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• Charity Begins At The Library

  
  Book Patrol — Authority: 531
  Libraries may be struggling with cuts in hours, staff, and budgets but that doesnt mean those institutions have forgotten that some folks are worse off than they are. Below is a very short, and NOT at all inclusive list of libraries that are sponsoring charitable efforts to make the holidays happier for everyone: ...
  4 days ago

• Editorial Supports Family Friendly Libraries in Greensboro, NC, and Bandwidth Shapers Help

  
  SafeLibraries — Authority: 415
  This editorial from the Greensboro, NC, News & Record is outstanding in its support for common sense and family friendly libraries: " Editorial: Libraries Versus Porn ," by Editorial Board , News & Record , 19 November 2009, emphasis mine: Still, the library keeps searching for a happier medium and ...
  1 week ago

• Westwoods 66 maintains 2-shot lead in Dubai - Golf - The Olympian …

  
  Dubai for Visitors — Authority: 154
  Lee Westwood maintained his two-shot lead at the Dubai World Championships after shooting a 6-under 66 Saturday in the third round. See the rest here:  Westwoods 66 maintains 2-shot lead in Dubai - Golf - The Olympian …
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• ALA Washington Office submits testimony to House Education Committee on libraries’ role in improving literacy

  
  District Dispatch — Authority: 417
  Contact: Jenni Terry Press Officer, ALA Washington Office For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. – Emily Sheketoff, executive director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Washington Office, today filed testimony for the official record of the House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee ...
  1 week ago

• Outcomes of Library Ballot Measures in California

  
  California State Library Blog — Authority: 113
  Voters in the November election approved library ballot measures in the cities of San Mateo and South Pasadena, but failed to muster enough votes to pass measures in Pacific Grove or Ventura County.   Details of the November 3, 2009 election are posted on the State Library’s Library Development Services (LDS) ...
  1 week ago

• Mango Languages creates 35 jobs; 30 more to follow

  
  Money employment & careers - money-employment.marc8.com — Authority: 150
  Not all businesses are original. Many are take-offs of an idea that just didnt work out for someone else. Thats the case with the guys behind Mango Languages, who turned an old idea into a fast-growing start-up. And creating jobs left and right in the process. read more
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• Book Theft Ring

  
  On The Same Page — Authority: 124
  12 indicted in Prince George’s County book theft ring Twelve people have been charged with checking out more than $140,000 in books from Maryland colleges and community libraries and selling them for quick cash. Prince George’s County prosecutors announced the indictment November 10. About $87,000 worth of ...
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• Kudos to a courageous Kentucky librarian

  
  Blogging Censorship — Authority: 410
  Two library employees were fired at the Jessamine County Public Library for violating library policy.  Deciding that the graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume IV: The Black Dossier was inappropriate for young patrons, they conspired to keeping the book on permanent “checked-out” status ...
  1 week ago

• The Lola Basyang Tradition Lives On

  
  School Librarian in Action — Authority: 120
  In the Philippines, Lola Basyang is already a metaphor for storytelling. Popularized by Severino Reyes in the 50s as a syndicated radio program and a series of story books that carry a variety of stories from local tales and borrowed lore, it lives on in modern retellings and TV shows. The Quezon City Public Library ...
  1 week ago

• Happy 40th Anniversary Sesame Street

  
  On The Same Page — Authority: 124
  But, cookies are good….
  2 weeks ago

• Libraries strike the right chord?

  
  Welcome to Library.ie — Authority: 420
  The UK’s Museums, Libraries and Archives Council has sponsored a step-by-step guide to staging live music events for young people in public libraries. The Get It Loud In Libraries (GILIL) toolkit , was produced by Lancashire Libraries . The aim has been to encourage young people into libraries who may have lost ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bandwidth Shaper Slows Porn in Greensboro Public Library; Parents Had Stopped Taking Kids to Library; Acceptable Use Policies Do Not Work; List of Articles on Getting Porn Out of Libraries

  
  SafeLibraries — Authority: 415
  Another library acts to stop porn viewing!  Look at this innovative approach, called bandwidth shaping , in the Greensboro Public Library in Greensboro, NC, using a device by Cymphonix : A device called a "bandwidth shaper" is designed to identify Web sites by categories — including pornography — and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Queen Anne Library hours cut, open 5 days a week

  
  Queen Anne View — Authority: 506
  In September May Nickels announced his proposed 2010 capital budget plan for the City of Seattle, a plan which significantly cut Seattle Public Libraries funding. This proposal would have limited resources and branch hours at locations all over the city. However, our news partner, the Seattle Times, is reporting ...
  2 weeks ago

• Aloha from the Malaga Cove Library

  
  PVLD Director's Blog — Authority: 113
  The islands came to Malaga Cove Library today. A great crowd enjoyed slack key guitar, hula lessons, lei making, Hawaiian BBQ, shave ice, and hawasian culture and stories. Thank you Mitch Chang, Jennifer Addington, and Jennifer Chaffey for organizing the event - hope we can do it again next year!
  2 weeks ago

• Public Breaks Into Applause for Library Board that Unanimously Voted for Internet Filters to Stop Porn Viewing in Public Library

  
  SafeLibraries — Authority: 415
  Another library has added Internet filters to stop porn viewing.  With the constant message from the American Library Association [ALA] that Internet filters do not work, will never work 100%, filter out breast cancer, and generally violate peoples First Amendment rights, I thought I would point out that not all ...
  2 weeks ago

• For the love of libraries

  
  Another Lost Shark — Authority: 127
  When was the last time you set foot in your local library? If you have to stop and think, then maybe it’s time you went and checked it out. I am a proud, card-carrying member… always have been and for good reason. Established in the mid-19th Century, public libraries were seen to be essential to the longevity of ...
  2 weeks ago

• “Child protection or censorship”; I say it’s censorship

  
  Bilingual Librarian — Authority: 122
  My friend found this article and started a great conversation. The article explains the story of two women (Sharon Cook, and Beth Boisvert) who work at a public library in Jessamine County, Kentucky, who decided what material was “appropriate” for young patrons, and went so far as to remove a book from the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Thanks Thornbury!

  
  The Best Laid Plans — Authority: 116
  A few weeks ago, I drove up to Thornbury, Ontario, near Collingwood, to do a Sunday talk and reading at the wonderful Blue Mountains Public Library . It was a glorious autumn day and the drive up was very relaxing. A great crowd turned up and we all had lovely time — at least I did, and I hope those who came ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dig This Hipster Decor From A Librarys Store

  
  Book Patrol — Authority: 531
  Have you always wanted a crazy, copacetic crib but your pad screams strictly squaresville? Are you a cool cat or a hot chick with style galore but not much bread in store? Well youre in luck. Indianas Elkhart Public Library is having a furniture sale. Normally a library is about the last place youd expect to find ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Source: news about digital libraries and library innovations from around the web

  
  LibraryTechNZ — Authority: 410
  Introducing The Source Copycats? Digital consumers in the on-line age (Note: PDF) From the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) website Huge economic losses are being sustained due to large-scale unauthorised downloading, generated by widespread confusion about copyright law ...
  2 weeks ago

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