Martha’s Comments (group member since Jun 25, 2010)

Martha’s comments from the Library Society of the World (LSW) group.

Lesley wrote: "Hi, I'm Lesley, and I work in an academic library in North Carolina. I'm in the process of putting my application packet together for library school, hoping to start in August '11."

Hi Leslie! Thanks for joining us. You might also want to check out the LSW room on FriendFeed, if you are up for a combination of mild hijinks and librarianly chat. http://friendfeed.com/lsw

Martha

Angel wrote: "Greetings one and all. I am Angel Rivera, and I am currently the Outreach Librarian for the Robert R. Muntz Library at UT Tyler. That's fancy title for library evangelist (I do the library's public..."

Hi Angel and welcome!

Alexia wrote: "Hey all! I'm Alexia and I'm a hospital library, just newly promoted to Consultant, Medical Library (it's a Delloite Touche thing, don't ask. It's kind of like director). I used to be on the LSW ..."

Yeah, I miss the meebo room. I'm very glad to see you here!

Excellent! Goodreads will be the place for the book discussion. I started a thread for the Henrietta Lacks book in this same folder, but I haven't really put in any content yet because I still need to go back and finish reading it.

Cecily wrote: "Hey. I'm Cecily. @skeskali on both friendfeed and twitter, though both profiles are private. I'm a web services librarian in Vancouver, Canada."

Hi Cecily!

Laurax wrote: "I'm Laura Crossett, and often I go by Laura X online so as to avoid confusion with all the other Lauras, as my last name is Crossett--other handles are newrambler and theblackmolly (which is leftov..."

Laurax! *tacklehug!

Barry wrote: "My name is Barry. I'm a digital projects librarian in Overland Park, KS. Twitter = @Runningboard7. I imagine I share most of the same interests as the rest of the people here who also sit in the di..."

Hi Barry! If Josh says you rock, then you rock :)

Agathafrye wrote: "I like this group."

me too

Nicole wrote: "I also like this group. :)

Hi y'all - my name is Nicole and I'm a children's/teen librarian in the Syracuse, NY area. I go by Knicke or some variant when an online nickname is called for. Thanks f..."

Good to see you here, Nikki :)

Jen wrote: "Hi! Thought I'd add a brief intro too:

I'm Jennifer, I go by modernhypatia in most online professional-type spaces when I don't use my full name. I'm an unabashed geek.

I just finished 10 years..."

HELLO!

Very cool that you play folk harp. I'm surprised we haven't run into each other before :) Welcome.

Thus far, I think the LSW Goodreads group has been a great success. We have 56 members, including both new and familiar faces. We have two bookshelves created and tagged. So, what next?

I started this group because a bunch of folks were reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and were interested in creating a list of other books pertaining to medical and research ethics, particularly pertaining to racial discrimination and mistreatment of other groups. It seems to me that if a bunch of us are reading the same book, we could use Goodreads as a place to discuss those books. So, I've created a folder in the dicussion forum called Very Slow Bookclub where we can start threads for Very Slow Book Discussions. People could set up threads for as many books as they like. No weekly meeting dates, no particular timeline, no pressure. What do you think? Would you use this?

There's lots of other online communications media out there, so if it turns out that we would be better off using FriendFeed or Meebo or some other tool, that is okay too. LSW is DIY, so just speak up or, better yet, do it yourself :)

~ Martha

Sarah Mae wrote: "Hello, I'm Sarah Mae, amapolaroja on twitter. I'm a teen services librarian in LA County. I read lots but mostly teen stuff."

Hi Sarah Mae! I shall look to you for recs when I have a yen to read YA :)

I really hope other folks read the Book of Fred. I would love to know what you think of it.

Agathafrye wrote: "Hi, I followed Elaine over here... I'm Kelsey, I work as an adult services librarian in Olympia, Washington. I also like black licorice and dark chocolate, and I consider myself a bloody Mary conn..."

Hi Kelsey? What is your secret to a good bloody Mary?

Jen wrote: "Hi, I'm Jen - jsholman on twitter and friendfeed. I'm a periodicals librarian in La Crosse, WI. Love hearing about what everyone is reading!"

Hi Jen!

Ahniwa wrote: "I'm Ahniwa, and I'm tipping the scales with 3 folks now from Olympia (it's the place to be, you know). I've been a proud LSW member for a few years now, and helped us win the California Dreaming ga..."

Hey there! Nice to see you here.

Louise wrote: "Hi, I'm Louise, aka weez42, aka Weezy. *waves at Martha and Dani and Josh and other folks like it was Romper Room* Reference technology librarian in the Des Moines, Iowa area. I've been on GoodRe..."

*looks at Weezy through creepy Romper Room mirror*

Fitzm wrote: "Howdy! I'm Megan and I'm an academic librarian in Montreal (originally from Colorado). I frequently lurk on FriendFeed and participate in LSW conversations in spurts. Other interests? Besides long ..."

*waves at Megan*

Derrick wrote: "Hi all. Derrick here, aka geekandahalf on FriendFeed and Twitter. Starting library school and relocating to New Orleans, a lot of which was due to cavorting around with you highly influential peopl..."

*hugs Derrick*