It just struck me that our blog is now over a year old. I went back to our posts from January 2007 and it seems like the more things change, […]
New Lav Notes: Volume 4, Number 3
The new Lav Notes is out. In this issue, you’re introduced to some widgets and tools that may help make your library research a little quicker: a JHU library toolbar, […]
Film Fridays
Warning: This promotional clip contains graphic images of surgical procedures. Did you know that nearly 11.5 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures were performed in the United States in 2005? […]
Big Think
So, like going to Disney World and having “It’s a Small World” insidiously infect your very being, you’ve seen and heard the “Leave Britney Alone” video on YouTube once too […]
Collaborate with Freeware Wikis
New Years is a time for lists and resolutions. Go to the gym, eat more healthily, learn a foreign language, study more, more efficiently, and harder. Why not use free […]
Film Fridays
It’s arrived. Killer of Sheep (1977 / DVD 3174) has garnered a *ton* of attention in the months building up to its re-release. Set in Los Angeles’ Watts neighborhood in […]
4 Ways to Catalog Your Books at Home
Some of you students have already taken off for the holidays, and even more of you are eyeing a few weeks off after this week. If you’re passing winter holiday […]
Holiday Pleasure Reading
Looking for a good book to entertain you while you’re waiting in those long airport lines? Why not check out a finalist for the National Book Award? Tree of Smoke […]
More Science Videos Online
Earlier this semester, Robin alerted us to SciVee, an where you can find science-related videos online. Via Duke’s Center for Instructional Technology, I was alerted to a couple other science […]
Audiobooks for the Road
If you’re at all like millions of other people in the United States, you may be gearing up for a weekend of travel. When I’m facing a long drive or […]