In my experience, LIS students are always concerned that the field is shrinking. So it’s nice to have a book like this talk about the options available, and offer some anecdotal experience too.

From liscareer.com

Many people, not just those new to the field of Library and Information Science, are curious about their career options. The editors of LIScareer.com have assembled 95 authors, each of whom describes a “typical” workday or work routine, sharing joys, sorrows, and annoyances in refreshingly candid fashion.

The Library of Congress celebrates its 207th birthday by … launching a blog! GNC reports:/

The blog at is authored by Matt Raymond, the library’s communications director. Recent entries have included musings about Shakespeare, rare books and Raymond’s attendance at the 2006 Webby Award (the library is nominated for two webbies this year), where acceptance speeches have to be limited to five words. The Library of Congress’ speech last year was a pithy, “By the people, for people.”

site: Library of Congress Blog

An blog devoted to library videos?  You bet! Plus I get to test out Scribefire, another Firefox extension.  Seems a bit more extensive than Clipmarks, though no more complicated.  Hurray for fancy webiness.

link: Library Videos

From lisnews.org

Do you have three minutes to learn about these three letters: RSS? Watch the Common Craft Show and let Lee LeFever explain the concept of updates from your favorite websites coming to you. He does it with a delightful mix of low- and hi-tech (i.e. paper and online video) tools.

I’m tentatively dipping my toe into the world of Firefox extensions, after being a longtime vanilla user. If I like how it works, expect to see more posts like this, linking to interesting stories from the interwebs. (edit: Due to its extensive use of divs and tables, Clipmarks posts are getting the thumb down. I do like Scribefire though, so far, so perhaps I’ll continue using that.)

From geek.lisnews.org

An Anonymous Patron writes ” *I want to be a librarian*. a music video (4:10) by New Zealand band HauntedLove, which performs ghostly pop tunes about werewolves, haunted museums, vengeful librarians, love inside computers, and ponies that just won’t go. Filmed on location at the Dunedin Public Library. Camera work by Claudia Babirat, direction and editing/effects by Don Ferns. Starring Haunted Love (Rainy McMaster and Geva Downey) and Henri Davidson…. YouTube, Apr. 9?