LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Public Libraries category. http://www.libworm.com/rss/index.php/Public-Libraries/25/ Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:30:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://wplbookclub.blogspot.com/2016/04/louis-riel-comic-strip-biography-by.html In 1869, the Red River Settlement area, home to the French-speaking Metis, is sold to the Canadian government. Louis Riel, the de facto leader of the Red River Settlement, demands that they be granted the right to govern themselves. Not suprisingly, the government refuses this. This story relates Riel's resistance to the Canadian government's mistreatment of the Metis community.Louis Riel - Wikipediahttps://owa.fibrehost.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_RielLouis Riel - rethinking Riel (CBC Archives)Louis Riel - Trivial Pursuit (CBC Archives) Place a hold on a WPL copy of the book here. (Source: WPLBOOKCLUB) Wed, 20 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0100 377637 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/s4MPtBfNuIs/recommendation-here-lies-librarian.html Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck (Click here to find a library copy.) Recommendation by Saranjeet Should we keep it?  YES Why?  I definitely think we should keep this book because it keeps the reader interested.  Also, this book has a good story and will probably attract those who love cars. This book was part of the Last Call book display in the teen section during November and December. Thanks to everyone who participated! I took your opinions seriously and kept all the books that people recommended with a YES. I also deleted the one book that got a NO vote. Look for this display again next year! (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:04:00 +0100 895795 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/o29u7FvkxZA/bevroren.html #stopdetijd #middelburgdrinkt #afsluittweet Tot volgend jaar. @ Bevroren Beeld: The Big Picture (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:00:00 +0100 895818 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/heBI3474X3U/klassiekers-deel-133-thats-when-i-reach.html Moby is bekend geworden met zijn droomplaat Play maar het grote meeblèren in de kroeg speelde zich toch altijd af rondom het nummer That's When I Reach For My Revolver, van de plaat Animal Rights. Once I had my heroesOnce I had my dreamsBut all of that is changed nowThe truth begins againThe truth is not that comfortable, noMother taught us patienceThe virtues of restraintFather taught us boundariesThe knowledge we must goI'm trying to protect my unity That's when I reach for my revolverThat's when it all gets blown awayThat's when I reach for my revolverThe spirit passes by this way A friend of mine once told meHis one and only aimTo build a giant castleAnd in it sign his nameSign it with complete community That's when I reach for my revolverThat's when it all gets blown awayThat's when I reach for my revolverThe spirit passes by this way Now that the sky is emptyAnd that is nothing newInstead they look upon usWhen they tell meThat we're nothingI say! That's when I reach for my revolverThat's when it all gets blown awayThat's when I reach for my revolverThe spirit passes by this way That's when I reach for my revolverThat's when it all gets blown awayThat's when I reach for my revolverThe spirit passes by this way  @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:55:00 +0100 895819 http://meadvillelibrary.org/news-events/new-years-holiday.html The library will be closed for the New Year’s holiday on Friday, December 31st and Saturday, January 1st. Normal hours will resume on Monday, January 3rd. (Source: Meadville Public Library) Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:10:04 +0100 895772 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/ExCAQu_9vjA/closed-for-new-years.html This is just a reminder that the library is closed on December 31, January 1, and January 2 for the New Year's holiday.  Have a great weekend! (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:01:00 +0100 895796 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/serious-information.html As you may know, it's the holidays. So we're feeling a little goofy, and you're probably not paying much attention anyway.We're sometimes a bit behind the times when it comes to frivolity—it's all those Shushing Seminars we attend—but here's a fun picture from last year:Don't get the joke? Check out this BoingBoing post.Happy New Year! (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895768 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/Lq-l-pA6rD0/yes-there-is-gaming-club-on-monday.html There WILL BE gaming club on Monday, January 3, at the library from 3:30 to 5:00.  I have no information about dates beyond that, but at least I'll see you then! (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:03:57 +0100 895797 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new/index.php/2010/12/30/new-year-new-art/ The Central Library will have two new art displays in January. Three Pair, by Kent Williams, will be featured in the main gallery. Williams is influenced by Japanese woodcuts, Bauhaus weavings, Op Art, and the Pattern and Decoration Movement. His geometric abstractions use line and color to delineate shapes and space. A resident of Madison, Wisconsin, his work has been juried into exhibitions at Quilt National, Quilt Visions, and Art Quilt Elements, and included in the new book, 500 Art Quilts. You can see more of his work on his website. The latest Wisconsin Women Library Workers quilt will be on display in the stairwell. The quilt features squares designed by Nancy McClements, Christine Jenkins, Merle Margolis, and Kathleen Weibel. It was designed by Christie Dudgeon and coordinated by Kathy Rohde. The theme is Women in Public Libraries. You can view some of the quilts from years past on the group’s website. For information on past and present art exhibits at the libraries, visit our gallery page. (Source: What's New) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:29:37 +0100 895731 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/4uVfTO4IGNo/gift-card-fundraiser-update.html The Teen Advisory Board is collecting your unwanted or partially used gift cards!  So far, we have collected $29.06 at stores ranging from Borders to Home Depot to Dunkin Donuts.  Do you have old cards filling up your wallet?  Donate them at the library...no amount is too small!  We are accepting cards until January 15.  All donations will buy prizes and supplies for upcoming teen programs!! (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:41:00 +0100 895730 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/6Y_mShMhXlM/merkwaardige-kunst-deel-37-de-anatomie.html In de serie Merkwaardige kunst deze keer het wonderbaarlijke werk van Mads Peitersen. Ik knap er zelf nooit van op, om hardware open te schroeven. Daar gaat het maar kapot van. Na het bekijken van de kunsstukjes van Peitersen laat ik het helemáál wel uit mijn hoofd. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:05:00 +0100 895714 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/hE1108DO1ds/een-wiibattle-bij-biblioosterschelde.html Mijn betrokkenheid bij gaming in de bibliotheek stond het afgelopen jaar op een redelijk laag pitje, maar op de valreep was er gisteren dan toch nog een evenement: een Mario Kart-toernooi (via Wii Online) tussen vier bibliotheken van BibliOosterschelde, te weten ’s-Gravenpolder, Kapelle, Heinkenszand en Sint Annaland. De deelnemende scholieren waren gevraagd om mee te doen door de collega's die de Skoolzones in hun takenpakket hebben. Zelf was ik in Kapelle, waar 7 kinderen zich hadden aangemeld. Later begreep ik dat er in 's-Gravenpolder maar liefst 20 spelers waren. Het was ouderwets gezellig, om met de kids te kletsen over gaming, chatten en aanverwante zaken. Toen ik, als ouwe rups, even nonchalant de eerste plek opeiste in het spel was het ijs meteen gebroken. Het enige meisje in het gezelschap vond dat 'ik er veel verstand van had'. Ontwapenend. Wat mij betreft gaan we dit in 2011 veel vaker doen. Het is goed voor de contacten met de jeugd, goed  voor de Skoolzones, interessant voor de medewerkers en makkelijk en goedkoop te realiseren bovendien. Oh ja. Het is ook nog een beetje PR. En die jongetjes die samen in een boek zitten te kijken? Dat is niet in scene gezet. Dat je het maar weet! Als je meer wilt weten over over dit onderwerp is de publicatie Gaming in de bibliotheek, van BNBibliotheek, een aanrader. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:49:00 +0100 895715 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/NA6qPrls1gE/mijn-2010-december.html December: Terugblikken op een maand die nog niet voorbij is, is een tamelijk zinloze exercitie. Daarom beperk ik mij voor wat betreft de wintermaand tot een credo voor 2011, voor iedereen. Doe het. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:20:00 +0100 895716 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/4Dt1WAH1fR0/mijn-2010-november.html November: De slachtmaand. All beauty must die. Oude media? Weg ermee! Of wordt oud minder oud als er nieuw aan wordt toegevoegd en kan het dan blijven voortbestaan? Lang niet altijd. Ook vernieuwd oud krijgt soms nog klappen. Desondanks zie ik kansen. Bijvoorbeeld als ik lees over het internetgedrag van de 'gemiddelde Nederlander', of als ik praat met mensen over hun ervaringen met nieuwe media. In de maand dat ik vier dat ik vijf jaar blog constateer ik dat Twitter voor mij alleen maar interessanter wordt: het is een prachtig en krachtig platform. Het blijft lastig om sceptici ervan te overtuigen dat je professioneel ook veel kunt met de netwerken die ertoe doen, anno 2010. Daarom is het mooi om zo nu en dan bijna perfecte voorbeelden aan te treffen, daar kun je dan mooi naar verwijzen. Aan de hand daarvan kun je aantonen waarom bezuinigen op innovatie geen verstandige keuze is, en dat je in plaats daarvan altijd open zou moeten staan voor initiatieven van enthousiaste mensen, zelfs als die initiatieven mogelijk leiden tot derving van inkomsten. Ik ben blij dat ik in 2011 mag voortbouwen aan de dingen waar ik in 2010 een begin mee heb gemaakt. Het is mooi om onder persoonlijke vlag te varen maar uiteindelijk wil ik toch het liefst samen met anderen reizen. In je eentje krijg je het simpelweg niet voor elkaar. Het is een gecompliceerd traject, tenslotte. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:33:00 +0100 895717 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/Rterumc3P9E/mijn-2010-oktober.html Oktober: In de wijnmaand wordt er gedronken. En gedronken. Er borrelen ook ideetjes op, rond dat thema, en voor de zoveelse keer  blijkt dat de digitale wereld mensen ook IRL nader tot elkaar brengt. Omdat de impact van de digitale wereld groter en groter wordt, lijkt ook het verzet tegen die wereld feller te worden. Je vindt het helemaal niks of je gaat er helemaal in op. Het lijkt wel of er geen tussenweg meer bestaat. Wij van de volksverheffing belanden in de hoek van de linkse hobbies, dat is koren op de molen van de grote G's van deze wereld. Hebben we daar een antwoord op? De tijd zal het ons leren. Feit is dat het de meeste 'consumenten' steeds minder kan schelen. Verwachtingen veranderen, in tijden van overvloed. En die consumenten, dat zijn wij ook zelf. Wij, de medewerkers... Faster, faster, like a whirling dervish spinning roundFaster, faster, until the Centre cannot Hold-New Model Army-Here comes the war- @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:57:00 +0100 895718 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/SN2WSimYUKY/mijn-2010-september.html September: Het valt niet altijd mee, om mee te draaien in wat ik soms gekscherend 'de grote mensen-wereld' noem. Ik doel dan op de wereld van het zakendoen, het jezelf verkopen, en op de wereld van de dubbele agenda's. Ik kan maar niet wennen aan lieden die dingen beloven en niet nakomen, aan mensen die mails alleen beantwoorden op het moment dat ze iets van je nodig hebben, aan lui die veinzen dat ze geïnteresseerd zijn in wat je doet. Ik heb moeite, kortom, met types die alleen komen om 'iets te halen'. Het hoort erbij, bij die grote mensen-wereld, maar mijn kopje thee is het niet. Maar als je losloopt zoals ik losliep sinds april, krijg je er onvermijdelijk meer mee te maken. Ik heb in 2010 veel bijgeleerd op dat gebied. Het goede daaraan is dat het je sterker maakt, het slechte dat wantrouwen meer ruimte krijgt. Verder blijft het een beetje schipperen tussen enthousiasme en cynisme. Je wil optimistisch blijven maar ook kritisch...want er is, voor mijn gevoel, een groot tekort aan kritische geluiden. Dat ieder de loftrompet blaast over het eigen werk is begrijpelijk, maar het lijkt soms verdomme net alsof we alleen maar goede keuzes maken en louter successen behalen. Dat heeft alles te maken met centjes en lijfbehoud, maar geloofwaardiger worden we er niet van. De waarnemingen maken dat je weer wat opstandiger wordt en een eigen pad wilt kiezen: wat minder braaf zijn en radicaal vertrouwen propageren. Het oude geluid eigenlijk, maar dan veel harder. