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Marianne
Protest SOPA, anywhere your vendors are | SLA Academic Division - http://academic.sla.org/?p=783
lris's Protest SOPA coupons, now on SLA Academic Blog. (I have it on very good authority that the author of this blog post wanted to write nothing more than THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER AND YOU SHOULD ALL GET INVOLVED RIGHT NOW I MEAN YESTERDAY, but then worked the post over a bit to be more appropriate to the venue.) - Marianne from Bookmarklet
Neat! And they're not *my* protest coupons, they're LSW's, and Steve did as much work on them as I did. - lris
well done Marianne! - jambina
*ahem* Iris and Steve's and everyone's protest coupons. Wuz distracted, sorry. - Marianne
I made the map! This is like a scavenger hunt! - Andy
Georgie Bestie
The Mirror Ball Suit and the Library Suit. Oh MIghty Boosh. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
The Mirror Ball Suit and the Library Suit. Oh MIghty Boosh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzTGNIiidbI
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I can't find the Boosh scene that I think of every time I put on skinny jeans. My legs are too athletic. - Georgie Bestie
I was watching that episode today! - Pete
I couldn't find a clip on youtube where he's in the wheelchair complaining about his athletic legs. It's one of my biggest problems. - Georgie Bestie
That's pt 1 of the episode :) - Pete
Thanks!!! I forgot the name of it. - Georgie Bestie
Georgie Bestie
Let's get some #RWA linkage going cos I think we're about to rage!
LibPunk
LibPunk Radio wants you! We're going to be talking about the bullshit known as #SOPA and #RWA tomorrow. Want to join in? Let us know.
jambina
this week? we must!
yes. i think we should. tomorrow? tonight? WHENEVER - Georgie Bestie
can't tonight - tomorrow could work? ZAMMS? - jambina
Wednesday would be better for me. - Zamms
am not 100% for wednesday but if we can have zamms i'll try and figure it out - jambina
how about thursday? i have band on wednesday now. but that's not till 7:30. - Georgie Bestie
Thursday won't work for me. Basically, I'm (likely) available every other Thursday. - Zamms
Ahh, good to know! So let's say Wednesday at 8:00? Does that work? - Georgie Bestie
go for it. if i can't make it you can party sans moi. - jambina
NOT HAPPENING WOMAN - Georgie Bestie
There is a good chance I could ramble on about my son for an entire hour, btw. - Zamms
so long as we can also rant about the current PUBLISHER BULLSHIT i'm okay with that - jambina
You handle that part. I'll handle the cute things my son says part. Kendra handles QPR handling Warnock. We're all set, content-wise. - Zamms
okay. could we make it a bit later? 8:30 or 9? i have a dinner thinger at 6pm... - jambina
9 on the nose. - Georgie Bestie
rock. - jambina
Georgie Bestie
Fast-Food Scholarship - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Education - http://chronicle.com/article...
Fast-Food Scholarship - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Education
"As a long-time editor of a scholarly journal, I review a substantial amount of new scholarship in my field, almost daily. While many academics in the humanities and social sciences are still producing substantive, rigorous, high-quality scholarship, I have noticed a growing trend that disturbs me and others devoted to rigorous research: Too many academics—veterans and neophytes alike—are producing scholarship that appears to have traded careful, methodical, fully developed intellectual work for quick and dirty publication." - Georgie Bestie from Bookmarklet
you get what you reward. - RepoRat
Georgie Bestie
THIS WEEK WE GET BACK IN THE SADDLE? THuRSDAY?
