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All New!

Written on: September 29th, 2009 in Blog Posts

Click on the links below to get lists of new items available from the Delaware Library Catalog in various formats (lists will open in a new window): All New Items New Audio Books New Books New DVDs Don’t forget to check out our other blog postings. This week we’ve written about recent conferences attended by […]


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Recent Conference Report and the Power of Twitter

Written on: September 29th, 2009 in Blog Posts

During part of last week, two Delaware Division of Libraries’ staff attended the 2009 COSLINE annual training event in upstate New York. COSLINE (the Council of State Libraries of the North East) is a group that represents 12 agencies providing statewide library services or support, and the annual meeting is oriented to sharing skills and […]


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Sunday Book Reviews

Written on: September 28th, 2009 in Blog Posts

A couple of quick hits from this week’s New York Times Sunday Book Reviews: Spooner, Pete Dexter’s “calamitously funny” fictional memoir gets a lengthy featured review. You can read more reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews at this link. Seven Mile Beach, by Tom Gilling is a “deftly constructed psychological thriller…an interesting choice for […]


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What you’re searching for.

Written on: September 24th, 2009 in Blog Posts

Click on the image for a visualization of last month’s title searches in the Delaware Library Catalog Down at the Delaware Tech Owens campus in Georgetown, students are mixing business with pleasure- J.D. Robb and MS Windows being among the top books checked out last week: Dallas, Eve Vampires– Fiction Microsoft Windows Plum, Stephanie Australian […]


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Sunday’s Reviews

Written on: September 21st, 2009 in Blog Posts

My read of the week this week is Nick McDonell’s Harvard- situated espionage novel Expensive Education. It’s been getting rave reviews across the board, and I found it “slippery, convoluted, but intensely enjoyable”- you can read my full review here. You can also read some excerpts of it here courtesy of google books (opens in […]


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Happy Birthday, Delmar!

Written on: September 21st, 2009 in Blog Posts

This week, the ‘little town too big for one state’ celebrates its 150th birthday. Delmar has packed a lot of history into that time, including devastating fires and a stint as the ‘Strawberry Capital of the Nation’, and is also the birthplace of William Alland, who produced incredible ‘b’-rated movies like ‘Creature from the Black […]


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Book Blogger Appreciation Week

Written on: September 18th, 2009 in Blog Posts

Who knew? This past week was Book Blogger Appreciation Week, and the awards were announced today.


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New Items This Week

Written on: September 16th, 2009 in Blog Posts

Click on the links below to get lists of new items available from the Delaware Library Catalog in various formats (lists will open in a new window): All New Items New Audio Books New Books New DVDs Thanks for participating in last week’s poll for users who receive email notices for new item links. There […]


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A big “Thank You” from Governor Jack Markell

Written on: September 15th, 2009 in Blog Posts

Governor Markell is a good sport. Check out his letter to bestselling author M.T. Anderson regarding his most recent book- “Jasper Dash and the Flame Pits of Delaware” concerning the author’s creative inaccuracies regarding Delaware’s geography and culture… Letter from Governor Jack Markell to M.T. Anderson


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Survey says…

Written on: September 15th, 2009 in Blog Posts

Over the weekend, the Division of Libraries surveyed library patrons currently receiving weekly new item notifications by email. About 150 patrons were asked to complete an eight-question online survey so we could gauge satisfaction with the service and gather any opinions and comments that might help us to improve the service. More than 50 patrons […]


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