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:45:00 +0100 895719 http://bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/12/year-in-read-view.html Despite my lifetime membership in LibraryThing, I keep official track of what I've read in notebook I bought in Chinatown. Due to my aesthetic tastes at the time of purchase, it has a Hello Kitty-ish rainbow cat in the form of a cloud smiling at me on the front. This year the cat tells me I have read 51 books, unless I can finish up one of the 6 unread ones by tomorrow. That's average for me, but if anyone criticizes it, I can whip out the "but I read Moby Dick this year!" excuse. My favorite books read for a book group were: The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig, A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell, The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje, The Photograph by Penelope Lively, and Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos. Except for The Whistling Season, all of these books were suggested by people in my book groups, who are brilliant except when they make me read books that I hate.My favorite nonfiction books were: Switch by Chip Heath and Chad Heath, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, and Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert. All of these were bestsellers when they came out, so I am losing points for originality here.In the category of "really good if you share my obscure interests" are Mr. Langshaw's Square Piano by Madeline Goold, Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnades, Sweater Quest by Adrienne Martini and The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose. Rounding up my fiction favorites are Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani (two points off for choosing another bestseller), By the Lake by John McGahern, A Call From Jersey by P.F. Kluge, which everyone in Berkeley Heights & environs should read, and Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde. (Source: Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog and Buzz) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895737 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/two-part-internet-workshop.html January 19 & 26Main LibraryCommunity Room145 Washington Ave.Take this two-part workshop to learn the basics about getting online.This free workshop is limited to ten adults, aged 18 and over.Participation in Part 1 is required for Part 2.Registration is recommended and will start on January 5.Call 955-6781 or register in person at the Main Reference Desk.Wednesday Mornings10:15 - 11:45 a.m.Part 1: January 19Mouse, Links, and More! –An introduction to using a mouse, clicking on links, filling out web forms, using search engines, and beginning web surfing.Part 2: January 26Get Your E-mail – Set up a free e-mail account, send and receive messages, forward and reply to messages, delete messages, create folders, and Sign Out.Sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library. (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895713 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/GchrF9YBBzE/recommendation-friend-at-midnight.html A Friend at Midnight by Caroline B. Cooney(Click here to find a library copy.) Recommendation by ElizaShould we keep it?  YESWhy?  This is a very insightful book; probably one of the best I've read, and I read a lot of books. This book was part of the Last Call display in the teen section.  Eliza checked it out, read it, and filled out the bookmark with her recommendation.  You can do the same...there are a lot more books that need a boost from readers like you!  Just make sure you get to the library before December 30 to participate. (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:27:05 +0100 895584 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/kRiAgQgavIM/board-game-day.html Today, 24 people showed up for our winter board game day! Groups played all kinds of games, including Life, Apples to Apples, chess, checkers, and Scattergories.  A group even tried out my new random game Quelf, with rave reviews.  The deal was that if a group played a game by the rules to the end, the winner would get a box of movie candy.  (For games like chess and checkers, you could only get candy once, even if you played multiple times.)  I gave away 26 boxes of candy, plus we ate our way through four bags of potato chips, several pounds of other candy, and a bunch of soda and lemonade!  The best moments of the day included Saranjeet needing two cars to carry her family in Life, Owen naming one of his Life children "Ke$ha," Kathy singing "Rawhide" while waving her scarf in the air like a lasso, and Janae thinking McCain was a U.S. President.  I also had fun teaching a group how to play Scattergories with the rules.  And, thanks to Jasmine for bringing in Tutti Frutti...dinging that bell was a lot of fun! If you like board games, we'll have them out at the Random-A-Thon in February.  Be sure to sign up! (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:55:27 +0100 895582 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~5/h5OhpWBoyBs/3EBCalendar111.pdf This is one papercraft that will last you all year!  Make this cute cube calendar girl, and give her a new face every month in 2011. (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:56:00 +0100 895583 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads/index.php/2010/12/29/these-recipes-have-not-been-tested-by-experts/ That is why they are valuable!  This line is from the introduction of The 50th Anniversary Edition of Peg Bracken’s The I Hate to Cook Book, newly updated and revised and still as funny as ever. When I went off to live in my first apartment, my mom gave me her well-worn copy of Saucepans and the Single Girl.  This book is also hilarious in a mod sixties way.  I think it’s actually based on a Natalie Wood movie, but it’s a very decent all-purpose cookbook.   There’s a fair amount of witty text and the recipes are seriously scaled down for those living on a budget and cooking for one or two.  The I Hate to Cook Book is a fantastic companion to Saucepans. If you truly hate to cook, though, you probably have no need for either book, because your freezer is full of Lean Cuisine or you’re getting ready to order takeout and you’re not looking for shortcuts to make your vegetable side dishes more appealing.  If however, you enjoy cooking, but find yourself short on time and desperate to make a meal, you may find some quick ideas in Bracken’s book. You will find recipes for such dishes as Curry in a Hurry, Cancan Casserole, Skid Road Stroganoff, Hootenholler Whiskey Cake and Cheese and Wine Bake.  Many of the recipes utilize canned or frozen ingredients to speed up preparation.  The author encourages the cook to add garnishes like paprika, parsley and parmesan to make everything look prettier and more sincere.  Awww!  And there is more than a little use of cream of mushroom soup. Warning:  there is not much for vegetarians here.  Most of the entrees feature meat or seafood and all of the recipes are full fat.  It’s also taken for granted that folks know how to braise meat, use the broiler and have a double boiler (!).  I’m not a vegetarian and I’ve got nothing against a little processed food here and there, so I could just read this book and enjoy. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:34 +0100 895613 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new/index.php/2010/12/29/readers-theater-featured-in-yesterdays-wisconsin-state-journal/ Pinney Librarian Lesley Kircher’s Reader’s Theater for Children programs were featured in an article in yesterday’s Wisconsin State Journal titled School Spotlight: Kids get chance to read aloud by Pamela Cotant. Reader’s Theater is just one of the many programs the library offers for families looking for a way for their child to practice their reading or pre-reading skills in a social and interactive way. Other Reader’s Theater opportunities at Pinney Monday, January 24, 2:30-4 (call 224-7100 to register beginning 1/10) Monday, February 28, 2:30-4 (call 224-7100 to register beginning 2/14) Monday, March 28, 2:30-4 (call 224-7100 to register beginning 3/14) R.E.A.D. to a Dog Saturday, January 8, 10:30-12 at Pinney Branch (call 224-7100 to register) Tuesday, January 18, 4-5:30 at Meadowridge Branch Tuesday, February 15, 4-5:30 at Meadowridge Branch Play Literacy Themes at Central Library’s Youth Services Room (Source: What's New) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:33:23 +0100 895586 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProvidencePublicLibraryComputerClasses/~3/R0wo2S8icOs/and-now-your-highness-we-will-discuss.html For years I have been making handouts to go with my classes. One of the tricks I have employed to get objects like text boxes, shapes, pictures and the like to fall in line exactly where I wanted them is the ALT key. I would select the shape and move it by holding the ALT key down. I could then fit it just the way I needed it. This has worked forever, that is until I switched to Office 2007 where I have been without my trusty tool for some time. After a bit of searching I found the ALIGN button on the top right of the of the FORMAT tab. To make the change first double click any object. Anything will do as long as it brings up the FORMAT tab then click ALIGN. You should find it at the top right. After that click the last choice GRID SETTINGS. Lastly at the bottom set the SNAP OBJECTS TO GRID check box to off and then you’re all set. This is actually better than the old way of moving objects because you do not have to hold the ALT key anymore. However I should add that on some objects like photos you will still have to change the TEXT WRAPPING to tight, square, in front of text….It’s up to you to choose what you need. So if you can’t get a piece of clip art just the way you want it try the above.Note: Finding a matching quote for this was a real pain so I settled on this. It has the word location in it... (Source: Providence Public Library Computer Classes) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:57:00 +0100 895540 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/lyVBo6I8Tz8/mijn-2010-augustus.html Augustus: De Oogstmaand. Maar wat valt er allemaal te oogsten als half Nederland in een vakantieroes verkeert? Ik kijk deze maand vooral hoe de dingen tot het volle wasdom beginnen te komen. Ik maak kennis met de iPad (waar ik vier maanden later alsnog voor zwicht), zie dat entertainment steeds serieuzer wordt ingezet en constateer verheugd dat er ook schrijvers zijn die het voortouw nemen. Tegelijkertijd realiseer ik me dat de verwachtingen die mensen zullen hebben bij informatieconsumptie in rap tempo hoger worden en dat het enige antwoord daarop van de oude media 'louter plat vermaak' is. Sla de statistieken van Nielsen over 2010 er maar op na. Dat al dat vermaak nog succes heeft zal ook iets te maken hebben met de luie afhankelijkheid die zich ook steeds nadrukkelijker manifesteert op het web. De grote vraag is wat je bereid bent te doen met al deze ontwikkelingen als je weet dat bezuinigingen onvermijdelijk zijn. Wil je dan echt weer terug naar je oude kernverhaal? Is dat een verstandige keuze? Is het niet beter om het idee van concurrentie om te zetten naar een concept van benutten? Er is niemand die het zeker weet, maar er is ook niemand die achteraf kan beweren dat de signalen niet duidelijk waren. Het is makkelijk om de draak te steken met de smaak van de meerderheid, maar van de meerderheid moeten we het wel hebben. Alleen daarom al is het zo belangrijk om te blijven hameren op totale openheid van collecties, die overal en altijd bekeken kunnen worden. Dat is belangrijker dan het continu blijven schaven aan het inmiddels bijna achterhaalde concept van een website. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:27:00 +0100 895524 http://southlakelibrary.