The Bookish Nemesis

Bookish Librarians

Our journal is mostly about articles. We consider around a hundred article manuscripts a year, and from those submissions , we select about thirty—we hope the best—for publication. These peer reviewed articles, running 3,000 to 6,000 words in length, usually report the research results of a focused study on a particular process, procedure, or policy stance in academic librarianship. In this cur...

The Nemesis of Folly

ing from consequences which were virtually certain to arrive, sooner or later. The exigencies of monthly publication preclude us from quoting figures which vary from day to day, and it must be enough to say that the number of cases at Gloucester Avhich have been diagnosed as small-pox has been so large that the utmost anxiety is reasonably felt as to when, and where, the epidemic will end. Thes...

Nemesis Reconsidered

The hypothesis of a companion object (Nemesis) orbiting the Sun was motivated by the claim of a terrestrial extinction periodicity, thought to be mediated by comet showers. The orbit of a distant companion to the Sun is expected to be perturbed by the Galactic tidal field and encounters with passing stars, which will induce variation in the period. We examine the evidence for the previously pro...

Medical nemesis?

Nemesis of neglected neurosarcoidosis

Neurosarcoidosis (NS) is diagnosed when noncaseating granulomas develop in the nervous system, often associated with similar pathology in other organs. While lung and skin manifestation are more common, the neurological manifestations including meningitis, parenchymal brain or spinal cord lesions, or cranial or peripheral nerve damage are among the most serious and difficult to treat manifestat...