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Tag Archives: information
A mountain ban (Rousse)
On holiday in the far north of Scotland, I joined a walking group. Each day the leader took us a different route across the moorland, up the mountains, and along the beaches. It was wonderful. One morning we climbed a … Continue reading
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Tagged ban, beach, hill, information, moor, mountain, office, sandwich, Scotland, Suilven, tomato, tourist, walk
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Dreamaticus is unpopular (Rousse)
Three decades after we first met, I came face-to-face with SB-V again. Whereas in the past she had been a willing participant in my work, for example as a placement host for undergraduate students and a visiting speaker on business … Continue reading
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Tagged blond, bob, business, dream, host, information, placement, smile, student
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County Durham coal mine confidences (Rousse)
My sister S whispered over the telephone that she’d heard about a woman from County Durham, now living in Sydney, who had sold secrets about British coal-mining to the Chinese. When I next saw her in person, my sister confided … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Chinese, classified, coal, confidence, county, Durham, house, information, library, mine, opera, secret, Sydney
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Withholding information in connection with a murder (Rousse)
I knew the identity of the murderer, but for the time being was keeping it to myself. After all, he was a nice young man. Why should I pass on information that would ruin his career? Eventually, however, I knew … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, detective, information, man, murder, spill, withhold
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Secrets of Sir Ian Brindley’s affair hidden in porridge (Rousse)
My cousin B finally revealed the solemn secret that she had been harbouring for years. During the war my grandfather had been in a relationship with Sir Ian Brindley. ‘There’s further information in there’, she said, pointing to the museum. … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, Arab, bowl, Brindley, cousin, exhibit, French, grandfather, hide, Ian, information, museum, porridge, relationship, secret, sir, translate, war
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A paper on the informational content of food – rejected (Rousse)
SM agreed to leave the house and type an email to the conference organiser at Sunderland University. ‘If you ask for a start time of 4pm, I can attend after conducting a PhD viva’, I suggested. When SM learnt that … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, content, food, information, paper, PhD, presentation, Sunderland, trivial, university, viva
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How not to chair a meeting (Rousse)
All eyes were on me as the chair of the meeting. This made me very uncomfortable. It didn’t help that everyone had (unusually) turned up on this occasion so the room was packed with (mainly) men in suits (as well … Continue reading
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Tagged agenda, behavior, behaviour, business, chiar, conversation, demographic, eyes, fool, grey, hopeless, information, kilt, library and information science, meeting, men, paper, papers, patronise, psychologist., suit, support, uncomfortable, woman
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Mostly unknowns at the online information relaunch (Rousse)
They tried to bring back the annual international online information meeting, but it just wasn’t the same. A couple of unknown academics from an equally unknown university were supposedly in charge. They didn’t seem to be coping very well. I … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, audience, auditorium, delegate, ginger, hair, hall, Indian, information, keynote, man, meeting, Online, relaunch, speaker, talk, university, unknown, women
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Pet care information resource (Rousse)
My sister J had struck up a deal with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals to create some information resources on pet care. She tried to keep it a secret, but I discovered the plan printed in red … Continue reading
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Tagged care, cellophane, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, CILIP, information, pet, plan, resource, roll, secret, sister
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