Talking Anime and Manga
So earlier this year, two of our Youth Librarians approached me with an idea for a summer programme. Since the theme of our Summer Reading Programme is One World, Many Stories they thought it’d be kind...
View ArticleReaching Beyond the Library Walls with Strategically Placed Billboards and QR...
Have you ever read or watched something that was seemingly totally unrelated to your job, but then found a use for it? Over the weekend, I was flipping through stuff on YouTube, and I found a video...
View ArticleMiyazaki Channels the Borrowers
A classic children’s books series is the inspiration for a beautiful animated movie by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Anime fans and Japanese culture fans know Miyazaki for films like Princess...
View ArticleA Most Amazing Bookstore
So. What happens when you buy an old theatre and convert it into a bookstore? The answer is awesome. From m4caque.
View ArticleSilent Film @ My Library!
I like shooting movies, or at least short videos. I’m no Fellini or anything, though I aspire to be a James Rolfe or something similar. As it turns out, the ability to create short movies can be really...
View ArticleStreaming is the New Lending
Among other things I’m a historian. And as a historian, you feel even more connected to the old adage that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Now, as a technology advocate...
View ArticleI Wrote a Book!
A while back I used to do a series of podcasts and online videos called Hyperlinked History. Basically, these shows were light and, hopefully, entertaining little history documentaries to give you an...
View ArticleCensorship: You’re Just Making Yourself Look Stupid
I was reading this story linked from LISNews about how the director of Brevard County Libraries decided to pull Fifty Shades of Grey from their collections because “…the library does not ‘collect porn’...
View ArticleIf Content is King, Then it’s Time to Bow Down
SCARIEST. KING. EVER. Smart libraries have policies and procedures they follow when it comes to collection development. That’s nothing new and it’s a generally good thing. The very smart libraries are...
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