Archive for September, 2009

Shady emails and comments about Sergio Rivera-Ayala’s new book, El discurso colonial en textos novohispanos: espacio, cuerpo y poder

Sun 27 Sep 2009, 10:35 pm

Update 7 Oct 2009: Professor Rivera-Ayala responded to my email and I posted our exchange.

This is the kind of thing I can’t stand.

A senior student sent Iris Jastram at Pegasus Librarian an email suggesting that she buy Sergio Rivera-Ayala’s new book, El discurso colonial en textos novohispanos: espacio, cuerpo y poder. That’s a pretty normal [...]

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Last check sent to LFPL Foundation

Thu 17 Sep 2009, 2:07 pm

Finishing up with LFPL fundraising details.

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This just in: I am a doofus

Mon 7 Sep 2009, 2:43 pm

Ugh. Messed up the email address for donations.

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You helped raise $4,200 for the Louisville Free Public Library

Mon 7 Sep 2009, 11:01 am

Thank you.

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LFPL fundraiser extended: matching new donations up to $200

Wed 2 Sep 2009, 10:15 am

The deadline for the Library Society of the World Louisville Free Public Library Fundraiser came and went yesterday, and I was pretty silent about it.

Here’s the deal: we are at about $3,700 right now. There’s no way we are going to hit $5,000 and I’m mostly OK with that. But I’m still extending the fundraiser [...]

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