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html#9021876522383787082 1400 Main Street, Suite 130Southlake, Texas 76092Phone: (817) 748-8243http://www.southlakelibrary.org/"Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits." ~Author UnknownWe at Southlake Public Library want to wish you a Happy New Year. May it be filled with happiness, friends, and lots of good reading! FEATURED NEW RELEASEUNBROKEN This extraordinary tale from the author of “Seabiscuit” tells the true story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who became a POW in a series of Japanese prison camps during WWII. Zamperini started out in Torrance, California as a bit of a hoodlum, stealing pies from kitchens and pulling pranks on teachers. He found focus in running, thanks to his brother’s encouragement, and soon became the high school track star to beat. He began training for the 1936 Olympics and was able to gain a spot on the team headed for Berlin. He did extremely well there, considering his age and experience, and vowed to return to the next Olympics and take gold. He also wanted to be the first man to run a four-minute mile (thought to be physiologically impossible by many at the time). Zamperini’s big plans were interrupted by WWII, and he was drafted into the Air Force. He and his crew completed several dangerous missions in the Pacific, narrowly avoiding disaster. However, on one mission, they were not so lucky, and he and two other crew members ended up in a life raft, with little provisions, surrounded by sharks. The rest of the story is filled with nail-biting moments. In fact, I found that I had to put the book down occasionally when I became too tense or upset. This book truly is a story about a man that manages to remain “unbroken,” even after all of the unimaginable horror he endures. I do not want to spoil the ending – suffice it to say it shows what an amazingly kind and good man Zamperini is and how he refused to give in to his inner demons. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895776 http://bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/12/questions-today-at-reference-desk.html Do you have any Theodore Dreiser books on tape or CD? No, but we do have Sister Carrie as a downloadable audiobook from Listen NJ. It comes bundled with a self-help tape for depression. No, just kidding.Can you find information about my doctor? Yes, usually we can. We use AMA's Doctor Finder, The American Board of Medical Specialties website and/or the reference books to find educational information, address and phone number of offices and the NJ Office of the Attorney General to find the doctor's NJ license number and status. No, I can't tell you if I like your doctor or not.Can you write this address (patron shows piece of paper with address on it) on this envelope for me? Um, yes, but why? Is it a ransom note? No, I just don't want the addressee to recognize my handwriting.I can't read my handwriting with the information you gave me over the phone yesterday, can you give me the answer again? Yes. What is it with the handwriting problems today?Can you look up 5 people's phone numbers for me? Yes. We use Reference USA, a database of phone and city directories available online to all NJ library card holders from any internet connected computer.Patron calls back later to say several phone numbers did not work. Maybe he couldn't read his handwriting?Why does the copier say it doesn't have any matching paper? I don't know. It often says that, but it's lying.Does the library only have one copier now? Yes. The old copier location became a teen lounge. Alternatively, we could have middle schoolers lounging on the copier.Can you look up this phone number which I don't recognize that was on my caller ID? Patron hands over scrap of paper with scribbled numbers. Yes. It's usually telemarketers calling from a cell phone or unlisted phone, but I can't find this one. Handwriting, people! Do you have a fine tip marker I can use? No. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895738 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/hansel-gretel-opera.html Saturday, January 8, 20112:30 p.m.Southside Branch Library6599 Jaguar DriveThe Santa Fe Concert Association will perform an hour long, semi-staged performance of the opera Hansel and Gretel.The opera is the classic Grimm's fairy tale and will be sung in English. The singers will include Santa Fe Opera Apprentices, a member of the Santa Fe Opera's Young Voices Program, in addition to other singers from around the country. This is a charming show and appropriate for all ages.This is a free event open to the public. (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895519 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/p4HQBsv-c4c/mijn-2010-juli.html Juli: De hooimand gaat heet van start dit jaar, zowel sportief als qua temperatuur, maar ondanks die verleidelijke afleidingen begin ik te ontwaken uit mijn junidutje. Ik stel vast dat ik het bloggen nog steeds koester, leg nog eens uit waarom dat zo is en sluit die fase af met het voornemen verontschuldigingen aan anderen over te laten. Daar is na vijf jaar geen lol meer aan. De energie die het kost kun je ook benutten voor wat assertiever gedrag. In dezelfde periode word ik uitgenodigd om mee te denken over dingen die niet helemaal goed gaan en over mogelijke antwoorden op de vragen die dat oproept. Soms moet je de liefde even opzij zetten, om te zien wat er nu eigenlijk allemaal gebeurt. Ik krijg in die dagen ook te horen dat ik mag deelnemen aan een project dat raakt aan iets waar ik al veel te vaak over heb geschreven: samenwerken met Wikipedia. Het is in zekere zin een controversieel project, omdat het vertrouwen vereist in de kennis en in de wil tot bijdragen van de mens die door zelfbenoemde experts zo vaak wordt betiteld als amateur. Ik geloof in de potentie van het project, omdat ik ook geloof in die zo vaak verfoeide 'commons', 'crowd' of 'meent'. Daarom ben ik blij. Blij dat het een kans krijgt. Blij dat mensen uit ivoren torens durven te stappen. Want wat er ook allemaal beweerd wordt: buiten die torens speelt alles zich af, daar liggen de mogelijkheden. Dat het allemaal niet zonder slag of stoot zal gaan mag geen verrassing heten. Men buigt weliswaar, maar  barsten? Dat doet een ander maar! Kaders en protocollen moeten er zijn! Toestemming! Het is begrijpelijk maar als je de 'crowd' eenmaal hebt leren kennen weet je wat die tot stand kan brengen of in stand kan houden. Dan weet je dat initiatieven opeens snel kunnen uitgroeien tot iets moois. Virtueel, in het eggie, of in een combinatie van die twee. We doen het voor de mensen en met de mensen, zo simpel is het, zo simpel zou het moeten zijn. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 895430 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/khIX4x4Ll5g/mijn-2010-juni.html Juni: Overschakelen naar de kabbelmodus doe je in de zomermaand. Je hebt even geen zin meer in discussie. "De dingen zijn er gewoon, overal en in grote hoeveelheden bovendien, leg je daar nu eens gewoon bij neer", mompel je alleen nog. Zelf wens je alleen nog maar gemak en niets dan gemak, net als miljoenen anderen. En verder? Verder luister je naar wijze woorden, je bladert wat in tijdschriften, en je vertrekt naar het mooie Italië...om daar nog veel meer te lezen...en om te genieten van een andere cultuur en omgeving. Veel te snel voorbij eigenlijk, zo'n zomermaand. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:36:00 +0100 895431 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/qgLbnTNLN_E/board-game-day-is-tomorrow.html Need to get out of the house?  Come to our board game party at the library on Wednesday, 12/29 from 1 to 4.  Bring your own board or card game, or use ours.  Get candy for every game you win!  Everyone in grades 6 to 12 is welcome, even if you didn't register.  Bring your friends, cousins, neighbors...whoever!  PS--You may have heard/read that I am having some health problems. Don't worry, though! I am pretty much fine, but I have to schedule a surgery next week. Until I know more, all events will continue as planned. (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:40:06 +0100 895463 http://www2.cincinnatilibrary.org/blog/entries/sleights-of-mind I took this one home for the holidays, and everybody had a blast with it--Sleights of Mind:  What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions, by Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde. The authors are neuroscientists who specialize in the science of vision--just exactly how do your eyes and mind work to make you see, and how and why do they get things wrong?  As scientists, the authors became interested in magic because of course magicians rely on your eyes and brain getting things wrong.Macknik and Martinez-Conde collaborated with several professional magicians to explore those questions, and found that many of the magicians had independently developed theories of sight that match those that neuroscience can now demonstrate.  The authors created their own magic act so that they could join the professional society of magicians, and they reveal (with spoilers!) many of the tricks they were taught.  It's all in the interests of figuring out the neuroscience of sight, but it's a lot more fun than your high school science classes.   (Source: Turning the Page...[Combined Feed]) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:17:36 +0100 895466 http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=41&BlogPostID=8187 14-year-old baseball die-hard Kevin Boland is stuck at home with mono. To pass the time, his father, a writer, thinks Kevin might also want to write some things down. Readers learn a lot about Kevin in the passing months as he experiments with poetry using a book "smuggled" from his father's den. His mother has recently died, for one thing. Also, that he's a pretty good athlete and he's made out with girls in the bamboo. Details about life in middle school are slipped effortlessly in lines of haiku, free verse, sonnets, and sestinas. Kevin eventually meets a pretty girl named Mira with whom he is not embarrassed to admit that he enjoys writing poetry, although he would still like to keep it from his baseball team. When they do find out, he earns the nickname "Shakespeare". Recommended for grades 6-10 for fans of baseball and/or poetry. The book might even encourage a few readers to try writing poetry for themselves. Koertge is so clever in explaining how each style of poetry works that readers won't even realize they are learning something, and he makes makes it seem so effortless that you feel like you can do it too. That it is also humorous is an added bonus. This is short and easy-to-read, and would be a good choice for reluctant readers. Teachers might also find this useful in teaching poetry. (Source: Teen Scene from Wright Memorial Public Library) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:00:02 +0100 895331 http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=41&BlogPostID=8189 This is the sequel to Shakespeare Bats Cleanup and picks up where it left off. Kevin is still in denial about his poetry writing and still considers himself an athlete. He's been dating Mira and not sure that he likes it, even though she's cute and his friends think she's cute. She isn't into his poetry and he isn't into her dance class or her new found love for all things green. He begins to go to poetry readings with his father, who has recently begun dating. This books follows the same format as the first, exploring various styles of poetry as Kevin safely explores his feelings. He meets Amy at an open mike night at the bookstore and they quickly become "poetry buddies", talking about poetry and critiquing each other's work. Things become strained as Mira expresses her jealousy, and Kevin meets Amy's "perfect" boyfriend Trevor. Like the first book, a lot of middle school ground is covered. The poems show that Kevin is not thinking exclusively about baseball, even as his team heads for the playoffs. He's not just a jock and he's okay with that. Recommended for grades 6-10. This is short, fun, easy-to-read and humorous. Good for reluctant readers and teachers of poetry. (Source: Teen Scene from Wright Memorial Public Library) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:00:02 +0100 895329 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/one-half-price-sale.html One Day OnlySaturday, January 8, 201110:00 am - 4:00 pmSouthside Library Bookstore6599 Jaguar Dr.EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS HALF PRICE!'Nuff said. (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895355 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/1zoMAFvnRvA/craft-closet-cleanout.html Last Wednesday, 16 people dropped by for our end-of-the-year Craft Closet Cleanout. We made tons of stuff at the program, and I even let people take things home.  I have a lot of old projects hanging around, so it's good to move them on!  Crafts people made: An adorable (and easy) Christmas papercraft Painted bottle vases Robot keychains Beaded candy cane ornaments Safety pin bracelets Crafts people took home: Necktie belt Dog chew toy Washer zipper pull Beaded flower hairpins Sorry you missed it? Look for Craft Closet Cleanout at the Random-A-Thon in February, as well as on the spring schedule.  Painted bottle vases are still around from this summer, and still popular!  