I'm out this week. In-laws in town. Next week? Thursday? - Zamms
Yeah. I have band practice on Weds now since our guitar player is playing on Thursdays now. - Georgie Bestie
can't do thursday but could do wednesday. or friday. or tonight. - jambina
tonight would work! friday could... i have soccer at 9. - Georgie Bestie
should be home by 8pmEST so let me know. - jambina
for tonight? i won't be home until 5:30 or 6:00 PST. we can do it. PREDICTIONS FOR 2012!!! - Georgie Bestie
ROCK - jambina
Georgie Bestie
JARVIS COCKER VISITS THE BBC RECORD ARCHIVE. PT 1. 2011. - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
JARVIS COCKER VISITS THE BBC RECORD ARCHIVE. PT 1. 2011. - YouTube
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I am just jealous. - Georgie Bestie from Bookmarklet
Zamms
Did you know Kendra is a superhero? http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Did you know Kendra is a superhero? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=motJI9k73Nc
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That... is fairly freakin' awesome. - Dan: Bibrarian
i did. - jambina
Bumping this up too, cos I like this song as well. - Zamms
I needed this today. Danke! PS - She's wearing Asics. I WEAR ASICS. - Georgie Bestie
Georgie Bestie
So I'm answering a questionnaire about one of the most prominent transportation journal's and its peer review process. It's interesting, but I definitely feel bad. I know that they aren't considered one of the most prestigious journals in the field, but they are prolific and everybody uses it. I'm trying to think of an analogy here. Impact snobbery
Georgie Bestie
Dr. Frank's What's-it: Insultingly small amounts of money and the myth that we'll all get the money back at shows and in merch - http://www.doktorfrank.com/archive...
"The more I think and find out about it the worse it seems. I used this figure elsewhere but I think people should see it. A band on my label got a check from me for digital that came mostly from iTunes for about $900. That was for a 2 month period. To get that same amount of money they'd have to get streamed 200000 times. Two hundred thousand! If they got a stream a day it would take over 547 years to make that same amount of money. Now you tell me why this should be the future for artists and labels and how it's just? All the while Spotify grows and reaps the real profit. Think about this when you support them. Even if you don't have a pay account they make money. They've monetized piracy by doling out insultingly small amounts of money and the myth that we'll all get the money back at shows and in merch. It's bullshit." - Georgie Bestie from Bookmarklet
This is one reason why I'm rethinking my streaming subscriptions. It also makes me think of overdrive. - Georgie Bestie
jambina
tonight?
I WAS ROCK AND ROLL - Georgie Bestie
i meant tonight. i wrote it after midnight. but if you're zonked - mebbe this weekend? - jambina
I could maybe do? I was going to hang out on campus, but could easily come home after my meeting and before my other meeting. - Georgie Bestie
i'm home sick. can we touch base later and see if i feel like doody or not? - jambina
sure thing. I FEEL AWESOME AND ROCK AND ROLL - Georgie Bestie
HEY ROCK AND ROLL can we do it this weekend instead? - jambina
i think i got too much rock and roll this weekend. let me check my schedule. - Georgie Bestie
jambina
because i don't have enough to do next year... Access 2012 will be in Montreal. you people better be there. http://accessconference.ca/2011...
Oooh, and lookit me with my shiny new passport.... - ωαřмaiden BrokerPokerface
WHY DO USians NEED PASSPORTS TO GET INTO CANADA?! IT'S JUST ANOTHER STATE! ... (This declaration did not go over well with the nice Canadian Border Agent... who was even more offended when I said I had checked the US government website to be sure it wouldn't be a problem. "You knew you were going to Canada, why wouldn't you check what the Canadian Government has to say about requirements?!") Good Times. - awd
Fortunately Canadian border guards deal with Americans differently than US border guards do with Canadians http://boingboing.net/2009... - John Dupuis
Hoo-yay. - Megan F
aaron is being a jerkface on purpose. we all know that the US is to blame for everyone needing passports ; ) - jambina
yeah, it's totally our fault. also, WOOT. - Jenica
also USian border agents have had their humor surgically removed. Don't try that smart ass stuff at home, USians. - barbara fister
regardless - GET A PASSPORT AND COME TO MONTREAL TO LEARN FUN THINGS AND DO FUNNER THINGS. - jambina
Ooh... my passport expires next month. I'll have to take care of that at work... - Julian
Just outside of my comfortable driving range. Were it Toronto, I'd drive. Still, much closer than Vancouver, thus more affordable. - Julian
That is October? - Meg VMeg
(maybe I'll get to meet some ff'ers) - Brent from iPhone
julian - get a new passport. meg - si si. date soon. t. brent - seriously... coffee soon? - jambina
My passport expires next year. I better re-up it. - Jason P
indeed. you better - jambina
yes! - Brent from iPhone
Yay! you know I love *any* excuse to go to Montreal! - LibrarianOnTheLoose from BuddyFeed
Did you write this tagline? "our library technology conference is better than yours" Guessing yes, since Our is not capitalized? - The Ghost of Library Past
yup - jambina
Awesome. I'll check with the higher ups for travel money. - The Ghost of Library Past
Georgie Bestie
Girl Freaks Out on People for Breathing Loudly in CSUN Library - http://gawker.com/5866595...
Girl Freaks Out on People for Breathing Loudly in CSUN Library
It's interesting to see the public's view of what should be acceptable behaviour in a library compared to what a librarian's view. (The latent racism is annoying though.) - Georgie Bestie from Bookmarklet
She is stressed. Poor thing. I agree, K. - Derrick
She's stressed, but she was totally not letting it go and thus was a bigger disturbance. - Georgie Bestie
Agreed. - Derrick
Georgie Bestie
Academic Libraries on Facebook: An Analysis of Users' Comments - http://www.dlib.org/dlib...
Academic Libraries on Facebook: An Analysis of Users' Comments
"This paper examines users' comments on the Facebook pages of 20 American academic libraries and subdivides them into 22 categories. A total of 3,513 posts were examined and analyzed in various ways, including how many of the posts included user comments and how many had none; how many comments were included in each post; and what the percentage of user participation was on the library walls, in terms of "likes" and comments. The most significant findings are that approximately 91% of the posts do not include any comments, over 82% of user participation is expressed via the "like" functionality and most comments on academic libraries' Facebook pages are not uploaded by prospective users (i.e., college and university faculty and students) but rather by library personnel, employees affiliated with the same institution as the library, and alumni." - Georgie Bestie from Bookmarklet
Moderately interesting though not very provocative. - Georgie Bestie
I'm actually rather provoked by that pull quote (on way to mtg, can't read article yet). Only because I hate it when "employees affiliated with the same institution" as the library are excluded from consideration as prospective users of the library. Our school has 100's of non-faculty employees who also have a strong commitment to and participation in our educational mission, and value learning for themselves as well: we're not their library too? - Marianne
I guess we should close all or facebook pages then? :) - aarontay
I think we should keep trying new ways to engage our users, be aware of trends, but stop worrying about the Joneses. - Georgie Bestie
I had problems with the article. I don't assume that FB success requires direct engagement in the form of comments--and in any case, it's anecdata (perhaps not for the 20 institutions, but for any broader assertions). Not that I'm spending hundreds of hours on public library FB use or anything... - Walt Crawford
The library's facebook page is primarily an outreach and marketing page. One might argue that comments from alumni are an indication of the success of the page, especially if the page helps drive fundraising for the institution as a whole. - DJF
Oh, and what GB says--although I think it doesn't hurt to see what the Joneses are doing as a form of benchmark. Although, in this "study," the Joneses weren't doing very well either. - Walt Crawford
Georgie Bestie
Let's do this tonight.
OKAY. what time? - jambina
whenever. i'm home all day. - Georgie Bestie
will holler when i get home - around 8:30pm my time? - jambina
sounds good. - Georgie Bestie
if anybody else wants in, add me on skype. kendra.k.levine - Georgie Bestie
We're doing this soon. If you wanna join join join. - Georgie Bestie
Georgie Bestie
Scene Outside College Library Looks Like Walmart on Black Friday - http://gawker.com/5865053...
Scene Outside College Library Looks Like Walmart on Black Friday
duh. yeah. - DJF
Georgie Bestie
Alone on the desk. Students acting out Muppets. Listen to White Wires.
jambina
this week? THIS WEEK?
