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Mimble: Ferret of Finland
Being an account of a stranger in a strange library
Created on 2003-10-01 08:22:07 (#1361816), last updated 2007-01-10
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BioI don't think it's overstating things to suggest [librarians] are the thin grey line between literacy and barbarism. - Neil Gaiman
I'm am working toward my Masters in Library and Information Sciences (MLIS) at the UW iSchool. We have an iEverything, including iDrunk pint glasses.
FAQ: You have to go to school for that?
Yes. Short form of the rant: it's not knowing the Dewey Decimal system and having Google bookmarked. It's coding the next Dewey Decimal system and finding answers in databases that call Google "bitch," while at the same time dealing with funding cuts, free speech, educating the public, trying to conserve more books than will fit in your building while selecting new materials that the public actually wants, getting the computers back online again, and writing up the budget presentation for the board meeting. And that's presuming you're even taking the program with a public library focus...
Do that on a GED. Punk.
Go ahead. Sing the song. I dare you.
I'm am working toward my Masters in Library and Information Sciences (MLIS) at the UW iSchool. We have an iEverything, including iDrunk pint glasses.
FAQ: You have to go to school for that?
Yes. Short form of the rant: it's not knowing the Dewey Decimal system and having Google bookmarked. It's coding the next Dewey Decimal system and finding answers in databases that call Google "bitch," while at the same time dealing with funding cuts, free speech, educating the public, trying to conserve more books than will fit in your building while selecting new materials that the public actually wants, getting the computers back online again, and writing up the budget presentation for the board meeting. And that's presuming you're even taking the program with a public library focus...
Do that on a GED. Punk.
Go ahead. Sing the song. I dare you.
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academic libraries, alan moore, archiving, bill bryson, books, children's literature, comic books, controlled vocabulary, daniel pinkwater, douglas adams, edward gorey, fairy tales, graphic novels, indexing, information, information literacy, information science, information theory, ischool, jasper fforde, kevin smith, kurt vonnegut, librarians, libraries, library and information science, library science, literacy, logic, mlis, monty python, moomintrolls, mymble, mythology, neil gaiman, picture books, postmodern, preservation, public libraries, public outreach, reading, research librarians, role playing games, science fiction, storytelling, terry gilliam, terry pratchett, underserved populations, university of washington, user interfaces, youth libraries
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University of Washington, Information School - Seattle, WA
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