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Pack Your Bags: You’re Going on a Guilt Trip

Day 1 (Friday): After going to a local public library for “intro to” family history research guides (and being unimpressed) I go to my own library. We’re one of the top 10 gene libraries in the country and so I knew I’d find what I need here even though I’d never been in the geneContinueContinue reading “Pack Your Bags: You’re Going on a Guilt Trip”

FRIDAY AFTERNOONS OFF!!!!!!

Thanks to Jen from the Neighborhood (Governor Granholm), telecommuting (working from home) and compressed work schedules like 4 10-hour days are now fast tracked in state government to promote energy savings. It’s also promoting flexibility that wasn’t easily available before now and I just started a compressed/telecommuting schedule. After 9 1/2 years I’m working somethingContinueContinue reading “FRIDAY AFTERNOONS OFF!!!!!!”

Browsing Find

Last week I went browsing at the East Lansing Public Library and found a superb book. I finished it in a couple of days but I think it will remain with me for a long time. If you’re looking for a good read try “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro – it wonContinueContinue reading “Browsing Find”

More From Flooded Public Library in Cedar Rapids

Here’s a photostream of the flooded Iowa library from The Gazette Online now that the water has dissipated. This is an example:

Conference Wrap

Many totally awesome and cool people attended the conference. It was actually two conferences in one, two conference back to back, with 6 hours of overlap. Between class time and other activities they were in attendance between 9 and 14 hours a day. Most of the attendees work in libraries but do not have aContinueContinue reading “Conference Wrap”

Chocolate Conference

I’m at a conference for work this week – one I’m helping to carry out rather than one I’m attending. We’ve had 34 hours of classroom time in 3 1/2 days. In preparation for the conference, we bought chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Expensive chocolate. Small chocolate treats. Large chocolate treats. Multiple boxes of truffles wherein I individually selected each truffleContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Conference”

Come To the Library to Borrow…A Person

…instead of a book. Yes, this activity takes place every so often at London’s Living Library, a project supported in part by the Museums, Libraries And Archives Council UK. Times OnLine informs us of a new library fad which started in Scandinavia…”instead of books, readers can come to the library and borrow a person forContinueContinue reading “Come To the Library to Borrow…A Person”