Dear library user:

I understand that you and another student are working on an assignment together & want to look at the same computer monitor.  It is fine if you pull up a chair.  However, please do not pull over the chair from the disability access computer station -- you know, the one with the sign in LARGE letters on the back, the sign that was ( Read more... )

 
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One of my librarian colleagues received this question a few days ago, not me, but I was curious enough to research it (librarians LOVE questions like this).  Have you ever wondered how to cite books or other published materials dictated to a human medium?  As this blog post from the APA (American Psychological Association) Style Blog explains, it's ( Read more... )

Source: Afropunk. "Israeli-Ethiopian singer Ester Rada teamed up with funky muppets and Red Band for a cover of The Clash's 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go'."
http://www.afropunk.com/video/ester-rada-red-band-should-i-stay-or-should-i-go

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A song by a British punk band, sung and played in Black American electrified blues style by an Israeli-Ethiopian ( Read more... )

At a librarians' dinner, we somehow got away from purely intellectual subjects (hey, it happens) and I was trying to explain why Tom Hiddleston seems to have mesmerized so many. Does this help?

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 You don't have to be a web developer (I'm not) to glean some useful tips from this Prof. Hacker post, "User-Friendly Advice for Accessible Web Design".   It's an overview of WebAIM ( @WebAIM), a non-profit organization based at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University.  Long ago I learned about using web-based Bobby ( Read more... )

"The Deaf World Library and Museum would be the first digital resource to offer access to relevant historical materials through a single online portal."
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=27419499&nid=148&title=uvu-professor-plans-first-deaf-culture-digital-library

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