Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | November 28, 2009
In his always thought-provoking, shake-up-the-status-quo way, Bud Hunt wrote a post last week suggesting that perhaps primary sources could replace print materials as a requirement in all research assignments. I agree with Bud that “print” sources have largely been replaced by online books, newspapers, magazines, etc., certainly in my own life if not in the [...]
Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | November 16, 2009
I just realized that over the past couple of years, I’ve made a handful of veiled references to a book that I was writing, but I’ve never actually posted a photo of the cover or a description of the contents. Guess I’m not a tooter of my own horn. Then there’s the fact that when [...]
Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | November 13, 2009
The Primary Source Librarian wishes to apologize for her long absence. She has been rather busy, and she also needed a blogging break. Here’s a quick rundown of her excuses, written by her in a guilty-as-charged, first-person confession: My formatting bar in WordPress disappeared. Didn’t work in Firefox, Safari, or IE, nor in Mac OS [...]