Flickr user American Graffiti (Shannon LaBelle) FlickrMailed me to ask permission to use a picture of some talking books I took. Little did I know it would end up in such a nice looking presentation.
I love seeing flickr listed in her references
Rogers, C.R. (Dr.) (2006, June 22). Record Player [1952 model]. Flickr. [...]
Wouldn’t this look great in a YA or YS department? 350€ from Italy.
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No, not your hair on a Monday morning. Natural disasters! If you have some time to spare, check out Stop Disasters which is a joint project of the UN and International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.
Each scenario is a different location with a specific natural hazard against which you must protect a village or [...]
…make them like this. Clever, humorous, and polite. Signs like this are the best because there’s added value. The reader takes something else away from the sign other than the primary message.
Kudos to Rochelle for the inspired sign. See her post “Library Flyer: It goes to 11″ for her [...]
Here’s a goofy German car advert that takes place in a library, posted partially because it is slightly funny and partially because the librarian is so damn mean. How’d we get that reputation?
Imagine my surprise earlier this week when I went to the Multnomah County Library Catalog and found a big, bright orange RSS icon.
They’ve rolled out III’s RSS product, and have 15 feeds coming out of the catalog:
Audiobooks,
Children’s fiction
Cookbooks
DVDs
Fiction
Gardening books
Graphic novels
Music
Mysteries
Non fiction
Science fiction
Teen fiction
Teen graphic [...]
The ever resourceful Librarian in Black breaks a huge story about hennepin county library’s bookspace which is an online community based around books. I’m going to copy her list of things readers can do at bookspace:
* create their own account for Book Space
* sign up for [...]
Embedding songs:
Guess they released this functionality last month. Some songs are full length, some are a 30 second clip.
Also, will anyone tell me if they see posts from this site in bloglines? I sure don’t!
An AskMetafilter question about finding free wifi access in South Florida.
People’s recommendations? Airports and hospitals.
Also it is perhaps interesting to note the asker’s question is about “Favorite libraries or public study spaces…” but states that he’s looking for a place to run his business.
Things at the North Plains Public Library have been busy and interesting. Besides daily troubleshooting tasks, budget planning (finally done, yay!) and making some small changes around the building, I’ve been working on ensuring the library meets the requirements for full membership into the Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS). I’ve considered all [...]
