For our next all-LIS Staff meeting…: Talk-o-Meter: Monitoring flow and balance in conversation
Using map software to solve a James Joyce riddle: Yes! It is possible to cross Dublin without passing a pub.
Illustrious Omnibus of Superpowers. Which would you choose?
This link was in Brenda’s report on the Vermont Library Conference. Good resource on evaluating health information on the web.
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Now for some random how-tos:
How to clean your keyboard. (Warning – includes gross photos of grimy keyboards.)
How to, er, tie your shoes:
Some Gmail accounts of government officials and others were hacked recently. Keep yours safe.
The contents of libraries (inside and outside of their walls) have been described using MARC format for decades. Is it time to move on?
An occasional, or perhaps even weekly, list of interesting articles, videos, etc., gathered by LIS staff.
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From The Chronicle of Higher Ed – the newest “library space invaders” – video game rooms.
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Conflict minerals: Genocide in your gadgets?
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The “flash mob” at the Spring Student Symposium in McCardell Bicentennial Hall on April 15th: