Friends, if you live in Fort Worth, please allow me to recommend what might be the perfect restaurant to you: St. Emilion.They serve French food. No, it’s not like you are thinking – the food they serve is great, but it’s not stuffy at all. The food, as I said is wonderful, with a fixed [...]
Archive for June, 2009
June 29, 2009
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Authority Records
By Jason W. Dean in Cataloging, LibraryAllow me to share with you one of the many unknown challenges of the librarian/cataloger in today’s library.On Thursday, I was helping the director of the Amon Carter Museum Library catalog a new exhibition titled The Last Days of W. It was an odd work, printed on newsprint, without a real cover. That means the [...]
June 26, 2009
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Music Recommendation For Your Weekend
By Jason W. Dean in Entertainment, MusicSteadfast reader, please watch this video:If you are impressed (as Jen and I were when we first head this song live), then you should check out the music of Andrew Bird, and if you are so inclined, read this fascinating article about him:Andrew Bird Discovers His Inner Operatic Folkie, By Jonathan MahlerAnd have a great [...]
June 26, 2009
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Authors supporting their local libraries
By Jason W. Dean in LibraryI know I have said a fair amount about the importance of libraries in these tough economic times, but what is being done to change that? Well, a wonderful example can be found here:A Literary Legend Fights for a Local Library, by Jennifer SteinhauerRay Bradbury is actively working to support his local library (which seems [...]
June 25, 2009
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Why Read Biographies?
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Culture, History, ReadingFor those of you all that I have spoken to personally, you know that some of my favorite books are biographies. I love reading good biographies, but I was really never good at giving a good description as to why. However, I just finished reading this blog post that does a great job, and I [...]
