Archive for March, 2008

metaphor vs. reality: no further comment

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

From the Library of Congress Subject Headings Weekly List for February 27, 2008:
150 War on Terrorism, 2001- [sp2001000148]
* 680 Here are entered works on the events, metaphorically referred to as a “war,” consisting
of military operations, diplomatic activities, and other counterterrorist measures
undertaken by the United States and […]

radical thinking

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I realized earlier today that although I mentioned it in passing on my other blog (which is read by about three people–what the world needs now is not another RSS feed, but I try not to let that stop me), I haven’t actually gotten around to talking about it in this rather more visited, and […]

anti-poverty @ your library

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

There are things I don’t really like about the American Library Association, but the rest of the biblioblogosphere pretty much has that topic covered. But there are some things I do like, and one of my favorites is ALA Policy 61, the “Poor People’s Policy,” which states
The American Library Association promotes equal access to […]