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Written on: January 11th, 2010 in Blog Posts
Wired Magazine reminds us that Jan. 11th is the birthday of Popular Mechanics, which was first published in 1902, and remains popular more than a century later. You can access the full-text online version at this link, thanks to your library’s statewide subscription. (Delaware Library Catalog ID and PIN required) UPDATE: And on a related […]
Written on: January 10th, 2010 in Blog Posts
George Clooney- desired by women (and men), envied by men (and women) had a productive and critically acclaimed year in 2009. After no doubt being voted in for the umpteenth time as America’s sexiest man in the usual magazines, odds are that George will receive one or more Oscar mentions when the 82nd Academy Award […]
Written on: January 5th, 2010 in Blog Posts
Earlier this month, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a partnership with Delaware to help public libraries compete for broadband stimulus funds. The foundation’s Opportunity Online grant program will provide the Delaware Division of Libraries (DDL) technical and consulting assistance to develop competitive funding proposals for federal broadband stimulus funding from the National Telecommunications […]
Written on: December 23rd, 2009 in Blog Posts
Courtesy of the Library of Congress Read.gov website, you can see beautifully digitized versions of classic Christmas stories: A Christmas Carol A Visit from St. Nicholas And of course, the utterly non-Christmas themed, multi-author collaborative children’s tale, Exquisite Corpse. Happy Holidays to everyone in the Delaware library community! See the original post from Read.gov at […]
Written on: December 22nd, 2009 in Blog Posts
You may have already signed up to receive email notifications when works by favorite authors, or works on certain subjects, are added to the catalog (if you haven’t, you can click here to see a quick instructional video). Once you check a certain author or subject as a favorite, the library system software sends out […]
Written on: December 16th, 2009 in Blog Posts
It’s been a busy few weeks- my apologies for not updating these lists since Thanksgiving. Remember that most libraries will operate on limited hours and/or be closed for several days next week, so remember to fit in a visit to your local public library between last-minute gift shopping this weekend! Click on the links below […]
Written on: December 15th, 2009 in Blog Posts
The new 2009 Fellows of the United States Artists were just announced today, with an incredible array of artists in several different categories. United States Artists (click here for their homepage) is a relatively new organization which awards unrestricted $50,000 grants to fifty artists a year. In literature awards this year, honorees include graphic novel […]
Written on: December 14th, 2009 in Blog Posts
Great books in the Sunday reviews, and big news for the Delaware Library Catalog this week- first, the books: An outstanding new biography of Abigail Adams by Woody Holton describes Adams as an early promoter of women’s rights- far beyond her well know admonition to her husband to “remember the ladies”. Adams denounced the subordinate […]
Written on: December 11th, 2009 in Blog Posts
I loved this, and I hope that my daughter will feel this warmly about her school library, and her public library. Many Delaware public libraries have Young Adult Services Librarians (aka Teen Librarians) on staff who make sure that collections and events are geared to create lifelong library users. Laurel Public Library has a particularly […]
Written on: December 9th, 2009 in Blog Posts
At this time every year, Delaware’s public library community comes together for its annual “town meeting”, where we discuss our current needs, initiatives and opportunities, and ways in which the state and county government can help meet the needs of libraries and library users. We met today at the Wilmington University Dover campus, with representatives […]
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