Want to travel this summer but can’t afford gasoline or fuel surcharges? Travel vicariously @ www.schmap.com
– Tim

There’s origami.kites and fans, and then when you let a real artist at it, there’s this.
Spotted on BoingBoing.

Jan Wallace sent out this reminder of the group study space available in the Barber Learning Centre, some bookable, some “drop in when no classes are on”. Keep reading to the end of the message for a review of Barber’s great hours during exams, April 14-28. Wow!
North Wing:
There are 5 rooms available for booking by groups of 3 or more to
work on group projects. These rooms are located along the east side
of levels 3 and 4. An additional room is in the northwest corner of
level 3.
Each room is equipped with 2 tables and 8 chairs, a white board,
electrical outlets and wireless. Whiteboard markers can be requested
from the Circulation Desk on level 2.
Guidelines for Group Project Rooms:
* A group may book a maximum of 2 hours per day, twice a week
* If you are more than 10 minutes late you lose your booking
* Reservations are made in person at the reference desk on level 3
* Rooms can be reserved 2- 3 weeks in advance
South Wing:
* Most classrooms, seminar and meeting rooms, especially on Level
One, are unlocked and may be used when no class is in progress.
This is in keeping with classroom practice throughout campus.
* Other small meeting rooms are available on Level Two (behind
Ike’s Café)
* A silent study room seating 50 people is on Level Four (Musqueam
Room, Room 455)
* Considerable informal study space is scattered throughout the
building, especially on Levels Three and Four
The IBLC’s central core (excluding the north wing and parts of the
south wing) will remain open for extended hours during exams, April
14-28:
Monday – Friday:
7am – 1am
Saturday:
10am – 1am
Sunday:
12noon – 1am

The tiny pencils at the reference desk have been joined by a donation of pens from the Sheryl Adam and Richard Rosenberg pen collection. Ancient conferences, bankrupt vendors, they’re all there, and free to a good home.

Kinda funny, kinda not. Have a listen here.
What do you think?

On Thursday, a small group Humanities 101 students and their teaching assistants will be using 217 from 5:30-6:30 to show the students how to sign on to email, one at a time, no projector necessary. Other students can stay in the lab, no problem.
Just an FYI, don’t be alarmed if you see a (smallish) bunch of folks heading for 217. The lead TA is Stephanie.
Sheryl

The annual UBC Botanical Gardens Apple Festival will take place Saturday, October 13th and Sunday, October 14th from 11am-4pm. For more information, please visit the AppleFest site.

Beginning at midnight last night, the New York Times suspended all charges for parts of the NYT online. “In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. There will be charges for some material from the period 1923 to 1986, and some will be free.”
Full story from the Times

The link to the Writer’s Centre on the APA Quick Start Guide PDF is a dead link. It’s at the bottom of the first page of the PDF under the heading “Sample Formats”.
~ brie

No, not that, but a Compendium of Beautiful Libraries, including an absolute stunner from Czechoslovakia. Library as place, indeed!
Sheryl