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Ellen Druda, at Half Hollow Hills Community Library, writes: A Love Supreme We are so excited here at the library to be part of the community effort to restore the last home of the brilliant jazz artist John Coltrane. John lived here in Dix Hills and it was in this house that he composed “A Love Supreme,” one of his best-known and most beloved works. One of our patrons, Steve Fulgoni, came to the rescue when the house was set for demolition, but now he needs our help bringing it back to life. The first step will be a computer in the library dedicated […]
jean the bowler, originally uploaded by royce kitts. Royce Kitts writes: The director of the Parsons Public Library wii bowling. Parsons is a very cool library. Please check it out if you are in the neighborhood.
http://clifflandis.net/2008/04/30/passion-quilt-meme/ The best experiences you’ll ever have are the ones where you’re completely aware, if only for a moment. Look up. Look around. Look within. Be aware of it all. Last night I talked about the passion quilt as part of our final class in LIS701. I told them about the meme and what I wanted for them as students to bring into the profession. It will be very nice to use these sentiments again in future classes. Also, don’t miss the pool at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/771948@N22/pool/ Created by Steve “Do it now” Lawson
Jenny writes: I work with some fun and interesting people. John Chrastka is one of them, and not just because he’s willing to ham it up in service of ALA. John stars in the latest AL Focus video, a guide to Annual Conference for new attendees. Be sure to watch until the very end. Your ALA Annual Conference & You This is great stuff!
Brunswick-Glynn County Public Library, originally uploaded by CliffLandis. Cliff Landis writes: It’s hand-crafted! Gotta give them that!
Via Skagirlie: See the Video Here.
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LJ Reports: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6551184.html As with graphic novels, public libraries have been one of the greatest champions of putting gaming materials into the public’s awaiting hands. The American Library Association (ALA) is responding to requests from its constituents for more gaming suppliers on the show floor at its conferences by introducing a Gaming Pavilion at this summer’s Annual conference in Anaheim. ALA said the pavilion will include “electronic game publishers and platform companies, publishers of board games and card games, gaming table and furniture suppliers, and others.” The Gaming Pavilion will be the springboard of ALA’s “full-scale initiative to promote gaming in libraries.” […]
But Web 2.0 is about much more than the technology—it’s about a change in focus to participation, user control, sharing, openness, and networking. Mike Eisenberg, Dean Emeritus and Professor, University of Washington, Seattle offers a balanced, thoughtful look at emerging technologies and libraries: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6551184.html Consider this passage on social networking: Opportunities Social networks provide an important vehicle to reach important users—upper youths, teens, and twenty- and thirtysomethings. Libraries currently support various real-world groups by providing space, resources and information services, education, and organizing assistance, and many are already experimenting in these social networks. (See www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Social_Networking_Software for some examples and best practices.) But most […]