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There are numerous Yiddish words that have been appropriated into English, from putz to schmooze to maven (see, for example, my very entertaining colleague The Movie Maven who lives up to the meaning of the term “maven” which comes from a Yiddish word meaning “expert”). Native Yiddish speakers could be forgiven for thinking this appropriation […]
The Nashville Public Library is having a postcard-collecting workshop on Saturday, May 19th, 2008. A library seems like an especially fitting place to talk about collecting and preserving postcards, since libraries are all about books and also librarians also run across a lot of postcards (and other ephemera) in old books that have been donated. […]
In the summer between my junior and senior years in high school I got to be part of a special student trip to Europe and spent a week with a family in France. The first night we sat down to dinner and they served sliced fried potatoes. As part of our cultural exchange I asked […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that three publishers, SAGE Publications, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University Press are bringing a lawsuit against Georgia State University because of “systematic, widespread, and unauthorized copying and distribution of a vast amount of copyrighted works.”
Continuing the exploration of the history of the Poet Laureate, the United States has its own version of the post. Originally the position that became Poet Laureate of the United States was called Consultant In Poetry To The Library of Congress. It was created in 1937 with the appointment of poet Joseph Auslander, who remained […]
Looking for a new way to remember the alphabet? Check out the Obscure Animal Alphabet over at Uglorable. Covering animals from the axolotl to the zebu it’s a list of some of my favorite animals, including my favorite armor-plated ant-eater: the pangolin.
Several years ago I was part of a small group that met weekly in a library next to a hospital to read literature and discuss its healing power. One week the moderator brought in a story she’d found in The New Yorker called People Like That Are The Only People Here: Canonical Babbling In […]
The Internet is making libraries obsolete. Libraries as a place people use to conduct research are going the way of the dodo. Nobody goes to the library anymore. That’s the assumption some people make, but a brief note in the Chronicle of Higher Education summarizes a report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project […]
When I read in the Chicago Tribune that a new search engine called ChaCha was now available, my first thought was, “Does the world really need another search engine?” I’m still not sure of the answer that question, especially after reading in SearchTank about one user’s less than stellar experience. ChaCha offers the new feature […]
I’ve been known to drive friends, my wife, and even my parents crazy when visiting a different state or city because I insist on doing as much as possible that’s local. My father, at least, has a similar preference, and has even occasionally said that he won’t eat at any restaurant that has more than […] |
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