3 days ago by Jenny Librarian by Day...Bookmistress by Night

laloveskt, please pick up the white courtesy phone. From the BBC: Rare Austen Letters Cause Excitement "More than 100 items, including rare manuscripts and letters written by the British author to her family, have gone on display at the Morgan Library and Museum in Manhattan. ...The letters - which ...

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4 days ago by Rhondda

I love the shots from the Fubiz site, “a staircase that builds within the framework of a library of arrangements: the books are placed between the steps. Original and very practical, the whole of furniture was conceived by the studio Levitate Architects based in London.” Have a look at more of their ...

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7 days ago by Rhondda

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7 days ago by annot8

Last month, Sacramento Public completed what we felt was a successful “ 27 Things” program for our staff, and will soon be planning something similar for our public. So I was surprised to learn that only a handful of libraries have tried it, and with only limited success. The four presenters, Jennif ...

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9 days ago by Rhondda

After my Inkys shortlist post I had a comment about Simmone Howell suggested that I take a look at her novel, even though I work in a school populated by teenage boys. My comment about how powerful covers can be I think is relevant. Not one of our regular book suppliers brought this book in for us t ...

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9 days ago by sylvie

find in catalog (place hold) browse our movie soundtrack collection technorati tags: library-20, library2.0, library 2.0, libraries, policies, customers

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11 days ago by Rhondda

The Inkys short list was decided a few weeks ago. These are all great books. The highlighted ones are those we have at our school and, although a couple of stories I liked have not made the cut, I am quite satisfied with those that have (I should say - Of those I have read, I am happy with their inc ...

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12 days ago by annot8

Jason Clark, Head of Digital Access and Web Services, and Timothy Donahue, Instruction Librarian at Montana State University, demonstrated how MSU has created customized omnipresent home pages using iGoogle gadgets. Building on the fact that most students have gmail accounts, they built or customize ...

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13 days ago by sylvie

an "anti-library" faction? "Don't cry crocodile tears about people who are making $100,000 a year wiping tables and putting the books back on the shelves," Xinos smirked, apparently referencing the fired head librarian, who has advanced degrees and made $98,676 a year. He said Oak Brook had to "stop ...

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14 days ago by Rhondda

Tom Barrett has been sharing his class ideas and tips about using various tools in GoogleDocs presentations for quite a while and I have been collecting them in my bookmarks. He has now put all of them together in his blog. The presentations are in easy to use in their Google docs format and he invi ...

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