Making safety pin bracelets took FOREVER. Judy's awesome robot keychain--I love the heart! (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:31:16 +0100 895320 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/pji0cZhXF8A/mijn-2010-mei.html Mei: In de bloeimaand is er geen vuiltje aan je eigen lucht. Je keutelt wat in de omgeving, je danst met je lief en je ziet de knopjes ontluiken. Je voelt gewoon dat je leeft. De wereld is altijd een chaos en het grootkapitaal weet nooit van wijken. Waarom zou je je dus drukmaken over alweer een olieramp? Over het wegvallen van privacy? Over de sporen die je overal achterlaat? Over het bloed, zweet en de tranen van een ander? Daar is het leven te kort voor, hoor. Je maakt je wel druk om veranderende technologie. Het gaat sneller dan ooit. Belooft men. Informatie produceren is makkelijker dan ooit. Beweert men. Met het verdwijnen van papier loopt het niet zo'n vaart. Hoopt men. Het zijn allemaal hypes. Dacht men. Binnenkort meer nieuws, fluistert men. Klagen heeft geen zin. Dat doe je maar in je eigen app. In mei is het leven vurrukkulluk. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:04:00 +0100 895271 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads/index.php/2010/12/27/books-help-me-imagine/ Books help me imagine other places and other people. Sometimes, at the end of the year, I pretend I’m a book critic for a major American newspaper, and put together a top ten list of what I’ve read, regardless of when it was first published. Davis, Lydia. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis. Reviewed in September. Dickens, Charles. The Pickwick Papers. As Richard Russo and others have noted, while reading this you’re watching Dickens figure out how to write a novel. Also, it’s hilarious. Didion, Joan. Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Didion is a masterful writer. I also recently read and enjoyed her novel, Play It As It Lays, and I hope to read The Year of Magical Thinking in 2011. Harrison, Jim. Legends of the Fall. Three novellas. Revenge and The Man Who Gave Up His Name are pretty good; Legends of the Fall is majestic. Herbert, Zbigniew. Collected Poems. The poem Five Men made me want to read everything Herbert wrote. Jansson, Tove. The Summer Book. Writing about children isn’t often very good. Neither is writing about grief.  Jansson’s book is nearly perfect. Link, Kelly. Pretty Monsters. The story “Magic for Beginners,” available in Magic for Beginners as well as Pretty Monsters, is amazing. Kylee likes Pretty Monsters, too. Munif, Abdelrahman. Cities of Salt. The workings of power on small towns in the desert. Smiley, Jane. Moo. Do you live in the Midwest? Did you go to college? If one of those applies, you’ll probably like this book. Walser, Robert. Selected Stories. A one-of-a-kind writer admired by Kafka. You won’t regret taking a walk with Walser. (Source: MADreads) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:49:20 +0100 895270 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/YnB5FtqSxDM/mijn-2010-april.html April: April begint met slechte grappen en eindigt met een nationaal volksfeest. De lente is daar. De zon breekt door. Ik rond de laatste zaken af en neem vooral veel vrij (zie de update bij maart). Enerzijds omdat ik daar gewoon even aan toe ben, omdat ik dingen wil laten bezinken, anderzijds om na te denken over mijn toekomst. Zou een andere manier van werken kans van slagen hebben? Ik twijfel. Er moet wel brood op de plank blijven komen, dat is de basis, als je geld uitgeeft 'alsof er geen morgen bestaat' (om nog maar eens maatje te citeren). Maar er is weinig te verliezen. De toekomst lonkt. Ik koester mijn nieuwe werkschoenen en lees opeens andere boeken. Er is van alles aan de hand. De invloed van internet en technologie is groter dan ooit tevoren. Bibliotheken zoeken naar nieuw bestaansrecht. Zij zien zich geconfronteerd met een ander publiek. Ze beseffen dit jaar pas werkelijk dat zij gewoon opzij worden geschoven door de nieuwe krijgsheren. De krijgsheren die vechten met modernere wapens en met een ander doel. Een leger moet uiteraard eerst gereorganiseerd worden, als de aard en het terrein van conflicten veranderen, maar dat kan alleen in vredestijd. Nu is de strijd om aandacht en informatiegemak al losgebarsten, op volle zee...en helaas is niemand die dreigt te verzuipen bereid te wachten. Ook de goede zwemmer niet. De bibliotheken weten dat ze ook de zee op moeten, ook al kennen ze hun vaartuigen nog niet goed. Vreemd eigenlijk, dat juist dit soort metafoortjes me vertrouwen geven, in de grasmaand. Er zijn simpelweg te veel uitdagingen om de strijd al te staken. Ik ben dan ook meer dan blij als oude bekenden ten tonele verschijnen en mij vragen met hen mee te denken en te doen. Mijn twijfel is voorlopig weggenomen. Vanuit het oude centrumfort, naar de burchten in het Zuiden en Oosten. Ik teken ervoor, met open vizier. @ Afbeelding Willem Hermansz. ... Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:09:00 +0100 895272 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/TayS7mdCSPw/mijn-2010-maart.html Maart: Niets is wat het lijkt te zijn. Ik opereer een weekje met andere accounts maar weet dat het nergens op slaat. Ik ben wie ik ben. Wat niet veranderen zal moet je met rust laten. Ik pak de draad weer op maar het is te laat. Veinzen helpt je van de regen in de drup. In mijn verjaardagsweek hak ik de knoop door; ik ga een nieuwe koers varen en neem de onzekerheden en risico's voor lief. "Nothing's gonna change while you're sitting on your ass", zong de zanger van Corrosion of Confirmity al. Op de 22e breng ik mijn beslissing naar buiten. Ik word geraakt door de vele reacties. Daar laat ik het bij. Ik werk nog een dag, sluit af met twee flesjes bier en loop door de voordeur naar buiten. Mijn online presentatie pas ik alsnog aan. Maart 2010 is misschien wel een keerpunt in mijn leven maar ik moet het ook niet groter maken dan dat het is. Ik vertrek na tien jaar bij een werkgever. Er zijn er om minder gewoon doorgegaan. Update: bij het teruglezen van april besef ik opeens dat mijn laatste werkdag pas eind april was. Ik rondde die maand nog wat zaken af en nam vooral veel verlof op. Vandaar dat ik een paar weken mis zat. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:38:00 +0100 895273 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/gd-z9wauRvM/mijn-2010-februari.html Februari Er broeit iets. Onvrede. Ik mopper en stuiter. Ik begin te beseffen dat grenzen reëel zijn en zelfs op het terrein waar ik zo graag opereer, ontwaar ik hobbels. Ik krijg een serieuze uitbrander, haal bakzeil en heroverweeg mijn positie binnen het geheel. Het voelt niet goed. Dan een druppel en die spreekwoordelijke emmer. Ik schop en spartel nog wat. Ik zoek nog iets. Ik stel me nog een beetje aan. En dan is het opeens genoeg. Ik meld me ziek en trek me terug van de ellende. Het wordt tijd om door te pakken, maar ik weet even niet waar ik het zoeken moet. Het goede nieuws is dat Wikileaks weer in lucht is. Dat is op dat moment echter nog geen onderwerp voor op verjaardagen. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:54:00 +0100 895274 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/619ld5IsS4o/mijn-2010-januari.html Sommige tradities moet je in ere houden vind ik, zo ook de terugblik op het jaar, aan de hand van de archieven van dit weblog. Zoals mijn bijdragen zijn, is ook de retrospectie: soms wordt het persoonlijk, maar meestal is het een verslag van het loeren naar de analoge en digitale wereld waar ik deel van uitmaak. Die wereld is soms nog gekker dan ik. Januari Ik werk nog in en voor de Zeeuwse Bibliotheek en heb de handen vol aan een reeks lopende projecten, zoals de interactieve etalage met Photosynth, Nieuwsportaal (dat toen nog Nieuwspoort heette) en de e-readers. De schoen wringt als altijd. Ik baal van het feit dat de bibliotheekwereld terughoudend blijft op platformen als Twitter en er moeite mee heeft het concept van het eenrichtingsverkeer los te laten, maar ik word wel oprecht optimistisch als ik lees over de plannen van de KB en als ik merk hoe dol mensen eigenlijk zijn op hun eigen geschiedenis. Omdat we te veel omzien is vooruitgang een relatief begrip, maar van dat gegeven word ik, in die eerste maand van 2010, alleen maar strijdlustiger. We zijn de originele piraten, godbetert. Op het persoonlijke vlak lijk ik vooral -maar weer eens- na te willen denken over mijn plekje op aarde. Dat is en blijft een speurtocht die zijn gelijke niet kent. Op gadgetgebied word ik naar een ander niveau gekatapulteerd door de iPhone. Ik denk niet dat er ooit een apparaatje was dat meer indruk op me maakte dan deze smartphone, of het moet mijn eerste pc of de Nintendo 64 zijn geweest. @ Afbeelding: Vahram Davtian (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:13:00 +0100 895275 http://marincountyfreelibrary.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html#6349524133780461591 Join local author Katherine Ellison for an insightful evening as she reads from her new book, a hilarious and heartrending account of a mother's journey to understand and reconnect with her high-spirited preteen son, nicknamed Buzz. Both Ellison and her 12-year-old son have been diagnosed with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Pulitzer Prize winning Ellison dives into ADHD as both an engaged parent and a seasoned investigator. Interviewed on NPR and PBS, Ellison is garnering stellar reviews for Buzz. When: Thursday, January 6 from 7-8 pm Where: Fairfax Library.For more information about this free program, call the Fairfax Library at 457-5629. (Source: Marin County Free Library Blog) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895309 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-years-holiday-closings.html All branches of the Santa Fe Public Library will be closed from Friday, December 31 through Sunday, January 2 for the New Year's Holiday.All branches will resume normal hours at 10:00 am on Monday, January 3.May everyone have a healthy and happy holiday!Photo by AA @Main (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895174 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/WOPjM9F9oX8/library-closed-monday-1227.html There's already no school, but the Upper Darby Libraries are getting a snow day!  All three branches (Sellers, Municipal, Primos) are closed on 12/27.  So, I hope you have plenty to read!!!  (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:41:06 +0100 895217 http://146.74.224.231/archives/2010/12/new_years_resol_1.html The tradition of the New Year's Resolution goes back several thousand years to the Babylonians, when the New Year was celebrated at the beginning of the planting season in March. It was the time for repaying debts and performing good deeds. These days, resolutions are much more varied, such as losing weight, getting a better education, and getting out of debt. Research shows that those who succeed are in the minority, but you can improve your chances of success by setting a realistic, attainable goal. The library has several resources that can help you get healthy, find a job, learn a new language, learn to read or help someone learn to read, and much more. Here's to a healthy, happy 2011! (Source: Santa Clara County Library - The Latest SCCoop) Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:20:19 +0100 895215 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/XIBwZd2UKVQ/twitteren-met-chromedeck.html Over Twitter heb ik al veel geschreven, maar over het feit dat ik vijf verschillende accounts beheer doe ik meestal een beetje besmuikt, misschien wel omdat ik -ook al zonder dat feit mee te delen- vaak te horen krijg dat ik wel erg actief ben, met mijn persoonlijke account. Ik heb dat zelf eigenlijk niet eens zo in de smiezen. Er zijn genoeg dagdelen, soms zelfs dagen, dat Twitter langs me heen gaat. Ik bekijk de tijdlijn alleen als daar tijd voor is of ik volg 'm juist heel selectief, door in te zoomen op bepaalde personen of organisaties. Toch denk ik dat een belangrijk deel van de informatie die Twitter te bieden heeft mij uiteindelijk wel bereikt: Groot nieuws kan rekenen op veel retweets. Zelfs als je maar een paar keer per dag een kijkje neemt zie je het nieuws dan nog wel voorbij komen, als je voldoende mensen volgt. Als het gaat om 'klein nieuws', waarvan mensen vinden dat je het moet weten, nemen ze je gebruikersnaam meestal wel op in het bericht. Daar kun je je op laten attenderen. Met clients (software gemaakt om Twitter elders dan op twitter.com te beheren) behoud je het overzicht. Je kunt je via feeds abonneren op trefwoorden die voor jou interessant zijn. Dat maakt een focus een stuk eenvoudiger. De clients beschouw ik als belangrijkste hulpmiddel, omdat je daarmee in een oogopslag kunt zien of er nieuwe berichten zijn, voor al je accounts. Op de telefoon gebruik ik nog steeds de app Twitter for Iphone, op de laptop gebruik ik Tweetdeck. Over Twitter for iPhone ben ik niet eens zo heel tevreden. De app is behoorlijk instabiel ( loopt regelmatig vast) maar ervaar ik wel als een van de meest overzichtelijke als het gaat om het beheer van meerdere accounts. Daar laat ik een veelbelovend alternatief als Twittelator nog even voor schieten. Over Tweetdeck heb ik sinds mijn kennismaking afgelopen zomer eigenlijk nooit veel te mopperen gehad, of het moet de constatering zijn dat het programma vaak moeite heeft met opstarten. ... Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:12:00 +0100 895105 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/psazeThDrQ0/review-thirteen-reasons-why.html Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Click here to find a library copy.) SUMMARY:  Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch.  Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier.  Hannah's voice explains that there are thirteen reasons she decided to end her life.  Clay is one of them.  If he listens, he'll find out why.  Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide.  He becomes a first-hand witness to Hannah's pain, and learns the truth about himself--a truth he never wanted to face.  (from the inside flap) OPINION:  This book has been on my to-read list for several years and I finally checked it out of the library. I like to read realistic fiction with a psychological edge and this book definitely fit the bill.  As secret after secret is revealed on the tapes in the book, the reader experiences it from the points of view of both Hannah and Clay.  The layers of tension kept me reading, even though I had much more sympathy for Clay than Hannah.  I thought the structure of the book was a bit false, the audio tapes acting a bit too overtly as a device to tell Hannah's side of the story after her death.  However, that same weakness is what gives the reader insight into some of life's big questions, like why people commit suicide and what responsibility we bear for our own actions.  Ultimately, I think this is a good read for those interested in puzzling out the "whys" behind people's personalities and actions.   SIMILAR READS: Deadline by Chris Crutcher If I Stay by Gayle Forman Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:17:00 +0100 895072 http://www.mjcpl.org/events/christmas-eve-closed The libraries will be CLOSED on Friday, December 24 through Saturday, December 25 for our employees to celebrate the Christmas holiday. Normal business hours will resume on Sunday, December 26 at 1 p.m. (Source: Madison-Jefferson County Public Library - Events) Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:54:27 +0100 895341 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/BLHURKQw1PA/e-boeken-een-gids-voor-beginners.html Het origineel is te vinden op Gliffy. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:04:00 +0100 895106 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/lgWYS4IIZHY/middelburg-dronk-helemaal-niet-zo-veel.html Ik weet niet hoeveel Nederlandstalige boeken Google Books inmiddels bevat, maar ik merk wel dat zoekacties op het trefwoord 'Middelburg', in verschillende combinaties, veel meer resultaten oplevert dan ongeveer twee jaar geleden. In het boek Middelburg voorheen en thans kwam ik een prachtige passage tegen, die ik heb toegevoegd aan de pagina Algemene Geschiedenis, van Middelburg Dronk (de foutjes die erin zitten worden veroorzaakt door gebrekkige OCR): "Gunstiger is het gesteld met hunne begrippen van zedelijkheid en andere maatschappelijke pligten. We mogen het als eene bijzonderheid en als eene gelukkige onderscheiding opteekenen, dat de dronkenschap, — die pest voor de maatschappij, die steeds voortwroetende kanker in het hart der arbeidende klasse van Nederland, — bij de Middelburgsche arbeidende klasse tot de hooge zeldzaamheden behoort. Een dronkaard ontmoet men hoogst zelden onder hen, en niet alleen dat men een zoodanigen niet op straat of gansche scharen daarvan (zoo als in de groote steden van Holland) als zinneloozen hoort tieren en de walgelijkste vertooningen voor het oog maken, maar zelfs in huis of in de kroeg behooren zulke gevallen tot de zeldzaamheden. Onder een getal van 500 armen, die ik door het dagelijksch verkeer ken, zou ik geen 6 voorbeelden van dronkaards van professiekunnen opnoemen. Dezelfde gunstige berigten heb ik bij de bazen ingewonnen, die deze kwaal al meer en meer onder de arbeidende klasse hier zien verminderen, en de meesten maken zelfs gedurende hun werk geen gebruik van sterken drank. Over het algemeen is de uitspraak van alle voorname bazen en den directeur der weverij dan ook eenparig: dat dronkenschap bij het werkvolk niet plaats heeft.Het doet mij een innig genoegen die hoofddeugd van onze arbeidende klasse te kunnen vermelden, en zulks te meer, omdat de harde kamp dien zij tusschen weinig verdiensten en groote gezinnen soms te strijden hebben, hen te gereeder tot die ondeugd zoude kunnen brengen. ... Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:53:00 +0100 895016 http://obpl.blogspot.com/2010/12/old-bridge-public-library-and-laurence.html The Old Bridge Public Library and the Laurence Harbor Branch will be closed Monday, December 27 due to inclement weather.(Edit)The Old Bridge Library is also closed for the rest of today (Sunday 12/26).Send comments to: OBPL (Source: Old Bridge Library Weblog) Sun, 26 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895313 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/5SYeRh_iSwM/durf-te-denken.html Of de Universiteit Gent deze afbeelding daadwerkelijk gebruikt heeft weet ik niet, maar mooi issie! De foto is in z'n volle glorie te bewonderen op Ads of the World. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:30:00 +0100 894969 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/V1U7y39TlKk/controlestaat.html Eerder verschenen in de column Argus Panoptes in Digitale Bibliotheek 8, 2010. Van Vrij Nederland-redacteur Rudie Kagie verscheen in juni van dit jaar het boek Privacy: hoe Nederland verandert in een controlestaat. Dat boek biedt, voor mensen die geïnteresseerd zijn in privacykwesties, niet eens zoveel nieuwe inzichten, maar vat wel goed samen hoe de opvattingen over privacy binnen tien jaar radicaal zijn veranderd, in de Westerse samenleving. Het voert te ver om te stellen dat de gebeurtenissen in de Verenigde Staten, op 11 september 2001, verantwoordelijk zijn voor deze kanteling in het denken, maar duidelijk is wel dat die gebeurtenissen het proces hebben versneld. De afschuwelijke beelden van toen staan in ons collectieve geheugen gegrift. De angst voor nieuwe terroristische aanslagen of ander onheil lijkt voor veel mensen reden te zijn om gelaten te reageren op de vele privacybedreigende maatregelen die overheden en bedrijven nemen. Het is soms moeilijk te geloven, dat mensen zich nauwelijks verzetten tegen bodyscans op het vliegveld, tegen Automatische Nummerplaatherkenning (ANPR) op de snelweg, of tegen gezichtsherkennende camera’s in het publieke domein. Toch zul je merken, als je een vragenrondje houdt onder vrienden en collega’s, dat veel mensen het wel best vinden dat technologie op deze wijze wordt ingezet. Kagie merkt dit ook op, en vergelijkt de opvattingen van nu met de periode 1970-1971, toen er in Nederland veel maatschappelijke onrust ontstond over de veertiende Algemene Volkstelling. Het wantrouwen jegens computers was nog groot en de beelden die toen in het collectieve geheugen stonden gegrift waren voornamelijk beelden uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Mede daardoor werd het begrip privacy bekend bij het grote publiek en, belangrijker nog, door de overheid erkend als ‘het recht voor burgers om met rust te worden gelaten’. Als je die definitie van privacy aanhoudt, kun je je afvragen wat er nu precies is veranderd, in veertig jaar tijd. ... Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:39:00 +0100 894970 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/dQjaAuf81W4/klassiekers-deel-132-dinner-for-one.html Om dit filmpje lachte mijn vader altijd. Iedere kerst weer. @ Update: ik hoor van verschillende kanten dat het om oudjaarsavond gaat. Net zoiets, toch? Met dank aan Jeroen (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:58:00 +0100 894831 http://kidslit.menashalibrary.org/2010/12/24/happy-holidays-4/ Happy Holidays everyone!  Here’s hoping you have a beautiful celebration with family and friends and lots of great books to read.  This blog will return on January 3rd, after a brief break for cookies, snowflakes, and reading.  (Source: Kids Lit) Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895767 http://morriscty.blogspot.com/2010/12/speakers-series.html Eclectic mix of speakers in January-February, from airports to vaccines?!Jan. 8th, the history of Morristown Airport, with noted aviation author Henry Holden and airport facilities manager Darren LargeFeb. 17th, Kathleen Friess, NJ Task Force on Human TraffickingMar. 12th, James Fisher talks about his very well regarded book on the ports of NY and NJ, On the Irish WaterfrontMar. 30th, County Health Educator Arlene Stoller tells us "Vaccinations: what you need to know"Please register for your seats; thanks. (Source: @MCL) Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895311 http://marincountyfreelibrary.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html#1748644698152055352 Check here every Friday for the weekly Audio Now digital download selected from our “always available” digital audiobook collection.This week’s Audio Now Friday Download:To You We Shall Return: Lessons About Our Planet from the Lakota by Joseph M. Marshall (Source: Marin County Free Library Blog) Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895310 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-holidays.html A retired librarian sent on the following Christmas menu from the U.S.S. Santa Fe from 65 years ago. Not only does the food look pretty tasty, but it's interesting that cigars and cigarettes are listed after the desserts. How times have changed!Courtesy of the Navy Department Library. (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894830 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BPLDNews/~3/w536_Zn2QuQ/buena-park-library-holiday-closures.html The Buena Park Library will be closed: Friday, December 24, 2010 through Monday, December 27, 2010 for the Christmas HolidayANDFriday, December 31, 2010 through Monday January 3, 2011 for the New Years Holiday. (Source: Buena Park Library District News) Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:44:07 +0100 895296 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/9s8BIE1ugiM/no-gaming-club-on-monday.html Due to some unforseen medical issues, I will not be at the library on Monday, December 27.  There will be NO Gaming Club that day.  Check back next week for details about Mondays January 3 and 10.  Sorry!  (You know I hate to do this.) (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:39:59 +0100 894775 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/3jo9cBczYsM/new-books-continued.html Another pile of books just turned up in my office, so look for these on the teen shelves: FICTION Jason and Kyra by Dana Davidson (replacement copy) Played by Dana Davidson (replacement copy) Hustlin' by L. Diving (Drama High series; replacement copy) Second Chance by L. Diving (Drama High series; replacement copy) Seven Paths to Death by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler Promise Kept by Stephanie Perry Moore (Perry Skky Jr. series) Staying Pure by Stephanie Perry Moore (Peyton Skky series; replacement copy) Sweetest Gift by Stephanie Perry Moore (Peyton Skky series; replacement copy) Fast Forward by Celeste O. Norfleet (Kimani Tru) Homeboyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer (replacement copy) Crashed by Robin Wasserman GRAPHIC NOVELS Vampire Knight, volume 11, by Matsuri Hino Bleach, volume 33, by Tite Kubo NONFICTION No Choirboy:  Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kuklin (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:04:00 +0100 894776 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/Md5H3R7Qglg/middelburg-dronk-bij-omroep-zeeland.html Had ik al verteld dat veel van mijn aandacht uitgaat naar Middelburg Dronk, momenteel, en dat ik er steeds meer plezier in krijg? Nog een paar aanvullingen: maandag maakte ik een Twitteraccount aan en startte met het volgen van zo'n 150 Zeeuwen, waaronder veel Middelburgers en een aantal mensen van de regionale media. Een dag later (!) kreeg ik al een DM van Remco van Schellen, wat er toe leidde dat ik vanochtend kort te gast was in de radio-uitzending van Omroep Zeeland. Liefhebbers kunnen dat gesprekje terugluisteren op de website van de omroep (vanaf 51,30 minuten). Niet alleen Omroep Zeeland besteedde al zo snel aandacht aan het hobbyproject; ook het weblog van het Zeeuws Archief (Lineke van den Bout) en Hosternokke.nl (Peter Ingelse) verwijzen deze week naar de Wiki. Ondertussen krijg ik ook al mailtjes van mensen die ik helemaal niet ken, met feiten en data en de belofte dat er navraag binnen de familie zal worden