Tea Time/Rumors

12-1-23 Derek Law presents Darrell Gunter with the Swamp Fox award Darrell Gunter won the Whova most active member in the community leaderboard competition and was awarded a stuffed Swamp Fox  (named after the restaurant  in the Francis Marion). Plus many...

11-24-23 Just  located the video of Charleston Conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair (Oct.2023, First panel moderated by Sven Fund, on Research Integrity: Technology, Trust, and Transparency with Panelists Vivian Berghahn (Berghahn Books), Peter Brantley (UC...

11-17-23 The 2023 Charleston Conference is over and we had a record attendance! A huge shoutout to our attendees and sponsors! I am personally very grateful to Richard Gallagher, Jonathan Michael, and the Annual Reviews teams for embracing the Charleston hub staff and...

11-10-23 Charleston Place Well the in person 2023 Charleston conference is over until we start the virtual clone of the conference! Tune in November 28 or thereabouts!  I remember the big hullabaloo over the construction of Charleston Place hotel. It took years...

11-3-23 Poe's Tavern, Sullivan's Island, SC Halloween is over, boohoo, when all the kids and grandkids went trick or treating!  Many of you know that the Strauchs have moved to Sullivan’s Island which has links to Edgar Allan Poe who seems very relevant to...

10-27-23 Heather Staines’ oldest son LIAM This week we are posting pictures of tubas! Did you know that the tuba was invented in 1835 and is the lowest-pitched instrument in the brass family. The sound is produced by lip vibration into a mouthpiece. It is one of the...

10-20-23 UNC-Chapel Hill has announced that that the exuberantly cheerful Rebecca Vargha has been inducted into Special Libraries Association Hall of Fame Rebecca Vargha Rebecca Vargha, head of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Information and Library Science Library, has been...

10-13-23 Sotheran's Bookshop Turns out that “Booktober” is back! This annual festival of books at Sotheran’s bookshop in London involves promoting books and prints. I discovered Sotherans when I read the book Once Upon A Tome (see earlier Tea Time) and have...

October 6, 2023 taramousalata spread October is olive harvest season month in Greece – a tradition that dates back to ancient times! Olives and olive oil are staples in the Mediterranean diet! There’s nothing better than a Greek salad with olives and feta cheese with...

9-29-23 What wonderful people you meet living on the water at Sullivan’s Island! Just met Jake and Ruby and their teenage adult/children. They have come all the way from North Dakota and some of them have never seen the ocean! They have moved their business from North...