Sunny San Antonio

ALA has been meeting in San Antonio since late last week. As a Executive Board member, I have been in meetings almost continuously since Friday morning. When I got up on Friday to head to my first meeting, the sun was rising. Here is the view from my hotel room. A separate post will talk about the PUBLIB event on Friday evening.

Librarian Test

I took the test noted on one of the many lists I subscribe to. Whew! I'm glad I scored so well! I just wonder which question(s) I got wrong....

Head Librarian You scored 86% on knowledge of librarianship.

No pun intended. You know your stuff! Not only do you know the basics, but you know your library history, your who's who, your politics, and your technicalities. You are a true-blue librarian.

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on knowledge

Link: The Are You a Librarian Test written by attention on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Conversation about Library 2.0

My conversation with Michael Stephens is up on ALA TechSource.

I am literally on my way out the door for the weekend, where I will be truly unplugged (not even cell service). Feel free to comment, and I'll respond on Monday or Tuesday.

New Year's Home Work

Yes, that is home work -- two words. The water heater is nice and photogenic, the attic stairs are not. However, with the help of my son, we removed the old pull-down attic stairs (with the borrowed Milwaukee Sawzall) and put the new one in. The springs on the old one were shot, and the door would not stay closed (creating a huge draft). The old ones were old wood. The new stairs are aluminum treads and stringer, and are rated to 350 pounds.

However...and there is always one, at 7 feet 6 inches, my ceiling heights are not standard. So I had to shorten the metal stairs. Thank goodness my friend Mark Carpenter owns a metal fabrication business, and he (actually his son, Mark Jr.) cut them down. I put them on during my lunch today, and they are perfect! Now to adjust the tension so my wife can pull the stairs down, and shorten the pull cord, and all that will be left is putting the trim back up, some touch up painting.

I guess furnace shopping is next.

Blogging Library 2.0

Got an email from Michael Stephens asking to have a "virtual conversation" about my thoughts. We did that yesterday. He is doing final tweaking, and I'm looking forward to hearing reactions.