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I spent most of Saturday hanging out at Coffman Memorial Union on the University of Minnesota campus at MinneBar 2008. I must say that …

The silent litany of the workmen goes on – Speed, speed, we are the makers of speed. We make the flying, crying motors, Clutches, …

I went to the University of MN today to see Mary Poovey speak in the last lecture of the IMPACTS series. Her book, A History of the …

I just finished reading a wonderful short novel “The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very …

There is a certain style of argument that has been bothering me lately and I think I may finally have a name for it. It started at the …

First, create a questionnaire that asks increasingly private questions. Surely some social psychologist somewhere has developed an …

A recent forum on information ethics for the Minnesota Special Libraries Association prompted me to think about privacy. Assume that …

I didn’t make it to the final day of Rethinking the University. But here are some concluding notes from day 2. I hope to have …

The conference continues on from yesterday. I got here late today, in the middle of the second morning session. Roundtable - …

The after lunch panels and discussions. Roundtable 3 - Valuing the Liberal Arts Jigna Desai kicked things off with “no time for …