The Status Quo Has Got To Go!
A highly challenging view of the current situation in academic libraries and suggestions for survival in today's difficult climate.
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I still fail to understand why ASL students…
I still fail to understand why ASL students are universally among the noisiest of our library patrons. This mystifies me because they are generally in here doing sign-related homework. It's often laughter-related noise, so I'm happy to know we have happy students, but oy…
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super bummed that I forgot to get up for this
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Doing a little annual math:
Since 2007, I have taught 4070 students for 15425 minutes in at least 203 different classes and workshops at +Portland Community College Library.
[which is probably wholly incorrect, I'm a great librarian but a very poor mathematician]
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Nine Stubborn Brain Myths That Just Won't Die, Debunked by Science
Brain games will make you smarter! The internet is making you dumber! Alcohol is killing your brain cells! The brain is a mystery we've been trying to solve for ages, and the desire to unlock its secr…
Reflections on my first term as a for-credit…
Reflections on my first term as a for-credit instructor:
Finals week is delicious. The first time in 3 months I haven't ended Sunday night and begun Monday morning frantically hoping I posted all of my lecture content.
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Ohman. Get ready, it’s coming! Registration opens soon!
InfoCampPDX
February 4th, 2012
Q Center: 4115 N. Mississippi – PDX, OR
Save the date! InfoCamp PDX is a one day unconference for people excited about connecting people with information. This includes visual and user experience designers, librarians, web folk and other……
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Fab.com Flash Sale: Knock Knock Limited quantity.
Fab.com
Knock Knock is on a mission to create smart, well-designed gift and stationery products. This flat-out-funny design house creates a wide range of super-fun (not all) paper products like the games, pads, tablets, stickies, novelty kits and books found in this collection, and all with a razor sharp sense of humor.
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