Category Archives: library

attitude: “going off the rails” versus “this train seems unsteady”

in about two months the print periodicals section of our library will be packed up and moved over to our new library. we’ll be getting display shelving instead of keeping our cantilevered shelving, so the print periodical section will evoke … Continue reading

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take-no-prisoners organization

in three months we will be moving to a brand new library, currently being built on our campus (link to the latest set of pictures of the construction progress). there are all kinds of decisions that need to be made … Continue reading

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methodspace

i’m just getting started exploring methodspace, “… the home of the Research Methods community from across the world.”  it’s a social networking site run by sage publications.  i have a weakness for sage’s skinny green pamphlet series, quantitative applications in … Continue reading

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poster sessions, a chance to show off your failures?

you know what i’d like to see at a national conference someday? a poster session of failures. each poster in the session would have to demonstrate some aspect of a failure in a library, and what was learned from it. … Continue reading

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