ebrary is down! (not available remotely)

If you have been getting an unauthorized user error message, you are not alone. I, the librarian, could not get passed this message last night at home.

This is a temporary problem. We have been working on the user authentications for all databases & something just got tweaked wrong. I notified our techno-geek (Systems Librarian) about this problem & hopefully he will be able to read the code & figure out what happened.

Stay tuned for more updates about changes in user authentications for our databases.

Comics & Libraries, etc.

Comic-con San Diego is coming to town next week and I'll be there. While, I'm not an enthusiastic fan of comic books, I love comic strips. One of my favorites is about libraries & books: Unshelved.com They have the classic t-shirts "Read Responsibly" & "Will work for Books" which crack me up. They are going to be at Comic-con.

I also plan to attend a session about graphic novels in libraries. I grew up reading Rin Tin Tin and Astrix (Gauls fighting Romans).

I'm also going to the convention because of all the fantasy and scifi that seems to be attracted to it: including TV (Lost), movies (Prince Caspian), and books (last year I heard Christopher Paolini/Eragon).

There are also Christians at the convention. I got three Christian comic books last year and I look forward to increasing my collection.

Diary of Hope by Christine Kerrick
Eye Witness: a Fictional Tale of Absolute Truth by Robert James Luedke
Eye Witness: Acts of the Spirit by Robert James Luedke

The Christian Comic Arts society will be having a session on Sunday.