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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Humor
Wikipedia : Lamest Edit Wars
From the folks at Open Source Living comes a link to a Wikipedia page about… Wikipedia pages. Specifically the Lamest Edit Wars on Wikipedia pages. The list contains some thought-provoking debates, and some truly trivial arguments. Some highlights of debates … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Humor, Online Services, Wiki
Tagged Entertainment/Culture, Humor, Open Source Living, reference, Technology/Internet, Wiki, Wikipedia
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Chickens in the Library
So, what would you do if live chickens were released in your library? Is this covered in your organization’s disaster plan? If you need to examine another library’s response, review this Shelf Check comic for the following procedure: Alert the … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Humor, Libraries, News
Tagged Chicken, Disaster/Accident, Humor, Libraries, News
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Searching A Card Catalog
The Obsolete Skills wiki has an entry on Searching A Card Catalog, which includes: “Use of the retaining rods for swordplay, while a way to break up the tedium of searching, was not appreciated by library staff.” I beg to … Continue reading
The Importance of Taking Breaks
Most people are viewing this with an eye towards the Dewey Decimal System, but what I see is the importance of taking regular breaks: found on The Cataloguing Librarian
Posted in Books, Classification, Humor, Libraries, Video
Tagged Books, breaks, circulation, Dewey Decimal Classification, Humor, Libraries, shelving, stress, Video
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Zombie Attack Preparedness
I am a huge supporter of organizational disaster plans. Not only does this allow for greater safety for staff and users, but a well-made disaster plan can mean that your library can be more functional in a shorter time when … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Humor, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Video
Tagged Disaster, Disaster preparedness, Disaster/Accident, Disasters, LibGuides, University of Florida, University of Florida Libraries
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Unusual Articles
If you spend any amount of time perusing Wikipedia, you will encounter articles on topics that are either exceedingly trivial, offbeat, or hard to classify. For those who seek these articles, they have a page for it: Wikipedia: Unusual Articles … Continue reading
Dream your worst nightmare and invest in it
Change is the one constant of the universe – unless you need it for the bus. Seriously, though, thoughts of change can be very stressful for those in a workplace. Libraries are no different. In fact, we have avoided changing … Continue reading
Awful Library Books
You know it, even if you don’t admit it… your library has books that should have been weeded years ago, but have hung around until they become anachronistically funny. To give you an anonymous outlet for this outlandish situation, there … Continue reading
I love the smell of books in the morning… smells like… library!
Love that New Book Smell? Or do you prefer Classic Musty Smell? Perhaps your preference leans towards Crunchy Bacon or Cats? Smell Of Books has got your scent (and Sensibility!). found via LISNews
Publisher Confidential
Publisher Confidential is a creation by the Unshelved crew that strives to convey to publishers what libraries wish they would know. It consists of brief statements illustrated with the familiar Mallville Public Library staff. The booklet is being distributed to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Humor, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Author, BEA, BookExpo America, Books, Humor, Mallville Public Library, Publisher Confidential, Publishing, Unshelved
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Google Ventures and Libology
Now that Google Ventures has been officially announced, I can go public with my own news: Libology is one of the first group of startup companies which will be receiving Google Ventures funding. I have been in talks with someone … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Google, Humor, News, OCLC, Web Design
Tagged April Fools Day, Google, Google Ventures, Humor, Libology, OCLC
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Seven Years of Unshelved
Unshelved turned seven last week. Here’s to seven more great years, Gene and Bill!
By Any Other Name
By any other name is the title of a blog post/essay by Mandy Brown which encapsulates the history of stored writing in just a few paragraphs. Take a short few moments and read it… you will be glad you did. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Humor, Publishing
Tagged Books, ebooks, History, Mandy Brown, Unshelved
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Transcribe Dewey and the Gang
Unshelved is having a transcription party, and we all are invited! Bill and Gene have installed the ohnorobot comic search engine, and all that remains to make every Unshelved comic searchable by character, quote, or topic is for everyone to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries, Search
Tagged Bill, Gang
Unshelved;, Gene, Humor, ohnorobot, ohnorobot comic search engine;, search engine, Unshelved
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The Final Opus
I thought it both appropriate and noteworthy for the final Opus comic to end on a literary note: The final strip, minus the final panel. The final panel. via LISNews
Been There, Done That
Male library assistants, you are probably familiar with this experience… (I was announced this way when I attended a (non-library) administrative assistant workshop as the only male participant, once… memories!)
Check Out My Cool New Sweater
When Tears for Fears created a video for their song Head Over Heels way back in the 1980s, they used a library for the set. The lyrics, however, had nothing to do with libraries. This has been corrected: thanks to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries
Tagged head over heels, Humor, Libraries, music video, Oxford, song Head, tears for fears
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Confusing Traffic Signs
Two planets of coincidence had to converge for me to make this decidedly non-library post: I posted a reference to the Manual of Traffic Signs a couple of months ago. I am familiar enough with example number three from DeKalb, … Continue reading
TS : Technical Services
The work cycle of Library Technical Services as told by the Arlington Heights Memorial Library (in the style of ER). TS (YouTube video) Bonus creative points for the idea of using a packing tape dispenser in the style of CPR … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Humor, Libraries, Video
Tagged Arlington, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, CPR, YouTube
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Japanese Translation
I noticed when reviewing my server statistics that one of my entries was run through Google Translate. Curiosity being what it is, I called up the page: When I realized that the post was about (see it here in English), … Continue reading