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librarysong: Spiderman uses Super Search Powers at Chardon...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:58:45 -0400

Spiderman uses Super Search Powers at Chardon Library! by Geauga County Public Library on Flickr.

Look who dropped by to read the newspaper! It pays off to use Super Search Powers and stay informed.

Maybe he is looking to see if J. Jonah Jameson published some of the photos he submitted.

Pop Culture Advisory: Welcome to Sanditon Last week’s...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57:00 -0400

Pop Culture Advisory: Welcome to Sanditon

Last week’s interview with Jay Bushman of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Welcome to Sanditon has left me looking for more Austen adaptations and other read- or watchalikes. Aside from the BBC’s 1995 Pride & Prejudice miniseries or Emma Thompson’s near-perfect Sense & Sensibility there are scores of Austen adaptations that either hew closely to the source material or range far afield.

LJ Media Editor Stephanie Klose has just started a new Friday column, Pop Culture Advisory!

A Note on the "Rankings"

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:08:00 -0400

While I have arranged everyone’s favorite Tumblrs as listed in last week’s survey by order of frequency mentioned, within those lists, Tumblrs are arranged alphabetically. So for the roughly 300 Tumblrs that were only mentioned once, your order on the list is determined by where your Tumblr username is in the alphabet.

ALSO, I made this (very long) list in Excel using the ~raw survey data~, so if you spot a mistake, let me know!

You told LJ about over 390 of your favorite Tumblrs. Here they...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:00 -0400

You told LJ about over 390 of your favorite Tumblrs. Here they are, from most to least popular:

