UK Library Salaries

I put together another spreadsheet of UK Library Salaries. I have made it available through Google Docs here:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pGH4iEPN7pqh1pzjsDfnpCg

The Lexington Herald-Leader makes this salary info available on their website. All the salaries at UK can be searched here:

http://www.kentucky.com/601/story/353631.html

I've pulled out all of the salaries that have "LIBRARIES" listed as the college and I sorted those salaries from highest to lowest. Some librarians that are listed as reporting to another college, like the Law Library Director, are not included in this spreadsheet.

Floccinaucinihilipilification

I have a new favorite word . . . now if I could only figure out how to pronounce it.

Librarian Hostility Towards Computers

Dorothea Salo mentioned this article in a recent post. I'm going to lift the abstract and repost it here just so you don't have to go clicking around to find it:

I feel somewhat like Daniel must have felt in the lions' den, and if I respond in something like an ominous roar, let me make clear that I address myself primarily to card-carrying, dogmatically convinced computerators who have wrapped themselves in the security blanket of the computer, and do not dare to think about the basic problem that it presents to librarianship. If this kind of computerator gets mad at some of the things I say, it is because his ego is involved in the computer, the worst form of slavery for man; if he does not, it indicates he is still capable of independent thought about the basic problems, and there is some hope.

This article is from 1972 when computers were still relatively new and the internet was in its infancy so a certain level of mistrust is to be expected. It is nice to know that we've come a long way even if some of us have been dragging our feet for most of the journey.

Paul for Ghost!

I know I already posted this:

http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=177

. . . but this storyline is so filled with goodness that I can't help linking to the next few panels as well:

http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=178

http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=179

I am just glad that someone has taken the time to accurately portray the political process in comic form. Of course, Pictures for Sad Children is always good so be sure to read the archives.

The Downward Spiral (Not by NIN)

Life and Politics are filled with happy! Just look:

http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=177

Coffin Couches

I was looking around online to see how wide most couches are and what is one of the top results in Google for couches? Why this, of course:

http://coffincouches.com/

If I was looking to spend $3,500 on a couch I would be sorely tempted, but, alas, I think I'll be a little more frugal than that.

Sweet, sweet, Gaimany giveaways

I love the chance at free stuff and I love Neil Gaiman so I couldn't help but post this contest:

http://fashion-piranha.livejournal.com/23000.html

Shhhhh! Don't tell anyone, but posting this might give me an extra chance to win stuff. Umm, that's probably a big MIGHT since the entry rules are slightly unclear.

Anyway, the Gaimany offerings increase as entrants increase so be sure to sign up just so winners will have a nice selection of items to choose from.