JollyLibrarian

As summer term winds down, remember that the library staff is still ready and willing to help you get the most of your last few days of the semester.

Are you still working on that research project? We can help you find good sources that are reputable, understandable, and will please your instructor.
We can provide basic help [...]

Recent studies on emotional and social contagion have come up with interesting results:

A leading predictor of obesity is our friends. If our friends gain weight, we are 171 percent more likely to gain weight as well.
Employees who are depressed and burned out pass those moods on to their colleagues.
A depressed friend can pass that mood [...]

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.– Carl T. Rowan
A student once told Emily that if he had her job, he would kill himself.  I always laugh when I remember that because to me, working in the library is the best job in [...]

As I deleted the 50th email today in a language that looks like a combination of Russian and Greek, I decided that this week would be a good time to remind everyone to protect your identity online.
Almost 10% of identity theft occurs online, and the victims number in the millions each year. And, of course, we’ve all [...]

Most of us like to think of ourselves as helpful beings. When we see someone struggling, we jump in to help.  And that is a good thing. Usually.
But there are times when we are so sure that we know the answer to someone’s problem, that we forget to ask if our help is wanted or [...]

For the past two weeks, the airwaves and internet have been buzzing over the deaths of Michael Jackson and now Steve McNair. Just as with the death of Princess Diana, commentators have marveled at the extent of the public emotional outpouring over complete strangers. Celebrity gives the impression of familiarity, they tell us.
For those of us in Nashville, [...]

Time is a created thing. To say “I don’t have time” is to say ”I don’t want to.”
 –Lao Tzu
Now if you’re like many people, this saying from Lao Tzu is not going to go down in your list of favorites. Research shows again and again that many of us feel time deprived, giving up sleep and exercise [...]

Probably Michael Jackson is the most popular search term this week six days after his death. The amount of information about him being placed on the web is astronomical. And some of it is accurate: TMZ was the first to report on his death on its website.
But the days following his death show the weakness [...]