Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Kept-Up Academic Librarian
Want to stay up-to-date on all things academic? Then visit the blog of The Kept-Up Academic Librarian. Founded by Steven Bell, the Kept-Up Academic Librarian is filled with all of the latest information on academic libraries and higher education.
ALA Core Values
The foundation of modern librarianship rests on an essential set of core values that define, inform, and guide our professional practice. These values reflect the history and ongoing development of the profession and have been advanced, expanded, and refined by numerous policy statements of the American Library Association...
Read the entire webpage here: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/corevaluesstatement/corevalues.cfm
Read the entire webpage here: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/corevaluesstatement/corevalues.cfm
Ferriero is first librarian in charge at National Archives
Deep inside the gray stone fortress of the National Archives building downtown, amid dimly lit stacks protected by locked doors, the new archivist of the United States takes down a box containing a document dating back almost 200 years...
Read the entire article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/12/07/ST2009120701406.html
Read the entire article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/12/07/ST2009120701406.html
JD's Book Recommendations
Drinking, Smoking, and Screwing: Great Authors on Good Time
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks (hey, you never know)
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Stephen King (in general)
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
And remember....tell 'em JD sent ya! :)
Thursday, December 3, 2009
UB Student Survival Guide Online Book Club Begins 12/7/2009
Welcome to the UB Student Survival Guide's Book Club! Since the semester is winding down and we will all have a little extra time on our hands (finally!) - why not read a book with your fellow classmates?!
For our inaugural book, we have chosen Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones.
We have also included a children's book for our SLMS students (and all others who are also interested!) - December's book is Neil Gayman's The Graveyard Book.
You may begin posting questions and comments about either book immediately. Links to book resources, websites, etc. are also welcome.
Each month we will chose a different book - so if there's a great book you would like to share with your fellow LIS classmates, please post it here!
Welcome to the UBSSG Book Club!! Pull up a chair and read with us!
Aimee, Amanda, Dan & JD
For our inaugural book, we have chosen Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones.
We have also included a children's book for our SLMS students (and all others who are also interested!) - December's book is Neil Gayman's The Graveyard Book.
You may begin posting questions and comments about either book immediately. Links to book resources, websites, etc. are also welcome.
Each month we will chose a different book - so if there's a great book you would like to share with your fellow LIS classmates, please post it here!
Welcome to the UBSSG Book Club!! Pull up a chair and read with us!
Aimee, Amanda, Dan & JD
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