What the L

2009-05-06T13:43:00.003-05:00

Years ago, in the pre-Web era, when listservs were all the rage (okay, it was 1992, as I recall), Charlie Hitt and I were sitting in the cubicle we shared at the library at Mankato State University in Minnesota. We were joking about the listserv names we would like to see. PACS-L was the big one in libraryland at that time, and most of the names ended in -L. Suddenly I chortled"WhatThe-L!" We both laughed.

Years ago, at the dawn of the blogging era, my friend and colleague Lori Bell suggested that I start a blog. I balked. Eventually I became part of a team of bloggers over at the ALA TechSource blog. Blogging can be fun, I discovered, and, like any type of writing, it forces you to think through a topic a bit before you publish a post.

Today, for some reason I started my own blog, even though I plan to continue serving on the team of bloggers at ALA. I decided to call it What The L. I plan to write whatever I want whenever I want. No wagering about the frequency I'll actually achieve.