JollyLibrarian

A simple definition of empathy  is the abilty to understand someone’s feelings, thoughts, and concerns. It’s the ability to walk a mile in another’s shoes. It is a soft skill that reaps great benefits.
At a college, we employees are so enmeshed in the academic world that we sometimes forget how overwhelming things can be for the prospective or [...]

Do you associate the Kisber Library with academic tomes only, heavy subjects that you’re trying to escape from in the summer? Then take a second look at us!
Don’t hate us because we’re smart! We’re fun too!
Our new exhibit features our fun books–books just right for taking along to the beach or the pool or lazing [...]

For the next few weeks, I’m going to be using The Leader as a Mensch: Become the Kind of Person Others Want to Follow by Bruna Martinuzzi as a guide. For Martinuzzi, we are all leaders in some aspects of our lives, and her advice is very useful for bosses, employees, family members, and friends.
 According [...]

By guest blogger: Emily  Bush, Instructional Librarian
As librarians we attempt to convince students that subscription databases search as intuitively as Google – “It’s easy just insert ‘AND’ between each word, think of three different ways to say the same thing, make sure to click full text, hit search then weed your way through 300 irrelevant [...]

I’m not talking here about formal mentoring, although that is a very wonderful thing to do. What I am talking about is just showing the children you know ways to be happy and responsible adults. One of my proudest moments came from a young friend of mine who told her grandmother, “You know, I’ve always [...]

Facts:

Almost half of all junk mail goes unopened. Only about 2% ever gets a response.
The average person gets 500 pieces of junk mail a year.
5.6 million tons of catalogs and direct mail ads wind up in landfills each year.
A year’s worth of junk mail destroys more than a million trees.

Take action:

Remove yourself from as many mailing [...]

Don’t think all your librarians are at the beach this summer. We’re here ready to help you. Here’s what the library can offer you during the shortened summer term:

Are you from another college taking NSCC classes for the summer? Then stop by and become acquainted with our databases. We’re more than happy to help you [...]

While many people decide to better themselves with New Year’s resolutions, I think summer is the time to try new things, take up hobbies, and just do things for fun. The weather is good. There seems to be a little more time.
So for this week, do something musical. If you know how, play something! If [...]