Dying to get to the library?…. ….You could be if you buy a ticket for our April 17th “Murder in the Stacks” mystery lunch (the menu isn’t a mystery, but who dies and who did it is). The time is 1923, the place is the library, and the suspects are the entire library staff and… Read more »
Month: March 2010
Real Scholarship
This is Matt here again. So, I recently had a research question I’d like to share with you. One of our excellent faculty had found a story in a blog online. Apparently Sarnia, a town in Canada, is experiencing an abnormal shift in birth rates – today, there are two girls born for every boy. … Read more »
Eat a Book on April 1 (Not a Joke!)
Hi, this is Matt again. Do you like to eat? Boy, I do. Plus I also like to read. If only there was a way to combine those joys! And yet, like a miracle, there is a way! On April 1st (I swear this is not an April Fools’ joke) the library will hold our… Read more »
Library Work – Notes from the Inside
Hello, I’m Hamid, a work study student at the library. There are a few misconceptions about library workers, and I’d like to tell you about what I do. Most of the time when I say that I work at a library, there is an assumption that I shush students and get to read all day. … Read more »
Jargon Junction
This is Matt again. So, in case you hadn’t noticed, the library’s just launched a new web site. And one big thing that’s changed was something that surprised me. A lot of the words I use all the time and think are obvious are instead off-putting jargon to people. So while the old website was… Read more »