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7 Tips for Surviving Finals
Finals are upon us once again. The stress and the nail-biting has started to set in as you realize how many papers and tests you have in a span of two weeks. Fear not though! Below you will find 6 tips on how to survive finals. 1. Get enough sleep – I know, I know … Read more
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Let’s hear it for the girls!
March is National Women’s History Month so for the last few weeks I have been compiling books and movies celebrating women’s history and issues for different displays around the library. I was also going around asking my fellow library workers what women inspire them. I got a range of answers from tennis star Billie Jean … Read more
Friendships in the Animal World
The other day I was reading the newest issue of Time magazine (Feb.20, 2012) where I came across an article entitled “Friends With Benefits” written by Carl Zimmer, which is a great article about the friendships that are forged between wild animals such as chimpanzees, horses and dolphins. The article even discusses the seemingly unlikely … Read more
Definition of Willfullness
Get it while you can . . . While we wait to hear about the outcomes from the Georgia copyright case (11/28/11), we should not forget that other equally important issues are being discussed. Important, especially, as we feel the squeeze of financial constraints coupled with the suddenness with publishers sudden withdrawal of e-books. Many … Read more
Free books: just can’t give them away!
Ok, so that was unfair. Writing ‘free’ anywhere in a subject heading gets attention–and books aren’t really free. After all, we pay taxes and a percentage goes to libraries and universities. Basically, we have what we have because of you–which means these really are yours for the taking. Which brings us to the real issue: … Read more
What do you call a library without books?
Maybe, just maybe, Drexel University is on to something big. According to a recent article in Time magazine, they got rid of the books. That’s right. All of them. I don’t know how old you are, but when we were kids, books were synonymous with libraries. So, what do they have instead of books? Electronics, movable … Read more
Geocaching for YoUMA
We are getting ready to do some ‘Geocaching’ with students coming to our summer youth program, YoUMA. It’s been fun-strating tracing previous incarnations of ‘caches’–some of which are so small they will not be included in our map. We shouldn’t reveal the coordinates yet, but let’s just say we will be staying away from the … Read more
New books!
We’ve got some great new books; here are just some examples: The M Factor: How the Millenial Generation is Rocking the Workplace “A helpful guide to assimilating the Millennial generation into the workplace…they present a compelling case for multigenerational acceptance and provide information for allowing understanding all around.” —Sacramento Book Review If you leave … Read more
LibraryThing for Academic Libraries
LibraryThing for Academic Libraries. Reading about others doing the kind of ‘social networking‘ for books that Facebook does for people makes you wonder about all kinds of ramifications. For one, do the books that get tagged by users become permanently associated with that user? What if it is a controversial book (pick anything, depending on … Read more
