Collecting My Thoughts

Let's review. It was a mistake to close churches, libraries and outdoor parks and recreational areas, three institutions that strengthen...

Have you ever tried to clean out your storage or files and found out it takes days to go through one drawer or file cabinet or closet? For m...

Todd Bol died recently at 62.  He was the founder of the Little Free Library. They grew out of his pain and grief over the loss of his mothe...

“The National Technical Reports Library (NTRL – U.S. Department of Commerce) has become an open access resource, following a decision made b...

 In 1993, I was still 6 years away from voting for a Democrat for president, but I could certainly sniff out bias. Came across this let...

Librarians are missionaries, although non-pacifist.  They are also members of the most liberal of all professions: 223:1 liberal to conserva...

From the Chicago Tribune : Anti-pornography activist Megan Fox created a 2:30 video urging Niles IL residents to vote against incumbent trus...

Today our Conestoga group had a tour of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Sullivant Hall on the OSU Campus.  I like libraries...

I had my gate pass with me this morning, so I turned and walked outside the 2nd street gate at Oak Ave., and browsed around the neatly kept ...

Throwing out usable books and cutting staff, and hiring more non-librarians to buy more digitized collections is foolish. Information IS NOT...

     Very appropriate. An information donkey. I don't know about school librarians, but public librarians are 223:1 liberal to conserv...

The week (always on Saturday) started out in the breathless heat. I wondered how I would enjoy the wonderful program planned for the Hoover,...

"To hear librarians tell it, video games are high-church, intellectual endeavors. Today, nearly 2,000 libraries across America will hos...

Tonight our book club will be discussing Dewey; The small town library cat who touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter (Grand Centr...

I laughed so hard tears were streaming. . . And on the impotence of proofreading

But turn off the music--it will drive you crazy and you don't need it. HT Rob Darrow

Unintended consequences of having too much Not money, but information. ". . .we have found that no matter where students are enrolled, ...

Censorship or common sense? As a librarian I think I've seen or read just about everything that's out there (that's stupid) abou...

Library snacking reflects society When I returned to work in the mid-1980s, the big discussion, at least at OSU and I assume other academic ...

Journal abuse If a student or faculty member abused a library journal as badly as staff approved procedures, they'd probably lose their...