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Craziness

Been really busy of late. In the process of buying a home. I have promised a movie of the British experience, and it will come. But for now I am maintaining stress levels by playing with my new iPhone – … Continue reading

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All of my Friends in this World of Ours

Managed to hit one of those valleys tonight. I don’t know if it was the weather – could’ve been. I’ve been meaning to do so many things lately and talk to so many of you…but I’ve been stuck in a … Continue reading

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Moonshot

Moonshot, originally uploaded by Kevin Yezbick. Last night was the brightest moon of the year for 2009 – got that out of the way quick. Of course it looked much better IRL – as there was a halo filtering through … Continue reading

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Introducing the Spectacular Awesomers 2009 #bumsandgin calendar

Early last month, on the anniversary of John Lennon’s death, a small meme took a small portion of the Internet by storm. It began, in under 140 characters, in a twitter conversation amongst elite members of #teamnun – a team … Continue reading

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Muxtapin Minneapolis

I know. I know. I said I would be updating and blogging PLA08. Funny thing happened at the conference — I wound up having a really, really good time — and probably spent the least amount of time on the … Continue reading

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Making Cities Stronger

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

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

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

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

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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