The Library Society of the World http://thelsw.org a world-spanning group of library professionals and library advocates Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:29:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Administrivia: Spam Users http://thelsw.org/2010/09/02/administrivia-spam-users/ http://thelsw.org/2010/09/02/administrivia-spam-users/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:29:33 +0000 laurax http://thelsw.org/?p=125 I mentioned this in the FriendFeed room as well. It looks like we’ve got some spam users registered on this site. While they haven’t (yet) been spamming with anything much but friend requests, I think it’s not the sort of thing we want to encourage, so I’m going to be going through and deleting accounts that are obviously spammy — accounts with nonsense or pr0n email or website domains, people with no apparent connection to librarianship who haven’t made any contributions, that sort of thing.

If I’m unsure, I’ll send you a private message to see what I can find out before I delete. I understand that not everyone can participate online under their real name or identity.

If I delete your account and you’re a real honest to God LSW person, please feel free to stone me with weeded reference books.

]]> http://thelsw.org/2010/09/02/administrivia-spam-users/feed/ 4 Coloring Contest, Round 2! http://thelsw.org/2010/08/04/coloring-contest-round-2/ http://thelsw.org/2010/08/04/coloring-contest-round-2/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:46:32 +0000 laurax http://thelsw.org/?p=109
a woman carrying a pile of books and a man reading

image for the new LSW coloring contest; please see post for details and a printable version

Remember the last time we had a coloring contest? Wasn’t that fun?

Let’s do it again! Using my expert librarian searching skillz, I have located this dubiously copyrighted image and made it into a coloring sheet for you all. Download and print yourself a PDF copy (or upload it into Photoshop or whatever you want to do), color, embellish, destroy, do whatever, and then send it back by September 1, 2010 to

Laura Crossett
LSW Clubhouse North
PO Box 85
Meeteetse, WY 82433

Or, if you insist, you can rescan the sucker and email it to me at newrambler at gmail dot com (but if you send it to me in the mail, I’ll send you something in return).

Update 8/10/10: Thanks to LSW member N.Ansi, we now also have an .svg version, which is handily editable in Inkscape.

]]> http://thelsw.org/2010/08/04/coloring-contest-round-2/feed/ 1 LSW is on Goodreads! http://thelsw.org/2010/06/25/lsw-is-on-goodreads/ http://thelsw.org/2010/06/25/lsw-is-on-goodreads/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:42:12 +0000 Martha Hardy http://thelsw.org/?p=97 LSW is now on Goodreads! Come join us!

]]> http://thelsw.org/2010/06/25/lsw-is-on-goodreads/feed/ 5 thelsw.org Goes Social! http://thelsw.org/2010/06/25/thelsw-org-goes-social/ http://thelsw.org/2010/06/25/thelsw-org-goes-social/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:31:29 +0000 laurax http://thelsw.org/?p=94 WordPress 3.0 and BuddyPress are fully installed and should be running smoothly, more or less!

If you already have an account on this site (Josh or someone else would have sent you information, in that case), your old login and password should work. If you don’t have one already, please go ahead and create one, and welcome on board! We have forums! You can make posts to the front of the site! You can give gifts, including LSW Badges!

Go crazy, and if you have any questions, please let me know. newrambler on gmail/gtalk or comment here is your best bet.

]]> http://thelsw.org/2010/06/25/thelsw-org-goes-social/feed/ 10 The LSW Covers Jo Co http://thelsw.org/2010/06/21/the-lsw-covers-jo-co/ http://thelsw.org/2010/06/21/the-lsw-covers-jo-co/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:49:55 +0000 joshua m. neff http://thelsw.org/?p=86 Abigail Goben organized and edited a cool video showing a worldwide bunch of LSW members and allies singing Jonathan Coulton‘s song “Code Monkey.” It’s terrific!

]]> http://thelsw.org/2010/06/21/the-lsw-covers-jo-co/feed/ 0 Vote in the LSW Coloring Contest http://thelsw.org/2010/03/23/vote-in-the-lsw-coloring-contest/ http://thelsw.org/2010/03/23/vote-in-the-lsw-coloring-contest/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:24:07 +0000 Steve Lawson http://thelsw.org/?p=59 (Cross-posted from See Also…)

Finally! I have posted the entries from the LSW Coloring Contest (blogged here previously). You can see the entries on Flickr (or in the slideshow below) and then vote (once only, please) for your favorite. You can also nominate any entry for a special award.

A prize (at least one) is at stake. Please vote responsibly.

]]> http://thelsw.org/2010/03/23/vote-in-the-lsw-coloring-contest/feed/ 2 Discussing the Rebuild http://thelsw.org/2010/02/11/discussing-the-rebuild/ http://thelsw.org/2010/02/11/discussing-the-rebuild/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:45:03 +0000 laurax http://thelsw.org/?p=47 Not that you should feel compelled to discuss before making changes, but in case you want to, we’re doing a little bit of brainstorming about the site on the new wiki.

]]> http://thelsw.org/2010/02/11/discussing-the-rebuild/feed/ 0 We’re Rebuilding! http://thelsw.org/2010/02/10/were-rebuilding/ http://thelsw.org/2010/02/10/were-rebuilding/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:12:37 +0000 joshua m. neff http://thelsw.org/?p=3 The Library Society of the World has switched from Drupal to WordPress. We’re now rebuilding the site from scratch. If you’d like to help us out, let us know.

The Drupal site hasn’t gone away completely, but it’s been relocated to drupal.thelsw.org.

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