Meet the Author Photography

Hello Snippets visitors! This year, the Library Advancement Office has hired me to photograph its Meet the Author series, allowing those who miss the opportunity to see an event to get an idea of what happened during an author’s presentation. Though these photographs have yet to make it to print, technology has granted the Northeastern community the ability to view them, and others from past years, instantly online. If you haven’t yet attended a Meet the Author event (and a strongly suggest you do!), I urge you to check out the Snippets Gallery and the library’s Flickr account, which can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/northeastern_university_libraries/ If you like what you see or if there’s anything you would like to see more of, please feel free to post a comment. I’d love to hear from you!

Meet Brian Tomlinson, CBA, Class of 1990

BTThis Thursday, Brian Tomlinson, who holds an undergraduate degree from Northeastern in Business and Finance will be speaking about his international co-op experience. He is a vice president and fixed-income portfolio manager with PIMCO in Stuttgart, Germany. Brian is also active in business development and public speaking and serves as PIMCO Europe’s relationship manager with European official institutions. His whole international journey started when he took a co-op job in Stuttgart, Germany back in 1989. For anyone who is interested in international co-op or global relations, Tomlinson’s visit to Northeastern is something you won’t want to miss! The event will be held in 421 Snell on October 29 at 12:00 pm. Lunch will be served! To RSVP for this event, please contact Ketty Rosenfeld @ 617-373-3466, k.rosenfeld@neu.edu, or Maria Carpenter @ 617-373-2821, m.carpenter@neu.edu.

Oysters and Goats

Sure, we’ve heard all about the Google Goats. And you may have heard about the Andover Goats. Great idea, yes? Use goats to mow down the growth? I recently found out about a similar program for the Boston Harbor. Oysters are being reintroduced to help clear out the water – an oyster can filter 30 gallons of water per day. Amazing! The time lapse video of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay was incredible to watch. Who knew that oysters and goats had so much in common? Now that I know about this project, I am inspired to see if there are any magazine or journal articles that talk more about oysters and ecosystems, or water purification. I bet GreenFILE would be a good database to start with!

Meet the Authors Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein

 Tomorrow at 10:30 am in 90 Snell Library, authors Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein return by popular demand. Their new book, Heidegger and a Hippo walk through those Pearly Gates, is another in their line of philosopical treatises presented through jokes, in the same vein as their previous books, Plato and a Platypus walk in to a bar… and Aristotle and an Aardvark go to Washington. The NU Bookstore will be selling copies that the authors will be signing. The book is also available at Snell Libraries. You can also watch their previous talk at Snell Library: Cathcart and Klein

Boston Book Festival – Saturday, 10/24 in Copley Square

I’ll be volunteering at the first annual Boston Book Festival being held this Saturday (10/24) in Copley Square.  The festival features 90 authors reading from their works and signing books, and 40 exhibitors. Events will be taking place at the Boston Public Library, Trinity Church, and the Old South Church. And, it’s free! The keynote speaker will be Pulitzer Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk. However, I admit I’m most intrigued by the session called “Writer Idol,” in which an actor will read the first pages of unpublished manuscripts submitted by audience members, and a panel of judges (editors and literary agents) will offer their opinions on what works and what doesn’t. Get more info at http://www.bostonbookfest.org/.