11.20.05
Links and recommended reading
I’ve been living offline for a while. Here are a few recommendations on links and reading:
- OCLC Top 1000 books. “OCLC’s Top 1000 books list is out for 2005. The top ten can be viewed separately. The full 1000 are also available for viewing. I am amused by the fact that a Garfield comic outranks all Shakespeare except for Hamlet.”
- Netvibes as “My Library”. “David King has a great idea about using Netvibes as a “My Library” portal page.”
- Librarian Trading Cards. “During one of our discussions, she mentioned the Librarian Trading Cards blog, which is incredible, funny, and a great marketing tool.”
- Miranda warning to library users. “You have the right to enter this library and to use its contents, but understand that by doing so, you are waiving your right to privacy, and your right to consult with an attorney should the government decide your taste in reading is relevant to the national security.”
- Librarians Make Crap Money. “Pardon my language, but it’s true. In what other profession would, in the same library system, the beginning level tech support person (a position with no secondary education requirements) make more money than the Head of Reference at the Main Branch (of course requiring an MLS degree and supervision of a number of staff)?”
- Trillian training. “If you’re using Trillian for your instant messaging reference service, you might want to check out the Trillian training materials posted by Beatrice Pulliam on her blog, edifice ref.”
