Posts tagged with librarians

Email from my sofa

So…remember when I said I’d be updating all my comics (that’s three + the drawing board, so four technically) once a week?  I suppose you noticed that I failed big time on that goal this month.  I have been away from my sofa, the place where I do all my drawings, sitting cross legged with a stack of sketchbooks on

Dickens World – Dickens’ Birthday

So, the Google banner tells me it’s Dickens’ birthday today.  Back in ’07 I was dreaming about visiting  Dickens World.  All my previous writing may be stripped from the web, but I still have copies of it.  Allow me to resurrect:  ”Maybe one of the most innovative ideas for a theme park is opening May 2007 just outside of London

Global Chokepoints | Global Censorship Chokepoints

Did you know that one of the original purpose for copyright was to safeguard the users right to use material in order to encourage creativity and scholarship?  I think a lot of people are forgetting this now a days.  So we have and need organizations like this:  Global Chokepoints | Global Censorship Chokepoints.

A little bit of working professional

Yo,allow me to insert a little horn blowing and ‘serious job’ stuff here.  I am now the Assistant Editor of the Journal of  Interlibrary Lending, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve.  If you just happen to career along the same lines I do and you have an article or article idea on the subject, you can find instructions for authors here:

Reflections on Dallas

Yo kiddies.  I was up in Dallas for the ALA midwinter convention.  Whenever I travel I notice the weird little things that are totally different from my home city.  Well, Dallas was my home once too and I got to stew in some memories while I was there.  Here are just a few little observations (comic to the right from

PIPA, SOPA and OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide | District Dispatch

PIPA, SOPA and OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide | District Dispatch. Here is a handy guide to the above acts made librarian style.  I wish I had more time to keep track of rights and privacy movements, but I think it might just stress me out.  I encourage knowledge though!  Knowledge encouraged!

The Librarians

When I first heard about it I was crazy frustrated that it was only airing in Australia.  Then I forgot about it until some fabulous blogger in my feeds (sorry I forgot who) mentioned that it was available on Hulu.  Well, I finally got around to watching it, and it’s just as dysfunctional as I’d hoped.  I think I might