All the News from Lake Libraryland...

World Book and Copyright Day... on April 23, the day that Shakespeare, Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died in 1616. And speaking of Shakespeare, here is a fun site from Renee Tkacik that allows you to construct your own Shakespearean insults, you saucy, paper-faced hedge pig, you.

Funny fashion commentary on ALA's READ posters from a blog I want to start reading, Your Neighborhood Librarian via Librarian.net.

All at once... 80 Online Resources for Book Lovers from Kevin Bondelli's YD Blog, with more resources in the comments.

More National Library Week videos... Super Sized, Vending Machine, Go Fish.

Quit with the bookshelves already.

Text me that call number... from LibrarianInBlack.net. I have seen students doing this in our library, by positioning one friend on the catalog and one in the stacks.

And that brings us to the end of another jolly week at Bailey Library.... where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all of the children are above average. Tip o' the hat to Garrison Keillor... listen to his Writer's Almanac podcast for some soothing entertainment and painless elucidation.