LISNews: Librarian News

Sometimes ya find the Darndest things trolling around
your friends Sites.
Rory has put
together something he calls The Dusty
Bookshelf. It\'s a collection of ancient library
oriented articles from Library Journal and other places.
Most are from the very early 1900\'s and late 1800\'s and
cover some very interesting topics.
The Telegraph in The Library, The Library as a Social
Centre, and Remarks on the Art of Using a Library, are
just a few. His introduction:

\"To know where we\'re going (or decide where
we\'re going) it helps to take a look at the past. What has
changed and what has stayed the same? What is really
new and what is really old? What works? I compiled
this collection of fourteen out-of-copyright articles about
libraries and librarianship for LISSweb, the website for
the SJSU SLIS Student Organization (LISS). I think the
articles can help in the process of reflection on
librarianship, and are entertaining and thought
provoking as well.\"

So let\'s see, first there was The Rarin
Librarian.

Now we have, The New Breed
Librarian, The Intolerant
Librarian, The Hip Librarian, The Rogue
Librarian, The
Lipstick Librarian, The
U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D Librarian, The
Library Geek, The librarian without
walls, The Library
Juice, Library
Stuff, The Barbarian Librarian, Belly
Dancing Librarian,
The Eclectic Librarian, The Laughing Librarian, The Best
Damn Librarians and 316 Others.

Did I miss anyone?

A great article from Ex Libris that I hope hasn\'t been posted here already:

I know what it\'s like to be the only woman in male-dominated organizations -- uncomfortable! -- so I always wondered what it was like for men to work in female-dominated professions like librarianship. A while back, I asked my male readers about their experiences, and several of you responded. I also read a survey of male librarians in the March, 1994 American Libraries, and a book by Christine Williams, Still a Man\'s World: Men Who Do Women\'s Work. Between these, I think I\'ve gotten some sense of the pleasures and awkwardnesses of this situation. (More)

Thanks to New Breed Librarian

The judge says seven years in the slammer for a librarian who tried to break her lover out of jail. The original story was posted Here on LISNews. She plans to appeal the sentence. [more...] from NewsRoom. Also, according to This One, at ABC Online she is maintaining her innocence saying that it wasn\'t her who broke her lover out of prison. ...umm, yeah and I just saw Elvis riding an orange elephant down the interstate.