signs they would rush the car. I stopped stopping at stop signs. Wendell, my roommate, has been off all day and he has been scanning the news and he had the door barricaded when I got home. He made me talk in a complete sentance before he'd let me in.
More information here.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Whales are really old
This is amazing. Too bad the whale had to die for this information to become known. The article from Washington Post has a picture of the whale killing device.
This is amazing. Too bad the whale had to die for this information to become known. The article from Washington Post has a picture of the whale killing device.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
A link or two
On June 13th we are going to pretend the world is coming to a zombie end and we'll blog here like we would if we were actually trying to warn each other. Read about the project here.
Harry Potter stamps?
Just in case I haven't convinced those that have listened. Another positive review for Un Lun Dun by China Mieville.
A science fiction writer asks if Harry Potter is really fantasy.
On June 13th we are going to pretend the world is coming to a zombie end and we'll blog here like we would if we were actually trying to warn each other. Read about the project here.
Harry Potter stamps?
Just in case I haven't convinced those that have listened. Another positive review for Un Lun Dun by China Mieville.
A science fiction writer asks if Harry Potter is really fantasy.
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