Bits and Books: Libraries, the Internet and Meeting the Needs of Twenty-first Century Patrons



Sun 02 Dec 2001, originally uploaded by Rob Dumas.

Submitted under “found art”:

My desktop, almost 10 years ago. I was reading a lot of Jhonen Vasquez and William Gibson, kind of wanted to be living in the Matrix and thought I was driving a pretty pimp desktop.


Ten years ago, I was 24 years old and working part-time at a bookstore when the world changed.

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Fun with Iron-on Letters, originally uploaded by Robert Dumas.

Iron-on letters can make any t-shirt into something awesome!



Social Media Presentation Mockup, originally uploaded by Robert Dumas.

I’m working on a presentation on social media, which I hope to be able to present at Chicago Public Library’s All Staff Institute Day. Right now, it’s just a mockup and it still needs several sections (Part 2 needs work and I still need to put together a section on mobile), but it’s definitely starting to take shape.


Hi, I'm Rob. I'm a librarian, a gamer, a generally-creative troublemaker and an unabashed nerd, looking for cool, fun, smart and beautiful things in the world. I'm passionate about literacy, games (both board and video), open source, movies and more.


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