Family Man Librarian

Surely the news from last week about some Congressmen unfavorably comparing the Library of Congress to the likes of Wal-Mart and UPS was one of the stupidest things I have ever read. I was genuinely shocked by the level of ignorance and, well, stupidity…shown by Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.) and Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.), [...]

I’ve been thinking for a while now about writing down some of the things I knew or experienced when I was younger in comparison to what my kids experience or will experience.
Here is what I could think of (there are lots more that could be added):
Kiwi fruit — I can remember when we [...]

Someone, somewhere — I forget where — mentioned recently that most of the Library 2.0 excitement and activity seemed to come from the public library crowd, and that there wasn’t that much discussion about academic libraries and social software. Well, I just found out about an upcoming live webcast event sponsored by the Association [...]