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Glimmers in the Gloom

Published by Iris on Thursday, February 1st, 2007

It’s been a rough week, and it seems I’m not alone in feeling this way. (In fact, I’d say I had it a bit better than some people.) So I thought I’d point to some of my favorite posts to brighten things up a little in my corner of the world. These are posts that, in the middle of a warm summer afternoon, I might have the mental wherewithal to actually comment on… but at this point all I can say to the authors is, “Thank you for writing such thoughtful pieces. I’m not writing about them, but I am thinking about them.”

As the song says, “these are a few of my favorite things” this week. I hope next week brings peace and calm… but who am I kidding.

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Tax Refunds for All

Published by Iris on Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

I just learned that the IRS is offering a one-time refund for the long-distance telephone tax you may have paid over the last three years. All you need to know should be here.

And now back to your regularly scheduled library jabber.

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The Poor Rep Didn’t Know What He Was In For

Published by Iris on Sunday, January 28th, 2007

We had a rep from a major database vendor come and talk to us all afternoon on Friday. All I can say is, I feel like I’ve just been window shopping at Prada. I don’t know anything about our budget, but I’m pretty sure we saw enough wonderful databases and full text collections to blow our entire database budget several times over. Of course, it was all beyond wonderful… but wow… I think we all got database envy for at least two of the tools we saw.

Anyway, at one point the poor guy was showing us a free add-on to something we already have. Free. Got that? Well, we spent probably 20 minutes grilling him on how it works, why they made it, what it would do for us that another product we have doesn’t do, why they made it work the way they did rather than another way, and discussing our theory of student usage of databases… All for a free add-on. The poor guy.

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Frosty Windows

Frosty Windows

Published by Iris on Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Frosty Windows
Originally uploaded by Pegasus Librarian.

I was nearly late for my morning activities this morning because I took a few minutes to take picture after picture of the frost on my windows. It’s several degrees below zero (Fahrenheit) with a healthy wind chill, but the sun is sparkling through sheets of ice crystals.

Sounds like a good day to light a fire, snuggle up in some blankets, make cocoa, and read a good book while listening to some good music. Unfortunately, I’ll be doing a bunch of reading for work, I don’t have a fireplace, and I’ve had a headache all day… but the blankets, cocoa, and music I can do.

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