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Booklist Online's "Web Crush of the Week": Guns, Gams and Gumshoes

Writing PIs wrote 1 day ago: Thank you, Booklist Online! The American Library Association‘s Booklist Online’s Referen … more →

Tags: writing mysteries, Writing PIs, "Web Crush of the Week", best-selling nonfiction books, Booklist Online, Colleen Collins, nonfiction book on private investigations, Private Investigator, Reference Editor Rebecca Vnuk

The Civil War: Bringing It Home to Grant County--One Destiny, A Play

marionpubliclibraryindiana wrote 1 day ago: Could John Wilkes Booth have been stopped that night at Ford’s Theatre? That’s the quest … more →

Tags: The Civil War: Bringing It Home to Grant County, Civil War, grant county, Indiana, Marion Public Library, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Constitution Center, Indiana Humanities, Lincoln

The Civil War: Bringing It Home to Grant County--Writing the Stories of Your Civil War Ancestors

marionpubliclibraryindiana wrote 1 day ago: Is there a story in your family history that you want to put to paper? Do you need some direction or … more →

Tags: The Civil War: Bringing It Home to Grant County, Civil War, grant county, Indiana, Marion Public Library, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Constitution Center, Indiana Humanities, Dr. Dennis Hensley

ALA Looks at Equitable Access to Digital Content

cbecker53 wrote 1 week ago: From the PLA Blog:  New ALA Report Explores Challenges of Equitable Access to Digital Content: The A … more →

Tags: eBooks, equal access, eBooks, ALA, PLA

Little Free Libraries...building community one cranberry box at a time.

Christine Haskell wrote 1 week ago: I gave one of these to my favorite coffee shop recently. At first they didn’t know what to do … more →

Tags: citizenship social responsibility, alternative economies, Citizenship, citizenship shopper, Community, community engagement, Facebook features, librarian, Libraries

The Civil War: Bringing It Home to Grant County with Sara Gabbard

marionpubliclibraryindiana wrote 1 week ago: The Civil War: Bringing It Home to Grant County with Sara Gabbard. … more →

Tags: The Civil War: Bringing It Home to Grant County, Civil War, grant county, Indiana, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Constitution Center, Indiana Humanities, Sara Gabbard, Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana

Advice for Choosing a MLIS Program6 comments

pcsweeney wrote 1 week ago: A couple of weeks ago, someone asked in the ALA Think Tank about what MLIS program they should enrol … more →

Tags: #makeithappen, partyhard, Branding, California Library Association, Graduate School, information science, librarian, librarians, Librarianship

The Civil War: Bringing It Home to Grant County with Sara Gabbard

marionpubliclibraryindiana wrote 1 week ago: Upon the closing of the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, there was considerable discussion regarding th … more →

Tags: Civil War, Marion Public Library, National Endowment for the Humanities, Indiana Humanities, Sara Gabbard, Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana

I'm attending ALA!

Mrs. Mac wrote 1 week ago: BTW – I will be attending the American Library Association’s (ALA’s) Annual Confer … more →

Tags: ALA, ARC, Conference

The School Year is Over—Now Have a Productive Summer!1 comment

zachbuckley wrote 2 weeks ago: For some students, the arrival of summer means the opportunity to lounge around and do — well … more →

Tags: Adaptive learning, language, Literacy, technology, Community, Education, Events, Higher Education, Inspiration

The Giver by Lois Lowry

mlischris wrote 2 weeks ago: Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Publisher: Random House Children’s Books            Year: … more →

Tags: age 12 and up, Science Fiction, Fiction, Friendship, Family Life, Social Situations, catastrophe, Dystopia, survival

reading day

R. E. Maley wrote 2 weeks ago: I feel as though all of a sudden, I have become extremely busy.  The problem is that when I think ab … more →

Tags: literature, Books, Childhood, Christopher Hitchens, Family, First Book, Literature

The Promise of Libraries Tranforming Communities2 comments

reneehobbs2007 wrote 2 weeks ago: Sometimes I wish that information specialists ruled the world. After all, people who know how to fin … more →

Tags: Conferences, Media Literacy, Learning, Libraries, Digital Literacy, Conference, ALA, Gates, Foundation

Year One

Jacquelyn wrote 3 weeks ago: This past Sunday marked the one year anniversary of me matriculated from library school. I can hardl … more →

Tags: General Life | Updates, Library and Information Science, Libraries, academic library, Library Instruction, Public Library

SURVEY SHOWS LIBRARIANS ARE COMMITTED TO PRIVACY

kristaross wrote 3 weeks ago: In conjunction with Choose Privacy Week, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual … more →

Tags: Channel Weekly

Monday Hunk Who Reads - Jackson Rathbone7 comments

Angela Quarles wrote 3 weeks ago: photo: PopSugar Jackson Rathbone Sorry, today’s will be short. Wasted too much time trying to … more →

Tags: Books, Monday Hunk Who Reads, reading is sexy, Reading, Reads, kurt vonnegut jr, Bryce Courtenay, Jackson Rathbone

Children's Book Week May 7-13, 2012

Sisters of the Holy Family wrote 3 weeks ago: Children’s Book Week is the national celebration of books and reading for youth. Established i … more →

Tags: Catholic News, children's literature, Children's Book Council, Frederic G. Melcher, New York Public Library, american booksellers association, Book week, Arts

Protecting Your Kids Online

Second Wind Creations wrote 3 weeks ago: What are you doing to protect your children when they are online?  The following appeared on Connect … more →

Tags: Online Pivacy, Privacy online, protect your kids online

Upcoming coolness

wayne lockwood wrote 4 weeks ago: Couple of things I wanted to share about the book coming up in the next few weeks or so. First, I … more →

Tags: Fiction, Books, Book Fairs, Codorus Press, Reviews, micropublishing, Small Press, nonfiction, Wayne Lockwood


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