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  • 20 heroic librarians who save the world

    Sometimes you get bogged down by your own career’s stereotypes.

    Such as when I was in Library school, and had to explain to students I met from elsewhere that: yes… it’s an education, and yes, it takes three years to get a bachelor’s and two years after that to get a master’s. And no, we don’t have special class on learning the alphabet. (Though, this one time we did, but that was ironic, and a student presentation, and not at all in the lesson plan)

    Or the cranky old lady who hushes people. I aspire to be her, I really do, but for now my library is free to speak in.

    That’s when it’s good to see this kind of link being passed around: 20 heroic librarians who save the world.

    I think of this kind of librarianship every time I see a librarian’s position being posted at CERN – anyone else?

  • Crown Prince Haakon on Children’s television

    This morning Crown Prince Haakon visited the Christmas Eve morning televised programme for children on the National Television Channel, NRK.

    The programme was taped beforehand, as Haakon is spending Christmas in the mountains with his family. One hopes that they also have television coverage there, as one of the traditions for the royal children apparently is to watch the programme.

    He revealed that it is difficult in these days when you don’t have a last name, especially when it comes to registering on the internet. But he has found solutions. “I often use Magnus as my replacement last name when I register, and then it works out nicely that my son is also called Magnus in addition to Sverre.”

    I suppose using Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Glücksburg would draw a bit of attention.

    Like the other guests of the show Crown Prince Haakon was also asked to make a gingerbread portrait of himself.