Today I spent the majority of my time at "Ag Day," an annual campus-wide festival at Cook Campus. I'm generally not very interested in most of the activities and events, but I did walk away with a few more used books;
Did Man Get Here by Evolution or Creation?
Papers on Animal Population Genetics
Life, Laughter, & the Pursuit of Snow Leopards
And now, since I can't think of very much to write, here's a little Ben Folds;
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Some people watch football over Thanksgiving weekend; I get into discussions of disciplinary data regimes with fellow SciBling Christina and others on FriendFeed. Judge me if you must!
Much is murky in open access, but this at least is clear: academic libraries have committed different amounts of money and staff toward an open-access future, from a flat zero up to hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth.
A couple of odd ones from last week's Inside Higher Ed, both related to the way scholarship, higher education and the intelligent design/creationism movement intersect.
Oh boy...I read Did Man Get Here by Evolution or Creation back when I was growing up as a young JW. You should have a few good laughs while reading it, that's for sure. They actually have a newer, more "updated" edition, can't remember what it's called though. I was forced to read that one a while back as well.
i feel sorry for the chimpanzee.
Dude, surely you know that the canonical formulation is "We're going to need a bigger bookshelf"?