thelifeguardlibrarian, with 29 mentions
libraryjournal, with 16 mentions
fishingboatproceeds, with 13 mentions (sorry John Green, Kate & LJ won this battle)
librarianproblems, with nine mentions
nypl, with six mentions
oupacademic
schoollibraryjournal
todaysdocument
motherjones, with five mentions
neil-gaiman
slaughterhouse90210
theatlantic
theparisreview
therumpus
betterbooktitles, with four mentions
bookriot
chicagopubliclibrary
darienlibrary
doctorwho
edwardspoonhands
ilovecharts
johndarnielle
laura-in-libraryland
libraryadvocates
mentalflossr
nprfreshair
shortformblog
theartofgooglebooks
unypl
wilwheaton
beatonna, with three mentions
calumet412
corgiaddict
diversityinya
erikkwakkel
explore-blog
gingerhaze
infoneer-pulse
libralthinking
librarylinknj
millionsmillions
mypubliclands
natgeofound
npr
roxanegay
scinerds
sesamestreet
smartgirlsattheparty
teachingliteracy
teacoffeebooks
textfromdog
uispeccoll
awesomepeoplereading, with two mentions
communitynbc
flavorwire
fuckyeahbookarts
heybookteacher
historyhobbit
humansofnewyork
inothernews
kellysue
laughingsquid
librarieschangedmylife
lifenpublishing
littlebrown
malindalo
mattfraction
melvillehouse
mydaguerreotypeboyfriend
mydaguerreotypelibrarian
mythologyofblue
ohsoyourealibrarian
oldtimefamilybaseball
penguinteen
pewinternet
rainbowrowell
ransomcenter
readwritelibrary
reasonsmysoniscrying
roaring-softly
rookiemag
skokielibrary
strandbooks
thebluthcompany
thebooker
thehawkeyeinitiative
themarysue
unabridgedbookstore
wellesley-lts-undercover
yaflash
yahighway
50watts, with one mention
aauw
academiccoachtaylor
ala-annual
ala-banned-books-week
alexbaca
aliberallibrarian
allthehyphens
americanguide
amon-carter-museum
ancientart
ancientpeoples
angrybrucie
angryraoul
animalstalkinginallcaps
annfriedman
appsandstacks
apsies
archaeologicalnews
archives-dada
arrestedwesteros
art-of-swordss
asktheendermen
assholedisney
laughingsquid
awesomearchives
awesomepeoplehangingouttogether
bbcamerica
beautiful-portals
berniesu
better-humans
beyoncearthistory
biowareaccordingtomom
bonewhiteglory
bookmobility
booksandquills
bookstorey
botanyandbooks
bourbon-please
brainscoop
britticisms
brooklynbookgirl
btmullis
bunnyfood
buongiorno
cabinporn
cardboardlife
cavetocanvas
christchurchartscentre
cloudunbound
cmj
colchrishadfield
collectivehistory
collegehumor
confettigarden
coverspy
crissles
dcwomenkickingass
dduane
deathsmonocle
defianceworld
derelictmetropolis
derpycats
dgaider
digitalproductionunit
disneypixar
doctorpuppet
dontmakemagsmad
drawpaintprint
drbirdsadviceforsadpoets
dudenpublishing
duttonbooks
eatdrawsleep
emmetsdimples
englishgradstudentshaming
englishmajorhumor
enigmaticrose
eschergirls
everydayimpastoring
ex-tabulis
fancylibrarian
fandom-forecast
fauxmosexualtranstrender
fggtlibrarian
finalbossform
foodfuck
fosterhood
fotzepolitic
freshair
frogman
fuckyeahdanielpinkwater
fuckyeahfeminists
fuckyeahgarybarlow
fuckyeahhiking
fuckyeahjasonorange
fuckyeahvictorians
fuckyeahvintageillustration
fuckyeahyoungadultlit
futurejournalismproject
fytortall
gaffertapeandhope
game-of-style
garfieldminusgarfield
gayleforman
gaywrites
geekandsundry
georgetakei
godhatesarkansas
grimelords
gunshowcomic
harperperennial
healthscireflib
heirofmedusa
holymaurymotherofgod
hookersorcake
housingworksbookstore
howtodoeverything
howtotalktogirlsatparties
huge-ridiculous-universe
humanrightswatch
icarusing
ife
ifeelbetterer
ifyouloved
ilovebritishtv
iluvfairytail
imwithkanye
irelandwonders
itsokaytobesmart
itsvondell
jennirl
joncozart
jothelibrarian
jstor
jtotheizzoe
karateboogaloo
kateoplis
kellymce
kidfury
laphamsquarterly
lareviewofbooks
laughterkey
lauriehalseanderson
leadingtone
lecieltumultueux
lesserjoke
lgbtlaughs
librarianfanmail
librarianpirate
librariansclassified
librarianwardrobe
libraryaccounts
library-em
librarysciences
librarysleevefacing
lifenacademicpublishing
literarumfructuscornsyrup
livefromthenypl
livelymorgue
loneberry
maggie-stiefvater
mallorylucille
mamakarkat
marykatewiles
maureenjohnsonbooks
medievalengravings
messagewithabottle
minionsofisidore
mirabilelectu
misandry-mermaid
missrumphiusproject
modernandmaterialthings
mollitudo
monetizeyourcat
moonsiren
morerobots
moth-stories
multiplepacksofwolves
muppets
myfriendsaremarried
myjetpack
mypatronusisamockingjay13
n-a-s-a
natface
nationalpost
naturallyrendered
nerdbrarian
nerdylikearockstar
nevver
newsweek
newyorkersunposed
nitrateglow
noeatinginthelibrary
no-tritones-for-you
no-trivia
nprmusic
officialbookface
okcgoldmine
oldflorida
onestarnetflixreviews
oneteenstory
parksandrec
peoninpublishing
phillypeel
phoebe-bird
photojojo
picadorbookroom
poetryeater
popculturebrain
postmodernismruinedme
powells
pusheen
queerbookclub
queercuts
queerthelibrary
rachelfershleiser
radiolab
radiomaru
ratsoff
richwhitelesbian
runrantanplan
sailorfailures
salesonfilm
samweirsface
sandandglass
screwydecimal
shannonhale
shelversheep
sierrademulder
silencewhippersnapper
smart-gardener
somethingbookish
sophistik8
soulbots
soundlyawake
stfuconservatives
stillmild
stopwhitewashing
streetsnapfashion
superseventies
surisburnbook
susanandherbooks
tabledfables
tanakas
tattoolit
tetw
textsfromcourfeyrac
thatkindofwoman
theburninghouse
thecardiganlibrarian
thecountryfucker
thefluffingtonpost
thefollowshipofthering
thehairpin
thekidshouldseethis
themodernistwitch
themonicabird
themugglelibrarian
thenearsightedmonkey
theonion
thepinakes
therippedlibrarian
thetrevorproject
theuppitynegras
theyuniversity
thingsorganizedneatly
thingspeopleasklibrarians
thisisthinprivilege
throwingshadepodcast
thug kitchen
tinhouse
tinycartridge
tiny-forest
toasterama
tommypom
transcats
transformativetidbits
treesong
tyleroakley
ughwhocares
under-radar-mag
unfuckyourhabitat
usnatarchivesexhibits
westeros
whatshouldwecallgradschool
wheninacademia
whiskeysoaked
whydoihaveablog
wild-cosmia
women-in-science
womenoflibraryhistory
writersnoonereads
wtfbadfantasycovers
wtfevolution
yalitquotes
yoisthisracist
youmedia
youtastelikenachos
zuzulouise

Tabulating All Your Favorite Tumblrs

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:50:00 -0400

Library Journal: the only Tumblr audience where Darien Library is equally as popular as Hank Green.

