What's so special about manga?

Want to know the difference between manga, comics and graphic novels? Here's an interview with Robin Brenner (author of the No Flying, No Tights website) on the Bookslut blog.

No LIS569 for you?

If you really wanted to take Nancy Pearl's Book Lust class, but couldn't get in this super popular class, may you be comforted by listening to and learning from Ms. Pearl in this webcast interview from the University of Missouri-Columbia (November 2007).

Interview with a Vampire (and by "vampire" I mean "librarians")

From the Chronicle of Higher Education--an article called "Young Librarians, Talkin' Bout Their Generation" that features interviews with eight youngish librarians re: the future of libraries.