Libraryland and Related Occupations - Humor

Book News: Larry Doyle Wins Thurber Prize for American Humor
via Library Journal - Collection Development on 10/7/08
Wrote TV's The Simpsons and Beavis and Butthead.
It's about time the Simpsons got their proper respect!


Webinars, Library
via A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette by J on 10/7/08
Every time a librarian uses the word webinar, a little piece of his or her soul dies.
We just can't stress enough how important this is. Our souls are already in mortal danger from dealing with nasty business at the reference desk.

Caveat: An extra little piece of soul that drops off when the librarian uses "webinar" and "webcast" interchangeably. ACK!

Some Handy Tools for Librarians!

The usual suspects come through!

Eight Handy Word Tools
from LibrarianInBlack by Sarah Houghton-Jan
PC Magazine has a great article for people looking for Microsoft Word tips and tricks (and who isn't?): "Eight Handy Tools in Microsoft Word You Provavly Don't Know About." And which one do I think most of you will smile at? How to compare two documents to each other to find differences. (whoopah!)

100 Free Library 2.0 Webinars and Tutorials
from LibrarianInBlack by Sarah Houghton-Jan
Something to read over lunch: 100 Free Library 2.0 Webinars and Tutorials by Jessica Merritt on College@Home. This is a great list of tools to use when training yourself, staff, or your users. Thank you Jessica!
via Stephen's Lighthouse

QuestionPro Online Survey Tool
from LibrarianInBlack by Sarah Houghton-Jan
A new online survey tool to add to your back pocket: QuestionPro. It has a lot of the same features as Zoomerang and SurveyMonkey. The free version offers an unlimited number of responses and survey duration, though you can only have 10 questions per survey. The pro version offers additional features.
via Darlene Fichter's Blog on the Side