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Life Lessons From Patti Smith
I finished reading Just Kids last night - Patti Smith's incredible memorial to her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe. I am grateful that she let me into her world and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the social nature of creativity.
The Self-Centered Library: A Paradox
A recent post by Emily Ford at In the Library With a Lead Pipe asked us to think about what we do and why we do it. That’s a wonderfully clear way to ask how our philosophy of librarianship is applied in daily practice and how the things we do articulate our beliefs, for better or worse.
Why Is Amazon's Textbook Rental Selection So Skimpy?
E-book textbook rentals sound like an amazing idea. Neither the textbook rental market or the digital textbook concept have brought the price of quality textbooks down as fast as we'd like. But combine digital with rental, and perhaps we've achieved some real disruption.
ABC’s and PhD’s: Starting the new chapter
We’ve got a huge moving van in front of our house now, and we have until Friday to pack it with all the boxes of stuff we’ve been preparing for months.
Prezi: A Dynamic Presentation or Nauseating Experience?
Over this past summer, I've been leading a team of archaeologists from the Campus Archaeology Program in a massive archaeological survey across Michigan State University's campus. The goal of the project was to check the area for artifacts and historical features in the landscape prior to construction.
4 Thoughts About Boundless, Publishers, and the Lawsuit
Have you checked out Boundless yet? The idea is either brilliant or criminal, depending on your perspective.
Bad Female Academic: Green-Eyed Monster
A have a lot of friends and colleagues who are doing extremely well in their careers. I am more than a little envious.
Mothering at Mid-Career: Planning
I've just spent the last hour and a half working on my semester plan, and I'm not done yet. I've filled in as many appointments on my calendar as I know about, looked over my class schedule and meeting schedule, and done my best to figure out when I'll be working on my research. According to my semester plan, I have at least three days a week when I can do something -- anything! -- to advance my current project.
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