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Getting The Job You Want: Tips For Library Job Seekers (With Hints For Employers), Sarah L. Johnson Nov 2004

Getting The Job You Want: Tips For Library Job Seekers (With Hints For Employers), Sarah L. Johnson

Sarah L. Johnson

An overview of the job market for librarians, with suggestions on how job seekers can improve their chances for finding employment in a competitive field. Includes trends in library job titles and duties; the current status of the job market; and career planning tips. This was an invited keynote presentation for the ACRL Oklahoma Chapter / SLA Oklahoma Chapter fall Conference, November 19, 2004.


A Lego Model Of The Modularity Of The Mind, Steven J. Scher Jan 2004

A Lego Model Of The Modularity Of The Mind, Steven J. Scher

Steven J. Scher

In this paper I propose that the dominant form of evolutionary psychology (which I term “cognitive adaptationism”) can be improved by adopting an alternative version of the concept of mental modularity. I suggest a metaphor of mental modules as Lego blocks. The Lego blocks represent a relatively small set of elementary operations that the mind/brain can carry out. These Lego blocks are repeatedly assembled in different ways to execute a wide variety of different functions. These repeated assemblies correspond more closely to the things that cognitive adaptationists have asserted are modules. Arguments in favor of the Lego model include the …


Mind And Body: Psychology And Neuroscience, Morton A. Heller Jan 2004

Mind And Body: Psychology And Neuroscience, Morton A. Heller

Morton A. Heller

No abstract provided.


John Kerry As Commander-In-Chief: War Powers In A Kerry Administration, Ryan C. Hendrickson Jan 2004

John Kerry As Commander-In-Chief: War Powers In A Kerry Administration, Ryan C. Hendrickson

Ryan C. Hendrickson

Unlike many previous presidential elections, in 2004 foreign policy issues are at the forefront of the American policy and electoral agenda. Not since the Vietnam era has the United States entered an election year with the United States at such a heightened state of war, with ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as covert operations deployed around the world to wage the war on terrorism. After nearly one full term with George W. Bush as commander in chief, his views on constitutional war powers have been expressed on numerous occasions. Bush, like his post World War II …


Review Of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Facing Death, A Film By Stefan Haupt, John Steven Brantley Jan 2004

Review Of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Facing Death, A Film By Stefan Haupt, John Steven Brantley

Steve Brantley

No abstract provided.


Wenda Gu: Art From Middle Kingdom To Biological Millennium By Mark H.C. Bessire [Book Review], Ellen Corrigan Jan 2004

Wenda Gu: Art From Middle Kingdom To Biological Millennium By Mark H.C. Bessire [Book Review], Ellen Corrigan

Ellen K. Corrigan

Review of: Wenda Gu: Art from Middle Kingdom to Biological Millennium edited by Mark H.C. Bessire (MIT Press, 2003)