Goodbye, 2012! Welcome, 2013!

I remember my farewell post for 2011. How much different I felt about it and how much less excited I was about 2012 than I am right now about 2013. I thought, nothing could top 2011.I hate it when I am right about things like that. On the other hand, this was a year of…

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A wish

This post is not going to be funny, it’s not going to be witty, it’s not going to be clever or long.My heart is heavy with sorrow, my eyes are heavy with tears. I’m hugging my two children, I am bewildered how to talk about the tragedy that took innocent lives today, how to explain…

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The Casual Vacancy

This is exactly how I imagined JK Rowling’s comeback. It is a TRUE book that should be judged on its own merit ( I love HP books, if that matters). Once you clear your mind of any expectations about what this book should and shouldn’t be, you will find a rare and profoundly moving literary…

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Online Reference Service Presentation for librarians

For the past two semesters I had the privilege to work with an amazing partner on two group assignments, and I am very proud of what our collaboration resulted in. That is why I wanted to share with you  one of our new creations- a presentation on Online reference service, the target audience is librarians, but it…

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Valentine’s day romance for busy parents

Wow, what a cliche title, nice job Annie!Well, cliche or not, it’s the absolute truth and I’m not backing down. I had 2 sick kids with bronchitis, one (almost) sick grad-student-working-mom ( aka. me), one busy dad that’s been moonlighting as WonderDad ( aka. making things happen at home even when he’s not there, especially…

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