Archive of 2007 February

Librarain videos

on February 26th, 2007 in Books, Librarianship, Links by | 5 Comments

These kids today and their wacky video freeculture. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, after minutes of painstaking research, I have determined that librarians reign supreme on YouTube. Steve Reed, kickass Library Media Specialist at Wilmington High School sent us a link to an excellent video…

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Best. Excuse. Ever.

on February 24th, 2007 in Allergies, Avenging, Women's health by | 5 Comments

Sorry for not writing yesterday. Someone snuck peanut-laced almonds into my mint chutney, and I had to give myself a shot. Anaphylaxis is a bad dining companion. It was a rough night. Also? I got a new camera.

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March of the Librarians

on February 21st, 2007 in Librarianship by | 3 Comments

Every year they gather… (thanks to ann at sivacracy, et. al)

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Research Obsession: Climate change

on February 14th, 2007 in Research Obsession by | 2 Comments

I challenge you to play the BBC’s online Climate Challenge game. It’s free, fun, and uses Flash, so you don’t have to download anything stupid. I learned more about the relative merits of various greenhouse gas reduction techniques by playing this game then I did from four weeks of reading…

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Research Obsession

on February 14th, 2007 in Beekeeping, Books, Research Obsession by | 18 Comments

I haven’t mentioned this before, but I have a rather librarianish habit. I get on research kicks, usually to no end except my own edification. For a month or so, I’ll just get on some topic and won’t let it go. I’ll read books on the topic, surf it when…

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Heart Librarians

on February 13th, 2007 in Books, Links by | 3 Comments

Doppleganger at 50 books hearts librarians.

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Visiting Otters in Vancouver

on February 5th, 2007 in Library tourism, Life by | 3 Comments

Off to Vancouver, BC for the week. I’m stalking the sea otters at the Vancouver aquarium. I get in tonight. If any CUPE 391 members want a beer, I’m buying. Organized librarians rock.

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Deliver my books bitch.

on February 2nd, 2007 in Avenging, Books, Cornell, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Digital Library, Favorite Posts, Interface design, Librarianship, Tech, User Interface Design by | 13 Comments

I tried out Cornell Library’s book-delivery service this week. A nice stack of David Foster Wallace books quickly appeared at my workplace yesterday afternoon, and I got a friendly call when they arrived. If you are a Cornell student or staff, you can have library books delivered to any library-location…

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