#library interview

[hiringlibrarians]

"Transparency. Post salaries. Communicate with applicants, especially after the interview stage. Give interviewees ample time to prepare (at least a week). If requesting a presentation on a professional library topic, offer compensation." #LIS #GLAM

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I have my library interview in half an hour. I made a slideshow presentation like they asked, but I just realized I don't know how I'm supposed to show it to them when the interview is over Zoom; they can't see my screen, they can only see through my webcam. I would need to prop up my phone in the frame so they can see each slide secondhand.

I am not super confident about this.

[bittermelodies-main]

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney at the British Library event Why We Need Fantasy 20.11.2023 :) ❤

Neil: I don't remember if it was you or John M. Ford, the late Mike Ford, who pointed out to me first that there is a thing that I do that I was not aware of doing. And it was.. and I remember this being pointed out to me at the time of the publication of American Gods. Or possibly even before it was published, when I sent it out a manuscript. Because it was pointed out to me that one way that you can tell that you're entering the third act of a Neil Gaiman story is there is always a kiss that sort of ends the second act. And it's never a sort of romantic kiss. It's always a kiss that is unexpected and a little bit wrong, but it symbolizes where we're going to go next.

Roz: Yeah, that was Mike, it's too smart for me.

Neil: That was Mike. And I remember arguing with him and then him pointing out that all the places I'd done it. And then I did it again in the Anansi Boys and didn't realize that I'd done it. And then I forget about this thing. And I saw somebody on Tumblr had found an interview with me from 2002 where I'm talking about this and the kiss, and they're like, 'Still doing it then'.

:)) Yep, Neil is still doing it :D <3 (this is the tumblr post)

You can watch the whole event here :).

[moondustinfj]

Me: Sorry I have plans for the weekend...

Me on the weekend:

[azuree1733]

Lestat 😼

[literatureaesthetic]

18th april '24 — london

this was such a special trip for me. my first time travelling entirely on my own, discovering and falling in love with a city. i've been to london a few times growing up, but i've never had the chance to really explore and live in it until now. forever an experience i'll cherish <3

[thesideburnsalon]

Nice video game Hazelight Studios can i add gay angst to it

[fictionadventurer]

Fun Catholic Lord of the Rings trivia for you:

Tolkien had a devotion to St. John the Evangelist (which should not have been surprising, given his name).

Traditionally, the symbol of St. John the Evangelist is an eagle.

There's no indication it's intentional allegory, but it does add a very cool layer to those scenes.

[miiju86]

radical files - radical feminist archive

• new 'pinned post' for more visibility :) 💜🤍💚

Radical Files is a free access online feminist archive/library. It hosts mostly books (available in pdf and epub atm), but also articles, essays, fact sheets, flyers, pictures, graphics and so on, as well as now also audio & video content (full audiobooks, podcast episodes, interviews, documentaries, short clips etc.) and everything else I can gather together.

I'm constantly adding new materials, so just stop by now and then and have a look or get your upload-info through the info channels on Telegram and/or WhatsApp; invitation links are listed at the very end of the post.

Feel free to read, download* and share further; hopefully there will be something new & interesting for everyone of you!

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* all contents are able to be downloaded; to read later offline or in a more convenient ebook reader/audio-video player. Please "take" as much as you like!

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Invitation Links Info Channels:

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... thank you for reading all this and hopefully we'll see each there too! Take care & have a wonderful day!

[hiringlibrarians]

"a little over 30% of survey respondents said they used the Core Competencies for personal professional development. Survey participants also noted that they used the document for teaching, training, and instruction, as well as preparing job descriptions, and professional development..."

[nymphetpsyche]

I’m rewatching IWTV (again) and I just noticed in season 1, after Claudia kills her bf, Lestat makes her watch as he burns saying,

“Stop squirming and watch. Remember this, his face as it melts.This is why we never get close to mortals. Because sooner or later they end up dead.”

Then in season 2, Lestat is forced to watch as Claudia gets burned alive. Unable to help, and forever living with the image of his creation being destroyed infront of him.

This show haunts me.

[emilycastlevania]

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[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney at the British Library event Why We Need Fantasy 20.11.2023 :) ❤

Neil: Good omens Season One was, for me, an exercise in adaptation. I'd taken something, and I wanted to turn it into something else. Good Omens Season Two, on the other hand, was just an absolute joy, because now I knew I have Jon Hamm, and I can get him to do this stuff, and he's going to be walking naked through Soho at the beginning, and everybody is going to think they're going to hate him, and instead, he's going to be this marvelous, goofy figure that they will all love but kind of hate themselves for loving, but not know if he's a bad guy, but they'll love him anyway. And over here, I will have my Crowley, and I know that I can get David Tennant to do anything now, there is nothing that he will not go for. And so I can ask him to do things that are even more ridiculous. And then over here, I've got Michael Sheen, and everybody in the whole world just wants to..., you know, it is now forgotten by humanity that once upon a time, Michael Sheen was thought of as that actor who plays the really creepy people.

Roz: Yeah. I saw him in Kingdom of Heaven the other night and thought, oh, that was Michael Sheen.

Neil: That was Michael Sheen.

Roz: The evil priest that gets killed.

Neil: He used to play... I mean, he used to play creepy people, and everybody knew that if you want a good, slimy serial killer person, you go for Michael Sheen. Currently - I got a phone call from him the other day - a little Marco Polo video message from him with the strangest haircut I've seen, and I get strange messed... you know, hair, but this one, and he's playing Prince Andrew, so he's absolutely capable of still bringing in the creep. But, you know, Michael having just become this cuddly, cinnamon roll creature of pure love and joy and knowing that everybody was just going to want to cuddle him for six episodes until I let him break their hearts. I'm sorry. Perhaps he will-

Audience member: No, you're not.

Neil: Not even the tiniest bit. There is no sorrow in that.

Roz: I was in hospital when I saw Good Omens Two and the moment I finished watching it, I texted you and said, 'You magnificent bastard.'

Watch the whole event here :).

[slowburningechoes]

Robert Sean Leonard recording his interview for his local library's podcast, A Bend in the Road (2022).

[itscolossal]

Amarie Gipson On The Reading Room, Houston’s Black Art and Culture Library