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• Happy 40th Anniversary Sesame Street

  
  On The Same Page — Authority: 123
  But, cookies are good….
  11 hours ago

• Libraries strike the right chord?

  
  Welcome to Library.ie — Authority: 125
  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 ...
  18 hours 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: 455
  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 ...
  21 hours ago

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

  
  Queen Anne View — Authority: 529
  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 ...
  23 hours ago

• Aloha from the Malaga Cove Library

  
  PVLD Director's Blog — Authority: 111
  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!
  1 day ago

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

  
  SafeLibraries — Authority: 455
  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 ...
  1 day ago

• For the love of libraries

  
  Another Lost Shark — Authority: 128
  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 days ago

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

  
  Bilingual Librarian — Authority: 123
  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 days ago

• Thanks Thornbury!

  
  The Best Laid Plans — Authority: 113
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• Dig This Hipster Decor From A Librarys Store

  
  Book Patrol — Authority: 520
  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 ...
  3 days ago

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

  
  LibraryTechNZ — Authority: 411
  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 ...
  4 days ago

• Tributes paid to Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 717
  San Antino, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Glowing tributes were paid to the Tomb of the unknown soldiers by Presidents and folks alike. San Antonians also paid generous tribute to those in the service on the noble occasion of Veterans Day.At the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, civilians laid wreaths for the brave fallen ...
  5 days ago

• Time Management in Libraries: some thoughts on continuing education classes

  
  Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog — Authority: 122
  Anyone who has ever attended Continuing Education (CE) classes knows that sitting in a chilly meeting room, drinking coffee that tastes like styrofoam, while watching a Power Point slide show, which duplicates the handout slide-for-slide, are the order of the day. A popular CE topic is time management. Obviously, time ...
  5 days ago

• Library Art

  
  On The Same Page — Authority: 123
  Brought in by a MFLP (Most Favored Library Patron), this is the side of a small library in Southern Colorado.
  6 days ago

• ""Netflix"-style library fees

  
  PVLD Director's Blog — Authority: 111
  Some of the staff members at PVLD have been tossing around the idea of a Netflix-style book delivery service for some time, but have found it is more complicated than it seems both in terms of the back-end software, the staffing required, and the logistics of a large-scale mailing operation. This article about the ...
  1 week ago

• Hayward Public Library to try a pay as you go borrowing plan

  
  Collection Developments @ Sno-Isle — Authority: 128
  Via: Twitter @roykenagy “Be more like Netflix” has been something that libraries have been hearing practically since the DVD rent by mail company came into existence, and now Hayward Public Library is trying something similar.  For $2.99 a month customers can borrow up to 3 items, and keep them as long as they ...
  1 week ago

• Geek The Library

  
  Sun Singer's Travels — Authority: 417
  While participating in the Jackson County (GA) Authors Showcase at the Maysville Library yesterday morning, I found handouts and bumper stickers for the "Geek the Library" campaign being conducted by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). According to the geekthelibrary website, "the campaign hopes to inspire a ...
  1 week ago

• The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway Nominated by Tampere City Library,Finland and 8 Others for IMPAC Award. No. 11.6.2009. 139.

  
  Librarian — Authority: 113
  The 100,000 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is made from nominations by libraries from around the world. Judges of the 2010 award (L-R) Anne Fine, Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Abdourahman Waberi, Zoë Wicomb and Eve Patten outside the Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin. Q: Who can ...
  1 week ago

• One City – One Book – One Award

  
  Welcome to Library.ie — Authority: 125
  Dublin City Libraries’ has won the 2009 Chambers of Commerce of Ireland – Excellence in Local Government Arts & Culture Award for their One City One Book project. The One City, One Book initiative promotes cultural tourism, firmly emphasises Dublin as a literary capital, and in 2009 promoted the urgent ...
  1 week ago

• The Great Art Deco-Designed Brooklyn Central Library In Vintage Photos

  
  Book Patrol — Authority: 520
  Mount Prospect Park, 1939. New [main branch of Brooklyn Public] Library is in [far right] background. Image courtesy of BPL. Brooklyn Public Library in New York City was established in 1896. Between 1901 and 1923, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie donated $1.6 million toward the development of twenty one ...
  1 week ago

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