The Librarian

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands ... so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but, also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
Umberto Eco

Tell Me A Story

Time just gets by you so fast. Here it is Thursday and I suddenly realized I haven't blogged all week.
Well here it goes! Today was the last day for our library's storytelling workshop. It was a very good workshop, everyone did a fabulous job telling their stories. Today was my turn to tell a story and I'd personally like to say how I did, but I don't know, it's all a blank. It's a very scary experience getting up in front of people and talking. People often say they're surprised that I feel this way, especially because getting in front of people and talking is a big part of my job with the library. All I can say it's over for now, until the next time.

Innovation 101

The Computer History Museum looks like a great place to visit. It gives a great look into the past, present and future of computers. Of course, what else would you expect, it is a museum and still a work in progress but from everything I read and saw it does really look interesting. You'll want to talk roadtrip after you visit the museum 's website and the You Tube video.

http://computerhistory.org

I'm Nobody! Who Are You?

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you - Nobody - too?
Then there's a pair of us?
Don't tell they'd advertise - you know!

How dreary - to be - Somebody!
How public - like a Frog -
To tell one's name - the livelong June -
To an admiring Blog!

Emily Dickenson

DRM-FREE AUDIOBOOKS

Beginning this month of May, OverDrive is offering downloadable audiobooks without digital rights management that will be compatible with most MP3 players and mobile phones.
Thousands of titles will be sold at borders.com, and a limited selection of audiobooks will be added to OverDrive's library network.

Getting Started

Well I don't have much to share now, except I'm looking forward to this course's challenges (LIS 2600: Introduction to Information Technologies). Right now there seem to be many, but first it's time to finish downloading and installing.
To everyone, here's to a great semester!