Batgirl is a Librarian!

Holy Batgirl, Batman !
This apparently un-aired episode of the Batman TV show from the 60s shows a lovely Barbara Gordon transform into none other than Batgirl! Go Librarians!
go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDnlrfq5tQE

Desperate Librarians ?

According to Tom Kertscher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal online (JSOnlinecom), six library administrators from the Waupaca, Wisconsin-area library system apparently had thought that a book-sale fundraiser was insufficient, so taking a hint from the Helen Mirren movie "Calendar Girls," they have put together a calendar and - you guessed it- in which the librarians appear nude behind strategically-placed books! Now, if this is not a "Hipper Crowd of Shushers", I don't know what is!!

A Hipper Crowd of Shushers

This NY Times article by KARA JESELLA, published July 8, 2007, has caused some controversy among the current internet librarian set....specifically because, once again, we are "fighting the librarian stereotypes." It is almost embarrassing how long society has been milking this one, and I think it's just about time that we accept that there are lots of young, hip, intelligent, savvy, trendy, and beer-drinking librarians around, who are NOT the exception to the rule..... We've been around a while....

FASHION & STYLE | July 8, 2007 A Hipper Crowd of Shushers By KARA JESELLA A new type of librarian is emerging: think Dewey Decimal meets Generation X.

BackFlip your favorite web sites

Got favorites listed on a work computer but can't access them from home?
"BackFlip" them!
Want to share folders of your favorite web sites without typing them into an email? "BackFlip" them!

(Description is from their site:)
"Backflip" gets you back to the good stuff. It's the easiest way to save and share important things you see on the Web. With Backflip's organization and powerful search, you'll never lose anything interesting again.
You can use it from any computer. And it's totally free.

How does it work?
As you discover interesting Web pages, use the Backflip it! button to save them and Backflip will organize them for you. Then, simply go to your Backflip account and you'll find all of your favorite pages filed in your personal directory -- which you can access from any computer.
Just go to www.backflip.com and give it a try...or a flip!

www.Botablog.com

Want to know when your favorite blog (mine!) is being updated?
Or want to get others to subscribe to your blog?
Then you must bot-your-blog with BotABlog.com
The service if free!

Bookstores & Used Book Websites

Labyrinth Books, W112th St @Broadway, Manhattan:
If ever in need of some good browsing, try this place!
Located near Columbia University & St. John the Divine Church, it is a perfect place to pick up The Onion, grab some inexpensive coffee table books, or even get the latest and greatest in fiction and non-fiction, foreign translations, sociology, religion, history, music or art, or even...gasp!...the Classics! I have been going here for half a decade and will not shop elsewhere. The staff is supremely intelligent & helpful, and if they don't have it (rarely) they'll find it and try to order it for you. Deep discount book carts are outside all summer long, too!

Used Book Websites: for finding those rare and elusive tomes
www.alibris.com
www.powells.com
www.abebooks.com
www.bibliofind.com
www.bookfinder.com
www.usedbookcentral.com

Booklist Feature Article- April 1st

This month's (April 1st) Booklist Magazine has an interesting feature article by Will Manley on Libraries and Bookstores that touches some touchy issues:

http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=1913619
Or just Google his name & Booklist to read the full article. He asks some interesting questions, and raises some food for thought:
Q: Are public libraries weeding out the classics to be more like Barnes & Noble? While B&N is adding classics to pick up our slack??? Isn't it ironic?? What is a book's underlying value?? Should libraries be pragmatic in purchasing, or guiltless havens of "the good books" ?
What are your collective thoughts on this gem?? Let me know!

Wikiseek

If you want some fast and dirty info on something and need your WIKIPEDIA fix, check out WIKISEEK.COM, the new search engine that searches only WIKIPEDIA entries and the sites to which those entries link. It eliminates searching through spam and ads and sites that are not sufficiently info-packed and link-packed like Wikipedia.

Google Maps MashUps

If you got the April 2007 WIRED Magazine, you probably saw their MashUps column. If not, here are some to check out:

PediaX: flyover Earth and read the Wikipedia entry about the locations you see at en.pediax.org

Fast Food Maps: Pick any big City & find French Fries Fast at www.fastfoodmaps.com

Global Flood Maps: So, will you have beach-front property one day? Check and see at flood.firetree.net

Yonkers Public Library Myspace page!

Check out myspace.com/yonkerspubliclibrary to see the new (and slowly improving) myspace page for Yonkers P.L. --soon we will have news, events and more info to view for patrons and friends of the Yonkers Public Library System.

Learning 2.0

A must-see: For any Librarian who has not seen the wonderful content about Web 2.0 at the http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/atom.xml as a stepping stone to becoming more Web 2.0-savvy, go there now!