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Library Blogs Aren’t Getting Comments


Walt Crawford took an in depth look at both public and academic library blogs in the September issue of Cites & Insights. He examined over two hundred academic library blogs, first in 2007 and again this year. He made some interesting discoveries: 122 blogs had no comments in either year. Very few library blogs averaged [...]

Old media vs. new media


I was just thinking how much I enjoy letter writing. I stay in touch with a couple friends from college in this way and it is probably one of my favorite forms of communication. I hate talking on the phone and don’t often feel comfortable doing it. I need to use my facial expressions when [...]

The Magic of Writing


The author T.C. Boyle was on campus this week, and I was able to meet him. He stopped by the library to view cover art that students had created for his novel The Tortilla Curtain. Some of the art was pretty amazing and very creative. I know we are told to never judge a book [...]