Monthly Archives: January 2018

  1. Bibliothecarial Ignorance and School Boards

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    January 29, 2018 by libroshombre

      Adolph Hitler’s better known than Dr. Dee, Queen Elizabeth I’s one-man think tank, but both were involved in the …
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    Category: book burning, books, research, school libraries, Uncategorized | Tags: ,

  2. Anu, Elmer, and Helen

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    January 29, 2018 by libroshombre

      Texas Monthly Magazine’s January Bum Steer awards are a New Year tradition in which the worst of the worst …
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    Category: awards, resolutions, Uncategorized, word of the year, words | Tags: , , , ,

  3. Panties, Crocodiles, and Otorhinolaryngology

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    January 9, 2018 by libroshombre

      Long ago when I ran the public library in Corsicana, Texas, I investigated starting a company to manufacture women’s …
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    Category: definitions, speech, Uncategorized, words | Tags: , ,

  4. Elvis, Casanova, and Dr. Dee

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    January 1, 2018 by libroshombre

      Being a librarian isn’t as straightforward as you’d think. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the mother of all dictionaries, …
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    Category: librarians, libraries, libraries and librarians, library history, Uncategorized | Tags: , ,

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