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The Queen just got SO much cooler!

The Queen names new litter of dogs after ‘Harry Potter’

With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee officially commencing this weekend, the royal family is in the news more than ever — with the exception, of course, of that little wedding last year.

Today, another nugget of info about the Queen Elizabeth’s personal life came out: She’s named a litter of Labradors after Harry Potter. Royals: They’re just like us. According to MSN, the Queen named one of the dogs “Gryffindor” which of course is one of the four Hogwarts houses, and not the name of an actual character from the books. No word on whether there is a Hufflepuff dog as well, which, being the house that is loyal and true, seems a perfect match for a canine pal. Gryffindor is the only name so far that is being reported, but one has to assume Sirius Black made the cut. This isn’t the first time the Queen has shown her Potter love. In 2006, J.K. Rowling helped the Queen celebrate her 80th birthday.

so true

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size matters

Enormous Manatee action by CMGW Photography

can someone please get me a copy of this masterpiece? 

thepinakes:

rachelfershleiser:

thelifeguardlibrarian:

My response in rebloggable (that can’t be a word) format:

So, in order for librarians to really exercise their amazingness on tumblr, first things first:

Tumblr blogs are best discovered by tagged content!

LIBRARIANS, PLEASE TAG #libraries #librarians. I find too many librarians blogging into the abyss. #education #history #lit are other commonly relevant tags. Even if your post isn’t 100% about libraries, throw up a tag so we know you’re a librarian!

ALSO, LIBRARIANS, PLEASE TRACK #libraries #librarians. You’ll find libraryish friends and feel super happy! Again, the other tags mentioned above are worth following. You’ll see plenty of libraries and some librarians featured through there

I think maybe if there was more tagging going on, there’d be more for Tumblr to work with for a featured tag or spotlight. It also might be nice to have a library/librarian or two as an editor on any of the above mentioned tags (I know of only one editor librarian right now) which could help feature more librarians in the network.

Whatever way you’d like to give us love and attention, I’m sure we will gratefully accept. Also find us jobs if we’re unemployed. XO TUMBLR!

Talking Librarians on Tumblr. Thoughts?

I feel like Tumblr is a great platform for librarians to connect, to share views, and be a part of a wider community beyond our profession — I am followed by, and follow, people in publishing, tech, authors, students, teachers, and more. Connecting what I do in my profession to the things they do is a great form of outreach. Librarians can be insular sometimes to a fault, and this interplay across lines of interest is fantastic.

Kate’s points about tagging your content is invaluable — and you’d think it would come naturally to a profession built on the principles of organized and searchable information, but that doesn’t always seem to be the case. The more we can find each other and connect, the more powerful this platform is going to be for us.

In terms of my own use, Tumblr has superceded my now-neglected traditional Wordpress blog, but not only that, diminished my use of other social media; I can express longer and more complete thoughts here, and I’ve enjoyed the community I’ve become a part of.

misslibrelula:

psychotronicvortex:

Infographic: Celebrating Towel Day - May 25, 2012

Lemon.ly has a hoopy little infographic about Towel Day which falls on this Friday, May 25th.

If you don’t know much about Douglas Adams, the most important
thing to know is that he wrote humorous and fun science fiction books. This May marks the 11-year anniversary of Adams’ death. Two weeks after his death, his fans decided to commemorate him by making May 25th, Towel Day, and it turns out Lemon.ly’s designer, Ana, is one of those fans.

Great work, Ana, and one should always know where their towel is.

(via Lemon.ly)

Happy Towel Day, geeks! ¡A lucir el frikismo con alegría! ;)

(Source: wilwheaton)