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Written on: March 14th, 2009 in News
This story was in today’s New York Times. The writer interviewed a number of patrons at a Long Island library, asking him why they were returning to libraries after long absences in some cases. Free movie rentals, internet access, reading new bestsellers were all identified as ways in which patrons were using libraries to save […]
Written on: March 12th, 2009 in News
This was a recent posting on the NPR librarian blog that caught my eye: Problem 1: Need to check in for tomorrow’s flight in case it’s oversold (let’s just say, lessons learned) Problem 2: Gracious host, like self, has gone paperless at home and chucked her inkjet Solution: Is the library open on Sunday? When […]
Written on: March 10th, 2009 in Learning, News
Representatives of the Delaware Library Community gathered in Dover last December to debate the way forward for Delaware libraries- panels of Delaware librarians and outside experts discussed library services in what had been identified by the Council on Libraries and Delaware Library Association as three key fields in which libraries could contribute to Delaware citizens. […]
Written on: March 10th, 2009 in News
I saw this quote today on the Newspaper Association of America website: As newspaper professionals gather in Las Vegas for the Newspaper Association of America’s first annual mediaXchange conference, new data from Nielsen Online indicates that average monthly unique audience figures for newspaper Web sites grew by more than 7.9 million in January to 74.8 […]
Written on: March 5th, 2009 in News
The once-every-five-years-Spring-Snowstorm gave me the opportunity to truly focus my attention on our Delaware Library portal, catalog and this, the blog. What a rich environment!Valuable advice, up-to-the-minute resources and a shared community committed to reading. Who could ask for more? Well, I could. I do have other interests. And, frankly, the online presence of those […]
Written on: March 4th, 2009 in Learning, News
The Testing and Education Reference Center (TERC) recently introduced a more user friendly and easy to navigate interface, with greatly enhanced search features. What hasn’t changed about this product is that it is still the premiere online source for academic and vocational testing preparation materials- from ASVAB to MCAT- and is a great place to […]
Written on: March 3rd, 2009 in News
In view of the terrible weather of the past couple of days, road conditions and other considerations, the Delaware Public Library catalog directors have asked the systems administrators to work their magic and make everything that would have been due back to the libraries yesterday and today be due back tomorrow, when hopefully roads will […]
Written on: February 28th, 2009 in News
Use the comments to let us know what great new books and movies you hear about or see this weekend, or talk about books you are reading.I just finished Drood, the new book by Dan Simmons. He’s an outstanding author who can write in all kinds of different genres- from his science fiction series Hyperion […]
Written on: February 26th, 2009 in News, Reviews
Delaware Library Catalog user can now write and publish reviews within the catalog. The LibraryThing For Libraries review module was recently added as an option for catalog users, allowing them to read user-generated reviews and add their own! Click here for more instructions, view an animated tutorial here, or go to the catalog and look […]
Written on: February 26th, 2009 in News
South Coastal Public Library will be closing temporarily to prepare for its move to a new permanent location. The library’s last open day will be Saturday Jan. 31st, with reopening tentatively scheduled for early April 2009. South Coastal library holdings will not be available to library patrons during this time, and patrons placing holds on […]
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