Archive of YA

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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Fine Lines: Jezebel reviews the books that we 30somethings loved in our youth

on August 3rd, 2008 in Books by | 8 Comments

I want to talk about YA books for girls in the 1980s. Books like Anastasia Ask Your Analyst, and The Girl with the Silver Eyes. Besides PBS and the Thundercats, these books were pretty much the only media I had available during my nerdy nerdy youth. And since I hadn’t…

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More on lousy digital library design

on February 6th, 2005 in ALA, Avenging, Digital Library, Graphic Design, Interface design, Tech, User Interface Design by | 26 Comments

Thanks for all of the kind comments on the previous post. They really helped balance the freaking out I had to do when a kind well-meaning soul posted this link as an example of a REALLY GOOD children’s website. Ok. Let’s go through this again. Slowly. This time I’m going…

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