gedaan. Je begrijpt: ik ben in mijn nopjes. In de bibliotheek heb ik dinsdag 10 boeken geleend over de geschiedenis van Middelburg en a.s. dinsdag ga ik met Eric-Jan Keulemans naar het Zeeuws Archief, waar we -met hulp van medewerkers Lineke en Poulus- verder gaan graven. Er is namelijk al veel meer uitgezocht en beschreven dan je zou denken. Dit zijn geen dingen waar een ZP'er rijk van wordt, maar leuk dat het is! Geschiedenis heeft altijd op mijn belangstelling kunnen rekenen, maar nu, met deze focus, kijk ik opeens heel anders naar de stad waar ik al sinds 1978 woon. Ik heb er in twee weken tijd al meer over geleerd dan in de 32 jaar daarvoor. Prachtig toch? @ Afbeelding veerdienst Blauwedijk 1890: Beeldbank Zeeland. (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:44:00 +0100 894681 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/2010/12/long-walk-to-water-by-linda-sue-park.html This is a story in two voices. First we hear Nya’s voice as she is trudging in the broiling hot African sun to fetch water for her family. The water jug is light going the three hours to the water supply, but very heavy on the way back. Nya does this everyday, twice a day. Water in the Sudan is very hard to find and carry, but without it, no one could live. This isn’t taking place 100 years ago; this is happening in 2008. Next, we hear Salva’s voice. It is 1985 and he’s in school, and like most students, he is waiting for the end of the day so he can go home. Shots ring out, and the teacher tells everyone to run, run into the bush and don’t look back. Soldiers have come to kill the villagers, so Salva runs. He doesn’t know where he is going or if his family is alive, but he runs. Salva’s run takes him far, far from home for many years. In alternating chapters we hear Nya and Salva tell their stories, neither of them knowing that one day they will actually speak to each other, brought together by something we take for granted every day: water. Review by Loretta Eysie (Source: book bits) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894793 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/2010/12/smile-by-raina-telgemeier.html Raina was not looking forward to getting braces, but before she could even get started, she fell and badly damaged her front teeth. Middle school isn’t a very supportive place to live through the experience of having her teeth fixed. It’s embarrassing, humiliating, and maddening, not to mention painful. Her “friends” aren’t helpful; in fact they probably hurt her feelings more than help her. This graphic novel, based on the author’s real life experience, is about teeth and friendship –both sometimes painful! Review by Loretta Eysie (Source: book bits) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894792 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/2010/12/lost-children-by-carolyn-cohagan.html Josephine’s life with her rich father is very lonely and quiet since her mother died. Her father doesn’t pay any attention to her at all –he doesn’t even speak to her! And to make matters worse, he is responsible for a new town law that says everyone must wear gloves all the time. At school the kids hate Josephine because they hate wearing gloves, so she doesn’t have any friends either. One day while searching the old shed in the back of her huge house, Josephine meets a boy from a different time., but before she can ask him anything, he disappears. Josephine decides to investigate the old shed to see if she can find any clues, and while she is searching, she falls through the shed wall into a dark, scary basement. When she lands on the basement floor, the first thing she hears is someone barking, “No, no that’s all wrong!.....I’m going to throw you down those cellar stairs,” and “you ant brained speck of fly dung! Into the cellar!” Josephine doesn’t know yet that she has landed in a different time zone and a different world –a dangerous world filled with horrible creatures and a more horrible master. Review by Loretta Eysie (Source: book bits) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894791 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/2010/12/heart-of-samurai-by-margi-preus.html In 1841, while on a fishing trip to earn food for his family, 14-year-old Manjiro and his crew become stranded on an island off the coast of their home, Japan. With very little to eat and the remaining crew hurt or sick, Manjiro, who has always dreamed of becoming a Samurai, decides to be brave and search the island for help. While on the other side of the island, he spots a giant ship sailing close by, and summoning all his courage, Manjiro swims out to the ship. He is shocked to find that the captain and crew are “blue-eyed barbarians,” the “devils” his countrymen have feared and banned from their shores for the past 250 years. Although the captain is kind, the ship is a whaling ship and the voyage is dangerous and long. Manjiro learns much from the captain and the crew, but he is always torn between the excitement of adventure and the dream of going home. This book is based on the true story of a boy named Manjiro, who had the heart of a Samurai, and who is said to be the first Japanese person to visit the new world. Review by Loretta Eysie (Source: book bits) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894790 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/2010/12/mockingbird-by-kathryn-erskine.html “…Devon says you can’t moan or scream or shake your hands up and down or rock or get under a table or spin around over and over in public.  Actually you can’t do most things over and over in public because that’s not normal unless it’s something like clapping of laughing but you have to do it only at the right times and places and Devon always tells me. Now I don’t know anymore.”  Caitlyn is in fifth grade and she has Asperger’s syndrome.  That makes it hard for her to read other people’s emotions (she uses a chart to memorize how a person’s face looks when they’re feeling a certain emotion) or to understand idioms (like putting herself in someone else’s shoes).  What she’s really good at is drawing, reading, doing things exactly the same way every time (Thursday is pizza night), and remembering rules (“You shouldn’t get in someone’s personal space”).  Caitlyn and her dad are trying to find a way to go on after losing her older brother, Devon, in a tragic event.  Caitlyn’s mother died years earlier, so it’s just the two of them.  The school counselor, Mrs. Brook, becomes Caitlyn’s main source of information about human behavior, advice on how to make friends, and most importantly, how to get closure about Devon’s death.  There are many light moments in the book when Caitlyn’s inability to see past the literal meaning of something causes misunderstandings, even with Mrs. Brook. Her many eccentricities are also charming, like her habit of naming gummy worms before eating them.  Her descriptions of others’ behavior can be quite funny –“We are at recess and I think Mrs. Brook might have Asperger’s too because she is very persistent which is one of my skills.  She is stuck on her Let’s Make Friends idea even though I am making it very clear with my eyes that I am no longer interested in this conversation. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894789 http://theloftonline.blogspot.com/2010/12/bored-over-break.html We have some fun activities coming up over the next two weeks! Next Tuesday, 12/28, at 2:00 pm Mrs. Lukich will be hosting Play Doh Sculpting. Don't miss out on this chance to make your very own creations out of Play Doh!On Friday, January 7, Mrs. Bailey will be hosting the second installment of the Bake Off. Remember that this year's theme is Frosty Fun. We have re-structured the bake-off, so it doesn't matter if you had to miss the first session. Come and have fun!If you can't come to either of the programs, remember that we have movies, CDs, and games, as well as books and magazines which can help you while away the hours this holiday vacation. (Source: The Loft online) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894779 http://kidslit.menashalibrary.org/2010/12/23/yasmins-hammer-poetic-and-important/ Yasmin’s Hammer by Ann Malaspina, illustrated by Doug Chayka In Dhaka, Bangladesh, Yasmin rides to work in the morning in her father’s rickshaw.  Though Yasmin longs to go to school, she has to help earn money so that her family can eat and her father can someday purchase the rickshaw.  Yasmin thinks about the quiet days in her village before the cyclone forced them to move to the noise and bustle of the city.  Now she must work breaking bricks for use in building roads and buildings.   Even Yasmin’s little sister must work in the brickyard so the family can survive.  Yasmin comes up with a plan of how she can both help her family and make sure that she can be educated too.  Each day she works harder and faster than anyone else, and the boss gives her extra coins.  These she saves for her secret plan that no one in her family knows about. Sprinkled with Bangladeshi words, Malaspina’s text is poetic and strong.  She captures the city and the country in tangible ways, through colors, sounds and smells.  This is a book about child labor, though it is not overly dramatic.  It is a quiet story of desperation in the face of poverty.  The focus is on the importance of education for children and the struggles that a family must overcome to offer it.  Chayka’s illustrations are filled with warm light.  They capture the hustle of the city streets, nicely contrasting it with the quiet of the countryside.  Bright colors, enliven his paintings that invite readers into this story. This is an important book that offers a glimpse of children living in very different circumstances than we see in our part of the world.  It is one that will spur discussions and also have children realizing how well off they are to not have to work and to be able to go to school.  Appropriate for ages 5-8. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894747 http://kidslit.menashalibrary.org/2010/12/23/sivus-six-wishes-a-modern-traditional-tale/ Sivu’s Six Wishes by Jude Daly A retelling of an old Taoist tale, this is the story of Sivu, a stonecarver.  Sivu could make amazing things from stone but despite his skill, he never made a lot of money and turned bitter.  One day, when carving a statue for a wealthy man, Sivu dreamed of how great that man’s life must be.  Suddenly, Sivu was the wealthy man.  He had plenty of power and wealth, but everyone despised him.  Then Sivu was stopped by the mayor’s procession and he dreamed of being the mayor with all of his power.  Suddenly, Sivu was the mayor.  But again, everyone hated him.  Sivu looked out over the gardens and saw the sun.  He wished he could be the sun, and he was.  He shone down, far too fiercely, and created a drought.  Then a storm cloud came over the sky and Sivu the sun could not move it.  He wished he could be the powerful rain cloud, and he was.  Now he rained too harshly and caused a flood.  Eventually, the wind blew him out to sea.  Sivu wished he was the wind, and he was.  He blew and blew, until one day he came across something that he could not move.  He wished he could become that, and he did.  He was a huge rock, completely unmovable until one day… This is a story that makes the themes of power, wealth, and desire come alive.  Daly has created a very readable text that moves briskly from wish to wish, examining each one and then going on.  She has set the story in the present day, making it all the more accessible to modern children.  This is both an old story and a new one, vibrant across time.   Daly has illustrated the book with modern illustrations that are bright colored and busy.  They convey both the hustle of the modern day and the timelessness of the story with ease. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894746 http://galwaylibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/simple-game-galway-city-library.html Irish jump and flat jockey, author & Disney actor Thomas Foleywill launch his book in Galway City Library on Tuesday 4th January 2011 at 6.30pm.He will be in the country promoting his recently released book, The Simple Game: An Irish Jockey’s Memoir and Walt Disney Studios’ feature film Secretariat. (Source: Galway Public Libraries Blog) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894737 http://bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-from-library.html (The library loves you back.) BHPL is open until 9 p.m. today, closes Friday & Saturday, and reopens on Sunday at 2 p.m. (Source: Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog and Buzz) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894721 http://bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-ten-books-of-2010-at-bhpl.html Fiction published in 2010 with the most checkouts so far at BHPL:1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson 2. