Tag: libraries
group name: communitylibrary
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December 17, 2006 07:13 PM EST --
The Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis are a study in contrasts and similarities. St. Paul is more insulated, a place to raise your family, and a city that tends to adhere to the past through the . . . more
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April 16, 2007 11:49 AM EDT --
How old should children be to be out on their own?
On the streets, in a library, at the mall. How old is old enough? The library that I work at has a policy that “children 10 years . . . more
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July 24, 2006 10:53 PM EDT --
This evening, I received a lovely thank-you message from Vina Byrne, a librarian at William B. Ogden Free Library in Walton, NY. Vina has created many illustrative scrapbooks on events and programs . . . more
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July 22, 2006 09:36 PM EDT --
The Gather community has rallied to support the William B. Ogden Library in Walton, NY, as it struggles to rebuild from the flooding this past June. In return, I thought everyone here might enjoy . . . more
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November 08, 2006 07:11 PM EST --
I am not a librarian, although I am often mistaken for one because I work in a library. Yes, I love libraries, and books, and reading, and excellent illustrations, but I do not hold a Masters . . . more
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March 01, 2007 09:55 AM EST --
There are many picture books out there that are lyrics to songs. Some of the songs are traditional, like I've been Working on the Railroad by Nadine Bernard Wescott. Some of the songs are . . . more
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September 11, 2006 10:04 AM EDT --
Today on Mid-Day Metro KCPW will feature a discussion with David Silver, founder of The September Project, a grassroots effort that supports and encourages community events on or around September 11. . . . more
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August 27, 2006 03:31 PM EDT --
In August 2006, Hope Grietzer and I presented our program Fiddling with Books at the library in Spencer, New York, as part of their Summer Reading Program.
Spencer is a tiny village on Route . . . more
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December 08, 2006 12:08 AM EST --
At bedtime tonight, I read my copy of Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm (by Alice and Martin Provensen) to my daughter, Kivi. Whenever I read this book I end up awash in memories. I'm . . . more
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September 12, 2006 02:33 PM EDT --
Our Minuteman Library Network failed with the great demand for DVDs. It's another example of the contradiction, the ironical practices of our cities' public library networks. On one hand our cities' . . . more
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May 27, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
Sooner or later, whether we're in fifth grade or grad school, we will be assigned to do a research paper for someone. Perhaps it is the authority we have attached to the term "research" . . . more
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February 15, 2007 12:09 PM EST --
This past week I finally got sick after a month of dodging the bullet. I had to call in sick and missed my bedtime stories at the library (I'm a librarian). I usually pull the books for . . . more
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March 28, 2007 01:51 PM EDT --
I recently found a wonderful site for book lovers called LibraryThing. Created by Tim Spalding, this site allows you to catalog your books. It's really easy to use. All you need is . . . more
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May 02, 2007 03:07 PM EDT --
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Steve Breen has created one of the most charming, delightful frog adventures since Mercer Mayer’s series featuring the Boy and His Frog. In Stick, we meet . . . more
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February 20, 2007 09:24 AM EST --
One popular children’s book is stirring up debate about censorship in public school libraries over one word found on the first page: “scrotum.” Cases of popular children’s . . . more
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