Community College Librarian

O.M.G.!

God I love this site. Check out Juliane Koepcke’s story:
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/koepcke.html

One of my favorite technology blogs, Make Use Of, shocked me this morning with a post about book review websites. I had to read the introductory paragraph twice to make sure that this post wasn’t a joke of some kind. The author claims that the reading of books is dying and cajoles us into [...]

you can kiss it. The Distant Librarian said it all so well here (without the cursing that I would use).

All IT staff who work with student systems need to take classes in how write directions. They simply bury the information the student needs in dense, dull text. So, the student is frustrated because they can’t use the system they need to use for class, then they have to literally wade through IT’s self-absorbed [...]

The Centered Librarian told me to tell you about this incredible A capella performance of Toto’s Africa. The thunderstorm in the beginning is awesomeness.

Yay! I love the time-sucking love fest that is the Internet Archive. Arguably one of the best online resources ever. The book collection alone can milk away hours upon hours of dead time.
http://www.archive.org/details/Sita_Sings_the_Blues

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/06/14/magazine/20090614-search-slideshow_2.html
I know there’s some articles I should read about this but I’m wondering how much impact computing has on the environment. Here’s a canned google search to refer to later.