Zotero
I am working on two very different research projects for professors right now, and Zotero is saving my life.
Do you use Zotero to organise your research bibliographies and notes?
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Work-related 'burnout' more likely to affect the best lecturers, study suggests
From the article: “The problem could be getting worse as more students join part-time, distance and online learning programmes and other flexible study options that increase their need for learning support.”
A few years ago, when I was still teaching at Yale, I was approached by a student who was interested in going to graduate school. She had her eye on Columbia; did I know someone there she could talk with? I did, an old professor of mine. But when I wrote to arrange the introduction, he refused to even meet with her. “I won’t talk to students about graduate school anymore,” he explained. “Going to grad school’s a suicide mission.
I just registered for a metadata class.
And a database class. The fall semester will be awesome.
The Cost of the Internet
I am annoyed by this question, or rather, by the fact that this library student decided to contact a geek culture blog about answering it.
Do your own damned homework. THINK about the question. Conduct a proper reference interview with the professor (which will win you points, guaranteed, because that is what every librarian MUST do before answering a complex reference question). Read a book about being an awesome librarian.
If all else fails, contact librarian.net or an actual librarian with a web presence. But Boing Boing? Really? Have they not yet learned about credibility of sources?
Grr.
iwillwritesomethinghereeveryday:
I just came across this on BoingBoing:
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/06/what-did-the-interne.html
It seems some poor library student and her classmates are tasked with researching the cost of the entire Internet??
I will never be upset about my own assignments again.
How to Survive Library School: Week Two
Suzy’s come up with an emoticon to represent “dazed and confused cataloging student”:
[:/$]
Suzy, I love it!
How to Survive Library School
One of my fellow classmates and friends just started her own blog. She has a great attitude and perspective on library school.
[Flash 10 is required to watch video]
Hello, WSU LIS 6080 classmates! I am Halsted and this is my introduction video.
Sadly, Tumblr picked my least-awesome faces for the preview stills.
