Tag: Notes in the Margin

Notes in the Margin: Citizen Science

Notes in the Margin: Citizen Science

By Carol Feltes We have already learned how to reach out on the worldwide web to engage the online community in joint projects and problem solving, but less so when it comes to non-virtual communities.  Citizen Science is a delightful recipe to lure unsuspecting non-scientists […]

Notes in the Margin: The Library of the Future

Notes in the Margin: The Library of the Future

By Carol Feltes Yes! Somebody “gets” it…The library of the future. The changing technological landscape is changing the way we share, process, and store information, and libraries are evolving to match this change. Tim O’Reilly’s blog  Tools for Change in Publishing (TOC) is exactly what […]

Notes in the Margin: Moonbird

Notes in the Margin: Moonbird

By Carol Feltes For the birders among us….. Here is a good read suitable for the layman.  Moonbird  by Phillip Hoose is the story of the rufa red knot. Regional birders know that, for many migratory birds traveling the eastern flyway, areas of the New […]

Notes in the Margin: Beatrice Tinsley

Notes in the Margin: Beatrice Tinsley

By Carol Feltes In recent years, it has been so gratifying and interesting to see female scientists finally revealed, their contributions to knowledge noted, and the tribulations of their careers in a gender-biased bureaucracy made known. Princeton Press’s new book, Heart of Darkness: Unravelling the […]

Notes in the Margin: The Best American Science and Nature Writing

Notes in the Margin: The Best American Science and Nature Writing

By Carol Feltes At the end of each year I look forward to the new annual collections of great writing known as the “Best American Series.”  For people who don’t have enough time to indulge in a generous and interesting diversity of high quality literature […]

Notes in the Margin: Charles Darwin

Notes in the Margin: Charles Darwin

By Carol Feltes Happy Birthday Charles Darwin! Celebrate with “a little gem of a book:”  There have been so many books written about Charles Darwin, what should you recommend as an introduction to history’s most celebrated biologist? Here is the answer, Tim Berra’s Charles Darwin: The Concise […]