I think I’m going to try mentioning google scholar in my classes this semester. I’m not going to spend a bunch of time on it, unless requested. I plan to take an informal poll to see if students have heard of it already, mention the importance of using the proxied link from our library’s web [...]

I don’t know if users displaying library catalog rss feeds on their web pages is a very compelling argument for OPACS to generate feeds, I think figure of less than 1% of users wanting this is probably more like less than .00001%. I do think it is useful for some people to be less than [...]

I’m not going to disagree with this post on the wretchedness of design as seen on many library web sites. One thing I wonder though, given the collaborative nature of librarianship, why aren’t more people collaborating on design? Why aren’t there some free library homepage or opac templates? I think for some of the sites [...]

Why is the Count of Monte Cristo a blue-skinned elf from outer space? Because he’s in an adaptation of the novel from Studio Gonzo. I recently finished watching Last Exile, so I was happy to find another show to watch, Gankutsuou.
The first part of the novel is shown in the opening credits, which have a [...]

It looks like everyone at work liked the basic install of MediaWiki that I put up as a sample of what an electronic reference manual could look like, so we are going to go ahead and start transferring over the content in our old binder soon. I’m writing up a basic “how to add content [...]

What I’m ordering from a certain online retailer (who happens to have a good run of X/1999 volumes and Ceres: Celestial Legend, and Alice 19th for $6.50)
Comics:
Fables #36
I’ve been meaning to try this series for a long time.
Toxin #1
It sounds sort of lame, but Peter Milligan is writing it.
Power Pack #1
I am a slave to [...]

Problems with Fruits Basket translation
All about the Marvel Family (via metafilter)
Why? Scott McCloud vs a Bear {via}

Hail to the King, baby!

What is my ipod trying to tell me?
1. All for Swinging Your Arms, The New Pornographers
2. End of a Century, Blur
3. Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog, Johnny Cash
4. Song for the Dead, Queens of the Stone Age
5. Elephant Stone, Stone Roses
6. Ghost Town, The Specials
7. Stephanie Says, The Velvet Underground
8. Moment’s Notice, John Coltrane
9. Goldberg [...]

Huzzah! I entered the Polite Dissent Nikolai Dante contest in the quantity category, trying to fit as many items from this big list into one story. I didn’t manage to fit every item into my story, but I won anyway because the person who submitted this lovely poem with every item on the list already [...]

It is February, and comics bloggers thoughts turn to love:
Laura G’s Sure-Fire Ways to Impress Your Girl

Low Road: Fighting the Blues with Links and Romance
Oni Love Can Break Your Heart