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More ch..ch..ch…ch…changes

Written on: May 22nd, 2009 in News

If you have a long memory, you may remember this blog post from March of this year, in which it was proposed that the catalog configuration would be changed so once you log in, you will go directly to your account information, with a list of holds placed and available, books checked out, fines and fees, and other library messages. After almost uniformly positive feedback, this change will take effect in the next couple of days.

Stay tuned for an upcoming exciting announcement concerning checkout times and due dates….

Some links for your reading pleasure

Written on: May 22nd, 2009 in Reviews

Check out this fascinating story from today’s Washington Post. At this week’s Homeland Security Science and Technology Conference, sci-fi writer Greg Bear has been leading workshops and sessions bringing together science fiction writers such as Catherine Asaro with public safety and defense industry contractors to brainstorm technology development strategies. Science fiction writers have lived in the future ever since Jules Verne, and as the article suggests, the space race might have been radically different without the writings of Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein.

Also, for the twitterers amongst you, here is a list of major U.S. publishers’ twitter feeds. If you have a twitter account, you can follow these feeds for new book announcements, events and signing schedules, and juicy publisher gossip.