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Written on: June 30th, 2009 in News
On July 1, Delaware Library Catalog and New Castle County Library users will be seeing some revisions to the line-up of databases available through their libraries. We are adding substantial additions to our current lineup of products from EBSCO, and replacing some other products with comparable new databases from EBSCO. Access to online versions of […]
Written on: June 30th, 2009 in News
Stay tuned for the next announcement about the full lineup of revisions and additions to the State of Delaware’s subscription electronic resources for libraries (aka databases), but as a teaser, we are very happy to announce the availability of the EBSCO health database Consumer Health Complete in three language interfaces. According to the creator, these […]
Written on: June 28th, 2009 in News, Reviews
During this last week, the Delaware legislature voted to amend State anti-discrimination laws to include gay and lesbian Delawareans for the first time. Shortly after the legislation was passed, Delaware Lt. Gov. Matt Denn published a touching blog post about the history of the decade-long attempt to pass this legislation. June 28th also marks the […]
Written on: June 26th, 2009 in News
The circulation of library items from the Kent and Sussex County continues to rise, with June’s final figures not yet in, suggesting an all-time high for the year as the message continues to be heard that libraries are a tremendous economic and leisure resource when times are hard: Beach community public library circulation is growing […]
Written on: June 23rd, 2009 in News
Last year, the fight to save the Philadelphia libraries was the big news in libraries. As befits that fair city, the campaign was a bare-knuckle street fight, with daily rallies, political maneuvering, and direct action. On Friday, Governor Strickland of Ohio announced a budget that included the elimination of as much as $200 million of […]
Written on: June 23rd, 2009 in News
Click on the links below to get lists of new items available from the DLC in various formats: All New ItemsNew Audio BooksNew BooksNew DVDs
Written on: June 23rd, 2009 in News
A blog that is mostly about books can hardly let the birthday of the typewriter go unremarked!“Christopher Latham Sholes’ machine was not the first typewriter. It wasn’t even the first typewriter to receive a patent. But it was the first typewriter to have actual practical value for the individual, so it became the first machine […]
Written on: June 22nd, 2009 in News, Reviews
This week’s New Yorker magazine includes a lengthy profile of the prolific author Nora Roberts. You can see current issues of the New Yorker, along with hundreds of other popular magazines (including Consumer Reports) online through EBSCO’s MasterFile- log in to the Delaware Library Catalog with your library card and PIN, then select “Research Databases/EBSCO” […]
Written on: June 19th, 2009 in News
In a conversation last week, my coworker Patty reminded me that at least a couple of times a year, everyone should switch over to Route 9 for their commute between New Castle County and Dover. It takes a while longer, and is about 15 miles longer, but it’s still a beautiful change of scenery- and […]
Written on: June 16th, 2009 in News, Reviews
Much of the world is transfixed at this moment by the upheavals following the recent Iranian election, by the apparent paradox of a popular demand for democracy, with women as some of the strongest voices heard, within a fundamentalist, autocratic system. The Iranian regime is justifiably demonized by most Western governments, but the history of […]
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