Lisa Raney, MSLS
@lisa-raney.bsky.social
Medical e-resources librarian; previously local history & public librarian. Endlessly curious. Views are my own. she/her
Got called a rock star by a patron for a fast turn around on a literature search. Found them some really great articles. Feeling good today
February 1, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Got called a rock star by a patron for a fast turn around on a literature search. Found them some really great articles. Feeling good today
Having worked as a genealogy and local history librarian has skewed my sense of time and what’s considered old. Still adjusting to materials from the 2000s or 1990s being considered old, although it makes total sense in the medical/scientific world
February 1, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Having worked as a genealogy and local history librarian has skewed my sense of time and what’s considered old. Still adjusting to materials from the 2000s or 1990s being considered old, although it makes total sense in the medical/scientific world
Anxiously waiting to hear back from MLA about whether my poster proposal was accepted 🤞🏻🤞🏻
February 1, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Anxiously waiting to hear back from MLA about whether my poster proposal was accepted 🤞🏻🤞🏻
A school district in Florida is banning dictionaries and encyclopedias because of “sexual conduct.” Not @TheOnion sadly : www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
January 11, 2024 at 5:49 PM
A school district in Florida is banning dictionaries and encyclopedias because of “sexual conduct.” Not @TheOnion sadly : www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Endless gratitude to Nina Simone for powering me through this morning
September 28, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Endless gratitude to Nina Simone for powering me through this morning
Got my flu shot on Tuesday and looking forward to the COVID booster once they are available here!
COVID and Flu shots acquired.
The COVID shots are still so much lighter than the flu ones.
Go get vaccinated - if not for your sake, then for those around you.
The COVID shots are still so much lighter than the flu ones.
Go get vaccinated - if not for your sake, then for those around you.
September 28, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Got my flu shot on Tuesday and looking forward to the COVID booster once they are available here!
I was totally not prepared for the 35+ ILL requests I walked into this morning. We maybe have 2-5 on a normal morning, and this is just a small part of my job. I do everything, and I’m the sole librarian half of the time since a new manager still has not been hired in almost a year.
September 28, 2023 at 2:46 PM
I was totally not prepared for the 35+ ILL requests I walked into this morning. We maybe have 2-5 on a normal morning, and this is just a small part of my job. I do everything, and I’m the sole librarian half of the time since a new manager still has not been hired in almost a year.
Thinking about “librarian neutrality” this morning. It’s something I exercise as much as possible in my professional life, but as Howard Zinn said, “you can’t be neutral on a moving train.” And as Elie Wiesel said, “neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.”
September 7, 2023 at 1:34 PM
Thinking about “librarian neutrality” this morning. It’s something I exercise as much as possible in my professional life, but as Howard Zinn said, “you can’t be neutral on a moving train.” And as Elie Wiesel said, “neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.”
Reposted by Lisa Raney, MSLS
Even if the recent Hachette case has limited the scope of the Internet Archive's lending library, the amount of useful, rare, old, super-interesting books in the archive is *bonkers.* If you're not consulting it, you're missing out.
As a freelance translator living in a small town & working outside of a university system, Graeme Currie relies on Internet Archive for access to research materials. 🛜📚 Learn more about Currie's work in our latest research profile: blog.archive.org/2023/08/28/w...
August 28, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Even if the recent Hachette case has limited the scope of the Internet Archive's lending library, the amount of useful, rare, old, super-interesting books in the archive is *bonkers.* If you're not consulting it, you're missing out.