Archive for February 13th, 2004

The Importance of a Good Courier Service

Friday, February 13th, 2004

Off the topic a little bit, but still of note:
FedEx failed to pick up 30 applications from the University of California at Berkeley for the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program in time for the award deadline last fall. Even though FedEx took responsibility for the mishap, the U.S. Department of Education refused to budge [...]

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Gods and Goddesses of Librarianship

Friday, February 13th, 2004

There’s a thought in librarianship that Fridays bring strange questions. One of the questions a colleague handled today was: what Greek or Roman god or goddess would represent librarians or libraries. The first response, of course, was Aphrodite. Other suggestions, though not necessarily Greek or Roman, were:

Thoth, the Egyptian deity of scribes and knowledge, or [...]

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