A great blue heron standing in a river. There is a mallard and dock in the background

It's heron season in Chicago! The cormorants and black crowned night herons are back as well.

There's a student who keeps trying to set appointments with me but it's unable to do so because her calendar is set to UTC and she won't change it back. I'm so confused.

A book cover with the title "The Emotionally Disturbed Child" accompanied by a catfish depiction of an explosion

Fun times in GovDocs cataloging #govdocs

*chip not cup

The cover of a book entitled "Lead poisoning prevention act" with a photograph of a small child eating paint chips

Could they not have found a better image? Did they take the paint cup away from this child or let her eat it? #govdocs

Reddit calls them tragedeighs

I loved it! The amount of research you did, pre-Internet, was astounding. What a great send-off for Ace!

The title page of a book entitled "Gay Parties for All Occasions"

The title page of a book entitled "Your Child Can Be Happy in Bed: Over 200 Ways Children Can Entertain Themselves"

For any librarians who dislike weeding, may I present:

The top edge of an unfinished book with silver wrapped endbands

This silver and yellow color scheme is going to look so good. #bookbinding

Three small books in a stack: The Blue, Red, and Green Books of Birds of America

A blue slipcase with a thumb notch with three books poking out

A standing blue slipcase lined with decorative paper with three books behind it

My attempts at repairing these little bird guides were less than perfect, but I'm thrilled with the slipcase I made for them. #bookbinding

I'm teaching linguistic typology this fall and I have not been this energized in a while. The poor students won't know what hit them. Time to dust off all of my favorites!

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My paper, A History of State Documents Classifications, has been published as a GODORT Occasional Paper! #govdocs #libraries www.ala.org/godort/occas...

Both species were present at the point where the Chicago River meets the North Shore Channel today!

A heron standing in the Chicago River

And here's a great blue heron in the same location later in the day #heron #bird

A black crowned night heron perched on a rock in the middle of the Chicago River.

The black crowned night herons are back! Love these weirdos. #bird #Chicagoriver

The spine of a book that says "The Other Flute Dick"

Well that's unfortunate

Et in Arcadia California ego

Two mallard ducks sitting in the outer entrance to a university building

The ducks, they want to learn! #ducks

Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope

Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

The front of a pin bearing the seal of Northeastern Illinois University

Tenure!

The President's report for my Board of Trustees tenure meeting has the wrong school in my bio. This is a flashback to my hire announcement when everyone else was given the title of Doctor and I was listed as Mister.

A front view of a small notebook. The cover has an image of a skull

The top view of a small notebook, showing different colored pages and pages with a variety of graph patterns

The latest bind. This is a variation on sewn board binding with larger boards to accommodate endbands. I mixed things up by adding some colored pages and a variety of graph papers and ruled lines. The spine is a faux leather and the cover is lokta from Cognitive Surplus. #bookbinding

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And why do all ALA journals use Notes and Bibliography without the bibliography? It's made me consider running for office just so I can change that.

What's your least favorite citation style and why is it Chicago Notes and Bibliography?

A book with a brown faux leather spine and blue cover

A front view of a book with a faux leather spine and blue cover

The interior of a book showing decorative blue and gold endpapers

The latest bind. This is my first real attempt at sewn headbands. I also used faux leather for the first time. I'm not sure I like it. I still need to tidy up the endpapers and apply a title. #bookbinding

A partially sewn book headband

An unbound book in a press with a variety of spine linings

A little headband sewing and spine lining on a rainy Sunday

A snowy college campus with a path in the foreground and brown buildings in the background

Happy spring everyone!

Important news on the state of libraries in Illinois higher education!