Archive of Books

Things that now qualify as “me time”

on April 11th, 2011 in Books, Family, Life, Mommy Stuff, Parenting by | 1 Comment

Breastpumping My commute to work Taking a shower The three block walk to return my library books Sleeping Leaning on my similarly exhausted husband and staring vacantly at something on a screen **UPDATE** I just finished Tina Fey’s new book Bossypants and was put to shame by her fantastic list…

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Books for busy mums and other humans

on February 14th, 2011 in ALA, Books, Mommy Stuff, Parenting, Research Obsession by | 2 Comments

Reading has been a challenge lately, due to new baby and the delirium that accompanies around-the-clock breastfeeding. On the other hand, it has taken me three months to be able to comfortably leave the house, so I’ve had quite a bit of downtime. My favorite book that I’ve read lately…

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Librarian Avengers Stomp of Approval – Shelf Discovery

on August 8th, 2009 in Avenging, Books by | 10 Comments

Bad books aren’t worth talking about. Good books, however, should stand up and be recognized. To that end, I invented a new thing that I’m going to act like I’ve been doing for ages: The Librarian Avengers Stomp of Approval. As you know, Librarian Avengers stomp around quite a bit,…

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Hey, Library of Congress. Cut that shit out.

on May 1st, 2009 in Avenging, Books, Favorite Posts, Feminism, Librarianship, Women's health by | 12 Comments

Oh hello Library of Congress. I didn’t see you there. Nice running into you like this! You know, I’ve always admired your electronic resources and open-minded collections policies. My undergraduate university and career have both profited from your generous grantmaking, and your reading room sure is fun to visit when…

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Bookbinding Tattoo, concept art

on March 10th, 2009 in Books, Digital Library, Favorite Posts by | 2 Comments

Someone asked me where I found the art for my nonexistent biopsy scar-covering tattoo, and I thought you guys might be interested… This came from a series of 18th Century bookbindings. It’s too elaborate for reality, perhaps, but I liked the idea. This was intended to cover a scar that…

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Ethnically Librarian

on January 14th, 2009 in ALA, Books, Career, Cataloging, Comics, Digital Library, Favorite Posts, information science, Librarianship, Library school by | 5 Comments

I am a librarian. I am not a librarian. I have an information science degree. I’ve been working for fourteen years, my entire adult life. Most of my jobs have been in libraries. I am a librarian. I am not a librarian. As a student at Michigan State University, I…

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Hot Librarian Necklace

on November 7th, 2008 in Avenging, Books, Librarianship, Library tourism, Shopping by | 1 Comment

From the department of products-inadvertently-marketed-to-librarians: Hot Librarian Necklace

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Cute Overload page-a-day calendar

on August 12th, 2008 in Books, Links, Products by | 6 Comments

Page-a-Day calendars are a blatant waste of paper. I’m shocked. Shocked, and very very covetous of this Cute Overload Calendar. I’m buying two. One for me, and one for my grandma. That lady needs more cute in her life. …from Cute Overload

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