I am working as a reference librarian at the [Internet Public Library] this month for a class. I think this is pretty cool. However, there are LOTS of other classes from other schools who also use the IPL as a training ground, and therefore there are not always enough questions to go around. So if you've got a question, it would be super-awesome ( Read more... )

You know your search terms are way too vague when Google suggests an online edition of Finnegans Wake as a first-page result.

(Unless, of course, you were actually looking for Finnegans Wake, in which case-why?)

My Fanlore study is now IRB APPROVED!!! \o/

I can talk to people!! Here's hoping they talk back. *fingers crossed*

What is censorship?

I've got all my proper dictionary definitions (OED! ♥) and such, but I'm curious what it means to people in general.

What does "censorship" (and/or the verb "to censor") mean to you?

I have been trying to find a good overview of the role of Censors in Ancient Rome. After an hour, my options are 1) an 800-page epic history that I really don't have time to read, or, 2) a Wikipedia article ( Read more... )

After stopping by the library to return some books, I popped over to Teaism for a while, to do some homework reading (for children's lit, so it was fun reading, even! plus, I got my favourite table, right next to the koi pond) with a mug of Darjeeling and naan with mango chutney (oh, so delicious!). And then, after doing enough reading to feel ( Read more... )

I am looking for suggestions of censorship in children's books. Not censorship of children's books, but rather books about censorship - stories in which censorship of some kind plays a significant role. I am hoping to do a paper on the portrayal of censorship in children's books, but all that can be found on Google relates to censorship of ( Read more... )

For those of you who are interested, I've posted the term paper I wrote on the [ audiofic archive ]. [ right click + save as please! ] (.pdf, ~845 KB ( Read more... )

Gah, I am waiting for an article from ILL that I desperately need by Friday and it has been "awaiting request processing" for four days now. D: Why is it so hard to find peer-reviewed articles? More importantly, why do I always choose hard topics on things that no one has written about (this was also a problem with my undergrad thesis, but at ( Read more... )

Look what I got this week!

-berlinghoff79 drew me a [  Camelot blanket fort ]! There are dopey grins and smirks and Camelot blanket fort!

-propinquitine wrote me a chocolatey hazelnutty [  comment!fic ], in which there is nose-kissing!

-fish_echo wrote me a snippet of a [  crack!fic WIP ] inspired by my recent bathroom woes! Ronon called the meeting to order with, "Things're ( Read more... )