http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress Too Frequently Blunt and To the Point Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:09:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AtmosPeer- The Social Network for Atmospheric Science My father, a hurricane research meteorologist, sent me the above link to AtmosPeer.  This is one of the ever increasing number of subject specific social networking sites.   It is not the first I have seen.   I am pretty aware of Ning even though I ... http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress/archives/124 J.D. Salinger Dead: 'Catcher in the Rye' Author Dies At 91 I hate to admit that Catcher didn't have the same impact on me as it did those in generations before me.  I can still say I read it more than once though.  I am surprised at the number of people ... http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress/archives/123 School chooses Kindle; are libraries for the history 'books'? - USATODAY.com Cushing Academy, the school that got a lot of attention last fall, is about 20 minutes away from me.  Now that all the hullabaloo has died down, I think it is time to get into some important conversations about what ... http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress/archives/122 In my last entry I wrote about student's pre-college library experience shaping what they think of librarians.  For this entry, I am going to focus on what I think happens when they get to us in the college and university libraries.  I know every library is different and I know ... http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress/archives/121 A Librarian Looks Like… at live wire librarian I found the above blog post from a librarian friend on Facebook.  I have been interested by student's perceptions of libraries and librarians for a while.  I wrote a paper once on how the male librarian stereotype is so radically different from that ... http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress/archives/120 There has been a lot written about services being in perpetual beta release rather than building a product, testing it and then releasing perfection.  I agree with this sentiment.  By the time you do all of this you have already lost precious time and are behind the curve.  Saddly, none ... http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress/archives/119 "Interesting art on the other end of the state." How I did it: Living in Central MA doesn't really mean I am in the middle.  I wanted to get out to see this museum, but I had no idea what I was getting into.  It required a day long trip to ... http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress/archives/118 "Serene Beauty..." How I did it: I always pass the road to Walden Pond, but I never took the time to go there.  As soon as spring came, I made the trip with a friend.  This was our first stop on a day long trip to Concord, MA.  The days were ... http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress/archives/117 "An interesting, modern art experience." How I did it: A friend won some passes to the muesum and had to use them by the end of June.  We happened to be in the area already for lunch and decided to use the passes.  It seems to be pretty easy to get ... http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress/archives/116 "Beautiful religious art from the other side of the world." How I did it: I have passed the museum on a few occasions.  I have always wanted to go in, but never made the real effort to do it.  It's only about 15 minutes away from me.  Today turned out to ... http://www.librarygirl.org/wordpress/archives/115