A Truly Amazing Profesor

I decided to poke around the University of North Texas College of Information website to see what I could write about today. I came across my metadata professor's homepage. Dr. Oksana Zavalina is a fantastic professor. She really knows her stuff. I was able to get a better grasp on metadata theory and practice thanks to her. If anyone attending UNT and wants to explore metadata in depth, I can't recommend Dr. Z's class enough. Her articles and presentations are very well done, too.

Check out her page. Under the Presentations section, she has posted two recordings from different conferences.

http://www.courses.unt.edu/ozavalina/

Henry Rollins on Librarians

A great quote I found today from Henry Rollins

"I know that collector types can be a pain in the neck and seem perpetually frozen in time—or at least in their parents' basement—but someone has to look out for the past, lest it slip away forever. It was amazing to be around people who are dedicated to making sure there is a trail, who work with painstaking care to maintain the integrity of what came before."

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/content/henry-rollins

Stephen and Tabitha King Love Libraries

Most people who know me know my love of the horror genre in pretty much every media type. They also know my passion for libraries of course. When they merge, it's even better. Horror author Stephen King and his author wife Tabitha have offered the Bangor Library a substantial amount of moolah to help the renovation project, provided they meet their goal of $9 million. I hope they can reach that goal. http://bangordailynews.com/2013/03/19/news/bangor/stephen-and-tabitha-king-offer-to-cover-one-third-of-9-million-bangor-library-renovation-if-library-finds-ways-to-foot-the-rest-of-the-bill/ It's interesting to note that Stephen wrote a novella called "The Library Policeman". It's worth a read if you have a chance to pick up 'Four Past Midnight'.

A New Adventure

Art and I are sitting in our favourite coffee shop in downtown Boise. It's hard to believe that in less than a month, we will be on our way to a new town, a new life, and a new adventure. I'm starting a new blog, too. Weeee! I'm not very good at keeping up with these, as can be witnessed with my Gallery of Cute blog. I'm going to endeavor to write in this once a day, no matter how short or long it gets. It might be an interesting library link, how I managed to make it through grad school in one piece, or how the day is going at the library. Speaking of libraries....

Have you registered for SWILA? If not, you should! It's going to be fantastic! Arthur created the lovely logo for us this year! ^_^

http://www.idaholibraries.org/node/509