Like many of you who are traveling with me on this LIBR246 journey, I often find myself lost, surfing seemingly infinate, mesmerising web sites about or related to libraries (yes, there may be some Etsy breaks along the way).

Today, through a post on Reference Shelf, I found a link to the NPR librarian blog, which took me to the audio archives of the University of Maryland (where NPR keeps its audio archive), and finally to the Library of American Broadcasting page where I listened to a number of early commercials–audio gems retained from the days when radio was king.  If you need a study break, I would suggest listening to a plug for Trig deoderant, Sturdy Dog food, or an ad for the Studebaker Lark.  Those jingles really stay with you.

Also from the NPR Librarian blog site, I discovered a multi-media tracker developed by NPR librarians and digital media employees to follow the day to day activities of the Obama administration.  It seems like the Obama presidency might be the most recorded presidency of all time.

I suspect that NPR librarians (and others in audio librarianship) might have the best job ever.  But maybe it just looks good from far away.