“He thought her beautiful, believed her impeccably wise; dreamed of her, wrote poems to her, which, ignoring the subject, she corrected in red ink.” ”
—Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (published May 14, 1925)
Today’s a good day to correct with red ink or buy flowers yourself… or re-visit an old classic like Mrs. Dalloway. Or if you’d like to learn more about the inimitable author, visit the Library’s Berg Collection, which is a lovely spot to learn a great deal about English and American Literature. In any event, have a perfectly Dalloway day!
Bostonites! Are you stuck in your house today?
bpl.orgMay I recommend the Boston Public Library’s Online collection? Because they have a lot of cool stuff up there at that link from Children’s Books from the Jordan Collection - “Over 500 historical series, tracts, and Mother Goose collections are available via the International Children’s Digital Library” to Anti-slavery Manuscripts Collection at the Internet Archive - “The papers of William Lloyd Garrison and other historical figures central to the Boston anti-slavery movement can be viewed and downloaded for free.”
Boston also has a pretty extensive Overdrive collection. Overdrive is the program that many libraries use to download books (both print and audio) and it’s fast and easy and works with pretty much all ereaders (I can’t think of any that it doesn’t work with) or with your computer. It’s full of current popular best sellers. You do need to get yourself an adobe digital id but the overdrive website walks you right through that (and if overdrive’s help page isn’t working for you, send me an ask and I’ll walk you through it).
Love my library job...
- because I get to order YA books and get it into the hands of teen readers
- because the programs I plan involve such disparate elements as collage and laser guns
- because not only does my baby son get to visit me at work, he can check out the newest picture books at the same time
- because I don’t pay library late fees
- because public librarianship, for me, offers just the right blend of introverted and extroverted work, and of physical and mental work
Hiring Librarians: New Survey: Interview Questions "Database"
hiringlibrarians.comIf you have recently been interviewed, or if in the future you go on and interview, or even answer some supplemental questions, please go to the
Library Interview Questions Form,and let us know what you were asked. As it says on the form, please of course conform to any confidentiality agreements your potential employer put in place with you.
If you are going on an interview, eventually
the spreadsheetwill be a place to help you prepare.
YA Readers in the Internet Age
bookendeavors.wordpress.comIt’s finally here! Some of you may know I am currently working on a thesis about how the Internet affects the YA reading experience. As much of my opinion has been informed by my own experiences as a young adult reader, I am genuinely interested in others’ experiences as YA readers in the Internet Age. In order to learn more about other YA readers, I’ve created a questionnaire with related questions. I would really appreciate it if anyone could either fill out the survey and e-mail it to me at heretherebedragons00@gmail.com or share the questionnaire with others who might be interested. I will be taking responses until April 30th. I posted it on my blog as it seemed too long for tumblr and most survey sites have ten-question limits.
