Free full-length movies on YouTube

I don't know how I missed this memo, but I thought I'd share in case some of you are just as out of the loop as I am. Apparently, YouTube features full-length movies -- for FREE. You can find comedies, dramas, documentaries, sci-fi, and more.  I was perusing the offerings and there are some pretty good films listed. (Groundhog Day is available; how awesome is that?!)

To access the free movies, go to Youtube.com and click on MOVIES:

Next, click on the ALL CATEGORIES drop-down menu and select FREE MOVIES:

Enjoy!

Antidotes for the Publish or Perish Syndrome

As you may guess, all things tenure-track have been on my mind lately (actually for awhile, but even more so lately). I was grateful for the Faculty Focus post this morning written by Mark J. Cooper, PhD. "Antidotes for the Publish or Perish Syndrome" has some great words of advice and I recommend it to any of you who are tenure-track. Some of my favorite quotes from the post:

"The faculty member who fails to teach outside the four walls of a university classroom closes too many teachable doors. Teaching and scholarly production are inseparable."

"It is the dispositions of the scholar that make or break the scholarship. Most faculty members hired have the knowledge and skills to successfully publish. Fewer have the dispositions to publish. In other words, talent is necessary but not sufficient. There must also be passion, initiative, persistence, perseverance, focus, determination, tenacity and the list goes on and on."

Read the post in its entirety at:
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/faculty-development/antidotes-for-the-publish-or-perish-syndrome/

Suggested reading for new academic librarians

I stumbled across two articles this morning from Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table. I haven't looked at the journal in awhile, but I'm glad that I stumbled upon it again. It provides an outlet for new librarians to share issues and experiences with each other.  Here are two favorites that I read this morning:

Kirsch, Brianne. (2011). "How to become an essential librarian." Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table. 2(1).

Abstract: Becoming an essential or indispensible librarian will allow new librarians to have increased job stability and other benefits. Based on personal experiences and research, I have compiled a list of six steps to becoming an essential librarian: find a mentor, read the literature, collaborate, adapt, become a leader, and be persistent.

 Nall, Clark and Amy Gustavson. (2010). "Surviving the tenure process: a model for collaborative research." Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table. 1(1).

Abstract: This article presents a model of collaboration to manage the research responsibilities in the librarian tenure process, a model that has been successfully used by the authors since November 2008. It includes a wiki, weekly meetings, and a timeline to plan, organize, and implement project goals. The routinization of the research process reduces anxiety, clarifies goals, and makes it possible to collaborate on multiple projects simultaneously.

Endnotes is an open source journal and the articles are available at: http://www.ala.org/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/schres. I highly recommend the Kirsch article to anyone who is new to the field of academic librarianship. For those of you who are tenure-track, the article by Nall and Gustavson is a great resource.