LIBRARY GHOST

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:26 -0400

LIBRARY GHOST

Your favorite Tumblrs: a word cloud. A list of all the favorite...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:19:00 -0400

Your favorite Tumblrs: a word cloud. A list of all the favorite Tumblrs mentioned in last week’s survey is forthcoming!

"This has to be the toughest review I have had to do. I usually can find some redeeming quality to a..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:00 -0400

“This has to be the toughest review I have had to do. I usually can find some redeeming quality to a book, but I just couldn’t in this case. It is important to note in contrast to how it sounds in popular media—sex addiction itself is controversial. It remains to be added to the DSM due to lack of empirical evidence. Funny thing is the DSM doesn’t exactly have a good track record in classifying sexual behaviors. DSM-IV had to de-list homosexuality as a disorder and DSM-V (released this month) is undoing the classification of transgender identity as a disorder. So I think it says a lot that despite certain sub-groups concerted efforts to add sexual addiction (ie. Hypersexuality) that sexual addiction remains unclassified in the DSM.

So in my mind the book is already operating with a construct outside the boundaries recognized by the APA, which albeit imperfectly establishes the norms for psychiatry and psychology. Nonetheless, APA does establish the criteria (read the consensus) for much of the world. Granted, a country like Saudi Arabia or a cultural sub-group such as some 21th century American Christians will have issues with the APA classification (or lack of it ) regarding sexuality. This illustrates a deeper problem with culture and sexuality and leads into my next point.

I’m highly skeptical of the “moralization” of sexual behaviors and thoughts. I understand that this book represents viewpoints that many in American culture (hey I live in the South here) would find agreeable. But many also think homosexuality is a sin too, and that the person can control or even change the behavior. Obviously, I don’t think this way. So when I read a book like this its entire approach to sexuality is framed in a way I find problematic on so many accounts. It moralizes sex, it often views “healthy” sex in traditional frameworks, ie marriage, it limits sex to traditional yet ambiguous understandings like for building “intimacy (we have in most cases moved away from sex only for procreation but haven’t moved that far away from it),” it idealizes and potentially establishes unrealistic expectations for relationships, and it arbitrarily decides how much sex is too much, ie who decides that watching porn two hours a day is too much or not (although I gather watching any porn at all is a problem).

It’s not that there aren’t destructive behaviors or that individuals suffer from compulsive/impulsive disorders, but instead how these “destructive” and possibly compulsive/impulsive behaviors are defined. It’s impossible (or at least nearly so) to avoid cultural, religious, partner-influenced, and personal expectations informing an individual about their sexual thoughts and/or behavior. This is what many critics are concerned about regarding sex addiction and that instead it’s better to look at compulsive/impulsive disorders as manifesting themselves in many different ways some of which may be sexual, but not adding a whole new category like sex addiction.

So in short I found the entire premise of the book indulging as well as encouraging “unhealthy views about sexuality and relationships.””

- Scott Vieira, one of LJ’s 2012 Reviewers of the Year, in a response to a query I sent him asking for examples of the “unhealthy views about human sexuality and relationships” in the most recent book he reviewed. Let it be said that LJ reviewers are AMAZING.

"He placed his long-fingered hand on Jeff’s chest. Jeff heard himself whimper quietly from somewhere..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:04:00 -0400

“He placed his long-fingered hand on Jeff’s chest. Jeff heard himself whimper quietly from somewhere beyond his control. “And what about content, Jeff? I assume there are restrictions? You have to take the fun out of it somehow.”

“Well we’re not allowing crossover, where characters from two fictional worlds interact.” Jeff could barely get the words out now. He had never felt this strange intensity, this lust for anyone. He felt a strange throb where his soul had once been, years ago.”

- Amazon to monetize fan fiction, he moaned | MobyLives

Dustin wrote Jeff Bezos fan fiction and it is beautiful.

cloudunbound: If you’re going to BookExpo America next week,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:19:25 -0400

cloudunbound:

If you’re going to BookExpo America next week, and you are desperately seeking author face time, you can get some at the Librarians’ Lounge sponsored by my former employers, Library Journal, School Library Journal, and The Horn Book.

I should say you have to be a librarian to get past the velvet rope, and try you should because the likes of Jami Attenberg (The Middlesteins), Dagmara Dominczyk (The Lullaby of Polish Girls), and Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) will be there signing.

Full schedule here.

YES.

"90% of my feed seems to be Doctor Who. Which is fine."

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:58:26 -0400

“90% of my feed seems to be Doctor Who. Which is fine.”

