Category Archives: around the world

Is Google Going Down?

Posted on November 7, 2007 by kyle

Imagine your life without Google. You would have to search the interwebs using some other search engine. You wouldn’t have the discrete advertising to the right of your search results. You might actually have to come into the library for … Continue reading →

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What’s Going On in Whitewater?

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Barbara

What’s going on in Whitewater? How do you find out? One place to look is the official municipal web site (includes links to Whitewater videos, minutes of the Common Council and citizen committees, public service announcements, and more), or the … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2007 by kyle

Happy Halloween from the Library! And just a word of advice… watch out for dog-eating crocodiles. Exhibit #1: I know, I know. It’s not Friday, but I couldn’t resist. Image courtesy of Cute Overload.

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Celebrate United Nations Day Oct. 24th

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Barbara

October 24th is United Nations Day. …um, what’s that? It’s the anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter on October 24, 1945, and it has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In other words…Happy … Continue reading →

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October is Archives Month

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Barbara

Governor Doyle named October 2007 Archives Month in Wisconsin. 2007 is the 10th year Archives Month has been celebrated. There is a different theme every year, and this year’s theme is “Celebrating our Stories,” which is broad enough to include … Continue reading →

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DIPNOTE: U.S. Dept. of State Blog

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Barbara

Interested in foreign affairs? Curious about what diplomatic service is like? Have an opinion on foreign policy issues? This blog’s for you! The U.S. Dept. of State has launched DIPNOTE, a blog intended to provide “an alternative source to mainstream … Continue reading →

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Western Carolina University adopting “Scholarship Reconsidered” as Tenure Policy

Posted on October 2, 2007 by huangj

While academia praised Ernest Boyer’s idea in Scholarship Reconsidered (1990) to abandon the traditional “teaching vs research” model, most campuses were paying only lip service. Tenure and promotion decisions are still based on traditional measures of research success: books or … Continue reading →

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Banned Books Week (Sept 29-Oct 6)

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Barbara

Banned Books Week is Sept. 29-Oct. 6, 2007. Have you read any of these? They are the most-challenged titles from 2000-2005. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling “The Chocolate War” by Robert Cormier Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor “Of … Continue reading →

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“Love Your Library” Winning Video

Posted on September 28, 2007 by kyle

Back in June, Barb posted a video from the “I Love My Library” Contest, sponsored by Gale (link to original post), which featured a woman that resembled our very own Kelly dancing around the library. Sadly, that video didn’t win. … Continue reading →

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The Facebook of Journal Publishing

Posted on September 12, 2007 by kyle

How do you expand your publishing business and make more money? Most would not respond by giving away your product for free, but that’s just what Reed Elsevier is going to do. They’ve decided to go out on a limb … Continue reading →

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