Comments for Not Quite A Luddite http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com A librarian struggling to hone in on and control her super powers Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:38:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Be Careful out There by connie http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/be-careful-out-there/#comment-14 connie Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:53:10 +0000 http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/be-careful-out-there/#comment-14 You are very welcome. Something to keep in mind as you blog. Regardless, please don't let this keep you from blogging. Welcome to the "biblioblogosphere"!! Cheers, Connie You are very welcome. Something to keep in mind as you blog.

Regardless, please don’t let this keep you from blogging. Welcome to the “biblioblogosphere”!!

Cheers,
Connie

]]> Comment on Professional Vacation by Jess http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/professional-vacation/#comment-13 Jess Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:22:39 +0000 http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/professional-vacation/#comment-13 Geez, Nutter, that is an awesome thing to have done! You are a clever, clever doobie. And, as for your other post--every human is responsible, librarians are just overtly so. No? Take care, happy convocation, and have a terrific summer! Geez, Nutter, that is an awesome thing to have done! You are a clever, clever doobie. And, as for your other post–every human is responsible, librarians are just overtly so. No?
Take care, happy convocation, and have a terrific summer!

]]> Comment on Professional Vacation by Juanita http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/professional-vacation/#comment-12 Juanita Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:58:23 +0000 http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/professional-vacation/#comment-12 Wow Annetta, this sounds like a fantastic trip. Enjoy and post some photos if you get the chance! Safe travels. Does this mean you will miss Alex's speech at convocation?? Wow Annetta, this sounds like a fantastic trip. Enjoy and post some photos if you get the chance! Safe travels. Does this mean you will miss Alex’s speech at convocation??

]]> Comment on Professional Vacation by Alex http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/professional-vacation/#comment-11 Alex Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:38:08 +0000 http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/professional-vacation/#comment-11 Have a super trip! We'll drink to you at Convocation! :P Have a super trip! We’ll drink to you at Convocation! :P

]]> Comment on Self-Promotion versus False Advertising? by Tasha http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/self-promotion-versus-false-advertising/#comment-10 Tasha Wed, 23 May 2007 14:01:35 +0000 http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/self-promotion-versus-false-advertising/#comment-10 I really don't get the fetishizing of this profession. Well, I don't get the fetishizing of any profession, including the medical and law professions. But I really, really, really don't understand why everything has to be hot librarian, librarian chic, librarian dolls and movies and cute sayings on t-shirts. (Ok, I'm being a hypocrite, as I have a t-shirt from last year's ALA conference that says Librarians Do It By The Book, and I belong to the Facebook Hot Librarians group. Clearly, I should not be throwing stones.) But, I mean, I just see so many problems with this profession: the lack of entry-level jobs, the recruitment push, and its subsequent abundance of entry-level librarians; outsourcing cataloguing; the ivory tower profs versus practiced instructors in library school; budget cuts and job cuts; the dearth of hot, straight men in the workplace. Can't we work on things like securing in-house cataloguing before we have an orgasm over Second Life in the library? (Ok, and can I also mention that the initial 'l' in 'librarian' is NOT CAPITALIZED? It's not a proper noun!!) So, those are my two cents. I definitely appreciated this post, akd, as it gave me a chance to run my mouth about something I actually care about! I really don’t get the fetishizing of this profession. Well, I don’t get the fetishizing of any profession, including the medical and law professions. But I really, really, really don’t understand why everything has to be hot librarian, librarian chic, librarian dolls and movies and cute sayings on t-shirts. (Ok, I’m being a hypocrite, as I have a t-shirt from last year’s ALA conference that says Librarians Do It By The Book, and I belong to the Facebook Hot Librarians group. Clearly, I should not be throwing stones.) But, I mean, I just see so many problems with this profession: the lack of entry-level jobs, the recruitment push, and its subsequent abundance of entry-level librarians; outsourcing cataloguing; the ivory tower profs versus practiced instructors in library school; budget cuts and job cuts; the dearth of hot, straight men in the workplace. Can’t we work on things like securing in-house cataloguing before we have an orgasm over Second Life in the library?

(Ok, and can I also mention that the initial ‘l’ in ‘librarian’ is NOT CAPITALIZED? It’s not a proper noun!!)

So, those are my two cents. I definitely appreciated this post, akd, as it gave me a chance to run my mouth about something I actually care about!

]]> Comment on Self-Promotion versus False Advertising? by ajdmacc http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/self-promotion-versus-false-advertising/#comment-9 ajdmacc Tue, 22 May 2007 23:31:19 +0000 http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/self-promotion-versus-false-advertising/#comment-9 There was totally more to my previous comment and it was this: “Librarians are all-knowing and all-seeing” -- Totally not true. I can't even find my socks in the morning. There was totally more to my previous comment and it was this:

“Librarians are all-knowing and all-seeing” — Totally not true. I can’t even find my socks in the morning.

]]> Comment on Self-Promotion versus False Advertising? by Alex http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/self-promotion-versus-false-advertising/#comment-8 Alex Tue, 22 May 2007 22:56:34 +0000 http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/self-promotion-versus-false-advertising/#comment-8 "Librarians are all-knowing and all-seeing" “Librarians are all-knowing and all-seeing”

]]> Comment on Harper Follow Up by akd http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/harper-follow-up/#comment-7 akd Wed, 09 May 2007 04:25:44 +0000 http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/harper-follow-up/#comment-7 Thanks for commenting Krista. I never even thought of it that way ! Thanks for commenting Krista.
I never even thought of it that way !

]]> Comment on Harper Follow Up by Krista http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/harper-follow-up/#comment-6 Krista Tue, 08 May 2007 02:42:13 +0000 http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/harper-follow-up/#comment-6 Linwood's suggestion that Martel send bookstore gift certificates to Harper is an indirect insult to libraries and the expert readers' advisory services we provide. I think that librarians and supporters of literature and the arts need to speak up against this article! Linwood’s suggestion that Martel send bookstore gift certificates to Harper is an indirect insult to libraries and the expert readers’ advisory services we provide. I think that librarians and supporters of literature and the arts need to speak up against this article!

]]> Comment on Not Just A Book List by Harper Follow Up « Not Quite A Luddite http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/not-just-a-book-list/#comment-5 Harper Follow Up « Not Quite A Luddite Tue, 08 May 2007 02:14:38 +0000 http://vergingcoollibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/not-just-a-book-list/#comment-5 [...] 8th, 2007 by akd Perhaps in response to an earlier post, a friend emailed me this interesting article which defends our ol boy at the [...] [...] 8th, 2007 by akd Perhaps in response to an earlier post, a friend emailed me this interesting article which defends our ol boy at the [...]

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