Oxford Academic (OUP) on Tumblr: Trekkies: Are you ready? →

oupacademic:

The new Star Trek movie, Star Trek: Into Darkness, opens today and the trekkies in the office are psyched! And being good Star Fleet members, we know to explain the lingo to our non-trekkie friends over popcorn and luckily we have a few good dictionary editors at OUP to help out. 

Senior Assistant Editor of the OED Matthew Bladen breaks down Star Trek’s impact on the English language as well as several science fiction terms it relies and expands on. Set phasers to stun, prepare for warp factor five, and get ready to explain emotion to a Vulcan.

So are you ready?

Image credit: GIF via fanpop. 

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

willywaldo:

It’s a dark and stormy night. Time for a steamy cup of tea and a hot book!  Capt. Picard and I wish our Tumblr friends un bon nuit!

Not exactly Picard’s usual reading, but he is on Risa, after all, and the man loves a cup of

alexeidarling:

The biggest question I have is “Did that Bionic Bunnybook predate Arthur as a show?”

It is officially LeVar Burton day over here at the LJ tumblr.

schoollibraryjournal:

SLJ’s Karyn Peterson chatted with LeVar Burton about Reading Rainbow’s new initiatives.

Stay tuned for the article!

Swoon. Seriously. I don’t think I could handle meeting LeVar. I tried to explain this to some of my coworkers yesterday and ended up describing for like five minutes the scene in Star Trek: Insurrection where Geordi sees a sunset for the first time. So, basically:

Star Trek at the Online Archive of California →

christinamcclendon:

Favorite reference question of the night so far! The researcher was looking for the Gene Roddenberry Star Trek Television Series Collection, 1966-1969 at UCLA, but I was surprised by how many results there were for “star trek” overall.

Others of note:

• the Ron Moore [of Battlestar Galactica] Collection at USC
• the Contemporary American Comic Book Collection, ca. 1962 - ca. 1994 at Stanford
• the Kirk/Spock Slash Fiction Zine Collection at ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
• the Star Trek Association of Irvine Publications at UC Irvine

Perhaps the only time I will allow myself to reblog a Star Trek gifset on LJ: here Deep Space 9 tackles institutional racism in publishing, and in particular sci-fi. If Avery Brooks wrote genre fic, I would read it.

(Actually LeVar Burton published a sci-fi novel a few years ago and I read the LJ review and not even my all-encompassing love for him can convince me to read it now.)

(Source: catbushandludicrous)

I am very happy to announce that Etta Thornton-Verma (above center) will take over as editor of the LJ Book Review effective October 1st. Etta was formerly our associate editor, reference.

Yes, the Book Review finally has its Captain Janeway.

hadro:

libraryjournal:

We have a new captain! (And #2.)

Library Journal names Executive Editor of News and Features Michael Kelley new Editor-in-Chief. Joining him is Josh Hadro (hi Josh!), former executive editor of digital projects, and now executive editor of LJ—the Spock to Kelley’s Kirk. Or the Riker to his Picard. Or the Kira to his Sisko! Really any Star Trek combination you like, but LJ insists on comparisons remaining inside the Federation.

I see your dorky Star Trek references and raise you:

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

Fun fact! The species in this episode does not speak in metaphor; they speak instead in allusion. This gets double dork points because it combines Star Trek and English major knowledge.

We have a new captain! (And #2.)

Library Journal names Executive Editor of News and Features Michael Kelley new Editor-in-Chief. Joining him is Josh Hadro (hi Josh!), former executive editor of digital projects, and now executive editor of LJ—the Spock to Kelley’s Kirk. Or the Riker to his Picard. Or the Kira to his Sisko! Really any Star Trek combination you like, but LJ insists on comparisons remaining inside the Federation.

christielouwho:

We have a sizable collection of Star Wars and Star Trek early memorabilia, books, and posters in our Special Collections. As if the sci-fi gods were smiling, turns out there is an open exhibit display case available in the library. This is also the first exhibit I’ve ever composed and created.

Goucher, come to the 3rd floor of the library in the Athenaeum in the next few months to see what will be a whole display on our science-fiction collection. (There may even be a multi-media component!)

I don’t know what “Trek or Treat” is but I want it.

Strand Books: Book Briefs: Make It So: Leadership Lessons from Star Trek: The Next Generation* →

strandbooks:

From the author of Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun comes another Star Trek-themed business book, this time from the perspective of Captain Picard. Yes.

• When you are asked for approval of an action, you should find every reason to respond with, “Permission granted.” Make it so.
• In space, it is rarely better to act quickly and err than to tarry until the time of action has past, as the time of action for any one thing is rarely absolute and many errors are fatal.
• It is impossible to master any art or science at once. Instead, to excel at anything one must patiently wrestle with it until it gives up its secret.

PS The Amazon reviews are totally worth checking out.

Mark Brown writes: “I bought this book based on how much I love Star Trek. Big mistake. It’s not at all insightfull, or true to the spirit of Star Trek. Each chapter is mostly a summary of a particular episode, written from the perspective of Captain Picard. Disapointingly, the account doesn’t sound at all like Picard, and doesn’t add anything that we didn’t see in the episode.”

Anne Degeorge disagrees. “This book is an excellent tool for learning about being a leader even if you’re not a STAR TREK fan. I loved reading this book - every time.”

*Whoa. Colon overload. Amazon actually lists it with three. Terrible.

This book exists.

hadro:

My favorite READ poster ever (Taken with Instagram at High Point Public Library)

softmisnomers:

Spock dropping some library knowledge.

(Source: laurbrarian)