In the very first episode of Mad Men, Joan is showing Peggy around Sterling Cooper on her first day of work. She whips off the cover of a shiny 1961 IBM Selectric and assures Peggy that she shouldn’t be intimidated by the technology; it was designed so that even a woman can use it.
There’s a [...]
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Mastering–or mistressing–technology
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged school libraries, mad men, typewriter, technology on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Weeds
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged weeding school libraries sexism old books on November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have inherited a high school library in which no weeding has been done in decades. Generations. A lot of what I dig up is a real hoot, and in order to pay tribute on its way to the dumpster I may as well share some of it.
Boys’ Own Arithmetic, c1924. Because everybody knows girls [...]
Is this a subtle form of censorship?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged censorship, obama, school libraries on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I changed the processing specs from my main library book vendor, who shall not be named. The previous librarian always ordered the barcodes attached, and being new, I didn’t want to mess with that. But look.
I mean really.
In a season of schools refusing to show the President’s back-to-school speech, vicious oppositional politicking, and [...]
Gentle Reads
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged my one hundred adventures, polly horvath, review on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was fortunate enough to read an ARC of Polly Horvath’s “My One Hundred Adventures” just before school started. It’s lovely and gentle, funny and quirky. like and unlike a dozen other books I cherished as a child.
In fact, since it was summer and time to indulge myself, I read the book through child eyes. [...]
Sporty girls
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I took up tickets at a basketball game the other night. Despite sleet, there was a fair-sized crowd.
As the team entered the building, I made a colossal blunder. We at the gate were trying to figure out which were the visiting team, and which were just trying to sneak in for free. A bunch [...]
How to Read a Book (A Study in Four Parts): Nov. 21, 2007
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How to Read a Book (A Study in Four Parts): Nov. 21, 2007
Originally uploaded by cmt2779
Recently I was asked to give a two-minute presentation to the staff on creating a print-rich environment. This I did happily. I might have gone a few seconds over, but considering I could have talked [...]
School Library Learning 2.0: #13 WEEK 6 Learn about tagging and discover Del.icio.us a social bookmarking site
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
School Library Learning 2.0: #13 WEEK 6 Learn about tagging and discover Del.icio.us a social bookmarking site
I really want to finish the SLL 2.0 tutorial. I realized when I started it last summer that I would not be able to zip from one thing to another without taking some time to let each new thing [...]
moby who?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
moby who?
Originally uploaded by ritagoodbook
I’m weeding. De-selecting. Discarding worn, outdated materials. And I’m not scared, even though I don’t yet have tenure at this school.
Or at least I wasn’t scared, until I came across THIS. If you, a high school student, were hesitant about American literature before, old scary staring guy isn’t going [...]
lesions
Posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
lesions
Originally uploaded by kawaface
I’ve been trying to catch up on YA novels so I can make recommendations to my students, many of whom are boys. As we approach fall break, these books are starting to run together in my mind. I just had a student read, and like, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, even [...]
Thing #11, cont’d: The search for greatness
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
sharpied
Originally uploaded by hildoll
I joined facebook, almost causing my beautiful college-student daughter Tinkerbelle to have an existential meltdown when she found out. I only did it so I could see some pictures she had tried to send me in email. I checked back the next day, and two people I don’t particularly keep [...]
