SLA Kentucky Chapter

Arthur Frommer likes libraries

Mainly for monetary reasons, but still ...

Even if you are overseas in a foreign land, you will often find that a local library offers a free-of-charge way to go online by Arthur Frommer on 1/10/08

Following a recent car trip, when I passed through small cities and made use of a free computer in local libraries, I am reminded that the public library is a key to such use not simply within the United States but abroad. Numerous friends have confirmed that on their own recent trips to international places, they sought out a local library and found that it had at least one computer linked to the internet, which they were able to use free-of-charge. And they had no difficulty using it even though they had no library card for that location ..."

Food for Thought

This article discusses the recent release of a Pew Internet study that shows physical library usage is up among the 18-30 year old crowds.

No Exciting Library Depression News

I was hoping for something interesting about the depression of librarians in this article:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071014/ts_nm/depression_usa_dc_2?

There's not too much there, though.  First of all, librarians are lumped in with trainers and educators so they're not really examined as a single group.  Secondly, that group is just slightly more depressed than the average with five groups more depressed and eight less depressed.

All in all, we're just middle of the road.  Nothing to see here.  Move along, move along.

Friday Fun on Thursday

Halloween is less than four weeks away!  How will you celebrate this year?  Why enjoying cute pictures of critters dressed in Halloween costumes, I hope!

There is no better site than Cute Overload when you need to take a minute to decompress or just smile a little.  Check it out.  Happy Early Friday!

Librarian Hotties

This story discusses  the "upcoming" Librarian Hotties Calendar.  Why wasn't the Kentucky Chapter informed?  I know we have the hottest librarians around. Happy Friday.

Librarians are Such Party Animals

Check out this NY Times article and see some fun press about librarians.  The article also takes a look at the advocacy of Generation X Librarians. 

Librarian Halloween Costume

Looking for the perfect costume this Halloween?  Check out Target's "Naughty Librarian" costume.  Now that's "librarian attire"! 

link via Librarian Avengers