Vox Librarians Vox 2008-07-05T15:53:43Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d10a7dd9da8bfa/ The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals tag:vox.com,2008-07-04:asset-6a00e398c57115000400fad6974d4d0004 2008-07-04T03:41:53Z 2008-07-05T15:53:43Z Referencegirl http://referencegirl620.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan Non-Fiction, History, Nutrition, Anthropology 464 pages Published 2007 Michael Pollan acts as detective, tracking down the exact origins of four different meals. He ...

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]]> Brief article note: On chat reference evaluation tag:vox.com,2008-06-27:asset-6a00cd9735eb944cd500fa96824ed40002 2008-06-27T17:57:37Z 2008-06-27T17:57:37Z Maverick Librarian http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Citation for the article: Luo, Lili. "Chat Reference Evaluation: A Framework of Perspectives and Measures." Reference Services Review 36.1 (2008): 71-85. Read via Emerald. I just wanted to make a note of this article, but I don't have anything ...

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]]> I guess I'm just an old pervert tag:vox.com,2008-06-27:asset-6a00cd97849482f9cc00fae8c6d3d1000b 2008-06-27T15:17:21Z 2008-07-01T14:17:11Z Sixbucksamonkey http://sixbucksamonkey.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Ow 20080627 Old Pervert

I guess I'm just an old pervert because I think this is HI-larious! Those mad geniuses at Unshelved have pleased me greatly again. In other Unshelved news: library humor + trebucket humor = WIN!! In other other news it has been 50 (FIFTY) ...

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Otlet WWW Internet - Paul Otlet - Tratado de documentación

The true forefather of the World Wide Web and hypertext ...born in 1868 ...created hypertext in 1898 and the first version of the World Wide Web in 1934... Paul Otlet - a Librarian!

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]]> Author Visit Today... tag:vox.com,2008-06-19:asset-6a00cd96fa97954cd500fad692d0e10004 2008-06-19T11:24:20Z 2008-06-19T11:24:20Z Crom74 http://crom74.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Chief Bender's Burden: The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star

Today from 5 - 7 PM (Central Time), we have author Tom Swift coming in to talk about, sell, and sign his book - Chief Bender's Burden: The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star. Mr. Swift is probably the most well known author that we have had at ...

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]]> Hours of Operation... tag:vox.com,2008-06-12:asset-6a00cd96fa97954cd500fa967e562e0003 2008-06-12T16:56:53Z 2008-06-14T21:01:19Z Crom74 http://crom74.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The library system in which I now find myself working is looking at changing our business hours. Why? Well, you should know, but I will still tell you. GAS! Apparently there is a gas crisis going on in the US of A, who knew? Anyway, we are cu...

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]]> Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Online tag:vox.com,2008-05-13:asset-6a00e398c57115000400e398f953570005 2008-05-13T18:41:13Z 2008-05-14T14:08:08Z Referencegirl http://referencegirl620.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Lewcsyl Sacajawea Noahwebster2

I just discovered that the journals of Lewis and Clark are available for free online. This edition is the edited edition from Gary E. Moulton. It is considered one the most accurate and complete editions of the journals. I read this version a fe...

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]]> Mmm, Food Group... tag:vox.com,2008-05-13:asset-6a00cd96fa97954cd500f48cf7b18a0003 2008-05-13T16:06:04Z 2008-05-14T22:24:22Z Crom74 http://crom74.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Ogrfoodgroup_before_05122008 Ogrfoodgroup_afterII_05122008

Last night was Food Group at me library. The theme was "cakes and pies." We had a good turnout. I don't think I could eat more sweets if I wanted to at the moment... There was another table filled with cakes and pies, but you get the general ...

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]]> An article note and some more thoughts on leadership tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00cd9735eb944cd500e398f7f5c10004 2008-05-09T15:24:26Z 2008-05-09T15:24:52Z Maverick Librarian http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Well that is a bit pretentious title for a blog post: thoughts on leadership, as if I knew much about the topic. Sure, I have had a thought or two now and then.But I am certainly nowhere in the league of the folks at ACRL or certain high level lib...

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]]> A Revolutionary New Reference Technique tag:vox.com,2008-04-04:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00f48ceb2e710002 2008-04-04T13:34:13Z 2008-04-04T16:10:13Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Floyd overhead me referring to him a rodent and has taken severe exception with me about it. Apparently raccoons do not belong to the Fraternal Order of Rodents. So much for funning around with "The Roaming Rodent" sobriquet. When checking out Fl...

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