Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 25, 2009
The Jolly Librarian and the entire staff of the NSCC Library wish everyone a happy and restful Thanksgiving. For those of you who are finishing research papers over the break, remember that you can access the databases from home with your “A” and pin numbers.
The library will reopen at 7:30 on Monday, November 30. We’ll [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 23, 2009
This is not the first time that I’ve written on this subject, but the holidays are always a good time to reflect on how much we’ve been given and how much need is out there. Plus, at the holidays, there are so many easy ways to give. My mail box has been full of requests [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 16, 2009
Like most of my colleagues today, I came into work to find that our internet was down. That meant no access to library databases, students’ course shells, or even the simplest Google search. Now, no time is a good time for a college to be without the Internet. But this seemed an especially bad time: [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 9, 2009
A recent article in The New York Times reported on a study in the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography on the very real and harmful effects of workplace gossip.
But my topic today is not on the evils of workplace gossip or gossip in general. We may have all been taught that gossip is bad, but chances [...]
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: November 2, 2009
I had an interesting encounter with a colleague today. She was telling me about a problem, and I suggested something she should do to solve it. She was quite put out with me. “I just need to talk,” she said. “I want sympathy right now. That’s really something you should work on.”
Which it is. On [...]
