just past groundhog day

today i signed up for Cornell's cybertower. i have known about it for a while and VC motivated me to sign up. it may be a Cornell tinted blackboard (like ubleans) with many features we are familiar with, but alumni might not be. it is not limited to alums, i am not for instance. there are classes and forums with streaming video and interactive discussion groups and links and resources on specialized topics. the URL is http://cybertower.cornell.edu/lobby/ if you are interested. i have joined a bunch of listserves in the past year including the Library and Information Studies department list, ALA Instruction Section list, Women's Studies Section list, and several others.

i also joined stumpers which is used by librarians and other curious folks around the world. i had joined this list previously and was fascinated by the range of jeopardy type questions and the reach it has. answers came from all over the world. includes a lot of obscure, random stuff. if you would like more info http://domin.dom.edu/depts/gslis/stumpers/.