ASSOCIATES (vol. 2, no. 2, November 1995) - associates.ucr.edu
INFO FROM THE SUPERHIGHWAY The Power of Words by Linda Putnam Senior Library Technical Assistant Document Library Florida State University putnaml@mail.firn.edu As library professionals and paraprofessionals, our days are filled with the need to communicate effectively with each other and with our patrons. Whether we are telling stories to children or speaking in a meeting with co-workers, we need to be able to express our ideas with clarity and keep our audience's attention. Each of us should be diligent in working to increase our knowledge of words, their uses and their meanings. We can do this and increase the interest of our audience by using colorful and expressive language. This is accomplished by increasing our word power and the effective use of quotations, metaphors, etc. Sometimes even puns which elicit groans can be an effective tool to use with your audience. These same techniques can be used whether we are involved in a reference interview, a workshop, a symposium or just the normal day-to-day communication with our patrons and our peers. This column is designed to help each of us locate and use WORDS in the wonderful world of the Internet. ***************************************************************** WORDPLAY WORDPLAY-L on MAILSERV@levels.unisa.edu.au - A Way With Words WordPlay-L is an unmoderated electronic discussion list that deals with the usage of words and phrases in the English language, including vocabulary, grammar, spelling and pronunciation. Participants will have a chance to debate controversial wordings or phrasings and explore the origins of English idioms. The list is open to all literary enthusiasts from the purist to the slang user. It promises to be intellectually challenging and also quite fun as word games and quizzes can be sent by anyone for all to play. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to MAILSERV@levels.unisa.edu.au and in the body of your message write the following command: SUBSCRIBE WORDPLAY-L yourfirstname yourlastname For example: SUBSCRIBE WORDPLAY-L Mark Twain ***************************************************************** WAKE-UP BRAIN Wake-Up_Brain on Majordomo@ThinkSmart.com It's Monday morning and caffeine is slowly percolating into your system but your brain is still covered with weekend sludge. You need something to get those synapses firing, a brain booster to stimulate those billions of gray cells. You need Good Morning Thinkers!...an absolutely free brain wake-up service offered to you by the Innovative Thinking Network, a professional membership association of leaders forging the revitalization of organizations through the powerful use of innovation, creativity and group thinking skills. Every Monday morning subscribers receive a short, lighthearted message designed to help wipe away the fog and open the door to more powerful, creative thinking. To subscribe, simply send a message to: Majordomo@ThinkSmart.com with: Subscribe Wake-Up_Brain in the body. Innovative Thinking Network ... Info@ThinkSmart.com or http://www.thinksmart.com/itn/ Owner: Joyce Wycoff joyce@thinksmart.com 1324 State St., G-153, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: 805-964-5363; FAX: 805-964-6383 ***************************************************************** VISIONARY LIST Visionary List : for storytellers and more... The visionary-l list was formed for several purposes: 1) to serve as a source of up to the minute information from Visionary Publishing, a new publisher of games, fiction and other material; 2) for open discussion of storytelling, roleplaying, myths and legends, and how all of these forms are related to each other; and 3) to be the initial organizational forum for our Visionaries organization, which will later break off into its own list. To subscribe, send email to majordomo@io.com with the text: subscribe visionary-l [Editors' Note: Be aware that response time from this list is very slow. It can take several weeks to receive a welcoming message and postings.] ***************************************************************** A WORD A DAY Anu Garg is a true linguaphile who offers the meaning and pronunciation of a new word each day to thousands of internet-users. You can visit the 'A Word a Day' (AWAD) home page on the WWW. The URL is http://lrdc5.lrdc.pitt.edu/awad/home.html Now use your arrow and enter keys to locate and select your area of interest, including a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) document that gives an explanation of the service and tells you how to interpret the pronunciation symbols. AWAD has been available for some time as a mailing list and you can still subscribe to it via email if that is your preference. send an email message to: wsmith@lrdc5.lrdc.pitt.edu Leave the body of the message blank and make the subject line as follows: subscribe YourFirstName YourLastName NOTE: This is different from most lists that instruct you to leave the subject line blank and insert the command in the body of the message. Quotations are often appended to each 'word of the day' e.g. "The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter" ***************************************************************** QUOTATIONS PAGE Some updates have been added to URL:http://www.xmission.com/~mgm/quotes which may merit a look. This is a collection of resources relating to quotations. New: The Random Quotations Page - 3 new quotations every time you load it. URL:http://www.xmission.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap?user=mgm&script=randq uote Here is a list of the Quotations Pages: URL:http://www.xmission.com/~mgm/quotes/search.html Search for a quotation by keyword or author URL:http://www.xmission.com/~mgm/quotes/qotd.html Quotes of the Day - updated daily.