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Cold Spring Harbor Library & Environmental Center

Cold Spring Harbor Library & Environmental Center Volunteering with INALJ keeps me consistently looking at job boards and assessing the LIS job market. I also get to do a bit of virtual library tourism when I see a cool job title or library name. I am fascinated by this one. Library AND Environmental Center! WhatContinue reading “Cold Spring Harbor Library & Environmental Center”

What I Read Last Week:

Llamas with Hats 8 : If I sent this to you in this last week that was because I care about you + swans. And zoo books. Wellcome Library archive sheds new light on history of mental healthcare | The Guardian Are QR codes dead yet? | LITA blog (re: I hope so.) How to talkContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

We had a teen interview his teachers about their favorite music | Noisey/Vice How can community colleges get a piece of the billions that donors give to higher education | New York Times How we made…Now That’s What I Call Music | The Guardian West Virginia coal country sees new era as Donald Blankenship isContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

Reference Question : Eagles in New Jersey

Broadcast live streaming video on UstreamAs of late I’ve been watching the Eagle Cam at Duke Farms in Hillsborough, NJ. This started a few weeks ago when I was on the reference desk and the phone rang. I answered and was replied to with “Is the bird outside my window an eagle?” Um… After disclaimingContinue reading “Reference Question : Eagles in New Jersey”

What I Read Last Week:

Salt of Kanawha County Your adult siblings may be the secret to a long, happy life | NPR Kentucky jail uses tunnel to grow fresh food | USDA blog SheRides, a New York taxi service aimed at women, finds a loyal following | New York Times Grant energizes Springdale Junior-Senior High School | Pittsburgh Post-GazetteContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

via a softer world Uber should be keeping women safe, but Uber has a women problem | The Guardian For millions of millennials: some college, no degree, lots of debt | NPR John Hodgman: “The government should be laying down broadband like Eisenhower laid down interstates” | The Washington Post Why no one can designContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

What I Read Last Week:

The World Is… – Invalid Litter Dept. (ATDI Cover) Adventures of a comic book newbie: Talk to me about writing/pencils/ink/colors/letter | Panels Nicholas Hilton breaks course record at Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Marathon | Competitor (LHU alum!) Valerie Jarrett, The Obama Whisperer | New Republic What a library levy means to a West Virgina townContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”

Much scary, very books

I am the buyer for Mysteries, Thrillers, and Suspense Fiction (in addition to Large Print, Periodicals, Foreign Languages and ESL resources…) Which is kind of a joke because I HATE scary things and I do not like to read or watch about people in pain or danger. That being said, I am trying to readContinue reading “Much scary, very books”