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Online resource merger

Written on: October 5th, 2009 in News

For almost 15 years, the Internet Public Library has provided online reference to visitors from around to world. IPL is a partnership, hosted by Drexel University, between a number of American library and information science programs.. IPL provides lists of reviewed and approved internet resources within a huge number of categories in the arts, social […]


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New Item Links

Written on: September 22nd, 2009 in News

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


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Constitution Day

Written on: September 17th, 2009 in News

September 17th marks the day on which 39 men signed a document that changed the course of history. The National Constitution Center has created a full day of activities and observances to encourage everyone to consider the significance and impact of that act. You can see their program at this link. The Library of Congress […]


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Free Webinar: How to Thrive in a Tough Economy

Written on: September 10th, 2009 in News

On Tuesday September 15th at 7.30 pm, the Delaware Department of Justice presents a free live Web Seminar with Jean Chatzky, Personal Financial Expert, financial editor for NBC’s Today and frequent contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show, who has been working with people and their money for decades. Her experiences have inspired books on topics […]


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New Additions

Written on: September 9th, 2009 in News

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 Read more Delaware Library Catalog blog postings here.


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Today in History

Written on: September 4th, 2009 in News

On September 4th, 1969, North Vietnamese radio announced the death of Ho Chi Minh. Almost 25 years had passed since Ho, taking advantage of the retreat of the defeated Japanese army and the weakness of the postwar French government, had announced the formation of an independent Vietnamese Republic. After the division of the country under […]


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Who You’re Reading

Written on: September 2nd, 2009 in News

In an attempt to get away (statistically, at least) from Patterson/Grisham/Evanovich/Roberts- the velvet mafia of library circulation- it’s always nice to look at the weekly records of books checked out from individual libraries in the Delaware Library Catalog. It’s a refreshing reminder that Delaware’s libraries are as different as the communities they serve, and while […]


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Happy Birthday, Internet

Written on: September 2nd, 2009 in Blog PostsNews

1969: On Sept. 2, two computers at University of California, Los Angeles, exchange meaningless data in first test of Arpanet, an experimental military network. The first connection between two sites – UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, Calif. – takes place on Oct. 29, though the network crashes after the first two […]


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Katrina

Written on: August 29th, 2009 in News

Hurricane Katrina landed along the Gulf Coast 4 years ago today, with devastating consequences for New Orleans and other coastal communities in Louisiana and Mississippi. According to the NOAA, Katrina was the single most devastating storm ever to strike the US and the damage to the city of New Orleans seemed so incredible that many […]


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New to the Catalog

Written on: August 25th, 2009 in News

Click on the links below to get lists of new items available from the Delaware Library Catalog in various formats: All New Items New Audio Books New Books New DVDs


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