Musings on library school, books, technology, and other things by a library school student, computer geek and bibliophile.
Posted in School on Aug 30th, 2006
Ah, it’s that time of year again. The time of year that most folks in academia regard as the real new year’s - the beginning of the school year. And quite an interesting start it’s been for me.
I managed to get through the first week of school with no problems at all, even though I [...]
Posted in Life in Tucson on Aug 8th, 2006
As I expected, one week after the Rillito was running at or above capacity, it was once again dry:
Posted in England Trip, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Aug 4th, 2006
Tuesday saw two presentations on managing the collections of the libraries of Oxford University in the morning, and tours of 3 college libraries in the afternoon. However, as it also saw my ongoing bout with a head cold, I have to say that the day was a little fuzzier for me than it might have [...]
Posted in Life in Tucson on Aug 2nd, 2006
The monsoon returned to southern Arizona with a vengance this weekend. I drove to school for the last day of the intro class I was assistant for on Saturday in a steady downpour and I encountered a couple of minor flooding issues in the streets on the way there. Many, many University buildings had flooded [...]
Posted in England Trip, Libraries, UNC Oxford Seminar '06 on Aug 2nd, 2006
The seminar’s weekend was unscheduled free time for us participants. I know several people went away for the weekend, but I stayed in Oxford. I spent Saturday wandering around (many of my photos of Oxford were taken that Saturday), and I spent Sunday nursing a head cold (which you probably don’t want to hear about, [...]
