February 2012
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Feb 6th
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January 2012
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“The public perception is, it would seem, that Google and Wikipedia have made...”
– “The Great Librarian Massacre of 2012”: a cataloging librarian’s view
Jan 27th
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““I searched for an article about autism on JSTOR, the online database of...”
– http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyrightlibn/2012/01/factcheckingtheatlantic.html
Jan 26th
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Jan 6th
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December 2011
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Dec 20th
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“Is that not the purpose of education vis-a-vis ‘belief structures’…to replace...”
– Kabulvision - The Daily Show
Dec 14th
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“Why it is that Mao’s army destroyed Tibetan libraries? Why did the Germans...”
– Caroline Kennedy, in a speech to this year’s winners of the ‘I Love my Librarian’ award.  (via whereipostthings)
Dec 13th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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November 2011
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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“Deeper in the park, I spotted a single book on the ground. It was marked...”
– Michael Bloomberg’s brave new world: The destruction of Occupy Wall Street’s library, as the NYPD evicted protesters by order of the mayor, was grimly symbolic  -Amy Goodman         guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 November 2011 15.44 EST
Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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“Mayor Bloomberg, a “billionaire acting on the behest of a major...”
– http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/45332889#45332889
Nov 17th
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“The dissolution of a library is unacceptable. Libraries serve as the cornerstone...”
– A statement from American Library Association (ALA) President Molly Raphael regarding the destruction of the People’s Library. (via libraryjournal)
Nov 17th
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“The thing about librarians is, they’re organized.”
– The Maddow Blog - Update: The People’s Library not so “safely stored” (via rachelfershleiser)
Nov 16th
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“So much did the “people’s library” idea resonate that the OWS...”
– The People’s Library and the future of OWS The massive library carted away by authorities at Zuccotti Park is a formidable weapon in Occupy Wall Street’s arsenal.-Mark LeVine
Nov 16th
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“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
Nov 14th
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Nov 7th
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Nov 4th
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October 2011
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Oct 27th
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“I love being a librarian because you can be a generalist forever. (I think there...”
– http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/4101
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 4th
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September 2011
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Sep 29th
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“We uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all efforts to...”
– American Library Association Code of Ethics (via librarianista)
Sep 29th
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Sep 28th
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Sep 24th
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Sep 15th
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Sep 13th
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Sep 11th
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August 2011
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Aug 25th
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Aug 23rd
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Aug 23rd
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“We had librarians tell us how much it meant to have a librarian as a superhero....”
– DC Comics’ editor and writer Scott Peterson (discussing Oracle)
Aug 11th
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Aug 10th
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“Whether libraries should continue to exist has almost nothing to do with what...”
– Are Public Libraries Obsolete?: The Shelf Life of a “Dream Vision” - seattlepi.com (via infoneer-pulse) if anyone comes to me and asks me this question in person i will punch them in the face. (via theoceanandthesky) Libraries embody everything conservatives hate: things that are free, things...
Aug 6th
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“So you’ve got really good taste… but it’s like there’s a...”
–  Ira Glass on the creative gap between taste and talent
Aug 4th
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Aug 4th
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July 2011
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Jul 28th
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“….the library is an old fashioned concept. So is democracy. So is equal...”
–  Why We Need Free Public Libraries More Than Ever
Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
June 2011
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“The library clearly has reevaluated its role within the Internet information...”
– What Big Media Can Learn From the New York Public Library
Jun 24th
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Jun 15th
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The Cult of Done Manifesto
The Cult of Done Manifesto There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done. There is no editing stage. Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it. Banish procrastination. If you...
Jun 13th
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“When some cultural critics fret about the “ever-more-appalling” YA books, they...”
– Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood - By Sherman Alexie
Jun 9th
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Jun 9th
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Jun 7th
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