That was fun. We have an affiliation with a charter high school in the neighborhood so I was able to help them mostly by roving and answering questions about how to print, how to email, etc. Also stumbled on a (new to me) database that is proving quite popular. Going to play around in there now.
- Derrick
wahoo! Roving and answering questions is almost my favorite form of instruction. (And what was the database?)
- Catherine Pellegrino
Thanks, C! I'm really liking it too. The database is CQ Researcher. I'm thinking this would be good for our first years who might not focus on topics right away and they can browse and see what's current and topical.
- Derrick
That's exactly how I use CQ in first-year classes. Students LOVE it.
- Kaijsa
I can totally see why. Looking forward to using this on the desk.
- Derrick
Oh yeah - we don't have it, but get calls from a very persistent rep every now and then, and one of our librarians is now making noises about a trial. Good to know others find it useful!
- Catherine Pellegrino
CQ and Issues & Controversies are great for those pro/con issue argument papers.
- Jason P
We have CQ Researcher (and CQ Global Researcher) good, solid, overview articles on a topic of the day. Also, the subjects which get covered 10 years after they were fiorst covered are interesting comparison pieces... Students have said "wow, they thought like that back then?!" (referring to 1991, which is before they were born) #GetOffMyLawn!
- awd
Check it out: http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/. The Ojibwe People's Dictionary was produced by folks at the Digital Library Development Lab at the University of Minnesota Libraries, along with the Minnesota Historical Society, the Department of American Indian Studies at UMN, Ojibwe elders and Ojibwe language speakers.
alas, not around here. at least, not yet. there is talk of more dates, but nothing certain yet, so I am going to the sure thing: the hometown ATL show!
- holly #ravingfangirl
""The mechanism works so that the pegs fit into the grooves of the chair one size bigger and slides into place so that the horizontal edge between the chair seat and back line up. The simple mechanism allows the chairs to be taken apart and put together with ease.""
- AJ Batac :)
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