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Written on: April 1st, 2010 in Blog Posts, Informal learning, Learning, Learning Journeys
Know up front that I alternate between amazement and criticism of communication technologies. And, my peers evidently agree. So as I report back to you about the Virtual Public Library Association (PLA) Conference, we bounce from “Wow, our panel members are all over the country during this presentation too,” to “The sound is just awful,” and “Why isn’t there […]
Written on: March 31st, 2010 in Blog Posts
New Castle County Libraries are delighted to present Ann Patchett, acclaimed author of Bel Canto, on Monday, April 12. Winner of both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in 2002, Bel Canto is this year’s New Castle County Reads selection. Join us in welcoming Ann Patchett to Delaware. This will be the literary event […]
Written on: March 30th, 2010 in Blog Posts
The recently-released report Opportunity for all: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries is the result of a collaboration between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the University of Washington, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. It’s the first large-scale study of who uses the internet in libraries, and […]
Written on: March 29th, 2010 in Blog Posts
The New York Times Sunday book review section once again included a tempting array of new books, and just like every week, you can find many of these titles at one of your Delaware libraries. Jason Turbow’s Baseball Codes investigates the moral code of baseball that underlies the written rule, “dozens of stories from baseball […]
Written on: March 25th, 2010 in Blog Posts, Informal learning, Learning, Learning Journeys
While the public library learning/networking event, our biennial Public Library Association (PLA) Conference, launches in Portland, OR today, many (most?) of us are not there. You know all the reasons. However, cadres of Delaware library staff will be attending…via the PLA Virtual Conference. A select group of live workshops will be broadcast throughout Thursday and Friday. […]
Written on: March 24th, 2010 in Blog Posts
“If you love to read, you’ll probably go to college, maybe for free. You’ll get a better job, get a higher income, live longer.” is the take-away quote from this story from a recent New York Times. This touching article charts how Jim Brozina, a New Jersey school librarian, read to his daughter every night […]
Written on: March 23rd, 2010 in Blog Posts
The fact that there are so many books about social media suggests that, despite claims to the contrary, future and traditional media can coexist and even complement each other. Shelves full of books about the internet have been a public library standard since the ’90s, and thanks to innovative programs and leadership and partnerships with […]
Written on: March 22nd, 2010 in Blog Posts
Backing into Forward by the cartoonist and illustrator Jules Feiffer, is the cover story on this week’s New York Times Book Review. It’s a “resonant, self-lacerating, and frequently hilarious” memoir that offers a unique history of New York’s postwar literary world and is populated by the most colorful legends of contemporary American culture- a companion […]
Written on: March 19th, 2010 in Blog Posts
Recently while reading the Cool Tools website, I stumbled on this book review for a newish business book bibliography, 100 Best Business Books of All Time. The publishers of the book have culled through the vast number of business books available in print to select the must-reads and related titles, provided summaries, categorized the selections, […]
Written on: March 18th, 2010 in Blog Posts, Informal learning, Learning, Learning Journeys
The Learning Journeys presentation at the ReadAloud Delaware Conference last weekend proved inspiring for us, as well as, the attendees. Happily, this is not an unusual occurrence. But, my talk about my reading journal felt a little false. Why? Because I use the online reading community, Goodreads, to track my reading and learning; and, well, my last entry […]
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