Posts by: EleanorCook

I have found Facebook fun and entertaining in many ways, even though I don’t play any of the games there.   I like keeping up with friends and family.  I’ve gotten over the problem of connecting with people from the past – all the skeletons in my closet have either been chased out or I’m reconciled [...]

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Apologies Notwithstanding

On March 25, 2010 By

Have you noticed?  So many public persons are issuing apologies these days.  Tiger Woods. The Pope.  The Israelies.  Not enough Republicans and/or Democrats.  Especially the latter political groups- all those people spitting and hurling stones, my goodness, they need to chill out.

What apologies should I issue?  Not sure, but here are a couple for [...]

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Having been given the privilege to blog at the Against the Grain web site, I know I should do it more often and I regret not getting back to it as often as I should. Tonight I am offered all kinds of reasons to take advantage of this opportunity.
I have been thinking a [...]

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NCSU adopts Summon

On December 10, 2009 By

The Summon™ web-scale discovery service is being adopted as the standard by more and more libraries around the world as it closes its first calendar year of boosting academic research. The latest addition is at North Carolina State University (NCSU), where nearly 40,000 students and faculty will be able to search the breadth of the [...]

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I’ve been coming to the Charleston Conference since 1989. That first year, the only reason I was able to attend was because Katina waived my registration. Since I was moving from one institution to another that year, no one would fund me. This act of kindness and opportunity on Katina’s part is something that I [...]

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The new ATG online

On October 30, 2009 By

The Charleston Conference is coming up next week so I suppose it is time to learn the new interface for ATG online. I’ve used WordPress before, but it’s been awhile. I was just getting the hang of the other interface – oh well! Consider this a test message I guess!

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