Hello! I'm Nikki - new MLIS Student at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. I'm from a small town in the British Columbia interior. My first semester began this September, 2012. Wish me luck!
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98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost his hearing in the second world war, walks 10 kilometers from his village in his homemade clothes and leather shoes to the city of sofia, where he spends the day begging for money.
though a well recognized fixture around several of the city’s chruches, known for his prostrations of thanks to all donors, it was only recently discovered that he has donated every penny he has collected — over 40,000 euros — towards the restoration of decaying bulgarian monasteries and churches and the utility bills of orphanages, living entirely off his monthly state pension of 80 euros and the kindness of others.
and now i’m crying.
And this is why I never question the motives of a person begging. You never know what is in someone’s heart.
From a fellow Laura with a similarly named blog- Laura in the Library
Famous Librarians - Jorge Luis Borges
Library Assistant, Buenos Aires Municipal Library in Miguel Cané, 1939-1946
Amongst his other major literary works, he is also the author of short story entitled The Library of Babel, about a library, or universe, of infinite proportions.
“Man, the imperfect librarian, may be the product of chance or of malevolent demiurgi; the universe, with its elegant endowment of shelves, of enigmatical volumes, of inexhaustible stairways for the traveler and latrines for the seated librarian, can only be the work of a god. To perceive the distance between the divine and the human, it is enough to compare these crude wavering symbols which my fallible hand scrawls on the cover of a book, with the organic letters inside: punctual, delicate, perfectly black, inimitably symmetrical.”
One of the many reasons Borges is among my favourite writers. Read the full short story here.
Catalogers are cooler than you.
19 Wonderful Vintage School Library Posters
These imaginative posters from the 1960s encouraged kids to (gasp!) explore the library.Love ‘em, I just love ‘em all.
Laura in Libraryland: Finding a Library Job
Inspired by a recent /r/libraries post and the fact that my own job search is starting to ramp up, I thought it might be a good idea to keep track of the different websites out there for finding LIS jobs. Speaking of which, LISjobs is now defunct and redirects to INALJ….
The books that will move you, inspire you, make you cry, make you think, make you laugh. Are there any books that you would add?
What do you guys think of this list?
Germane to the discussion of New Adult, methinks.
Hey 20 somethings, how many have you read?
Cross a couple off this list, we have most of these titles at the library!
npr:
You may have seen The Great Gatsby over the weekend, but wait until you see The Great Catsby.
Of course. — tanya b.
Always reblog The Great Catsby (<- click that link, it’s a real thing)
Love.
I’m just watching this again and getting so excited for the fantastic spectacle that will be ALA 2013.
I work at a public library.: Stacks, Chickens in the
One afternoon, a very harried woman came rushing up to me and pointing to our reference section. “I can’t be sure, but it sounds like someone put a bunch of chickens over there!”
I told her no problem, I’d go over there and check it out while thinking to myself that is was probably someone’s…
