Shelf Check: June 2009

6/19/09

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6/18/09

6/17/09

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6/16/09

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6/15/09

6/14/09

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Wordle

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6/10/09

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("These Are My Glasses" lyrics by Laurie Berkner)

6/9/09

Many have questioned the continued utility of librarians in the age of Google. Rather than crafting a cogent but tiredly text-heavy essay asserting our merits, we prefer to go a little Timberlake on their asses:

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6/8/09

I've got houseguests this week, and am preparing to leave for vacation myself later in the week (I'll be gone all next week). I'll be re-running some favorite older strips until I return.

Yesterday, I was psyched to see this excellent post at the NYPL Blog on GLBTQ Pride month and a "Literary Pride March" around the Village to visit the historic homes of GLBTQ writers. NYPL gets what Jan's fictitious library system doesn't, quite. Here's a strip from Pride month 2008:

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6/5/09

Shelf Check #358

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UPDATE: Since yesterday, folks have emailed me with or posted some lovely poop-related links in the comments:

Pee and Poo "dolls" (via Rebecca Hunt)
The Everyone Poops trailer (take-off on Where the Wild Things Are trailer) (via David)
Who Pooped? (online learning game by the Minnesota Zoo) (via Kay D and Michael Golrick)