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John Dupuis is the Head of the Steacie Science & Engineering Library, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada. You can reach him at jdupuis at yorku dot ca
May 31, 2010
Category: books I'd like to read
For your reading and collection development pleasure: 137: Jung, Pauli, and the Pursuit of a Scientific Obsession by Arthur I. Miller "The history is fascinating, as are the insights into the personalities of these great thinkers."--New Scientist Is there a...
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May 28, 2010
Category: friday fun
I've been slowly dipping my toes into the manga universe, trying to expand my comics/graphic novel horizon. Moyasimon, for example -- the 1st volume was very good. Beyond that, I've only read a couple of titles here and there. Of...
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May 27, 2010
Category: acad lib future
As I mentioned the other day, the most recent issue of ISTL is full of very fine articles. The one that really caught my eye is the Viewpoints article Are A & I Services in a Death Spiral? by Valerie...
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May 25, 2010
Category: acad lib future
Another terrific issue. I'm going to list everything but the book & database reviews & reports so as not to clutter the post too much. Five Voices, Two Perspectives: Integrating Student Librarians into a Science and Engineering Library by Eugene...
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May 21, 2010
Category: friday fun
Funniest. Onion. Article. Ever. New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It: Let Someone Else Report On This Bullshit Virtually every line is laugh-out-loud funny. According to sources we feel really, really sorry for, Foursquare works by...
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May 19, 2010
Category: job
Here's a pretty exciting opportunity at my institution. Although not a science library position per se, there will be ample opportunity to work with science and engineering faculty and students. Position Rank: Full Time Tenure Stream - Assistant Librarian Discipline/Field:...
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May 18, 2010
Category: blogging
Yes, it was May 18, 2009 that I opened a new chapter in Confessions of a Science Librarian history. One year on Scienceblogs -- it's been a fantastic experience, one that I'm looking forward to continuing for the foreseeable future....
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May 17, 2010
Category: music mondays
Yesterday was a very sad day in the hard rock/heavy metal community as Rainbow/Black Sabbath/Dio/Heaven & Hell vocalist Ronnie James Dio died at the age of 67. I've been a big fan of Ronnie James Dio ever since way back...
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May 14, 2010
Category: friday fun
The Cronk of Higher Education is seriously my new very best friend. I work on a very large commuter campus and let's just say this very definitely resonated with me. I also take public transit to work every day through...
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May 13, 2010
Category: acad lib future
By some strange coincidence given yesterday's post, this post on Raising your internal profile as an academic liaison librarian by Emma Woods came across my Twitter feed this morning. As part of a task and finish group on internal marketing...
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