December 26, 2013

Christmas Eats

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As usual, Christmas was a day of good eats! Here's what we had: Started the day with a cup of Willoughby's decaf in a new Spode ...
December 23, 2013

Mama Leah's Chicken Soup

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"When a man eats a chicken, one of them is sick," says Tevye in _Fiddler on the Roof_. We recently had the need AND a stewing he...
December 18, 2013

What They Learned in Class

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I taught a "one-shot" session of The World of Mass Communication this semester. It's a 100-level class designed to introduce s...
December 15, 2013

Ginger snaps!

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As I do every year, I made a ginormous batch of ginger snaps. My work, spouse's work, our fridge ... so many reasons to have ginger sna...
November 04, 2013

Infographic: Research on Students' Research Habits

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The good folks at the University of Washington's Project Information Literacy created a great infographic of their findings about 11,00...
October 29, 2013

Advertising & Libraries

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I got some great ideas from the Next World Media Symposium held at UNC Chapel Hill on October 25, 2013. So many of the topics & takeawa...
September 02, 2013

"Twitter for the Skeptical Professional" in MHC Alumnae Quarterly

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Love the image of MHC Founder Mary Lyon with the Twitter bird I recently wrote a fun article called Twitter for the Skeptical Profession...
August 27, 2013

Suggestions and Outcomes of PR Writing Assessment

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I'm delighted to share student suggestions and outcomes from Dr. Lois Boynton's PR Writing class. The suggestions include (but are...
August 21, 2013

PR Recommendations for the Park Library

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My library recently served as the client for Dr. Lois Boynton's PR Writing class, where her students analyzed the Park Library from a pu...
July 11, 2013

Working with Students, Non-traditionally

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I've branched out into non-traditional librarian-student interaction, and it's been a great success. This spring, I collaborated w...