What is the purpose of libraries?
I’m not going to debate whether or not libraries have a purpose. Anyone that advances the argument that libraries have no purpose in the 21st century is ignorant. I mean literally ignorant.
Basic computer literacy requires the knowledge of the difference
Back in the good old days (2006-2010) when I was a reference librarian at the University of Kentucky College of Law, about once a week or so I had to email/mail/fax a piece of Kentucky law to a lawyer. They may may not have had the infrastructure to access WEXIS or they may have decided my labor
I always thought going crazy would be much more exciting. I thought for sure it’d be like the movie “Frances” and you’re dragged screaming through swinging doors. The sounds of me yelling, “…and you can’t really BUY kindle books!!!!” would slowly
If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you know, Gentle Reader, that I’ve been in the midst of a multi-year existential crisis about where I fit in my world. I’m a librarian without a library, a lawyer without a practice, an advocate without an organization, a hacker without
Forget about PACER, y’all.
No, seriously, stop worrying about it. The crappy interface. The ridiculous format. The unjust costs. It doesn’t matter. None of it. I’m telling you it doesn’t matter if the data in PACER ever gets set free.
I mean, don’t get
“This doesn’t end, you know. Once you start there’s always going to be adjustments and questioning… ”
That’s my psychiatrist. I was in his office a few weeks ago for my quarterly med check. For those of you that haven’t had the pleasure, it’s
I was minding my own business, live-tweeting a session at AALS when I got this response:
So angry! So assumptive! So missing the point! I never quite know what to make of responses like this. Am I supposed to stop the presentation and say, “Excuse me, Madame, but this guy