May 2013
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Museum Nerd (@museumnerd): Museums on Tumblr... →
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museumnerd:
[NEW] Eastman House (Museum of Photography and Film)
[NEW] High Line Art
[NEW] Kunsthal (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
[NEW] Metamuseum (13 Museums Contributing)
[NEW] The National WWII Museum’s Greatest Generation
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Les Abattoirs (Toulouse, France)
Happy International Museum Day! Check out these excellent museums right in your Tumblr dashboard.
“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have...”
– T.S. Eliot (via yourathenaeum)
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Friday We're In (Library) Love →
Is Tuesday too early to start planning your Friday happy hour? We don’t think so, especially since tickets to our After Hours events tend to sell out. You are cordially invited to join us at the Ca…
It’s a new version of library outreach, a la happy hour.
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“Lastly, if you try to Do All the Things, people will start to think of you as a...”
– Ginger Williams, “You don’t have to Do All the Things to be an awesome librarian” | Letters to a Young Librarian (via thepinakes)
I regularly attempt to Do All the Things, and yes. So much yes.
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no one decides my fate but me: Help me, I've never... →
accidentalporcupine:
So I emailed my resume to a couple of libraries hiring in my area about a week ago. I fit the minimum qualifications, I think my resume is decent, etc, etc. I haven’t heard back from anyone yet, should I follow up? How do you follow up? Is it rude? Because if I were an employer I’d be like “well…
Have you sent off your resume to anyone for a review? I’d...
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IMAGES: What Happens If You Flip The Gender Of... →
Yesterday, author Maureen Johnson had a great idea. She tweeted “I do wish I had a dime for every email I get that says, “Please put a non-girly cover on your book so I can read it…”
These images are so interesting and illuminating about how we gender books. It makes me realize my own bias (I would never, ever pick up Freedom if it had the girly cover).
Shew, this global librarian is once again domestic, and it is so, so nice. Holed up in Atlanta for another day, before I head up to Memphis.
Hachette Makes Full E-book Catalogue Available to... →
Following a pilot project, Hachette has announced that it will make its full catalogue available to libraries to lend in e-book form. ALA officials hail the move as a sign of real progress.
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“To borrow a medical analogy, reference librarians diagnose and treat information...”
– Wikipedia (via librarianista)
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April 2013
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Le ciel tumultueux: Get To Know Your Tumblarians... →
lecieltumultueux:
Going through some old school papers, I found some pretty great career aspirations of mine. Some careers I had in mind? Interior designer, florist, marine biologist (only if I could work at the Shedd Aquarium though), famous singer, gymnast (for a hot second), French teacher, magician. The florist…
Mine changed yearly up through high school, but it was generally things...
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Adventures with Raspberry Pi: A Librarian's... →
Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi, a $35 fully-functional desktop computer about the size of a credit card, is currently enjoying a high level of buzz, popularity, and media exposure. Librarians are, of co…
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Darien Library: Tumblarians and Tumblibraries, →
healthscireflib:
I’m doing a bit of research for a presentation on branding on a budget in innovative ways, and I’ve seen some of you mention some really great promotional/branding ideas. Anything that you’re really proud of that you’d like others in the library community to know about? I’d…
Great suggestions for marketing! While most of the ideas are more public or special libraries,...
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CILIP Hosts Directory - Google Maps →
An international couchsurfing platform for librarians! - check out the Library Hosts Directory, a great new initiative by @CILIP_ILIG and @CILIPCDG! sign up for being a host at http://ow.ly/kmSas. guide for potential hosts: http://ow.ly/kmSxF.
Found through IFLA New Professionals Special Interests Group’s Facebook page here.
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What's Your Walk Score? →
Calculate the walkability of any address, neighborhood or city and search for apartments and rentals by commute time, near transit, near car shares, and more!
My mom just sent me this link, because I’m moving (not sure where yet, though there are a few options). I’m also obsessed with never owning a car again. Ever.
It’s really interesting, how they quantify things into...
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“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
– Albert Einstein
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morerobots.: I am still thinking about that... →
yourveryfavoritelibrarian:
this is the most interesting conversation i have read about librarianship in a long time. and WORD about the sexual harassment issues and workplace sanity.
theinnkeeperlibrarian:
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morerobots:
I am still thinking about that tumblarian post from...
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morerobots:
a) still thinking about #ala2013.
b) i know it’s too late to register to present at conferences this year (which is okay since i just got this idea and it needs work). anyway, for one of my job interviews last year, i did a presentation about accessibility in libraries and a bit about what libraries can do. i was thinking about cleaning this up, and if i did all that, would people...
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“Ours is a culture that seems to expect girls not to take risks, to play it safe...”
– Women in science: confronting failure, developing resilience | Athene Donald | Science | guardian.co.uk
Bloody brilliant quote, and perfect.
(via fuckyesfemalescientists)
UGH, I must now go on hiatus from Tumblr for the rest of the day, until I can watch New Girl. The perils of living abroad.
Excitedly starting to write up the findings of our first-ever usability study of the NU library portal. Graphs! Charts! It’s gonna be awesome.
Also considering registration for the pre-conference workshop, Introduction to Python. Co-taught by Andromeda Yelton, the Unglue.it librarian! Holy hell! I am starstruck.
What a good, nerdy day of things.
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Le ciel tumultueux: Get To Know Your Tumblarians... →
lecieltumultueux:
Hobbies hobbies hobbies. We all have something that we’re passionate about, and I want to know what that is. I’m so curious to know: what do you collect? Or if you don’t collect anything physical, what is your dedicated hobby?
Obviously not all our of collections/hobbies will be book related (I…
I collect Starbucks mugs from different cities. Cliche, I know, but I...
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“Heading up a research library involves predicting the future, [Wendy Lougee]...”
– Faculty consider the future of research libraries, by Gwen Glazer (Cornell Chronicle Online). (via johnxlibris)
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beefarmer:
Dear Tumblarians,
I’m currently 2.25 years into my first librarian job, right out of library school. There’s a position open in a neighboring system that’s closer to home and more money. Some changes have happened at my current job to make me less satisfied than when I started. I think I’ll apply but I’m nervous that things will get weird at my current job if they find out (i.e., as...
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“My students – and the rest of us – are partly who others say we are....”
– Dan Gillmor, Why Everyone Should Register a Domain Name
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“Prepare “stage directions” for yourself to encourage positive behaviours...”
– Christina Wilson, Head Editor, INALJ Alberta
From Skype Your Way to Success, a great little article with tips for acing a Skype interview. Great for international librarians!
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Le ciel tumultueux: Get To Know Your Tumblarians... →
lecieltumultueux:
This weekend my mom pulled out a stack of children’s books for me to flip through for fun, and indeed it was! We all have our favorite series, chapter books, picture books. Which titles really stuck with you into adulthood (even if you haven’t read it since you were little)? As usual, I’ll start:
Oooh, I love this question. Mine are:
1. Alice in Wonderland - at the tender...
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