Some Interesting stats about the library that I work at

I was recently at a new employee orientation and they gave us some basic statistics about Pattee/Paterno Library and a few about University Park campus in general; some of them are pretty amazing.....

1. the library contains 5 million volumes
2. has 68,000 serials (or publications that come on a regular basis)
3. 30,000 electronic journals
4. 5,000 pieces of media equippment
5. 1,700 workstations across 24 locations
6. digitizes 350,000 images annually
7. 88,000 books were sold by the Penn State press in 2006
8. 420 support staff
9. 425 student employees
10. 130 librarians
11. 37 libraries at 24 Penn State Campuses
12. and is ranked 8th in the category of research libraries in N. America

wow, I'm proud to work here!

Soldier Surprises His Son

saw this on someone else's blog. It's incredibly precious! These men and women leave friends, family, and ease behind in order to make sure that I have the freedom and safety to sit here and blog.

Mercedes Commercial

A cute piece from a great car company!

Libera - I am the day

Jon Plank has a couple vids of Libera on his blog. After seeing them and hearing how good this choir was, I bought their CD, 'Angel Voices'. Salava Me is one of my favorites. This song, 'I am the Day' is another-It's gorgeous!