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August 7, 2007 by Betsy Bird

The Catch-Up Round-Up

August 7, 2007 by Betsy Bird   3 comments

In which we find our hero spending her waking hours trolling about the web hither thither in search of all the news she previously missed.

  • We begin today with a stunner of a piece of news.  One of the shocks I encountered upon starting a children’s librarian blog was the sheer lack of companionship.  You want to know how many New York public librarians who specialize in kidlit have blogs that they are willing to share and promote?  Two.  Myself and my co-worker Warren.  So it is with great pride and pleasure that I tell you that Warren and I finally have some company.  Laura Lutz, the materials specialist of the Queens Library system, has finally begun her first blog, Pinot and Prose.  I’m well and truly pleased. 

Those of you who attended the Washington D.C. ALA Conference may recognize THIS balloon. 


I remember looking at it and thinking, "Is there a branch of the DC library system called the Queens Branch?  That isn’t actually from the Queens Library System, is it?"  It was.  They’re good at promotion, those Queensites.


  • The latest issue of Edge of the Forest is up. Kelly gives a quick run down of the contents.
  • I’d never seen the site Hogwarts Professor before.  It’s a scholarly HP place with discussion points including, but by no means limited to, Arthuriana, The Rubedo, and "Smuggling the Gospel" Fallout.  Thanks to Educating Alice for the link.

  • I’m unfamiliar with Leif Peng, but I think the illustrators amongst us will appreciate the post Cute Kids Are Tough to Draw. Found via Children’s Illustration.

  • If you’re anything like me then you know that some publishers are free and easy with their tote bags. So free and easy that I’ve twenty of the doggone things floating around my cluttered little tiny apartment. What to do? Alison Morris to the rescue. The piece From Totebag to Skirt in (Not Quite) No Time is of primary interest to those of the female persuasion, but I’m sure there are some Scottish gents amongst you who wouldn’t mind donning a kilt via the clan Cat in the Hat if you were outfitted with a proper sense of humor. Alison is also asking for comments on what you feel is the loveliest and ugliest tote bags you’ve ere seen.

  • It seems appropriate that Jarrett Krososzka, the man who pointed me towards Bottom Shelf Books in the first place, should be interviewed there this week. Or rather, the members of Punk Farm are interviewed. Jarrett and Minh appear to be a match made in heaven.  There will be a continuation of the interview on Wednesday.

  • Coming home, I’ve missed BB-Blog so terribly. And why not? Without BB-Blog would I have known about this reference tool that allows you to Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need? Would I have seen this little guy? Or this? Nope nope nope.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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  1. BB says

    August 8, 2007 at 8:18 pm

    Aww. This totally made my day.
    Thanks, Fuse!

  2. WendieO says

    August 10, 2007 at 7:27 pm

    Did you say that no librarians have Blogs? Not so. Every librarian and most of the library support staff in Maryland have been required to take a course called 23 Things — and the first assignment is to create a blog. Many of them concentrate on personal things like knitting or scrapbooking, tho. On the other hand, several of us are discussing Harry Potter. However, none of our blogs are as good as yours.

    from a Fuse#8 fan, WendieO

  3. Fuse #8 says

    August 11, 2007 at 8:59 am

    No no no. No children’s librarians working for public libraries in the 5 borough area have blogs. I am more than pleased with the abundance found elsewhere. I just wish NYPL, Queens, and Brooklyn librarians participated as heartily as well.

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