- Another LJ survey respondent when asked about their favorite Tumblrs.

"…let’s not. I want to name the high brow stuff like The Rumpus and The Hawkeye..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:51:27 -0400

“…let’s not. I want to name the high brow stuff like The Rumpus and The Hawkeye Initiative, but I just reblog The Hobbit and RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

- One survey respondent when asked what their favorite tumblrs are. (Yes, I’m creating a master list.)

Last week, I asked LJ Tumblr readers to answer a short survey....

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:00 -0400

Last week, I asked LJ Tumblr readers to answer a short survey. Here’s the first set of data from those question! Check out where Tumblarians are reading LJ across the globe and the country over at Google Maps. (Be warned, there were so many responses that locations are split up over two pages.)

rachelfershleiser: Favorite Swear Words of Famous People is an...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:13:38 -0400

rachelfershleiser:

Favorite Swear Words of Famous People is an awesome Tumblr by the author of an Oxford University Press book about the history of swearing called, I shit you not, Holy Sh*t.

A+ Tumblring.

libraryadvocates: How libraries are evolving in the new digital...

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:05:12 -0400

libraryadvocates:

How libraries are evolving in the new digital realm

As concepts like self-publishing and digitized materials come to the forefront, how are libraries evolving in the new book world? In the new American Libraries digital supplement Digital Content: What’s Next?, leading library practitioners and experts discuss promises and “Faustian bargains” of ebooks.

Love this illustration! Murnau!

So...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:54 -0400

What do you all think about the Yahoo Tumblr acquisition? What will this mean for libraries and librarians on Tumblr? (If anything?)

uuuggghhhjp: Thanks to all who sent me stuff for inclusion in...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:43 -0400

uuuggghhhjp:

Thanks to all who sent me stuff for inclusion in the zine. If you sent me something, and I didn’t respond to your email, I apologize. I’m terrible with email. But I got it.

I am including literally every single thing everyone has sent me, and there is still time to send me some more, or send me stuff you sat on and didn’t send yet!

The goal is still to launch at ALA Annual in Chicago (end of June). I wanted to have a prerelease party at the NJLA conference in early June but I gave up that dream because I’ll never get it done in time.

Another goal is also to distribute the zine in all major ebook formats on librariesmakeshithappen.com. That’s a domain I’ve owned for two years and never used.

Thanks to all that contributed. Y’all make it happen. The attached photo here is the centerfold drawn by @sketchlibrarian; she also sketched a really great picture of Juicy J for inclusion as well, which I’m going to put in next to his quote:

“I was living in the hood, but I went to the library and I checked out music books. I just read that shit because I wanted to be in the music business. But I felt like, if I’m going to be in the music business, I got to know about the business. I knew I had talent; I was talented as fuck. I could DJ, I could make music, I could produce beats, I could rap. But I needed to know the business part. So I went to the library, checked out a bunch of books. Well I had my mom check me out books; I was young. I was 13. I had her check me out a bunch of books from the library and I just read almost like six or seven books. Then I would check the books back in, and I would check them back out for another two weeks just to read the same thing over and over again so I could understand it.”

- JP

Signal boost!

Call for reviewers! LJ Fiction Editor Wilda Williams (you can...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:14 -0400

Call for reviewers!

LJ Fiction Editor Wilda Williams (you can find her here on Tumblr) is looking for reviewers for ebook original mysteries and sf/fantasy/horror.

If you’re interested in reviewing for LJ, please read our guidelines first. To apply, fill out a questionnaire and email it, along with the signed contract, a résumé, and two sample reviews in LJ style to Wilda at wwilliams at mediasourceinc dot com.

Conversation Starters: Tumblarian 101: Tumblr for Libraries and Librarians | 2013 ALA Annual Meeting

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:27:38 -0400

Conversation Starters: Tumblarian 101: Tumblr for Libraries and Librarians | 2013 ALA Annual Meeting:

rachelfershleiser:

cloudunbound:

Skipping ahead to ALA Annual in Chicago next month, here’s something you might want to add to your schedule if you’ve been intimidated by Tumblr. Library Journal book review editor Molly McArdle, Tumblr keeper Rachel Fershleiser, and librarians Erin Shea and Kate Tkacik will walk you confidently through the hows and whys. I will be there, as I am still learning Tumblarian-ese.

We are so excited to have a big discussion about this! Please join us!

YES.

nypl: mkupperman: The librarian in the tuna...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:38:35 -0400

nypl:

mkupperman:

The librarian in the tuna casserole.

Michael Kupperman gave us a particular thrizzle today with this delicious tale. Could there be more librarians hiding here?

Don’t go in there, tiny librarian!