10/31/07

Shelf Check #125

"What's An MLIS Worth?" from Library Journal
"Why isn’t your headline 'why the hell are women still earning less than men?!?!'"--blog post response to article from librarian.net

Shelf Check #124

The Long Tail blog
The Long Tail by Chris Anderson

10/26/07

Shelf Check #120

10/25/07

Shelf Check #119

Acronym Finder

Shelf Check #118

10/24/07

Shelf Check #117

10/19/07

10/17/07

Shelf Check #112

Shelf Check #111

Jules Feiffer's Bark, George is #1 on Jan's List of Kick-Ass Books for Storytime

Shelf Check #110

10/16/07

10/15/07

10/11/07

Shelf Check #106

"Calling All Librarians" at Annoyed Librarian (be sure to read the comments).

10/10/07

Shelf Check #105

10/9/07

Shelf Check #104

10/8/07

Shelf Check #103

10/7/07

10/6/07

10/4/07

Shelf Check Turns 100

Okay, so 100 episodes is really young for a web comic. But still. To celebrate, I'm going to re-post here my own 3 favorites from the first 100 strips--for whatever reason, they aren't ones that seemed particularly popular with readers. Got a favorite "Shelf Check"? Use the labels on the right side of the page to look it up, and let me know in the comments. Thanks!

The term "inspirational fiction" is just so odd. My dad was a huge fan of the Conan books. I love Dave's obliviousness, and the word "Gwahlur."

"[Was] it bigger than a baby's arm?" is a reference to the early '90s film Pump Up the Volume. I like Jan's pause [...] before uttering that most evocative of words when speaking of the bookdrop: damp. And I think the Nietzsche line's classic--and true.

Poor Dave.

Shelf Check #100

I really, really recommend this book.