In the Future Libraries Will Burn.

Today I did an English Composition class. As part of the class we discussed fee verus free resources.

The students had to draw a picture of what the campus library would look like if all information was free. Total count:

• Two burning buildings and one fire.
• Two tumbleweeds.
• Two brawls.
• Four dead bodies and a boy buried by a pile of books.

A Professor as Plagiarist

Two papers published in Science and Nature Chemical Biology by a South Korean scientists were fake. The biotechnology professor has been suspending from teaching and conducting research. Chronicle Article He even did research for Harvard for a while.

The Best Recommendation - from my Mom?

That's right folks - it's optional, but colleges are still giving Mom and Dad the opportunity to write a letter of recommendation to get their kid into college. Read More

TV for Free - HULU

Free episodes online! HULU http://www.hulu.com/ I can get Simpsons and King of the Hill? Awesome.

Spitzer News - Librarians track gossip best

Librarians do it best! Spitzer & Prostitutes. Couldn't get into the New York Times page, try the eight hundred other zillion sources that are writing about the scandal. My favorite tool? Google News .

It took me more than ten pages to figure out that if Spitzer resigns the lieutenant governor David Patterson becomes governor. He is legally blind and could be the first African-American Governor of New York.

Colleges Freak at What they don't Understand

So using a study group in the library isn't cheating, using a study group in a online Coursement Management System set up by professor isn't cheating, but using Facebook to build an online study group is? Whatever....http://www.thestar.com/article/309855

Julie Andrews is Heaven!

Julie Andrews is Honorary Chair of National Library Week - can life get any better. Practically perfect in every way....check out the video on YouTube.