Monthly Archives: October 2009

Library 101

Posted on 28 October 2009 by Rick Mason

The Library 101 video debuted today at the Internet Librarian conference.  Created by Michael Porter (a.k.a. Libraryman) and David Lee King, the video is a foot-tapping, library-rocking tour-de-force.  Clear the next eight minutes in your schedule, put on some headphones, … Continue reading →

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APA Offers to Replace 6th Edition of Style Manual

Posted on 28 October 2009 by Rick Mason

For the background on this issue, see Quis custodiet isos custodes. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, the American Psychological Association has decided to offer copies of the second printing of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, … Continue reading →

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Posted on 14 October 2009 by Rick Mason

The title is latin for “Who watches the watchers?” The American Psychological Association’s current style book, Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed., contains dozens of errors, several of them in examples and sample papers.  Needless to say, … Continue reading →

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Maximizing Eureka Moments

Posted on 14 October 2009 by Rick Mason

Want to Innovate? Stop Working So Hard is a post on Librarian by Day by Bobbi Newman that reminds us that the ideas most likely to transform the way we work tend to come at moments of relaxation. Not convinced?  … Continue reading →

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gOOGLE Barcode

Posted on 7 October 2009 by Rick Mason

Google is celebrating the 57th anniversary of the first barcode patent by (surprise!) replacing their logo: Having played around with barcodes over the years, I got curious.  I printed out the page, plugged in my declawed CueCat, and scanned the … Continue reading →

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Inspirational Library-related StoryCorps

Posted on 2 October 2009 by Rick Mason

This morning I heard one of the most inspirational library-related stories I have encountered.  It was a StoryCorps segment on NPR’s Morning Edition radio program, and I feel that everyone who works in libraries should listen to it, if only … Continue reading →

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Cookery is Toast

Posted on 1 October 2009 by Rick Mason

My favorite example of “proper” library terminology that doesn’t relate to the language in use by the general public (or most library employees for that matter) is Cookery. The Library of Congress is in the process of retiring the subject … Continue reading →

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