listening :: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim on cassette and the above; watching :: Seasons of Grimm and some Murray at Wimbledon; reading :: Still Points North and other summer reading program books ; wanting :: To be at Annual, but looking forward to some transmissions from the conference, and lemonade; working :: On Grants homeworkContinue reading “A way to go”
Tag Archives: summer 2013
Chaos Reigns
Enemies – Indian Summer listening :: Peach and the above; watching :: The patrons like a hawk; reading :: Summer class reading prep. :((; wanting :: To go rock climbing again, and swimming; working :: On table tennis practice and cover letters, and finding the geocache by my library; writing :: Camp NaNo outlines, and class grant proposalContinue reading “Chaos Reigns”
SCARLA @ NJLA 2013
As I alluded to in my previous post, with my fellow co-president and peers of SCARLA (the Student College, Academic, and Research Libraries Association at Rutgers University) presented a poster highlighting the importance of and advocating for more instruction-focused courses in our MLIS program. This was our poster: We had a few interested individuals pose questionsContinue reading “SCARLA @ NJLA 2013”
New Jersey Library Association 2013
The Atlantic is out there, somewhere A colleague and I drove down to Atlantic City early Tuesday morning two weeks ago for the New Jersey Library Association’s Annual Conference. On the drive down (referred to as “pre-conference”), we talked about present jobs, past jobs, library school, and library trends. On the drive back up (“post-conference”), weContinue reading “New Jersey Library Association 2013”
Media Misfits
Media Department Coat Rack listening :: The World Is…; watching :: Out for job postings and Rainbow Rowell’s “big” announcement; reading :: Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls!, A Game of Thrones, and Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity, as well as the rough draft to the YA Librarian’s novel; wanting :: To roll around in the sunnyContinue reading “Media Misfits”
Summertime
At NJLA13, my number prevailed again listening :: Doin’ It Right and the My Brother, My Brother, and Me podcast; watching :: Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth reading :: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell and The Game of Thrones; wanting :: more green tea and the rain to subside for this weekend’s strawberry festival; working :: finding a new RSS feed reader (HELP),Continue reading “Summertime”
“That’s what she said”
(illustrations Lucy Engelman) listening :: Metallica – Week #3 of Metal May watching :: Many TV show/series finales, not a lot on the movie front reading :: A Game of Thrones – Summer 2013 wanting :: the work day to be over – new phone and friends working :: Nothing! And it feels great. I’llContinue reading ““That’s what she said””
That’s not my name
I know that at someone point I’ve mentioned that we have a patron that loves to sign the Library up for magazine subscriptions with false names. Really random, nonsense names for all sorts of magazines. As a result, we receive multiple issues of Good Housekeeping, Shape, Runner’s World, and the like for “Harry Hogwartson” andContinue reading “That’s not my name”
Summer, Commence
(Picture from my meeting yesterday at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. It’s just down the road from where I work and the campus was so beautiful and lush at dusk.) listening :: Megadeth – Week #2 of Metal May watching :: Jesse Owens by PBS — since I read The Book Thief over spring break, I haven’t stoppedContinue reading “Summer, Commence”
Looking Ahead…A Great Big Pile of Awesome
Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings – April 9th David Sedaris Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls – April 23rd Koji’s first full-length album – April 30th (/crying – proud) Iron Man 3 – May 3rd The Great Gatsby – May 10th The Front Bottoms’ new album/tour – May 21st Sarah Dessen’s The Moon and More – JuneContinue reading “Looking Ahead…A Great Big Pile of Awesome”
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