1. März 2017
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Kommentare deaktiviert für LiteraTecs, LibraTecs
“A reader?” she said with surprise. “In here?” “So it seems. How far away?” She flipped the device open and stared at the flickering needle blankly. […] “We’re clear. The reader is…er, two paragraphs ahead of us.” “Are you sure?” (more…)
6. September 2016
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Kommentare deaktiviert für The Library and the Church
In Modern Family (season 5, episode 21), Haley Dunphy utters another library aphorism: “That’s a library? I thought it was a church for a religion that didn’t allow makeup.” (more…)
29. Februar 2016
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Kommentare deaktiviert für Don’t be a twerp! Don’t borrow books!
Don’t be a twerp! Don’t borrow books!
In his Armageddon in Retrospect, Kurt Vonnegut has something to say about the practice of borrowing and lending books: “But don’t borrow it [sc. the book]. For God’s sake, buy it! I consider anybody who borrows a book instead of buying it, or lends one, a twerp.When I was a student at Shortridge High School a million years ago, a twerp was defined as a guy who put a set of false teeth up his rear…
21. Februar 2016
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Kommentare deaktiviert für The Library as a Bathroom
The Dunphy family has to go unplugged for an entire week. The daughters try to argue with their mom. – “I have a huge science paper due.” – “And we have a great set of encyclopedias. Somewhere. What do you think the public library is for?” – “I thought that was a bathroom for homeless people.” Modern Family, Season 2, episode 5
6. Januar 2016
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Kommentare deaktiviert für Das Alibibuch in der Bibliothek
Das Alibibuch in der Bibliothek
Bibliotheken brüsten sich (zurzeit) gerne damit, öffentliche Orte ohne Konsumzwang zu sein, die allen Gesellschaftsschichten offen stünden, und versuchen sich so von Orten wie Starbucks* abzugrenzen, die (auch) freies WLAN anbieten und gerne als Arbeitsorte angenommen werden. Aber besteht wirklich kein Konsumzwang in Bibliotheken? (more…)
4. Januar 2016
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Kommentare deaktiviert für Don’t Judge a Book by it’s Cover
Don’t Judge a Book by it’s Cover
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover … because sometimes the back and cover are by far the best parts of it, as Mr. Brownlow informed little Oliver Twist: (more…)
1. Dezember 2015
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Kommentare deaktiviert für Bibliothekskataloge als Persönliche Assistenten?
Bibliothekskataloge als Persönliche Assistenten?
Was fehlt in Bibliothekskatalogen, Discovery Systemen und BibliotheksApps? (more…)
5. Oktober 2015
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Kommentare deaktiviert für Rock Star Librarian?
“Wasn’t his checkered past half the attraction? What was the point of becoming attracted to a rock musician, if she wanted him to behave like a librarian?” (– Nick Hornby, Juliet, Naked) Still, our reputation is somewhat cliché. This sure can come in handy (when convincing a potential landlord of one’s eligibility) – but most of the time it should encourage us to be more iridescent.
4. September 2015
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Kommentare deaktiviert für Serendipity in Bibliotheken?
Ist Serendipity in Bibliotheken ein Problem?
Dem “Zufallsfund” in Bibliotheken (zur Abgrenzung von Serendipity gegenüber Zufallsfund u. dgl. vgl. den englischen Wikipedia-Artikel) wird oftmals, v.a. von NichtbibliothekarInnen, hohe Wertschätzung entgegengebracht. (more…)
11. August 2015
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Kommentare deaktiviert für Small Libraries as a Mind Palace
Small is always better? What is true for marshmallows on pancakes, is equally true for libraries? At least that’s the opinion stated by Levitin in his book ‘The Organized Mind’ (he is not talking about marshmallows, though): (more…)