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OTR's Finals Week Survival Guide

OTR's Finals Week Survival Guide

When people talk about exams, they always give you the same schpiel about not cramming and developing good study habits. Here’s the thing, no real student has good study habits. So if you just realized that your finals are a few days away, here’s how to get by with terrible study habits.

 

  1. Don’t
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PurdueBitchin 'N Moanin

We're Engineers But We're Not *That* Bad.

We're Engineers But We're Not *That* Bad.
We're Engineers But We're Not *That* Bad.

Something I never understood: when you sign in on some campus computers, particularly those in the libraries, this pop-up window shows up every time you log in. Now riddle me this: Who actually stays in one location long enough for this message to be warranted existence, much less at a campus compute

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NYUNews

Fales Library: The Reason I Agree to NYU's Tuition

Fales Library: The Reason I Agree to NYU's Tuition

Every semester, those of us without scholarships, are asked to submit an enormous wad of cash to the NYU Registrar and every semester we are then allowed back into the endless halls around Washington Square where some teachers will blow our minds, some will bore us, and some will speak

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Latest comment by disposablecity: A person can 100% touch the books, they have to sign in and fill out papers and see one at a time but I have gone and done this myself with several eighteenth century first editions. Commenter #2, you are an ass.

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University of Oregon, Mills College, StanfordWacky Faculty

University of Oregon Alum Michael Beller is a Rockstar College Librarian

University of Oregon Alum Michael Beller is a Rockstar College Librarian

University of Oregon alum Michael Beller is a star librarian at the Mills College Library. He wears kooky outfits, has perfected secret handshakes, and dances on bars when he DJs at a nearby club. Oh, and he’ll hustle you through the stacks (not that way!) if yo

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Come with me, fellow UofOites! Come with me to the land of genius reference sources, public service, and fancy outfits! Come to librarianship and glory!

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UMD - UMCPBitchin 'N Moanin

Mckeldin Late Night Study Shutting Down

Mckeldin Late Night Study Shutting Down

Anyone who goes to Maryland, whether you live on North Campus, South Campus, or off campus, has studied in Mckeldin during late night study. It's a finals tradition, something we all know and love.

 

However, due to actions requested by the Provost to reduce budget, late night at

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UC BerkeleyText Worthy

The Semester in Review: The Million Dollar East Asian Library That We Won't Be Using

The Semester in Review: The Million Dollar East Asian Library That We Won't Be Using
"ooh, this looks asian"
While you're all busy with studying for finals, BerkeleyOTR will fill you in on some fond memories of the past 4 or 5 months in The Semester in Review series. So when ADD is kickin' in hard during your study session, be sure to check back h... MORE »
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Colorado StateRandom

Random Facts of Information

Random Facts of Information
I have been here in Fort Collins going on three years now, and I only found out this information a month or two ago.  Did you know that the library is supposed to look like something.  Can you guess what it is?  Maybe you already know, and think I must be a blind idiot.  But if you dont.........







It's a book!  Really clever, huh? Book, Library - it makes sense.
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NortheasternNews

NU's Snell Library Finally Enters the 21st Century

NU's Snell Library Finally Enters the 21st Century
Final Cut Pro, MacPros  and iLife galore! ... and vinyl?

NUTV strikes back with their latest video on Snell Library's new Digital Media Design Studio, which, for the most part is pretty cool. Let people say vinyl is a dead format but its nice to know where we can go to transfer ou... MORE »
Latest comment by Anonymous: Glad to hear that you like the new digital design studio at NU. The NUTV reporters and editors are a firts rate team. We look forward to working with them in the future an encourgae more awesome student production.

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UNC Chapel HillRandom

UNC Takes All the Fun out of Rare Books

UNC Takes All the Fun out of Rare Books
This year, UNC is experimenting with "Scribe," a scanner that reads a crazy number of pages per hour and digitalizes their content. UNC is testing Scribe with its rare book collection; soon, you can read a rare book without making that oh-so-difficult trek to the main quad th... MORE »
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Rutgers - New BrunswickEvents

Feels Like the Movies...

Feels Like the Movies...
To experience first hand what it's like to be in a low-budget slasher film based in college, take a stroll through the stacks on the third floor of Alexander Library around midnight.

The place is always tomb-like in its silence, but when the lights are dim and flickering, the quiet suddenly turns fro... MORE »
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