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich 3. Worst Case by James Patterson 4. 61 Hours by Lee Child 5. Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci 6. 9th Judgment by James Patterson 7. Deception by Jonathan Kellerman 7. Private by James Patterson 9. Innocent by Scott Turow 10. Postcard Killers by James Patterson 11. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake Yup, the top ten is 40% James Patterson. That's why I threw in Sarah Blake, for some variety.Nonfiction published in 2010 with the most checkouts at BHPL:1. The Big Short by Michael Lewis2. Game Change by John Heilemann 3. Oprah : a biography by Kitty Kelley 4. This Time Together by Carol Burnett 5. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler 6. Steinbrenner by Bill Madden 7. Making Toast : a Family Story by Roger Rosenblatt 8. Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush 8. War by Sebastian Junger 8. Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth If The Big Short isn't enough for you, Henry Paulson's On the Brink and Joseph Stiglitz's Freefall were next most popular on the list. (Source: Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog and Buzz) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894720 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-comics.html Yes, I admit it, I love comic books! Like many kids, I grew up on Archie comics, simple stories with bright colors, and in conjunction with picture books that's how I learned how to read. When I grew out of the Archies, all that was available were superhero comics. Now, while I loved the Wonder Woman TV show and the Super Friends cartoons, the comic books weren't quite to my taste. So, alas, I put the comic books aside in favor of "real books" such as novels, non-fiction, poetry, and of course, schoolwork.Thankfully, a college friend introduced me to Neil Gaiman's Sandman series. With stories that dovetailed nicely with the mythology and literature classes I was taking, and breathtaking art that made the Archie comics look like doodles, I was immediately hooked. I was soon seeking out interesting, intelligent, and beautifully-styled comic books on a weekly basis. When I'd travel to another city, I'd load up on "graphic novels", an emerging literary form that was giving those flimsy funny books a more substantial binding and cover.Many years later, comics and graphic novels that were once hard to find have now hit the mainstream. Hollywood regularly adapts some of my favorite tomes for the big screen with mixed results. K-12 teachers are using graphic novels in the classroom, both to assist struggling readers and to teach these beautifully crafted stories as literature. Advances in printing and publishing technology have surely helped, but I think we've also gone full circle: back to a golden age of books, when illuminated manuscripts demonstrated that information and tales can be presented beautifully.While we may not be as knowledgeable as some of the folks at True Believers and other comics shops, we do have quite a collection of graphic novels for all ages and tastes. Many of our books, including manga and superhero series, are in an easy-to-browse section of the Young Adult collection. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894680 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/iCMla1nCuWA/tank-books-adembenemende-verhalen-in.html Ooit kocht ik voor mijn lief een MatchBook. Voor de gein natuurlijk, want in de boekenkast zie je zo'n werkje eigenlijk niet staan. Ik geloof dat ik nu een variant heb gevonden die nog leuker is: een Tank Book. Er zijn maar elf titels beschikbaar (alleen in het Engels) maar dat zijn dan wel echte klassiekers. Charmant! ...en misschien ook leuk als je van plan bent om te stoppen met roken. Gerelateerd: Een bibliotheekje als sieraad Het kleinste postkantoor ter wereld Merkwaardige kunst deel 20: Weapons of Mass Instruction @ Attendering: To Be Shelved (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:53:00 +0100 894524 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads/index.php/2010/12/22/separated-at-birth/ Planning a plane trip or a leisurely vacation anytime soon?  Perhaps you’re traveling for the holidays?  If so then Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese should be in your carry-on.  The novel starts a bit slowly, but stick with it, soon it becomes a page turner.  It begins with the birth of twin boys in a mission hospital (forever known as Missing) in  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Their Catholic nun mother dies in childbirth and their father, the reclusive Doctor Stone, deserts them immediately.  The children are raised separately by the two remaining expatriate Indian doctors in the mission, the obstetrician Hema, who saved the twins lives at their birth, and Ghosh, the congenial role model and devoted father. The twins, Marion and Shiva Stone, who were separated at birth are in many ways mirror images of each other.  Through Marion’s narration, we see the unfolding of events in Ethopia during the reign of Haile Selaisse and its aftermath.  Both boys become doctors and although there is considerable medical detail, it is all very comprehensible.  Marion’s experience as a resident in an urban hospital is described, as is Shiva’s medical research.  And the elusive Doctor Stone also has a role to play. This is an epic novel, covering a good part of the life of a young man who is eventually forced by politics to emigrate to America.  It has all of the elements of a good novel: well developed characters,  humor, tragegy, romance, and a historical perspective.  Verghese writes well and  quickly draws the reader into a part of the world that is very unfamilar to most Americans.  Although the length of the book might discourage a book group, it is would be a great choice for a discussion. (Source: MADreads) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:25:22 +0100 894523 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new/index.php/2010/12/22/christina-wagner-receives-i-love-my-librarian-award-in-nyc/ Madison Public Library’s Christina Wagner is one of 10 librarians to win this year’s Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times “I Love My Librarian” Award. Wagner is a librarian at the Goodman South Madison Branch of Madison Public Library. On December 9, 2010, Christina accepted the award in a ceremony in New York City, and in her speech, spoke of the important work that she, and all librarians, strive to do. “We connect people to information, to ideas, to books and media, to services, organizations, to one another as individuals and to their community as a while in countless ways.” Read Doug Moe’s profile of Christina from the Wisconsin State Journal. For more photos from the ceremony,  visit us on Flickr. (Source: What's New) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:32:46 +0100 894603 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/QlpGaHIWqsQ/handig-snelle-online-samenwerking-met.html Vandaag heb ik kennisggemaakt met een nieuw product uit de laboratoria van Google: Shared Spaces. Het concept is vrij simpel: je logt in een met je account (als je die hebt uiteraard) bij Twitter, Google of Yahoo en je kunt vervolgens 'een ruimte' aanmaken waarin je met anderen samenwerkt, bijvoorbeeld door samen een tekening te maken, of een diagram, door een reis te plannen op een kaart, door een poll te beantwoorden of zelfs door samen een Sudoku te doen. Er staan maar liefst vijftig verschillende applicaties tot je beschikking. Deze manier van samenwerken is niet nieuw. Afspraken maakten we al via Doodle (toch?) en online schaken deden we al in 1997 bij Yahoo. Het grote verschil is dat Google alles nu samenbrengt en  het daarmee een stuk behapbaarder maakt. Een aanwinst. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:33:00 +0100 894525 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/dGJ_XuYQ7nk/hup-dok.html Er is geen bibliotheek waar ik meer over heb geblogd. Ik laat het aan jullie over om vast te stellen wat dat betekent. Feit is dat ik nu even gil vanuit Zeeland, al is het tegen beter weten in: stort een deel van het vernieuwingsgeld bij DOK. Zij weten wat goed besteden is. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:11:00 +0100 894526 http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=61&BlogPostID=8156 "Who spins the elaborate web that entraps the timid spirit?" This is a fictionalized beginning biography about Chilean poet Pablo Neruda who became a Nobel prize winner. As a boy, Neftali Reyes (his real name) was extremely shy, timid, and sensitive - not the strong boy his father hoped would one day become a doctor or dentist, or even businessman. His overbearing father continually belittled him and left Neftali questioning his inquisitive nature and passion for words and the natural world around him. Luckily, he was surrounded by a supportive, though meek, mother and an uncle whose more humanitarian views toward the indigenous people and nature help Neftali shape his opinions, Unfortunately, these views drew the attention of an extremely suppressive government to both uncle and, eventually, Neruda. The text is beautifully accompanied by black and white illustrations by Peter Sis. One thing I appreciated about the book was that is showed Neruda as a questioning boy, but also an obedient one who respected his father and tried his best not to embarrass him. Even if we don't agree with his parenting skills, his father's actions are well-intentioned, and although Neftali is pretty sure in his gut that he will not be a doctor ("How did Father know what Nefali would become when he did not know himself?") and he knows he will continue to write poetry in college despite his father forbidding it, he finds a way to do so in a way so as not to humiliate him. Large print and illustrations will be encouragement for reluctant readers. Recommended for readers in grades 4-8 who enjoy biographies, or who are also dreamers. It's a slow book without a lot of dialogue and action, but full of emotion. An author's note is included providing more information about Neruda, as well as some of Neruda's poetry. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:20:02 +0100 894422 http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?p=1530 Ever visited a content farm? Chances are you have, at least online. “Content farm” is the slightly derisive term for a company that hires freelance writers to create online articles answering the most common questions people post on the Internet. One of the best-known of these companies is Demand Media, which prides itself on giving people articles about the information they want, but online journalists sometimes refer to such articles as “sludge” written by amateurs with no fact-checking and little editorial oversight. Because these articles meet an existing demand and are thus accessed often on the Internet, they tend to rise to the top of search engine results—something to keep in mind next time you use Google for answering a reference question. Lessons from the content farm (AdWeek/Robertson Barrett)  ”Demand Media has turned traditional journalism on its head, flipping the model to create content that meets user demand, and using algorithms to determine which content makes the most money. For better or worse, its strategy has been effective. Search for anything from ‘how to bake a yellow cake’ to ‘how to belch,’ and you’ll find Demand Media content at the top of the search results.” Don’t blame the content farms (PBS MediaShift/Dorian Benkoil)  ”Rather than a small group of editors surmising what a community might want, algorithms from Demand Media, AOL and others process search queries and social media, glean what’s wanted, then use other pieces of technology to calculate the likely value; they then quickly find writers or producers at a profitable price, assign and produce the content, attach money-making ads, and pay the ‘content creators’ in a streamlined way. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:25:43 +0100 895139 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SellersLibraryTeens/~3/FV8FWb_dBHQ/new-books-are-still-arriving.html Another giant pile of new books is coming through processing, so check out the latest: Blessings in Disguise by ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Good Girlz series) Fair-Weather Friends by ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Good Girlz series) Nothing but Drama by ReShonda Tate Billingsley  (Good Girlz series) With Friends Like These by ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Good Girlz series) Holidaze by L. Divine (Drama High series; replacement copy) The Pact by Monica McKayhan (Kimani Tru) Hotlanta by Denene Millner and Mitzi Miller (replacement copy) Prayed Up by Stephanie Perry Moore (Perry Skky, Jr. series) She Said, She Said by Celeste O. Norfleet and Jennifer Norfleet (Kimani Tru) I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (Tiffany Aching series) A Boy Called Twister by Anne Schraff (Urban Underground series) To Be a Man by Anne Schraff (Urban Underground series) If I Were Your Boyfriend by Earl Sewell (Kimani Tru) The Pledge by Chandra Sparks Taylor (Kimani Tru) (Source: Sellers Library Teens) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:20:00 +0100 894430 http://www2.cincinnatilibrary.org/blog/entries/little-taste-of-summer During these cold, snowy and sometimes over holiday-ed winter days, a breath of summer can work wonders for our sun-starved psyches. