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Exam week de-stressing ideas for academic libraries
Last week I walked past hundreds of students waiting to file into the gyms at Brock University to write their exams. I could feel the stress in the air…some students were chatting and nervously laughing, some were silent, and some looked simply miserable. It’s been a long time but I remember that anxiety, wondering if…
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mini-Post: Handwriting vs. Typing
What are your thoughts on handwriting vs typing?
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“Information Overload” and the wisdom of the Yoga Sutras
“too much learning may just muddle your mind. We should learn a little and work with that.” ~ Sri Swami Satchidananda “Information overload” (IO) was fretted about a great deal by librarians when I first joined the profession in the early mid-2000s. It was the time period when the print reference collection was slowly being…
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encouraging healthy, active brains in the library
This title feels a little strange for a post but please stay with me! Have you ever had difficulty focusing on a task, whether it’s an article you need to read or a report you need to write? Have you ever found your mind drifting from the work you need to do into a memory…