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Udemy: New Resource with High-Quality Content That Makes Learning Enjoyable
Posted on April 27, 2021 at 6:00 am
BY STACEY GODDARD I don’t usually “geek out” about a new library resource. But I have to confess that I was having geek-out levels of excitement when I heard the library would be getting Udemy. Here are the reasons why I’m so excited: You can take Udemy courses whenever it is convenient for you. There […]
Tags: business, classes, computer coding, courses, digital library, digital resource, Gale, leadership, leading, lifelong learning, online, personal development, professional, training, Udemy, writing
The importance of diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies for our empathy and history
Posted on August 26, 2020 at 6:00 am
BY CAITLIN WHEELER I had wanted to be a diarist as a child, but having grown up on Dear America and Royal Diaries, I felt like my 90s school bus experiences weren’t interesting enough. I have since realized that my attitude about my journal writing continued into adulthood, and yet I’ve also considered sharing with […]
Tags: autobiography, diary, empathy, historians, history, journaling, memoir, reading, self, understanding, writing
Yum! Instant Pot Cooking class shares recipes & tips for pressure cooking
Posted on December 31, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Gwendolyn Haley My sister gave me an Instant Pot for Christmas several years ago. I didn’t know what it was and had never used a pressure cooker before. But I’m always game to try a new kitchen gadget, so I gave it a whirl. To say it changed everything would be a slight exaggeration, […]
Tags: class, cookbooks, cooking, instant pot, pressure cooker, pressure cooking
And Now for Something Completely Different: Monty Python’s entertainment legacy
Posted on August 21, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Melissa Rhoades If you’ve never experienced Monty Python, you’ve missed a big part of comedy history. The group played an integral role in the evolution of sketch humor. In fact, their influence is so massive that The Atlantic magazine called them “The Beatles of Comedy” in 2013. Like the Beatles, Monty Python’s influence extends […]
Tags: BBC, British, Cambridge, comedy, English, Eric Idle, Flying Circus, fourth wall, Graham Chapman, history, Holy Grail, John Cleese, Life of Brian, mash-ups, Meaning of Life, meta commentary, Michael Palin, Monty Python, Oxford, sketch comedy, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
