This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I picked up a galley of this book while attending ALA Midwinter, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Marilyn Johnson became interested in librarians while researching her previous book on obituaries, and running into a few fascinating [...]

Yesterday while I was riding the bus to work a new billboard caught my eye, one for Read.gov. Read.gov is part of the Library of Congress, and it aims to encourage reading of all kinds of material, by every age group. On the website you’ll find recommendations by age group, and for educators, and under [...]

Today I spent the day at the Library of Congress and loved it. I was there with my mother and brother and we took one of the guided tours of the building. This tour starts off with a short movie including a number of brief interviews with some of the librarians who highlight many of [...]

Yesterday I got an email announcing the beginning of La Cuña, an online forum dedicated to librarianship for and about Latin American and the Iberian Peninsula. The forum wants to gather Latinoamericanist who wish to exchange information on collection development, reference, instruction or any other issue that may come up.
I hope people from around the [...]

Just as I was falling asleep last night listening to the BBC, I heard about a very interesting software called Haystack. Basically Haystack is software that was developed by Austin Heap, a San Francisco based “techy” to help Iranians bypass government censorship of the web, while simultaneously protecting their identity. The software will allow people [...]

Google just released yet another cool tool, Google City Tours. This time they are going to help you travel, and make sure you see all the important sights at handful of cities.
You’ll get a maps that charts your walking plan, and optional pop-up windows with the name of the sight, and how long they believe [...]

BabelWithMe.com is a new method to communicate with people who don’t speak (or write) our same language. It seems very easy to use; just visit the site, choose a login name, and then email your partner the permalink you are assigned, and voilà!
I was trying to find examples of how people are using this, [...]

A couple weeks ago Google come out with one more impressive online collection. This time it’s the LIFE Photo Archive. Most of us have probably seen the powerful images that have been printed in LIFE Magazine over the decades. Google’s press release explains that only a small percentage of this archive has been made public, [...]

Bibliotheka is a site that gathers digital files of books in Spanish. The collections can be searched by title, author, and subject. Files can also be browsed through larger topical categories such as art, science, poetry, or religion.
Individual entries include a brief description of the piece, art cover, file size, genre, and two different [...]

A couple of library enthusiasts in Guatemala have set out to create a directory of Guatemala’s librarians in wiki format. The project is still quite new and with only a few entries, but they already have a number of enthusiasts offering their help either with providing content or helping with the technology needed.
As most wikis, [...]