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Written on: March 17th, 2010 in Blog Posts
This viral video was originally created for a sales conference by the publisher Dorling Kindersley. There have been a number of these palindromic videos going the rounds recently. Just make sure to watch it past the half-way mark so you aren’t depressed!
Written on: March 16th, 2010 in Blog Posts
Click on the links to see lists of new additions to the Delaware Library Catalog: All New Items New Audio Books New Books New DVDs
Written on: March 15th, 2010 in Blog Posts
I apologize for being so remiss about recognizing Women’s History Month so far into March. I was waiting for a personal library/learning moment and it took a little while to arrive! Finally over the past week or so a couple of things made me think about the importance of recognizing the unique accomplishments and struggles […]
Written on: March 14th, 2010 in Blog Posts, Reviews
Black Hearts, Jim Frederick’s account of a horrific crime carried out by a U.S. rifle company in Iraq, is an “extra ordinary book… a testament to a misconceived war, and to the ease with which ordinary men, under certain conditions, can transform into monsters.” Lionel Shriver’s So Much for That is a semi-comic novel about […]
Written on: March 12th, 2010 in Blog Posts
This week, the National Book Critics’ Circle awarded its top prize for fiction to Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, a richly detailed and dramatic tale of the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, as seen through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell, a “new man” who must navigate the treacherous and potentially deadly struggle for supremacy […]
Written on: March 11th, 2010 in Blog Posts
It was wonderful to read about the incredible service that Hope Tyler has provided Lewes Public Library over the past 18 years. Ms Tyler has served the library in a number of capacities since 1992, and the library honored her service at a recent event: On hand to honor Hope and the approximately 100 other […]
Written on: March 11th, 2010 in Blog Posts, Learning, Learning Journeys, Reading
Yesterday, I walked into a meeting at the Greenwood Public Library with a Post-it-flag-filled non-fiction book. Not all that unusual for research. But, I also carried a much-flagged fiction book. Just as our State Librarian, Annie Norman transcribes her non-fiction finds to share with her staff, I transcribe my own. Now, I am starting to transcribe my fiction […]
Written on: March 10th, 2010 in Blog Posts
Remember that you can get new postings sent directly to your email address by clicking on the link below: Subscribe to Division of Libraries Blog Clicking on the link will take you to the FeedBurner site and should click on “get Division of Libraries delivered by Email” in the upper right of the screen. You […]
Written on: March 8th, 2010 in Blog Posts
We were extremely happy to see Pagan Kennedy’s review of Marilyn Johnson’s wonderful book on libraries and librarians- This Book is Overdue– in which yours truly and our fellow professional “guardians of all there is to know” struggle in daily battle against the loss of cultural memory, the physical decay of media, and the lure […]
Written on: March 7th, 2010 in Blog Posts
Last week, I had the great good fortune to see a presentation by David Lee King, the Digital Branch and Services Manager for the Topeka and Shawnee County public library. King is a justifiably influential figure in the library world, and his keynote on “Making the Digital Experience Sing!” was provocative and though-provoking. King’s talk […]
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