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I just watched a patron get suckered by one of our frequent flyers. He’s a nice guy, but I’ve seen him do the “woe is me, I have no printer credits” performance many times. The well-meaning student logged into her student account to help the other guy print (100 pages no less, which I know [...]

I had an interesting conversation with a student tonight. She mentioned that she had just transitioned from English language learner classes to “regular” college classes.
The writing class she ended up in focuses on political themes and she said she felt completely unprepared for political language. I hadn’t really thought about that. Sure the classes prepare [...]

Hooray, the PCC Bond passed with about 53% approval (~28,000 votes). As my colleague noted in a comment, bond funds actually can’t be used to hire another librarian, but the hope is that if we build more library facilities it will become apparent to the powers that be (PTB) that library professionals are a necessary [...]

We’re having a number of debates discussions amongst our librarians these days. Principally the discussions have taken two avenues: 1) access to electronic information via the library website and 2) federated searching via the library website. Basically it’s all about our website and how we envision it being used.
Some librarians advocate for the most simplified [...]

Like most people I am overwhelmed and overjoyed at the results of the presidential election. I feel like I am unable to heave that deep sigh of relief just yet. I will say I was surprised at the extent of my emotional response to Obama as the new president-elect. I could fully remember sitting in [...]

Cans of worms a’poppin open all over. There’s a discussion on one of the campus listservs pertaining to hate crimes. A banner for Semana de la Raza was stolen recently after it had already been defaced with KKK and other such crap.
The discussion on the faculty list has been variously wounded, combative, and most of [...]

I just got back from what can categorically be called NOT a relaxing lunch. I am having something of a frantic and exhausted day to begin with so I decided to forgo my carton of soup in favor of a burger and fries from the caf (I know, I know).
While in the cafeteria a very [...]