Lilah’s hatred of libraries is made worse when she unwittingly gets involved in a secret struggle between a mad genius and a secret society of librarians who are manipulating humanity. Just awful.
Tag Archive: Library!
Jun 09 2011
LoC or Bust!
Step 1: Get up and get on a 5 hour bus ride (driven my an ex-Soviet tank commander having Afghanistan flashbacks) to Washington DC. Step 2: Talk with librarians about librarian stuff. Step 3: Back on the bus! Step 5: Profit! Awesome day!
Jul 07 2010
ALA or Bust? Busted! Part II
Once at the ALA conference I thought things would go smoother. To a degree it did. The conference hall itself was certainly nice enough with plenty of venders and events to keep me busy, but, despite how hot it was outside, I really didn’t see the need to keep the temperature hovering around -30, something …
Jul 06 2010
ALA or Bust? Busted! Part I
I should have realized it was a warning. in the week before the trip to Washington DC that I planned for myself and my schoolmates in order to visit the Library of Congress and attend the American Library Association’s annual meeting, the following mechanical items broke down: My bank card, my parents computer, and my …
Mar 30 2010
The Desk Set
I think it’s a rule that all would be librarians eventually have to see this movie (that and get a librarian action figure as a present). Yes, the story is a clever, if dated, romantic comedy wherein a brilliant head research corporate librarian finds her match with a dumpy, older, but just as brilliant in …
Dec 05 2009
ACRL/NY Symposium: Emerging Leadership in Academic Libraries, 12/4/09
The Association of College and Research Libraries/Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter held a conference the other day on the topic of leadership in academic libraries. Queens College sent me as their student representative and I want to thank both Dr. Blake and ACRL/NY for the honor and opportunity (especially since I was going to …
Oct 23 2009
Texting librarians!
I went to a METRO lecture today on New York University’s library program where you can text a question to a librarian at 646-265-1342. They don’t ask if you are an NYU student and provide quality reference service for free. OR you can send a text question to KGB and pay them to have a …
Aug 11 2009
Bookhunter – Jason Shiga
A rare 19th century Bible has been stolen from the Oakland public library. Sounds dull? Well not if you place the story in a suspense filled noir style, added John Woo actions, anime illustrations, and, yes, have the top book police detective hot on the trail of the stolen item. Truly awesome; makes Rex Libris …
Aug 05 2009
Birds of Prey, Vol. 1: Of Like Minds – Gail Simone
I really like the idea of having a woman writer focusing on some of the female characters (Oracle, Black Canary, and Huntress) of the DC universe and show how they can be every bit as butt-kicking as their male counterparts. Maybe it will draw in female readership and add respect to the heroes of that …
Jul 27 2009
Karen Ruzycki, RIP
Karen Ruzycki died on Saturday, July 25. She was Queens College’s MLS administrative assistant for years and, whether students were aware of it or not, she made every their time there infinitely easier. We all owed her a debt of gratitude we couldn’t possible repay. The void left by her passing will profoundly affect all who knew …
Jul 18 2009
ALA/Chicago or Bust
I was selected to participate in the ALA student-to-staff program, which meant I got to go to Chicago for their annual meeting. I had never been to either ALA or Illinois, but going really livened up my summer. I arrived on Thursday afternoon and thought I’d do the tourist thing until I was to meet …
Jun 28 2009
Mark! ranting on the promise of promises and why librarians are their own enemies
Ok, I know I’ve been saying to ya’ll that I’ll get this blog updated, post some comics, and basically do all the stuff that makes a blog a blog. Well, this isn’t the start of that promise, but it is the promise of a start. I’ve promised myself a month off when I return from …
May 27 2009
Save Brooklyn Public Library
Our friends at “Take Action: Save Brooklyn Public Library” just sent us the following message: “There will be a hearing on the impact of the Executive Budget reductions on New York City libraries that begins tomorrow, May 28th, at 12:45pm. There is a public session, which begins at 3:30pm, wherein members of the community may …
Feb 07 2009
LexisNexis of the Universe
I attended a workshop on how to use LexisNexis for legal research. The database is as impressive and chock full of information as it is complicated and expensive to use. Considering that we only when over law research, it was fascinating to learn how much is available. I suggest that you never get so much …
Feb 06 2009
Life in the Clouds
METRO and SLA sponsored this viewing of “Ten Trends & Technologies for 2009” a webinar by Michael Stephens. I and at least several others had mistakingly believed that it was a discussion of the webinar, and not simply a viewing of something we could have easily watched at home. I made the most of the …
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