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The Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence Symposium
HOOF BEATS AND SOCIETY: THE HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONSHIP. Date: Saturday & Sunday, May 15-16, 2010 Where: Grafton Campus (map) Contact: vetCEinfo@tufts.edu or 5 0 8 . 8 8 7 . 4 7 2 3 Schedule & Registration Information: THE ELIZABETH ATWOOD…

Endings
EndingsÖ It is with some sadness that I can now report that the collection is done, with the exception of the serials which are now in progress. It is my last day here as an employee of Tufts . With…

Surprises!
This collection never ceases to surprise me – some are good, some make my eye twitch. Earlier this summer I found, in a box, a spread of prize lists from horse shows. Each horse show has a list of entrants…

The Great Shift!
It is with some sadness that I write this blog entry. Indeed, Iíve been trying to write it for two weeks now and the words would not flow. The cataloging of the monographs (aka books!) has just about been completed….

Show season!
Last weekend was the unofficial start to summer! Here in New England, that means horse show season is upon us. Anyone acquainted with an equine enthusiast might have heard murmurings about showing growing louder. For some wonderful tips on preparation…

Horsey weekend!
The best kind! Saturday started with the very exciting Preakness and the exciting duel between Rachel Alexandra and Mine that Bird who both ran magnificent races! I am usually a little bored (gasp!) by racing but these stories have piqued…

Spring has sprung!
Upon returning to the state, I was thrilled to see all of the shades of green, mixing with the blooming of flowers! I was less thrilled to see the hayfield that was my lawnÖ. The greetings of home are always…
An exciting day!
The smell of spring is in the air and one can once again begin to feel the warmth of the sun, in between the gusts of wind, of course! On my drive here this morning I was yet again mulling…

Time flies
when you’re having fun! I canít believe it, itís been just over a year since we started work on this project and were going to reach 1,000 scanned books with the shipment that goes out on Thursday. As always with…

Mac
My desk and carts lie in a major thru-way for the library. One must pass by to get to the kitchen. This, as you can imagine, leads to a LOT of foot traffic and being a sociable person I enjoy…

The World Dressage Masters
What an experience! The Florida circuit is like entering another world – a world where horses are paramount and the money flows around them – you can almost taste it in the air! It was a perfect setting and the…

A Very Young Rider
As I work my way through the collection, every once and awhile a book makes me take pause. Today that book was A Very Young Rider by Jill Krementz. This book is also one that I own, a present from…

Happy Holidays!
The collection is going along swimmingly, although mentions of swimming in this area right now are probably met with glares. The snow is covering all and the probability of a white Christmas is very good, at least here in New…

Presidents!
While we Americans are in the spirit of thinking about presidents, I found something spectacular on this Friday afternoon. Sitting on the shelf (one of the last ones outside the lecture halls) was a pile of books that looked of…

Can you lift 50 lbs.?
This is often a requirement for library jobs, especially the back room jobs like mine. Today I found out why. It was a day of miscellanea. With the large number of books being cataloged and processed, and my former student…

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