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Keeping it Real


To my relief am finally finished teaching for the semester.  Teaching is more stressful than other parts of my job.  But, as both a professional and as a person, I think that I grow the most through teaching. I have heard that you never really know something until you teach it. There is a lot [...]

Filling in for a Friend


I filled in for my friend and colleague Rob Williams yesterday in his Introduction to Mass Communications class.  I didn’t have to do any actual teaching, as he had a guest speaker, Sam Mayfield of the Center for Media and Democracy.  I just got to listen and and enjoy what she had to say. A [...]

Barack Obama on Libraries


“Libraries remind us that truth isn’t about who yells the loudest, but who has the right information.” These words were uttered by our new president-elect Barack Obama. Back in 2005 Obama keynoted at the ALA National Conference in Chicago.  An adapted transcript of the speech is available on Obama’s Illinois senator website. It is really [...]