From the category archives:

Library

A New Take on the Bookmobile

October 21, 2008

in Interesting, Library, Politics Light, What I'm

I can’t tell you how much I love this story – a Colombian man and his traveling library – The Biblioburro. The power of knowledge and books is an amazing thing. I worry we might be forgetting that in America. I cringe a little at the idea of Joe Six Pack, to be honest. Since [...]

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Me, in a library

June 13, 2008

in Back Home, China, Expat Life, Library

 
Yep, that’s me, right there next to the Journal of Perinatology. For the past few weeks and for a few weeks more, I am completing an internship at the University of Oklahoma Library in Tulsa. The internship is required for my MLS degree from Texas Woman’s University (except they actually call it a practicum, which [...]

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Celebrate the Freedom to Read

September 30, 2007

in Censorship, Library, Reading

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” Ray Bradbury

This week is banned books week in the US, and it is all the more pertinent to me since I live in a society where books are frequently banned, movies are censored, protests are squashed, news is [...]

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Glad It’s Friday

September 28, 2007

in Aviation, China, Expat Life, Library, Work

Fall is here. (Even though by the Chinese calendar we are in mid-autumn already.) I’m wearing a jacket. It is windy and cool. It is even cool enough for my favorite treat – green tea oatmeal. (It’s way more delicious than it sounds!) How long will this last?
As predicted by our local meteorologist, September is [...]

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America Doing Some Good in the World

November 25, 2006

in International Affairs, Library

When I think of Myanmar, (actually I think of Burma) I think of a tropical country hidden behind a curtain of oppression and isolation. Burma is a place that I would love to visit – if and when the ruling junta are out of power and Aung San Suu Kyi is no longer under house [...]

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