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The Ballad of the Earl of Sandwich


Quick note: This is not library related, but it is literary and has to do with food. I’m sure you’ll be able to stomach it. A few years back I was wondering about where the name “sandwich” came from and happened upon an interesting tale for how the term came into being. It was such [...]

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 [...]