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Come on folks! We are too good to stand for this. Tumblarians are legion.
Vote for our Conversation Starter and come talk with Tumblr superstar Rachel Fershleiser, Darien Library’s Erin “Laser Fingers” Shea, Lifeguard Librarian Kate Tkacik, and your humble Library Journal tumblrer at ALA Annual in Chicago!
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This has been on hiatus for such a long time, and I apologize. When I first started this with my friend, we posted mainly about literary related and occasionally library-related things. Now I normally blog over at moresnowbots (and he blogs at ivelostmyalias), but I am thinking about reviving this blog to post about my librarianing adventures. Stay tuned.
I struggled to find a better picture of Chris Claremont's recent donation of his notes and personal archives of his work on X-Men. But this tiny offering from the Wall Street Journal is all that I could find, and there was nothing on Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library site. The article is worth a read:
Mr. Claremont’s 2011 donation is a game-changing addition to the university’s collection of graphic novels and related materials, which grew out of a pet project of librarian Karen Green.
“I think that our buying of comics and science fiction shows that we understand the value of things we used to see as perishable or less scholarly,” said Ms Green. It’s “not something we went after systematically before.” But now they are, she added.
The “X-Men” collection represents a core “around which we hope to build a collection of rich, comic-related material,” said Erik Wakin, Curator of Manuscripts at Columbia University during a symposium in March.
This collection has since grown to include more rare comics and manuscripts as well as a rare Science Fiction magazines.
Calling for more GPOMLs: Show Us Your Libraries!
I’ve shown you mine, now, as kellymce suggests, show me yours. Let’s make GPOML-Thursday (Gratuitous Photo of My Library) a thing.
Tumblarians - post photos of the library where you work! If don’t work in a library, just post a photo of your favorite library - the one that’s a part of your life! Non-librarians aren’t merely welcomed to contribute - they are heartily encouraged.
We’ve all seen the beautiful photos of the Trinity University Library, the Library of Congress, and the various other high cathedrals of literature tumbl around a thousand times. Let’s see the libraries in our communities, our local colleges, or down the street, the libraries where people head every day to get work done, find the latest books, or learn about the newest technology.
Make sure you tag your posts GPOML!
Sandra Cisneros is a Mexican-American novelist, poet, and short story writer. Her books include The House on Mango Street, Caramelo, and Woman Hollering Creek. She is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as a Macarthur “Genius” Grant.
The first female Mexican-American writer to have her work published by a mainstream publisher, Cisneros has seen her books translated worldwide and The House on Mango Street remains required reading in middle schools, high schools, and universities across the country.
Did you know it’s National Hispanic Heritage Month? Check out this great list of Latino and Latina YA and children’s writers!
Because of [technology], reading culture is booming, which is tremendously exciting. It’s up to everyone who loves books and wants to work with them to find ways to advocate either for authors or readers — or both. If you can do this, you’ll survive, you’ll thrive, and you’ll be part of the future.
Literary Agent Jason Ashlock: Big Book Publishers Not Innovating Fast Enough from PBS: Media Shift (via lexiewinslow)
I think this is my number one argument of why e-readers are awesome.
These are just approximations based on an informal study.
The Library Journal tumblr personally prefers the #libraries tag because there are fewer incidences of students posting from inside libraries and also…less porn than the singular #library.
Tags I track:
libraries
librarians
MLIS
Tags I do not track (for NSFW reasons):
library
librarian
Think plural, because apparently the pornographers do not.
Always #libraries
the same goes for the #archives tag. Plurals are better.
Did you know it’s National Hispanic Heritage Month? Check out this great list of Latino and Latina YA and children’s writers!
Doodling on the Faces of Famous Writers
Traugher’s decision, part of a two-hour hearing, came after a legal challenge filed by the city arguing that the library cards met the criteria under a revised state voter law. As of Jan. 1, a photo ID card issued by a state or federal institution is required as proof of identity before a ballot can be cast – a driver’s license being the most likely option. Attorneys for the state told Traugher the city lacked legal authority to issue valid picture IDs for voters, according to media reports. A lawsuit had been expected almost from the first day – July 5 – the new library card initiative was rolled out in Memphis. The city’s library system, Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton, Jr. said, is the very embodiment of a state institution. So there was no doubt the cards fit the requirements set down in the state law.
Bob Warburton, “Judge: Library Memphis Cards Aren’t Photo ID”, Library Journal.
This seems utterly ridiculous - not everyone has a driver’s license, and this could be the only form of state-issued photo ID that they have (because, yes! Public libraries are, in fact, a government institution). This is denying public libraries their place in government. When people sign up for a library card, they have to bring proof of who they are, so why shouldn’t a photo ID library card be proof of who they are as well? This ruling seems to invalidate not just library users, but libraries themselves.
