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Poland, place of rest

I’ve been asked to comment on my travels abroad. So here it is. Sorry for the delay Mr. Parkinson.
First of all, why Poland?
Well, my friend Elizabeth had been suggesting I come visit her in Paris for a number of months. But as the year went on time and money began to dwindle [...]

Another use of Zotero

Dear Non-Library Nerds,
You can stop reading now.
Signed,
This Girl
I started using Zotero to manage my documents for class.  Although this bibliographic tool (it stores documents, allows you to add notes and tags, inserts citations into your Word document, and then builds a bibliography based upon the documents you use–all built seamlessly within the Firefox browser) is [...]

You know you’re not actually a librarian, right?

When I worked at a library in college I sometimes called myself a “librarian” just to make it easier when I explained my job to others.  Somewhere along the way I stopped that practice because I began to recognize that it was kind of like calling myself a doctor when I was just a candy-striper.   [...]

Keep on keep’n on

I’ve been rather MIA since leaving Champaign last weekend (or, since March, really).  You’d think that ending classes would have positively impact a person’s schedule, but I’ve been working on putting my ideas together for a poster presentation at LOEX tomorrow.  My room is currently in shambles–piles from the semester, last week’s trip to Champaign, [...]

oh, if I could be so fashionable

The library at which I work has this table that people put books on that become free for the taking.  This morning, shortly before 9am, I discovered a nearly mint, coffee table book of Jacqueline Kennedy : The White House Years, Selections from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.
I am giddy.

Tour’dd

I’ve been editing a podcast tour of the library for about a week now.  I’ll turn it in tomorrow for a grade.  But in the meantime, I’m really sick of listening to my voice.

with or without you

In class yesterday the professor was discussing the upcoming midterm–giving specifics as to length, etc, and easing people’s apprehensiveness.  For the laptop users in the class, she is allowing the use of a word-processor as long as we promise not to search the internet during the exam.
I raised my hand and asked if one decided [...]

May I ask you a question?

I was on the reference desk for an extended period of time yesterday.  I wasn’t all that worried about it because, really, who is in the library on a Sunday night?  I had a few inquiries via phone and chat and I was feeling pretty good about the night because it gave me time to [...]

I got a little excited

Well.  I think it’s cool.
http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/etc/game1/game1.swf