Author Archives: kyle

About kyle

I'm the library guy. No, seriously, I'm the only male reference & instruction librarian. I also have the pleasure of serving several campus committees, the Academic Staff Assembly and the Chancellor's Task Force on LGBT Issues, among others.

New Stuff Tuesday – January 3

Posted on January 3, 2012 by kyle

Getting Wasted Why College Students Drink Too Much and Party Too Hard by Thomas Vander Ven HV5135 .V36 2011 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Happy New Year! 2011 has come to a close, and I’m sure that we’re all ready to … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – December 27

Posted on December 27, 2011 by kyle

Fools Rule Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change by William Marsden QC903 .M37 2011 New Arrivals, 2nd floor I just spent the last five days driving over a thousand miles around the great states of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – December 20

Posted on December 20, 2011 by kyle

Reality Bites Back The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV by Jennifer Pozner PN1992.8 .R43 P69 2010 New Arrivals, 2nd floor With finals taking over your life and the semester coming to an end by Friday, we are coming up … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – December 13

Posted on December 13, 2011 by kyle

Proofiness How You’re Being Fooled by the Numbers by Charles Seife QA99 .S45 2011 New Arrivals, 2nd floor When it comes to math and statistics, I don’t remember much from those courses in high school and college. I may have … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – November 29

Posted on November 29, 2011 by kyle

Always On How the iPhone Unlocked the Anything-Anytime-Anywhere Future — and Locked Us In by Brian Chen HM851 .C45 2011 New Arrivals, 2nd floor If you’ve been reading New Stuff Tuesday for a while, you’ll know that I like road … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – November 15

Posted on November 15, 2011 by kyle

Millennial Momentum How a New Generation Is Remaking America by Morley Winograd & Michael Hais JK1764 .W636 2011 New Arrivals, 2nd floor One of the biggest buzzwords of this millennium, in my humble opinion, is interestingly the term applied the … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – November 8

Posted on November 8, 2011 by kyle

Four Fish A Journey from the Ocean to Your Plate by Paul Greenberg SH167 .S17 G74 2010 New Arrivals, 2nd floor I grew up in the middle of Illinois, with the closest body of water, Lake Michigan, about four hours … Continue reading →

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Guess Kyle’s Costume and Win a Prize!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by kyle

That’s right! I decided to dress up this year, and I want to see if anyone out there can guess my costume. I’m not going to lie – it’s pretty obscure. However, I’ll give you some hints in order to … Continue reading →

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Happy 1,000th Post!

Posted on October 27, 2011 by kyle

Yes, it’s true. The library has published one thousand posts, on everything from new materials in the library to events on campus to just random stuff that we find on the internet [OK, it’s more me than we on the … Continue reading →

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Scary Times Around the World

Posted on October 26, 2011 by kyle

It’s getting to be that time of year again – when the name of the game is to freak out everyone with the crazy costumes on the last day in October. I’ve already got mine picked out [stay tuned – … Continue reading →

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