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Written on: June 9th, 2011 in Blog Posts, News
This past Sunday the News Journal published a fantastic article highlighting several online resources that are available with a library card. E-books, e-audiobooks, cookbooks, newspapers, magazines, auto-repair manuals, sample practice tests, and more resources are all available via the Delaware Library Catalog portal website at www.lib.de.us. If you didn’t catch the article in the newspaper, […]
Written on: May 15th, 2011 in Blog Posts, Learning
Obviously, learning across/in-and-out/through the life span is a very big deal in libraries. Whether researching a small business start-up, planning a long-awaited trip or selecting just the right title for a 5th-grader post-Harry Potter, customers turn to the library staff for ideas and guidance. The staff then dig into their toolkits to charge expertise and […]
Written on: May 3rd, 2011 in Blog Posts
In April, Governor Jack Markell issued a proclamation beginning Delaware’s official commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. The Delaware Division of Libraries has created an extensive online list of reading and viewing material about the Civil War for adults and children at http://guides.lib.de.us/civilwar which links users directly to the statewide library catalog […]
Written on: April 14th, 2011 in Blog Posts, Informal learning, Reading
Since 1958, libraries have thrown themselves – and you – a party in April. Happy National Library Week! The Founding Fathers recognized an informed citizenry as the backbone of a democracy. And our public libraries and schools were born. As Jefferson wrote “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of […]
Written on: March 30th, 2011 in Blog Posts
Fellow librarian, Honore Francois, pointed me to a community of needlecraft bloggers out there who eagerly await a weekly challenge from Carole Knits. That challenge is to post a ten item list in response to the Tuesday prompt. Hence, Ten-on-Tuesday. This week’s prompt? Ten Reasons To Use The Public Library. Enjoy the lists from these non-librarians: […]
Written on: March 21st, 2011 in Blog Posts
Although yesterday was officially Very Hungry Caterpillar Day, such an important event deserves a two-day celebration, right? It seems that children’s book writer/illustrator legend, Eric Carle, and this beloved character are joining with the American Academy of Pediatrics to promote healthy food choices for youngsters. Learn more and read a short interview with the author […]
Written on: March 3rd, 2011 in Blog Posts
Check out the new portal to the Delaware Library Catalog!
Written on: February 22nd, 2011 in Blog Posts
As many of you have seen in the news today, former Governor Russell W. Peterson died Monday evening at the age of 94. The former governor was known world-wide for the Coastal Zone Act of 1971, which protects Delaware’s natural resources by outlawing large industrial development along the coast. According to The News Journal, although […]
Written on: February 1st, 2011 in Blog Posts, Informal learning, Learning, News
Google introduced its Art Project website today, which allows users to explore hundreds of works of art from some of the finest museums in the world, all in incredible detail. Already some journalists and bloggers have commented that this takes away the serendipitous experience of discovering a work of art on their own. As a […]
Written on: January 27th, 2011 in Blog Posts
Kathy here: This post started simply enough. Libraries are building more and more patron-added content into their sites/catalogs through comments, reviews and ratings. This is a good thing. To gently emphasize the point, I wanted to share Philip Sheldrake’s visual story of Content: An Illustrated History of Creation, Curation, Circulation & Consumption. While it shamelessly promotes […]
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