Where's your enthusiasm?, written 2 days ago, "Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no matter how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you a...

December 2nd, 1920 - Vol. 94 - No. 49, written 3 weeks ago, Circumstances, by Sally Campbell, drawings by A.O. ScottA Modern Don Quixote, by Charles A. Hoyt, drawings by F. StrothmannArithmetic: Historic and Prehistoric, by D.N. Lehmer, Professor of Mathematics, University of CaliforniaUnto This Mou...

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Is the landscape of cheating changing?, written 1 day ago, For your review: the youtube video causing a sensational discussion about cheating students. – And a pretty interesting piece by US News & World Report: "…More tech-savvy professors: Barbara Christe, program director of biomedic...

Sapping students' initiative, written 1 week ago, From Microball, a CC-licensed image by Flickr user SerenityRose. Mark Bauerlein–the man who recently published The Dumbest Generation (wouldn't you love to be one of his students?)–has an opinion piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled ...

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Only 6 days away. Tuesday will be exciting., written 2 days ago, Two important events are happening next Tuesday, October 14th.First it's Canada's 40th general election. My first time voting in Québec! Should I vote BQ just because I can? I'm just kidding! My riding is Liberal, has been for 40 year...

Deadline approaches for LIS faculty research grant proposals, written 4 weeks ago, Electronically submitted proposals for the 2009 OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program are due by midnight Monday September 15, 2008.

C++ Design Patterns, written 1 week ago, Anyone who is not already familiar with design patterns may, after a brief survey of the field, come away with the impression that design patterns are a lot of marketing hype, are just some simple coding techniques, or are the playthings of computer scientist...

From the archive: The Turkey, written 1 week ago, Ever watch a movie a thought that it was a waste of time? Well what about watching a pretty bad theatrical performance? There's an actual word to describe performances that are a flop — turkey! by Swami Stream Q: Why is a theatrical flop called a &...

Randy McClanahan on Legal In-sourcing, written 4 days ago, In my world, there's nothing better than when a client writes something intellectually provocative. Not only does it make my life at Stem easier, but I get completely energized by it.Case in point this morning, Randy McClanahan over at the C...

Playing with a new theme, written 2 weeks ago, Figured a change in professional scenery should also come with a digital change in scenery.  Thus, my new theme. Dino Latoga's Una is a lovely, usable…

AUDITIONS!! - Live at the Library - Macabre Plays, written 3 days ago, AUDITIONS! – Live at the Library Want to try your hand at acting without all the pressure of the big stage? No memorization required – short plays will be performed with scripts. Come to an audition and see what it is all abo...

Delving into Darwin?, written 4 weeks ago, This fall, Northwestern University Library invites you to investigate a world of information resources that can help you learn more about The Reluctant Mr. Darwin and his discoveries, or to make your own. Visit us in the coming weeks...

Changing Academic Librarianship Scholarship Criteria, written 4 days ago, I am privileged to be serving as the Chair of our University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Committee.In preparation for this responsibility, I have been catching up on various trends relating to scholarship and what is going ...

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Portrait Of A Librarian By A Grade One Boy, written 8 hours ago, A happy surprise from my last class in 1st grade last week --I loved the hoop earrings. I think it's the pair I always wear to school. Look at the big wide smile and the purple blouse I wore that day. I'm so brown, and yes, my eyes wid...

French author, Jean-Marie Le Clezio wins the 2008 Nobel for Literature, written 1 day ago, Jean-Marie Le Clezio, a French born writer who grew up in Nigeria, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature this morning in Sweden. Le Clezio was praised by the Swedish Academy as "an…explorer of a hu...

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