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I’ve come to the conclusion that in the Star Trek version of the future, there is no denying that there are librarians
I’ve been at home all day recovering from the flu shot. Other years I’ve been fine but this year I’m as sick as if I really have the flu. Funny how that happens.
So, as I’ve wasted the whole day, which is an exaggeration since I truthfully slept until 11:30am (yes, I really can [...]
You can call me a Biblio-Blogger
According to UBC Google Scholar Blog, the proper term for blogging by librarians is “biblio-blogging.” I like that. I’m going to use it.
Posted by Laurie on November 27th, 2007 under Laurie speaks! | 1 Comment »The death of small, independent video rental stores
Yesterday, I went on the hunt to find The Godfather III because I had finished watching I and II on IFC and I was dying to know what happened next. So, I headed out to the boonies (yes, Whitehorse, has boonies) to an independent video store I’ve always loved for its awesome collection of [...]
Posted by Laurie on November 26th, 2007 under Laurie speaks! | Comment now »Striving to be “container neutral” as a Librarian
As I’m reading the following article, the expression “container neutral” has jumped off the page at me.
Barclay, D. A. (Fall 2007). Creating an academic library for the twenty-first century. New Directions for Higher Education [From rangeland to research university: The birth of University of California, Merced” number 139.
What is this new term? [...]
My advice to new reference and instruction librarians
I posted this to the ili-l listserv in response to a request from a colleague teaching a course on “library user education” to students in his library school.
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Here’s what I’ve learned so far on the job that I wish someone had told me in library school…
Do not underestimate the importance of identifying learning objectives for [...]
Posted by Laurie on November 21st, 2007 under Laurie speaks!, Published | Comment now »What I did on my blog vacation
I’ve been a busy girl…
Finished all my homework for the Instructor Diploma course and handed it in early
Caught up on some much-needed sleeping
Finished my thesis proposal and sent it to my advisor
Designed a lay-out for my thesis
Started data collection for my thesis
Read a few good books
Emailed with friends
Started thinking about going back to [...]
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