As Doris Day once said, "Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps." - Chris Zammarelli
Let's do Wednesday. - Georgie Bestie
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT? - Georgie Bestie
I can't do Wednesday. - Chris Zammarelli
la---------------------------am - Georgie Bestie
Tonight? - jambina from FFHound(roid)!
yeah, we should. if you all come up with topics. i will only talk about gary speed. - Georgie Bestie
All I know right now is work-related, so I may not have much to say aside from well-placed cussin'. - Chris Zammarelli
you should talk about .... stuff. - Jenica
ing? Stuffing? (Or is it dressing?) - Chris Zammarelli
Well, I was thinking about maybe the Koha licensing thingy. Let me look at LISNews. The only source for library stuff I look at. - Georgie Bestie
God, is it bad that I looked at LISNews and there was nothing there I felt like discussing? - Chris Zammarelli
Well, I will have a chart and a question. SKYPING AT 5:30! - Georgie Bestie
oh ya, the koha thing is good. did we talk about penguin bullshit? i'm totally fried so.... - jambina
no. i'll make the formal list. - Georgie Bestie
No call for me tonight. I'm absolutely wiped out. BADMOUTH ME! - Chris Zammarelli
THE FUCK MAN! we pushed to back for you! - Georgie Bestie
I blame the man. - Chris Zammarelli
Georgie Bestie
IT'S TOPIC TIME!
(And their presidents recent DWI http://gothamist.com/2011...) - Georgie Bestie
Publishing cutting their own throats with DRM: http://lisnews.org/traditi... - Georgie Bestie
If you want to be truly libpunk, you have to have a punk IT department. And guess who is currently looking for a job... ;) Just a suggestion... - Webgoddess Needs A Drink
ROBIN HASTINGS IS THE MOTHERFUCKING BUSINESS!!!! - Georgie Bestie
(The new Billboard bullshit rules: http://music-mix.ew.com/2011...) - Georgie Bestie
jambina
Wednesday or Thursday this week?
Do you want to skip a week cos Americans are late with celebrating Thanksgiving compared to Canadians? - Chris Zammarelli
thursday will be bad. wednesday is doable. - Georgie Bestie
I can't do Wednesday or Thursday. - Chris Zammarelli
FINE FAMILY MAN. - Georgie Bestie
Leave him alone, his bark is much worse than his bite. - LibrarianOnTheLoose
stoopid txgiving. okay. - jambina
LibPunk
EPISODE36 - LibPunk Radio BACK WITH A VENGEANCE - http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-8124...
RISE ABOVE
Nice job editing, Kendra. - Chris Zammarelli
It turned out OK. - Georgie Bestie
"By clicking Yes, you agree that you are using the library" - Jason P
"occupy your mom" - jambina
Georgie Bestie
At Occupy Cal: Let books take the place of banned tents | Berkeleyside - http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011...
At Occupy Cal: Let books take the place of banned tents | Berkeleyside
"The police may have forcibly evicted slumberers and their tents set up Wednesday night by Occupy Cal protesters on campus, but never let it be said that Berkeley students aren’t creative. Replacing the tents we have — fittingly enough for a storied institution of learning — books, or rather books made to look like tents. Symbolic perhaps, but making a point nonetheless." - Georgie Bestie from Bookmarklet
Hey Kendra, can you take a CC photo of this at Berkley? The owner has all rights reserved. - ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
i'll try - Georgie Bestie
LibPunk
LibPunk Radio #36: OCCUPY LIBRARIES - http://libpunk.info/?p=129
LibPunk
Hot off the presses: LibPunk Radio #36 - OCCUPY LIBRARIES http://t.co/ATRF7Mcg Listen up.
Georgie Bestie
We sound muddy.
no doubt - jambina
can you run it through a thinger that makes us sound like the chipmunks? - jambina
Hey, what happens when I cut out. Do you hear that weird bubbly noise I heard while Skype tried to reconnect? - Chris Zammarelli
nope, just nothing. i just cut out the first batch of weird. might leave the rest. - Georgie Bestie
I tried to stop commenting on it when I came back in. I failed, but I tried. - Chris Zammarelli
Should have used Talkshoe. <g> - ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
No. This is pretty good. - Georgie Bestie
Chris Zammarelli
So, next time using Adobe Connect?
do you have it? - Georgie Bestie
Well, no... - Chris Zammarelli
dimdim still around? - jambina
Owned by Salesforce now: http://www.dimdim.com - Chris Zammarelli
Georgie Bestie
LibPunk
dear hipster protesters, be genuine or getthefuckout. kthxbai.
Chris Zammarelli
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