Saggy Pants

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Fashion Police at the Library – No Ifs, Ands or Butts . . . Melissa Davidson - Staunton, Virginia asks:  How are you handling the saggy pants trend? I’m talking about when the waist of the pants is clearly below the bum and heading towards the knees. To which the Publib Chorus responds: Wendy Wright – [...]

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Publib Favorite Books 2011

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

By David Faulkner – As a member of PubLib, an electronic discussion list for public libraries, I asked fellow members to name the book they most enjoyed reading that year. Here is the list for 2011 :   Title Author Votes 22 Britannia Road Hodgkinson, Amanda 1 Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination Ackroyd, Peter [...]

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Subscribe to the Publib Listserve- Part Deux

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

How to Subscribe to the Publib Listserve – Part Deux The recent migration of Publib to OCLC resulted in a non-intuitive subscription process. As of the time of this posting, the module is still incorrectly configured and Publib archives are in a private area. The following process provided by OCLC will allow new subscribers to register without [...]

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Subscribe to Publib Listserve

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

How to Subscribe to the Publib Listserve The recent migration of Publib to OCLC resulted in a non-intuitive subscription process.  As of the time of this posting, the module is incorrectly configured and Publib archives are in a private area.  The following steps are a work-around that will allow new subscribers to register.  These steps should [...]

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Publib Topics – A Graphic Retrospective – December 2011

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

 Beware Graphic Content Ahead!   This graphic image  or word cloud was created using Wordle. It is derived from the subjects and authors of postings in PubLib for December 2011. The size of the graphics is directly related to the number of un-weighted unique occurrences each month of the individual words represented. Most automated graphic [...]

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Publib Topics – A Graphic Retrospective – November 2011

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Beware Graphic Content Ahead!   This graphic image  or word cloud was created using Wordle. It is derived from the subjects and authors of postings in PubLib for November 2011. The size of the graphics is directly related to the number of un-weighted unique occurrences each month of the individual words represented. Most automated graphic processes [...]

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halloPublib Topics – A Graphic Retrospective – October 2011

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Beware Graphic Content Ahead!   This graphic image  or word cloud was created using Wordle. It is derived from the subjects and authors of postings in PubLib for October 2011. The size of the graphics is directly related to the number of un-weighted unique occurrences each month of the individual words represented. Most automated graphic processes [...]

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Publib Topics – A Graphic Retrospective – September 2011

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Beware Graphic Content Ahead!    This graphic image  or word cloud was created using Wordle. It is derived from the subjects and authors of postings in PubLib for September 2011. The size of the graphics is directly related to the number of un-weighted unique occurrences each month of the individual words represented. Most automated graphic processes that generate these [...]

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Publib Topics – A Graphic Retrospective – August 2011

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Beware Graphic Content Ahead!    This graphic image  or word cloud was created using Wordle. It is derived from the subjects and authors of postings in PubLib for August 2011. The size of the graphics is directly related to the number of un-weighted unique occurrences each month of the individual words represented. Most automated graphic processes that generate these [...]

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Publib Topics – A Graphic Retrospective – July 2011

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Beware Graphic Content Ahead!   This graphic image or word cloud was created using Wordle. It is derived from the subjects and authors of postings in PubLib for July 2011. The size of the graphics is directly related to the number of un-weighted unique occurrences each month of the individual words represented. Most automated graphic processes [...]

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