I’ve always had things that I read or discover in passing that pique my interest and push me into reading extensively about a subject. Among my more recent interests in this vein has been Abraham Lincoln. My interest first came when I read the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin shortly after it [...]
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Dispatch from Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant April 7 1865, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Quakers
Despite what you might think, or learn in library school, librarianship is a profession of paradoxes and challenges. Many times librarians and other individuals outside the profession talk at length about new technologies and trends that present librarians with challenges externally. However, there are challenges inherent in the job we do as librarians, and one [...]
Tags: Access, Alberto Manguel, Boston Athenaeum, Librarianship, Nicholas A. Basbanes, Preservation
For all of my recent talk of formalities and grammar, I feel as if I should swing the pendulum a bit and dare to walk on the other side of the pedantic road. While formulating a strong resume and knowing your punctuation well enough to start an internet revolution is of importance, it is of [...]
Every night, Jen and I usually retire to the bedroom about 8:30 or 9. Now, before you make inappropriate jokes about this little phrase, we go get in bed, prop our pillows up, and tuck into whatever book we are reading at the time. This has grown to be not only something we look forward [...]
I cannot think of the words Oxford comma without immediately visualizing Lacoste polos, sail boats and Ezra Koenig’s dark hair flopping about as he strums his way through a bucolic Wes Anderson-esque setting. In all honesty, this is a far more enticing visual than a set of rules on when to use an Oxford, or [...]
