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ZombieLand

A funny zombie movie, sick I know but I love this stuff

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Hugo Award Winners

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250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives

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The World Digital Library will launch on April 21, 2009.

The World Digital Library will launch on April 21, 2009. The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts...

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Here are some interesting photos from the Boston Globe regarding the flooding in Fargo/Moorhead

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I like books, movies and gardens and work in a College Library in Minnesota

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Hugo Award Winners

Best Novel: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK)

Best Novella: ''The Erdmann Nexus'' by Nancy Kress (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)

Best Novelette: ''Shoggoths in Bloom'' by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's Mar 2008)

Best Short Story: ''Exhalation'' by Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)

John W. Campbell not-a-Hugo Award for Best New Writer: David Anthony Durham

Best Related Book: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 by John Scalzi (Subterranean Press)

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Posted on August 11, 2009 at 12:59pm —

250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives

Hundreds of libraries and archives exist online, from university-supported sites to individual efforts. Each one has something to offer to researchers, students, and teachers. This list contains over 250 libraries and archives that focus mainly on localized, regional, and U.S. history, but it also includes larger collections, eText and eBook repositories, and a short list of directories… Continue

Posted on July 2, 2009 at 11:08am —

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I started a Twitter page.. LibraryCreepDLC...

Posted on June 25, 2009 at 11:43am —

The Bram Stoker Awards

The Horror Writers Association presented the 2008 Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement at a ceremony on June 12-14 in Burbank, California. The Horror Writers Association was started by Alabama's own Robert McCammon in 1987, and the award is named in honor of one of the first true kings of horror. As early as 1984 McCammon expressed a desire for a professional organization and support group for wr… Continue

Posted on June 25, 2009 at 11:39am —

The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks

The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
by Max Brooks
Attacking October 6, 2009

ZombieSurvivalGuide.com

Posted on June 25, 2009 at 11:30am —

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At 8:19am on February 6, 2009, Rachel Gray said…: Might be "scary" but not uncommon amongst librarians! :)

At 8:08am on July 17, 2008, Doreen said…: 100 Useful Niche Search Engines You’ve Never Heard Of:
http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/19/100-useful-niche-search-engines-youve-never-heard-of/

Though the general Google site is often touted as the number one search engine online, college students sometimes need more specific tools to help them uncover quality information on the Web that they can use for class projects, research papers, and even job and apartment searches. This list features a huge variety of search engines that can be useful to students,faculty and staff including tools that find photos, sound effects, summer internships, health and medical information, reference guides, and a lot more. From College@Home

At 8:43am on June 23, 2008, Doreen said…: Check it out to cool
http://www.starwarscrawl.com/?id=16462

At 11:57am on May 15, 2008, Doreen said…: Free Rice
Practice your English vocabulary skills and provide 20 grains of rice to hungry people for each vocabulary word for which you identify the correct definition. "The rice is paid for by the advertisers whose names you see on the bottom of your vocabulary screen." The rice is distributed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). Also includes a FAQ and a list of total donations by date back to October 2007.
URL: http://www.freerice.com/

At 8:14am on May 5, 2008, Doreen said…: J.J. Abrams Shares Details on How Unexpected Star Trek Will Be Next Summer!

At 9:40am on May 2, 2008, Doreen said…: Book-Beer Pairings (Part I): Arianna Huffington, Michael Chabon, Lauren Groff, and More: From Omnivoracious
Hungry for the next good book™

At 11:53am on April 28, 2008, Doreen said…: Universal Day of the Jedi

At 3:41pm on April 22, 2008, Doreen said…: From New Scientist:

Scientists on their “life-changing” books

By David Pescovitz on Book

I always enjoy hearing about the reading habits of people who are much smarter and more interesting than me. New Scientist has a feature package where seventeen big name scientists recommend books that they considered “life-changing.” Here is the list of the scientists and the books they suggest, with each title linking to Amazon. Follow the link at the bottom of the post to the New Scientist article where you can read the scientists’ thoughts on their picks. From New Scientist:

1. Farthest North - Steve Jones, geneticist

2. The Art of the Soluble - V. S. Ramachandran, neuroscientist

3. Animal Liberation - Jane Goodall, primatologist

4. The Foundation trilogy - Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist

5. Alice in Wonderland - Alison Gopnik, developmental psychologist

6. One, Two, Three… Infinity - Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist

7. The Idea of a Social Science - Harry Collins, sociologist of science

8. Handbook of Mathematical Functions - Peter Atkins, chemist

9. The Mind of a Mnemonist - Oliver Sacks, neurologist

10. A Mathematician’s Apology - Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician

11. The Leopard - Susan Greenfield, neurophysiologist

12. Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior - Frans de Waal, psychologist and ethologist

13. Catch-22 / The First Three Minutes - Lawrence Krauss, physicist

14. William James, Writings 1878-1910 - Daniel Everett, linguist

15. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Chris Frith, neuroscientist

16. The Naked Ape - Elaine Morgan, author of The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis

17. King Solomon’s Ring - Marion Stamp Dawkins, Zoologist