1. librarysong: 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. 

    librarysong:

    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. 

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

    1. thelifeguardlibrarian, with 29 mentions
    2. libraryjournal, with 16 mentions
    3. fishingboatproceeds, with 13 mentions (sorry John Green, Kate & LJ won this battle)
    4. librarianproblems, with nine mentions
    5. nypl, with six mentions
    6. oupacademic
    7. schoollibraryjournal
    8. todaysdocument
    9. motherjones, with five mentions
    10. neil-gaiman
    11. slaughterhouse90210
    12. theatlantic
    13. theparisreview
    14. therumpus
    15. betterbooktitles, with four mentions
    16. bookriot
    17. chicagopubliclibrary
    18. darienlibrary
    19. doctorwho
    20. edwardspoonhands
    21. ilovecharts
    22. johndarnielle
    23. laura-in-libraryland
    24. libraryadvocates
    25. mentalflossr
    26. nprfreshair
    27. shortformblog
    28. theartofgooglebooks
    29. unypl
    30. wilwheaton

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  3. Tabulating All Your Favorite Tumblrs

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

  4. LIBRARY GHOST

    LIBRARY GHOST

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

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

  6. 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.

    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.

  7. 90% of my feed seems to be Doctor Who. Which is fine.

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

  8. …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.)

  9. 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.)

  10. 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!

    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!

  11. So…

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

  12. 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!

    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!

  13. 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.

  14. 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!

    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!

  15. cloudunbound: Giving Barbara Hoffert’s 2013 BEA Galley & Signing Guide a second plug because it’s really the librarian’s best friend at BookExpo America. Looking to glean the most promising gratis (and not) galleys at the show? This is it. Sign up here to receive it imminently. Seriously. If you are going to BEA and like free books: LJ’s galley guide is your jam.

    cloudunbound:

    Giving Barbara Hoffert’s 2013 BEA Galley & Signing Guide a second plug because it’s really the librarian’s best friend at BookExpo America. Looking to glean the most promising gratis (and not) galleys at the show? This is it. Sign up here to receive it imminently.

    Seriously. If you are going to BEA and like free books: LJ’s galley guide is your jam.