But you don’t look like a librarian!

Posted on April 4, 2012 by inforeginacua

When in conversation or when I’m introduced to someone and asked what I do and I tell them I usually get this response “but you don’t look like a librarian!”  to which I usually answer, ” Really? What does one look like?”.  The second response I get is, ” You must love to read!”.  My [...]

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Everything old is new again

Posted on March 27, 2012 by inforeginacua

I’m reviving my blog.  I just checked in and found so many nice messages I decided it was time.  One of the best things about being a librarian is that things change really fast! So you’re never bored! Check back here more often and we can talk about new trends, search engines, social networking.librarianship, marketing [...]

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Tempus Fugit

Posted on November 13, 2008 by inforeginacua

I am so sorry it has taken so long for me to post on this blog. I hit the ground running at the beginning of the semester and things have only now begun to wind down. I have had a busy and productive Fall that included the opening of the Juvenile Reading Room (218 Mullen [...]

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War with the Squirrels

Posted on June 23, 2008 by inforeginacua

I hope everyone is having a nice summer. In my case, summer means when I am outside I have to load up on the smelly sun screen and bug spray, wear funny looking floppy hats and huge sun glasses. I look extra-specially geeky with a whiter shade of pale pair of legs peeking out from [...]

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Papal memories

Posted on April 24, 2008 by inforeginacua

New from the Library of Congress: The Resource Shelf. Information Commons are a good way to attract undergraduates to campus libraries. PLA tells librarians to just get over it! Dude! Be careful about what you put on Facebook. The Internet is the new black, Web 2.0 founder says. Spike Lee and Nokia collaborate on social film project to be viewed on cellphones. Wikipedia will soon be available in print! Whats up with that? Net neutrality battle returns to the U.S. Senate. Senate votes down proposal to restrict circulation of R-rated movies in libraries that receive public funds. Operation Bagdad Pups update.

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I meet Janus

Posted on April 3, 2008 by inforeginacua

Sorry its been so long since my last blog. This month I have met Janus, the Roman god or doors and windows, endings and beginnings. I had quite the traumatic month. My beloved 22 year old cat, Frieda, passed away in early March. Her passing was calm and peaceful so I do take comfort in [...]

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