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Written on: June 1st, 2009 in News, Reviews
This week’s installment of one of our regular features: 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 Also coming to the blog this week- an online interview with Edgar Award winning author Eliot Pattison. Check back often!
Written on: May 31st, 2009 in News
A posting on this blog from last week sent me on a curious reading jag, which is something, I think, that often happens with all readers! Something someone mentions on the news, a casual comment overheard in line at the bank, a gauzy recollection of some pleasant childhood moment- any of these and more can […]
Written on: May 28th, 2009 in News
We get to see more and more of these recently- it’s nice to see that publishers value readers sufficiently to make such an effort with their marketing ploys- this short video combines haunting and beautiful images from Kerala with approving words from Ann Packer and Junot Diaz to promote Tania James debut novel “Atlas of […]
Written on: May 27th, 2009 in News
We’ve had a lengthy discussion over the last couple of months about extending the loan period for library material in the Delaware Library Catalog. Taking into account feedback from patrons, statistics on item renewals, and concerns over access to high-demand items, the Delaware Library Catalog is VERY pleased to announce that from June 1st there […]
Written on: May 27th, 2009 in News
They’ve been called “bonnet books” (although the term isn’t popular amongst the genre’s writers) and in the Delaware Library Catalog they’ve been a hot property for a long time- particularly in the Georgetown and Greenwood libraries, where they routinely top the lists of most-popular subjects and authors. The media have just started to catch up […]
Written on: May 22nd, 2009 in News
If you have a long memory, you may remember this blog post from March of this year, in which it was proposed that the catalog configuration would be changed so once you log in, you will go directly to your account information, with a list of holds placed and available, books checked out, fines and […]
Written on: May 20th, 2009 in News
The Atlantic journalist Andrew Sullivan has been receiving feedback from his readers about the role of libraries in society, and published some of the most interesting ones here… There’s a lot of convergence between the comments of Sullivan’s readership and the results of a recent nationwide library staff survey by the Colorado State Library’s Library […]
Written on: May 18th, 2009 in News, Reviews
May 19th: 1935, T.E. Lawrence dies in England as the result of a motorcycle crash 1890, Birth of Ho Chi Minh 1925, Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska. 1536, Execution of Ann Boleyn, 2nd wife of England’s King Henry VIII May 20th: 1927, Charles LIndbergh sets off on the first nonstop transatlantic flight. 1932, Amelia […]
Written on: May 18th, 2009 in News
This week’s installment of one of our regular features: 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 UPDATE: The new audio book listing now includes items in the very convenient Playaway format. If you aren’t familiar, Playaway books […]
Written on: May 17th, 2009 in News, Reviews
Another reminder about reviews- you can write reviews for books you have checked out from the Delaware Library Catalog by clicking the “see reviews/add a review” link in any full record. It’s a two step process to set up a private account and submit reviews for publication- they’ll appear in the catalog almost immediately, and […]
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