Thursday, 18 Oct 2007
- Hooray for Hembeck Archives!
- The Catholic League protests the Golden Compass from what I hear about the books’ fans, that’s a sign that the film might have gotten it right.
- Tim Goodman explains how to deal with friends who still don’t watch 30 Rock. Got it, Lemon?
- A Baltimore resident turns the billboard space attached to his new home into an ad for the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
- As much as I adore the idea of Library-themed web games the clunky interface has me wishing for the fun of actually shelving books.
October 20th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
re: library game
Library of Congress rather than Dewey decimal? Do a lot of colleges use Library of Congress then?
And, what’s up with the “I wanted a book, not a database.” responses? Am I actually supposed to be able to tell that from their questions? And why then, can’t I offer to get them what they want? (I get why I can’t ask questions as well, although that’s generally how it goes. They don’t call it a “reference interview” for nothing.)
October 21st, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Well, my college used LoC which I hated because I couldn’t figure it out by looking up plenty of books.
I didn’t care for the “I wanted a different medium” responses, either. Just seemed to add a bit of randomness to the game, I would have like it if it were part of the challenge.
On the other hand, it’s supposedly a beta, so maybe they’ll get that to be part of the game more smoothy.