More mysterious book sculptures in Edinburgh libraries

Another one in the mysterious series of art books has turned up, this time in the form of a dragon in an egg, nestled into a copy of Ian Rankins Knots and Crosses.

I love it, the dragon looks amazing…but I’m a bit concerned that staff are said to be “devouring Rankin’s Knots and Crosses”. 
Surely that can’t be good for the digestion?

Art books…literally.

I love this story!

A link to a famous thriller and crime writer, mysterious pieces of book-based artwork turning up in libraries and cultural venues around the city, use of Twitter usernames on gift tags to show the maker is familiar with social media…

I hope they manage to display them all together – as a bit of a crafter myself, I do like to see what creative things people can do with old books. 🙂

Scottish Law Librarians Group training course – Google and Beyond!

Are you:

  • In Scotland?
  • An information professional?
  • Keen to improve your web research skills?
  • Unlikely to get the time or funding to travel to London for the most popular and useful courses by experienced trainers?

Then come to this training day in Edinburgh on Monday 13th June. Presented on behalf of the Scottish Law Librarians Group, Phil Bradley will be leading a full day course (split into a morning and afternoon session), first on getting the most out of Google, and then going beyond Google to using other online resources and tools.

If you’re interested, contact the organiser soon – places are limited, and only a few are left!

Their forms may be rubbish, but the staff are great!

Staff from Edinburgh City Libraries have been in touch with me, and are investigating what’s happened with my missing membership application.

They may have suffered a process fail with the electronic submission procedure, but actually being pro-active and responsive to the issue is a big positive for their customer services. In Mastercard terms:
Form submission not being acknowledged?
Bad.
No membership card appearing after a month?
Annoying.
Wondering what’s happened to your personal details on the missing form?
Worrying.
Spotting the issue and contacting the user?
Priceless.
Plus…they’re getting e-books! I finally have a good reason to use the public library: it would give me something I want, in a convenient way!
P.S. – the people commenting on that link in the Scotsman are mad.