Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Executive Director of NSU Libraries, OU, SLIS on July 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Blog:
Been pondering a new title for months. Think I’ve found one worth keeping (the high five from my fourteen-year-old at hearing my choice sealed the deal :-)
Been updating my About page (fishin’ for a professional position) and composing a Comps page for the future reference of other OU SLIS students who have decided to choose [...]
Posted in Comics, Uncategorized, tagged Bizarro, Dan Piraro on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
©2008 Dan Piraro
[Click on the comic for a larger image]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged employment, Executive Director, NSU on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Northeastern State University, located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, is searching for a new Executive Director of Libraries (i.e., my boss needs a new boss ;-).
The salary range is $60,000-$80,000.
Here’s a link to the ad on NSU’s website:
Executive Director of Libraries, NSU Tahlequah
Here’s a link to the ad listed in the Chronicle of Higher Education:
Executive Director of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amazon, business, donations, management, Michael Gooch, Pilgrim's Pride, Wingtips with Spurs on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Two weeks ago, Michael Gooch, Director of Human Resources at Pilgrim’s Pride, commented on this post as follows:
“Age discrimination comes in all shapes and forms. In my new HR book, Wingtips with Spurs, the varying shades of gray within the arena of age discrimination are discussed in depth in chapter 22.”
A snippet from my response:
“I’d [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comprehensive exam, comps, Melissa Gross, The Imposed Query on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
© FSU College of Information
For today’s comps prep, I chose to study Melissa Gross’s imposed query model of information-seeking behavior. First, I read the chapter she wrote in Theories of Information Behavior (i.e., Chapter 26, “The Imposed Query”) and then reread her 1995 article (also titled “The Imposed Query” - published in RQ. Winter 1995. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bob Dylan, Pulitzer Prize on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
*Image accessed via University of Tennesse Libraries
Pulitzer Prize winners were announced today, and Bob Dylan was amongst them. Go here to find out who else won: http://www.pulitzer.org/
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, research funding, John Hopkins University, Lana May on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For my Competitive Intelligence course, I am investigating research funding. One aspect of my research has been to determine how the various departments of the U.S. Federal Government financially support research. The following is some of what I found about how American dollars are supporting the advancement of American and international living:
The Department of Agriculture [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged faceprint, walking into glass, window on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There’s a reason the NSU-BA Library keeps a plant in front of this window:
Nonetheless, the plant occasionally fails to detract the distracted:
As shown in more detail below:
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged broken shoe tree, saw, tree trimming on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
When I first saw the fallen limb (which actually turned out to be a small tree), I thought it was the weight of the shoes. However, a closer look suggests the destruction was the result of planned malice:
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Oklahoma, shoe tree on March 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
No idea of the story behind it, but this unusual tree caught my eye and interest.
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Linda Summers
