What I loved about the past three days at the SLJ Summit in Arlington, was the blend. The discussion was reading, and we discussed reading in all its glorious traditional and emerging formats. Forward-thinking practicing librarians interacted with other reading passionate stakeholders–an array of authors, illustrators, researchers, publishers, distributors, developers, content aggregators, school administrators, and […]
Meme: Designing the new action figure
April 12, 2011 by 3 Comments
I know the Nancy Pearl Library Action Figure is meant to be tongue in cheek. I have three in my office–representing both the deluxe and basic variety. I absolutely admire Nancy and her work, but after years of watching visitors try her amazing push-button shushing action, the joke’s worn thin. I know that the folks […]
Library of the Living Dead!
April 6, 2011 by 3 Comments
Even small academic libraries can be confusing for students. And so, the librarians at the Miller Library at McPherson College developed the super-cool, zombie-rich graphic novel, Library of the Living Dead, as a vehicle for introducing student users to their resources and services. The authors explain their mission, one designed to combat zombie-style research on […]
Gwyneth’s At-A-Glance Comic Tutorials Rock!!!
December 30, 2010 by 2 Comments
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