A Wandering Eyre

I am still trying to figure out how to plan my work, house, and napping needs around the hours of my day. I think I am finally getting an idea of what is and is not possible in a 24 hour period for the stay-at-home Jane.
I am catching up on some much needed reading [...]

I am not sure expelling this student for being the admin of a virtual study group is the answer to this problem. If what the students say is true, they were only using the group to help each other, much as people do in a real f2f study group, not give answers to homework or [...]

I have decided to write this post in two parts because it may end up being a wee bit long for one gigantic post. I wanted to write about the positives of working in an academic library first because starting out on a positive note is nice. This post could be subtitled: Why academic libraries [...]

Either way, you look like an ass hat.
On Being a Hypocrite
Two things recently popped up that make my want to wash my hands of the constant hand wringing and “I am better then the common man” librarianship that seems to be the common backlash against innovation and free thought. One involves me personally.
I believe Michael [...]

My friend was reading The Chronicle of Higher Education today and came across my name. He alerted me to the fact and my response was OMGPONIES. As well it should be.
–Jane, see librarians are fun, well, and geeky, ok, ok, mostly geeky

Google has decided to ban the advertising of paper writing firms from its side bar. I applaud their decision. According to the BBC, Mathew Wilson, managing director of one such firms, says that this ban:
…will punish the legitimate, transparent companies, which sell essays, but which warn students that they must not be used dishonestly.
Not used [...]

What a great title! This job was posted today for Colorado College. The blurb on the ALA JobList says:
Academic Technology Services at Colorado College is looking for an energetic individual to build student community around the use of technology for learning. Our Academic Technology Specialist for Students will create and support media and information literacy [...]

I am sure this will be all over the biblioblogosphere soon/now, but this video posted by David Free is… well, amazing.
We are the toobes. Web 2.0 is about the content we create, the content that can be recreated by others. It is the read/write/share abilities of the web as we now know it that make [...]

I am trying to speak at more conferences. There are a couple of reasons why I am submitting proposals, not the least of which are my tenure requirements. I enjoy presenting and teaching, which is nice, but my library does not fund everything I do. Rachel Singer Gordon released her Speaking Fee Survey about a [...]

Edward Castronova, an expert in virtual world economies, recently received a grant from the MacArthur Foundation to build an MMOG based on Shakespeare’s King Richard III. The game, Arden, will be the first non-commercial, academic game of its kind. Castronova plans to use Arden to set up social experiments and teach people about Shakespeare’s works.
The [...]