Monthly Archives: March 2008

Sexy Senior Programming at your library

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Sexy Senior programming at your library – Outreach – instead of grandparents bringing grandchildren to storytime – taking the storytime to the grandparents – or even just an assisted living facility – younger parents take pleasure in this – their … Continue reading →

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Making Cities Stronger

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Libraries Passion Prosper Purpose – Hired research firm KRC – Key Message Tagline – Library card is the brand – Smartest Card – knowledge smarts – Talking points – partners for vibrant educated communities – partners was chosen for a … Continue reading →

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Running the One Woman / Man Show

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Running the One Woman / Man Show http://www.peabody.org/pla/resources.html julie.edwards@umontana.edu Overview Why you should program Tales from Peabody – 55k people Striking a Balance Making peace with grant writing Finding and creating programs Program really for 3 groups of people Programming … Continue reading →

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Rx for RA

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Rx for RA Rx for Small Libraries Carmel Clay Public Library 3 desks – Reference / Technology / Reader’s Advisory Not just RA – busy part of the library Commitment is made to RA Initial Training – from manager – … Continue reading →

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Web 2.0

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Web 2.0 Maney Tucson Pima Library Libraries are notorious for being behind the curve. – meeting yesterday’s needs today – we love databases but we hide them from our users Web 2.0 Levels the playing field – magic wand idea … Continue reading →

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Langston Hughes and Tupack Shakur – Cultural Messengers

Posted on March 29, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Tupac Shakur Langston Hughes Cultural Messages Mr. Jackson Langston Hughes – - people’s poet – the cultural messenger of Harlem for that period – one of the most versatile and controversial writers of the 20th century. 860 poems. – prolific … Continue reading →

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Guys Read Preconference

Posted on March 26, 2008 by kevinyezbick

The Guys Read Preconference – divvied into a keynote and 5 panels. My interest in Guys Read stems mainly from being a guybrarian. Our library has already initiated the program, but I was looking to gain a deeper understanding of … Continue reading →

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PLA 2008 – Minneapolis, MN

Posted on March 24, 2008 by kevinyezbick

Headed to Minneapolis today for the Public Library Association’s 12th National Conference. Thanks to Rex I have an insider’s list of places to hit up while I’m in town. View Larger Map There’s also this list of 150 things to … Continue reading →

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I'm a little disappointed with myself

Posted on March 18, 2008 by kevinyezbick

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Maelstrom

Posted on March 10, 2008 by kevinyezbick

These surfacing thoughts Returning day after day They are fictional

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