Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Three Books...


National Public Radio, wonderful for so many reasons, provided me with one more reason to cheer last week.

The station currently hosts the program "All Things Considered", and within that program there is a recurring feature - "Three Books" - which is bound to appeal to book lovers of all types. "Three Books" invites writers to recommend three great reads on a single theme. For example, last week was "Mining the Classics for Laughs", in which author Jack Murnighan swears that the secret to finishing- and actually enjoying - Moby Dick, Ulysses and The Sound and the Fury is to realize how much humor is packed into each, and let laughter get you over the humps.

Other past themes, each as intriguing as the next, have included:
  • Stone Soup: Three Cookbooks For Lean Times
  • For Night Owls Only, Books That Shine After Dark
  • Three Books Explore Lincoln's Complex Genius
  • 'Lost' Literature: Not Just for Desert Islands Anymore
If you are waffling about, unable to find just the right thing to read this summer while relaxing poolside, consider using "Three Books" as a reader's advisory resource. Check it out here:

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

What's Your Dewey?

Sorry for the long hiatus. With the end of the semester things can get pretty crazy. Anyway, I was taking a technology class as a requirement for my Master's in Library Science, and remembered a link that someone posted. It was a link to a quiz on what you Dewey Decimal Classification would be. I know, you are probably think that Blazer Library does not use Dewey, and you would be right. However, it is a fun little quiz. Here are my results:




rawlins's Dewey Decimal Section:

116 Change

rawlins = 8132949 = 813+294+9 = 1116


Class:
100 Philosophy & Psychology


Contains:
Books on metaphysics, logic, ethics and philosophy.



What it says about you:
You're a careful thinker, but your life can be complicated and hard for others to understand at times. You try to explain things and strive to express yourself.

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rawlins's Dewey Decimal Section:

402 Miscellany

rawlins's birthday: 4/20/1982 = 420+1982 = 2402


Class:
400 Language


Contains:
Linguistics and language books.



What it says about you:
You value communication, even with people who are different from you. You like trying new things don't mind being exposed to unfamiliar territory. You get bored with routines that never change.

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rawlins's Dewey Decimal Section:

023 Personnel management


Class:
000 Computer Science, Information & General Works


Contains:
Encyclopedias, magazines, journals and books with quotations.



What it says about you:
You are very informative and up to date. You're working on living in the here and now, not the past. You go through a lot of changes. When you make a decision you can be very sure of yourself, maybe even stubborn, but your friends appreciate your honesty and resolve.

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Now you try!!
My Dewey is the link to follow, and don't forget to post your results.