Library NOT Heart of University, Survey Shows
Library NOT Heart of University, Survey Shows: “Every faculty member here knows students’ papers are already just swaths of text cut and pasted from shit sites they found on Jackpot strung together with their own pathetic run-on sentences. Faculty apathy and grade inflation are the only things keeping students’ GPAs and campus retention from plummeting […]
Read MoreWeb Curator Tool
Web Curator Tool: The Web Curator Tool (WCT) is a tool for managing the selective web harvesting process. It is designed for use in libraries and other collecting organisations, and supports collection by non-technical users while still allowing complete control of the web harvesting process. ——- this looks like a great tool.
Read MoreTake Back Your Time
Take Back Your Time: TAKE BACK YOUR TIME is a major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment. —— I missed take back your time day.
Read MoreSeason Shot – Ammo with flavor.
Season Shot – Ammo with flavor.: Season Shot is made of tightly packed seasoning bound by a fully biodegradable food product. The seasoning is actually injected into the bird on impact seasoning the meat from the inside out. When the bird is cooked the seasoning pellets melt into the meat spreading the flavor to the […]
Read MoreWant a lesson on what can happen when you anger the blogosphere? (and you happen to steal pictures)
Want a lesson on what can happen when you anger the blogosphere? (and you happen to steal pictures): Unbelievable right? It gets worse. After the 441 comments are posted to Kris’s blog post about this, then it takes off on Kris’s flickr site – where people start to discover that the thief had stolen almost […]
Read MoreHow many calories are in Coke Zero?
How many calories are in Coke Zero?: If you answered zero, go to Question 2: how many calories are in Pepsi One? If you answer one, you are wrong. Nancy, a friend and colleague of mine, told me her son did a college project to find out how many calories are actually in soda. Pepsi […]
Read MoreWelcome to the Bottom Half
Welcome to the Bottom Half: In terms of retention and graduation rates, American colleges and universities are now in the bottom half of all higher education institutions in the developed world. According to a New York Times story and editorial, the U.S. is now 16th out of 27 countries. —- yep… but how do you […]
Read MoreAround the Corner v2 – MGuhlin.net – Librarians are obsolete
Around the Corner v2 – MGuhlin.net – Librarians are obsolete: A few folks–David Warlick (2cents) and Chris Harris (InfoMancy)–are complaining about how librarians have been left out in the cold, found to be obsolete/irrelevant to a world that can do its own research, work out information literacy on its own, and really, come on, do […]
Read MoreGlobal Nomads Group | global nomads group
about gng | global nomads group: Using interactive technologies such as videoconferencing, GNG brings young people together face-to-face to meet across cultural and national boundaries to discuss their differences & similarities, and the world issues that affect them. Global Nomads Group programs aim to: Increase young people’s knowledge of the world and its people Increase […]
Read MoreNine Shift : Education: The Gallaudet protests
Nine Shift : Education: The Gallaudet protests : The issue is also about the biggest educational struggle in this early century: the switch from making every student “normal” to understanding that every student is not normal, in other words, unique. And once again bloggers kept the issue alive. Bloggers, those journalist advocates for a niche, […]
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