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It's all that
Sometimes (last week jumps immediately to mind), life can get overwhelming. For me, the trigger is usually the job. I...
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Over the Shoulder
Recently I attended a lecture where the audience included a significant number of high school students. One of our most...
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On the Military
I was surprised by some of the comments on last week’s post. First, as the fond aunt of two terrific...
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An Unspoken Threat
I am not the kind of person who feels uncomfortable about confrontations. I don’t go looking for them, but I...
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Ask the Administrator: Tracking Down Letters of Recommendation
A longtime reader writes: I recently graduated from a third tier SUNY school with a degree in English. I want...
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Open to All: Preserving Library Values in a Digital World
As Open Access Week comes to a close, I thought I would share some ideas that bubbled up last year...
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Media, Rapid Authoring, Teaching, and 'Where Good Ideas Come From'
We live in a great time, a time when books and media can seamlessly complement each other. I love short...
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Math Geek Mom: Location, Location, Location
Statistical measures such as “mean”, “median” and “mode” are measures that give us a sense of where data are located...