Ida's Blog (3)

There are many reasons why a librarian discards books. Some haven't been checked out in decades, others split and lose chunks of pages when you open them, and then there are the ones have illustrations of spiral-permed teenagers wearing cropped football jerseys and acid washed jean jackets on the cover who complain about their hippy parents not understanding them.



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I have a small professional bookshelf next to my desk in the library. I've been slowly cleaning out the former librarian's clutter from this shelf over the past few months. Today, I discovered the book Being Digital on the shelf. Sounds like an interesting book, but unfortunately, the copyright date was 1996. I think I already know much more about "being digital" than the author could have dreamed of 14 years ago.

Goodbye to Being Digital, because I'm already there!

Sometimes I'm so busy, I become oblivious to the objects around me. I started my job as a librarian in last August and have been clearing away decades of clutter left by my predecessors. I've been surplussing (throwing out) books, av equipment and furniture by the truckload, but I really need to make my desk space a place where I can think and plan without physical clutter invading my mental processes.



Here's what's being deselected (librarian-speak for tossed) today:



One… Continue