Category Archives: pubic libraries

  1. Lynching, Black Holes, and Horny Toads

    Leave a comment

    April 18, 2023 by libroshombre

    There’s been some interesting overlapping on my radar that involve lynching, black holes, horny toads, and the frightening rise in …
    Continue reading

    Category: animals, banned books, book banning, books, libraries, library school, pubic libraries, race, racism | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  2. Communicating, Grooming, and Gossiping

    Leave a comment

    September 10, 2020 by libroshombre

                Some books really stick with you, and Harold Innis’ “Empire and Communications” is one of mine.  It’s “a sweeping …
    Continue reading

    Category: communications, gossip, interlibrary loan, libraries, pubic libraries, writing | Tags: , , , ,

  3. Dashes, Dots, and Librarians

    Leave a comment

    November 17, 2015 by libroshombre

    The beginning of many aspects of the writing arts include librarians. Take Butehamen, the next-to-last chief scribe in ancient Egypt’s …
    Continue reading

    Category: ellipsis, em dash, en dash, hyphen, libraries and librarians, lorem ipsum, pubic libraries, punctuation, Uncategorized, writing | Tags:

  4. Thesauri, the Appendix, and Productive Yawning

    Leave a comment

    May 29, 2014 by libroshombre

    There are some who think libraries are simply “warehouses for books,” when in fact they’re more akin to thesauri. Roget …
    Continue reading

    Category: health, libraries, pubic libraries, science | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Archives