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God, Politics, and Rock 'n' Roll: "Naughty librarian" to be Viagra for GOP? (BlogNetNews.com/Iowa)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:40:00 GMT

Jeff says that he heard John McCain's possible VP pick, Governor Sarah Palin, described as the "naughty librarian" of the GOP. What an image...the naughty librarian and the maverick. And he gets her on his birthday, too! But remember, a week ago, all the talk about [...]

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Video: Sarah Palin Gives off Naughty Librarian Vibe (The Jawa Report)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:16:15 GMT

Craig Ferguson senses a naughty librarian vibe from Sarah Palin. Wishful thinking: I think she was kind of coming on to me a little bit....

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Librarian gets tresses axed for two good causes (NYDailyNews)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:47:00 GMT

A librarian chopped off her long hair and donated it to charity on Thursday after the kids in her reading program won a bet. Sueli Zaqem had wagered that the children couldn't finish twice and many books as they did last year.

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Mesa schools begin transition of librarians back to classroom (Arizona Republic)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:45:39 GMT

Debra Faysak is part of a three-year plan to transition certified librarians back into the classroom, saving some $3 million.

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Librarians find the weirdest things in returned books (Arizona Republic)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:23:51 GMT

Chandler librarians say they routinely find oddities between the pages of returned books: from cash and lottery tickets to love letters. And patrons rarely come back to claim the stuff.

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Sarah Palin - Naughty Alaskan librarian (A Bama Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (Lee P) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:52:00 GMT

Heh . Great (and unexpected) veep pick, by the way.

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Law Librarians and Virtual Worlds (Slaw)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:35:53 GMT

While we’ve had discussions from time to time about Second Life, but we missed telling you about a novel virtual workshop on innovative forms of library services through virtual worlds. The workshop explored the benefits and challenges of operating a virtual world law library program, leading to practical advice on how to create and [...]

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Librarians for Obama (LibraryLaw Blog)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:38:00 GMT

If you support Obama (clearly the stronger candidate* when it comes to open access to information), check out the Librarians for Obama group and the my.barackobama.com action page to see how you can get involved in your hometown. There are...

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Sask. librarian hits the slammer (Quillblog)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:04:19 GMT

Contemplating a life in crime? Well, in terms of graft, the prim world of library management is wide open – or is it? On Wednesday, a Saskatoon judge sentenced Bruce David Cameron to two years less a day – the maximum sentence for a provincial jail – after he pleaded guilty to defrauding the Wheatland Regional [...]

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Naughty Alaskan librarian (taxmanblog)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:33:00 GMT

Quite simply, this blog is the ranting of a Cincinnati CPA trying to educate the American public as to why high taxes & bad government results in a crappy economy and, subsequently, a lower standard of living for its citizens.

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Sask. librarian off to jail for book scam (Resource Shelf)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:26:07 GMT

From the article: The former top librarian of a rural Saskatchewan library system will be going to jail over a massive book-buying fraud. Source: CBC

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Centenarian Librarian Remembers Her Meeting With Dr. King (LisNews)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:35:26 GMT

Today is the 45th anniversary of the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C. You don't have to be a centenarian to remember it (this reporter was in junior high school in the District), but Della Jones, 105, remembers it as a very special day...it was the day of her college graduation at age 53. She since went on to become a teacher and librarian, and...

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Teens and YA librarians talk— (Books, Inq.)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:46:00 GMT

about technology, zines, and gaming in this podcast from the Young Adult Library Services Association.

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EveryZing: Search the Transcript of a (Medical/LIS) Podcast/Video (davidrothman.net)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:32:24 GMT

I frequently like to listen to Uncontrolled Vocabulary, an LIS call-in talk show podcast run by Greg Schwartz. When he posts each episode, Greg also posts a list of the show’s participants and summary of what was discussed- and that makes the podcast somewhat searchable. If one wants to know when gaming has been discussed, [...]

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T. Scott on ‘Libraries or Librarians’ (davidrothman.net)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:02:21 GMT

My favorite parts of T. Scott’s post: “As I’ve been saying for years the library is becoming less relevant, and no amount of hand-wringing over what we can do to get people to use the library more is going to change that. But librarians are more relevant than ever, if only we can disengage ourselves from [...]

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Library Anarchy..... (Feral Library Tales)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:08:00 GMT

I want one, FeralTB-) Librarian 'T'Shirt

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Unshelved News: Anarchist Librarian shirts (Unshelved)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:09:50 GMT

I love the Anarchist Librarian t-shirts for sale by our new friend Chris Baldwin at Little Dee . Posted by Bill on 8/27/2008 2:05:00 PM

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John McCain's crush on Tina Fey revealed by choice of Sarah Palin (Styledash)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:52:25 GMT

Filed under: Style in the News , Celebrities with Style We see it is literally true that everyone loves Tina Fey. And what's not to love? She's funny, clever and has that whole sexy/naughty librarian thing going for her. We agree with John McCain that she would make an exceptional Vice President, and along with him mourn that she refused his invitation to join the Republican ticket. It looks...

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So It Begins (The Corner)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:30:53 GMT

Naughty Alaskan librarian.

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What Place for Politics on a Gay and Lesbian Library Listserv? (Library Stuff)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:07:46 GMT

Wired Campus - “Librarians have a reputation for being flaming liberals. Left of Left. I’ve met more than one who wears the label “pinko” with pride”

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