Category Archives: around the world

Summer Brain Exercises – Friday Fun

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Barbara

OK, it’s summer (officially), and if you aren’t taking classes you need to keep your brain limber! So test your knowledge: How may countries can you name? Take the Countries of the World Quiz. This quiz is at an interesting … Continue reading →

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Digital Public Library of America

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Barbara

There are lots and lots of institutions providing digitized materials, but who has the time to find them? Well, here’s a one-stop discovery tool! The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) provides free access to the digitized riches of libraries, … Continue reading →

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Celebrate the birth of jeans May 20th

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Barbara

Did you know that blue jeans were born on May 20, 1873? That’s the day that U.S. patent no. 139,121 for “Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings” was granted to Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss, creating work pants reinforced with metal rivets … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: Armchair travel through the Secret Door!

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Barbara

Journeying via The Secret Door is a bit like slipping down the rabbit hole with Alice at times, especially since the sites you’ll see aren’t always labelled (or may not be labelled in English), but The Secret Door uses Google … Continue reading →

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American Diabetes Association Alert Day

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Barbara

Tuesday, March 26, 2013, is the American Diabetes Association® Alert Day®, which is meant to draw everyone’s attention to diabetes and their risk for the disease. On the web site you can take the free Diabetes Risk Test, which asks … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: Book cakes

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Barbara

I’ve posted about books and food before (Books & Bites), but this time we’re going way past just combining recommendations for books and food! Take a gander at 30 Gorgeous & Delicious Literary Cakes at Flavorwire.com. The folks at Flavorwire … Continue reading →

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Research in Gender and Women’s Studies

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Diana

March is Women’s History Month and Andersen Library has plenty of resources to help you learn more about gender history and the history of women. North American Women’s Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 This collection includes one of the … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: The Lives and Deaths of Academic Library Staplers

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Barbara

Thank you to Diana for sharing this! As some of you know, the Reference Desk staff is a bit protective of our staplers. There are good although undocumented reasons (the fates of the staplers that are no longer with us). … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: What do you know about the news?

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Barbara

Do you keep up with the news? Do you recognize “prominent people?” Take the Pew Research Center’s “The News IQ Quiz” and compare how you do with other Americans.

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Of Mice and Men

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Barbara

On February 6, 1937, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men was published, a book that he also made into a play. I vividly remember seeing a production of the play at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis as a school trip. … Continue reading →

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