I was talking to someone at a workshop recently and she directed me to this article, noting that it is old news! I confess that I am still a bit lost, but learned a few things here. It feels a little bit familiar. Was this already posted? Deja vu all [...]
“How many legs does a dog have, if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.– Abraham Lincoln *
[*Note: Lincoln never said this. He liked a similar, more long-winded anecdote about a cow, but the dog version? Nope. Still, the quote is credited to Abe on [...]
This actually looks like it might be incredibly useful – one place to do lots of stuff. Who wants to try it out?
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/groups_launches_public_beta.php
April 28, 2008 – 11:18 am
I attended Computers in Libraries earlier this month. I learned lots of stuff, but the two most important things I learned were: 1) a successful information commons requires Barry Manilow & a pyramid and 2) there is a shortage of new librarians in the Netherlands. If you’d like to find out more about the sessions [...]
April 28, 2008 – 10:36 am
Question for Chris Loring: Can you fill us in on this statement from the minutes of the Five College Librarians Council meeting of April 14, which we all received in an email today: ”Vanderbilt University Assistant University Librarian for Technical Services Roberta Winjum joined us to continue our discussion of centralizing some aspects of our technical services functions as [...]
what do u think about this article from the nyt
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/education/25writing.html?ex=1210046400&en=8eba788cb4ea09a1&ei=5070&emc=eta1
One of my Sunday morning walking routes takes me through the Meadows off South Street.
This past weekend it was indeed a slog as long stretches were flooded..but before I knew that..
Here’s an interesting post about teaching with YouTube, especially the comments about binaries near the end:
http://www.oculture.com/2008/04/teaching_on_youtube.html
What does this mean for the web2.0 read/write world for libraries?
April 23, 2008 – 11:34 am
Last week’s American Libraries Direct e-newsletter linked to a photo gallery on the Entertainment Weekly web site, which (in honor of National Library Week) presented what they called 18 Sexy Trips to the Library Stacks.
“Okay, maybe all these library scenes aren’t as ‘’sexy” as the naughtiness in ”Atonement” but it’s National Library Week — why [...]
Sylvia Plath 75th Year Symposium (April 25-26, 2008)
Come join us at Smith College this weekend to celebrate Sylvia Plath’s extraordinary contribution to modern literature: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/fyi/plathconference.htm
Karen Kukil, Curator
Sylvia Plath Collection
kkukil@email.smith.edu(413) 585-2908