(via nocureforcuriosity)
Well, if the law requires that it be a STATE or federal institution, a library card probably doesn’t pass muster. Because public libraries are generally municipal or county institutions, and therefore not STATE identification.
I mean, here’s another example: I attend a municipal university. It is not a state-run institution but run by my city (and, you know, the Board of Regents and blah blah blah). I carry a photo ID from my university. It is NOT state-issued identification, and I could not use it to vote. But the thing is, we all agree that this is the case because it is essentially a municipal ID. It is the same with libraries.
(Which raises an interesting question about state-run universities and, if such a thing exists, STATE-run libraries. I am not sure whether there are STATE-run libraries, though.)
It’s not GOVERNMENT-issued identification that’s required, it’s STATE identification. And this is why voter education with these new (stupid) ID laws is so important: because people may very well not understand the difference between the IDs they may have and end up getting confused because they think they are set when, in reality, they are not. And this is where the Obama campaign gets props regardless of where your political loyalties lie: it has been working very hard to educate people, for free, about these things, and to prevent shitty situations.
As for the “libraries not having their proper place in government”, again: the governmentality of the library does not seem to be the issue. The issue is whether it is a STATE-issued identification. It even says that the city lacked legal authority for the required IDs, which indicates that the library’s place is in CITY government. This is the American system at work, friends: a nesting system of governments-within-governments.
(via amazonqueenkate)
If you read the article, it says that the mayor believes that the library cards do fit the requirements issued by state law. That is what the case was about: whether or not libraries can represent the state. The judge ruled no, and the ultimate ruling is ridiculous too: "Any would-be voter that presented one, he instructed, should be issued a provisional ballot. That ballot would be sealed and counted only when the resident returned within two business days with another valid form of photo ID. Early voting in Memphis began three days after Goins’ decision." This gives citizens no time to get a photo ID if they don't already have one, since usually the process can take weeks.
A lot of would-be voters are going to be shut out because of this. Even though libraries are local-level institutions, they are supported by taxes from both the city they operate in AND the state. I would consider them to be part of the state government, as well, since they adhere to both local and state laws. So I think that a public library can very accurately represent the state they reside in.
The problem is, books are an expensive luxury for many families who are finding it increasingly difficult just to keep food on the table. That’s why communities need public libraries conveniently located and open every day, and school libraries in every school, with professional librarians to manage them and provide the inspiration to children to become good readers and good writers.
On average prices will increase 220%.
Hachette to raise ebook prices for libraries by 220% — paidContent
Who would do this to ordinary consumers? And what consumers would tolerate it? Ugh.
(via arlpolicynotes)
Traugher’s decision, part of a two-hour hearing, came after a legal challenge filed by the city arguing that the library cards met the criteria under a revised state voter law. As of Jan. 1, a photo ID card issued by a state or federal institution is required as proof of identity before a ballot can be cast – a driver’s license being the most likely option. Attorneys for the state told Traugher the city lacked legal authority to issue valid picture IDs for voters, according to media reports. A lawsuit had been expected almost from the first day – July 5 – the new library card initiative was rolled out in Memphis. The city’s library system, Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton, Jr. said, is the very embodiment of a state institution. So there was no doubt the cards fit the requirements set down in the state law.
Bob Warburton, "Judge: Library Memphis Cards Aren't Photo ID", Library Journal.
This seems utterly ridiculous - not everyone has a driver's license, and this could be the only form of state-issued photo ID that they have (because, yes! Public libraries are, in fact, a government institution). This is denying public libraries their place in government. When people sign up for a library card, they have to bring proof of who they are, so why shouldn't a photo ID library card be proof of who they are as well? This ruling seems to invalidate not just library users, but libraries themselves.
This was the first book I’d read in a long, long time that actually befit the name “page turner,” where the time flew by as the plot grew thicker and creepier, where the world it created inhabited my thoughts even when I wasn’t reading it. This book is exciting in so many different ways: aside from just being a thoroughly enjoyable and thrilling read, it’s one of the first sci-fi young adult novels I’ve ever read with such solid queer characters. The plot of this book is so engrossing that it won’t just be read by queer kids because it’s queer. Kids of all stripes will read this, and get an awesome queer perspective injected into their brains as a bonus.
Jill Guccini’s wonderful review of Adaptation in her column “Your New School Library” at AfterEllen (via malindalo)
“People need to know that the resources are beyond these walls and at all hours. The power of a library card is tremendous.”
Hasbrouck Heights Library Director, Mimi Hui (via libraryadvocates)
Big Box Store Has New Life As An Airy Public Library
Finally! Something useful and inspiring to do with all those empty vacant buildings just sitting there abandoned. Click the picture to read more about the McAllen Library, whose previous life was that of rolled back prices.
