Thank you, Mr. Doctorow, for calling me and my colleagues 'awesome' - I have thought that of librarians for years! Here is a link that Cory Doctorow shared on BoingBoing early this morning that you will want to check out: Librarians Do Gaga - http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/29/librarians-do-gaga.html. Have a great weekend, everyone!

An answer to the question, "Why keep libraries open anyway?", as printed in the Dallas Morning Views Blog: http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/05/library-cutback.html

Marian the Cybrarian article in yesterday's Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/article/Marian-the-Cybrarian/65570/ came at a very opportune time for our library staff. This article just might make it easier to gear up and face the discussions on budgets and what we can do to serve our customers with less money. Thank you for writing this, Thomas H. Benton!

Who ya gonna call to fight looming library budget cuts? Ghostbusters! (as seen on BoingBoing)
Ghostbusters attack budget cuts at the New York Public Library
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/18/ghostbusters-attack.html

"Choose Privacy" American Library Association's video, as mentioned on the BoingBoing site:
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/02/choose-privacy-video.html