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt (2010) by local Cincinnati area author Beth Hoffman is a delightful dose of summer, full of glorious summer days and strong Southern women.This wonderful book, previously recommended by Susanne, is available in Print, Large Print, audio book on CD, and electronic resource in both audio Overdrive and Adobe eBook formats. If you've never tried downloading an electronic book, try this one. It's worth it!I listened to this book as an audio book on CD, read by actress Jenna Lamia who also reads the audio version of The Secret Life of Bees (2002), another engaging story about a young girl in the South in about the same time period as Ceecee. This book is also available on cassette, as a Print or Large Print book, downloadable audio book and eBook, and a movie on dvd. And, the Library has a Secret Life of Bees Book Club to Go.As I have written before, I also love the books of Sarah Addison Allen. She takes us away into small-town life, summery and wintry, with believable unique characters and beautiful gardens. Most of her books are available in audio, large print, and downloadable books. I was happy to learn today that her 4th book, The Peach Keeper, is due out in March.So settle in by the fireplace, have some popcorn and a long cool drink of sweet tea, and enjoy summer in a book. (Source: Turning the Page...[Combined Feed]) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:38:46 +0100 894778 http://morriscty.blogspot.com/2010/12/morris-county-childrens-home.html It is sad to see three and four children from one family in the Morris County Children's Home, ca 1910-1920. Or is it good that they at least were still together? In some cases (the Miller family, 1895) some family members are in the County Alms House and the little one is in the Children's Home. And no, it wasn't scarlet fever that created the need for the children's cemetery (Littleton Rd, near the fire house, now), it seems to have been croup and diptheria. The County Children's Home operated from 1882-1929, when foster home placement became the norm. The organization lasted until 1974 as a placement and aid society. It's final trustee chief was the Rev. Thomas Mutch, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown from 1936-1966.Picture by Richard Hrazanek, 2002 (Source: @MCL) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895312 http://theloftonline.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-bundles.html Have you checked out our YA book bundles yet? Located in the YA Fiction stacks, book bundles are an easy way to grab some books when you are short on time or don't know what you want. Each bundle contains three books and is themed. Past and present themes include: Fairy Tales, Reincarnation, Disasters, Time Travel and MUCH MORE! So come in and grab a bundle! (Source: The Loft online) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894780 http://kidslit.menashalibrary.org/2010/12/22/disappearing-desmond-shining-look-at-shyness/ Disappearing Desmond by Anna Alter Desmond and his entire family didn’t like to be the center of attention.  He’d much rather disappear and be ignored.  Sometimes even his teacher could not find him!  But things changed when Gloria came to his school.  Gloria liked to be the center of attention.  After a bit, something strange happened and Gloria said hello to Desmond even though he was hiding.  No one had ever seen him when he was hiding before.  And it just kept happening, Gloria kept on talking to him until one day they read together for the entire morning.  The two of them started playing together all the time, until Desmond came to school on a Monday morning ready to be noticed.  Later, Desmond heard a sound in the bushes and found a kid hiding there.  The three of them played all afternoon, but there were many more kids hiding around the playground. This is a very nice book about shyness and wanting to be ignored.  Alter found a great solution to the shyness issue by having a once-shy child make overtures to another shy child.  That is the magic in this picture book.  Readers will also enjoy the ending where the large number of other shy children is revealed.  Alter’s illustrations have a similar feel to Nancy Carlson’s Harriet series.  They have simple lines, bright colors, and animal characters.  A successful book about shyness without the focus on the painful nature of it, this book offers a hand of comfort and friendship to shy children hidden everywhere.  Appropriate for ages 4-6. Reviewed from copy received from Random House. (Source: Kids Lit) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894749 http://kidslit.menashalibrary.org/2010/12/22/shadow-simple-and-sparkling/ Shadow by Suzy Lee This book is all about the power of imagination and creativity.  A little girl heads up to the attic where the light creates shadows.  She starts out with just her own shadow, then creates a bird with her hands. As she plays, a jungle grows in the shadows with a sharp-toothed wolf.  Other animals appear and so does a princess until an entire shadow world is created.  Then the wolf escapes from the shadow world and jumps at the little girl.  But the other animals work together to teach him how to play nicely.  At the end, a voice calls that dinner is ready and everything returns to normal, or does it? Lee’s illustrations tell this almost wordless story.  Her use of fine lines for the objects in the attic, thicker lines for the little girl, and deep blackness for the shadows is particularly effective.  The book is done in just two colors: black and yellow.  The yellow is particularly spectacular, showing the color of imagination at work.  Lee uses the middle gutter of the book to separate the shadows from real life, so the book is read sideways, just as the cover is shown.  This book is simple and very evocative.  It is a stunning, sparkling example of a wordless book that children everywhere with relate to effortlessly.  Appropriate for ages 3-5. Reviewed from copy received from Chronicle Books. (Source: Kids Lit) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894748 http://cmrlslibrarynews.blogspot.com/2010/12/warm-pearl-library.html The winter program is a fun program aimed at adult readers who can qualify for prizes/prize drawings by reaching reading targets. If you’re interested in escaping the cold winter weather with a few good books and the chance to win fun prizes, sign up at the reference desk. Read or listen to any books you choose. Join us from January 3 through February 28, 2011 for the Winter Adult Reading Moments (WARM) program at the Pearl Public Library. Pre-registration begins December 27. Come to the library anytime starting January 3, sign up, receive a reading log, check out books and READ. If you finish 5 or more books, you will receive a treat when you turn in your reading log. Only one treat per patron. Your name will also be entered into our grand prize drawing. 5 additional entries into the grand prize drawing can be attained for every book you finish after your initial 5. The Winter Adult Reading Moments is free and open to ages 18 and up.If you have any questions about this program, please contact the library at 601-932-2562 or Kimberly Coley at rcref@cmrls.lib.ms.us. (Source: CMRLS News) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894724 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/years-of-service.html Congratulations to all of our staff who received Longevity Awards from the City.5 YearsPat Armijo—MainTheresa Dominick—MainVicky Salgado—Main15 YearsSusie Sonflieth—MainEdith Martinez—Community ServicesThat adds up to 30 years of Library staff time! (Plus 15 for our great Community Services Office Manager).Mayor Coss and City Manager Robert Romero presented certificates to all the recipients of the Longevity Award.By PCH @MainPhoto by CF @SS (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894421 http://mplic.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/heilbrunn-timeline-of-art-history/ http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ “The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History is funded by the Heilbrunn Foundation, New Tamarind Foundation, and Zodiac Fund. The Timeline is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Museum’s collection. It is an invaluable reference and research tool for students, educators, scholars, and anyone interested in the study of art history and related subjects. First launched in 2000, the Timeline extends from prehistory to the present day. “–From the Web Site. (Source: MPLIC Reference Highway) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:28:46 +0100 895303 http://mplic.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/national-coalition-for-the-homeless-factsheets/ http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/index.html “The National Coalition for the Homeless publishes fact sheets on various aspects of homelessness. Each sheet summarizes facts and issues and contains a list of recommended reading for further research.”–From the website. (Source: MPLIC Reference Highway) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:20:07 +0100 895304 http://mplic.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/ala-association-for-library-service-to-children-great-web-sites-for-kids/ http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm The ALSC offers it updated version of the best web sites for children here. (Source: MPLIC Reference Highway) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:38:37 +0100 895305 http://mplic.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/a-new-portrait-of-america-first-2010-census-results/ http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/apportionment/apport.html This page has links to the newest United States Census results and also to a schedule of 2010 Census Data releases. (Source: MPLIC Reference Highway) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:19:57 +0100 895117 http://146.74.224.231/archives/2010/12/celebrate_natio_4.html Days to celebrate National Hamburger Day include February 15th, May 28th, July 28th and December 21st. Honor the day by celebrating with a hamburger or a tofu burger. Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries, & Shakes by Bobby Flay The Great Big Burger Book: 100 New and Classic Recipes for Mouthwatering Burgers Every Day Every Way by Jane Murphy BBQ Secrets: The Master Guide to Extraordinary Barbecue Cookin' DVD Vegetarian Burgers by Bharti Kirchner Hamburger America: One Man's Cross-country Odyssey to find the Best Burgers in the Nation DVD The Hamburger: A History by Josh Ozersky Check out these other books and DVDs for more interesting facts and delicious recipes at the library! (Source: Santa Clara County Library - The Latest SCCoop) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:35:50 +0100 894429 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/ipq0U5gZYao/wat-ze-weten-privacy-op-je-smartphone.html Over afnemende privacy hebben we het al vaak genoeg gehad. Toch is het wel goed om af en toe even stil te staan bij de nieuwste bevindingen op dit gebied. Ik schakel daarom toch even over naar een onderzoek van Wall Street Journal, waar men een onderzoek deed naar apps op de iPhone en Androidtoestellen. Het is niet best gesteld met die speledingetjes. Het is maar dat je het weet... An examination of 101 popular smartphone "apps"—games and other software applications for iPhone and Android phones—showed that 56 transmitted the phone's unique device ID to other companies without users' awareness or consent. Forty-seven apps transmitted the phone's location in some way. Five sent age, gender and other personal details to outsiders.Op 'What They Know' krijg je de bevindingen wat visueler gepresenteerd en kun je ze per categorie gepresenteerd krijgen. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:53:00 +0100 894302 http://www2.cincinnatilibrary.org/blog/entries/the-hand-that-first-held-mine Did you like Stiltsville?  Here's another book where the narrative moves back and forth around the decades of a life (two lives in this one), Maggie O'Farrell's The Hand that First Held Mine.  In the 1950s, Alexandra escapes from her Devon home to become Lexie in London, assistant and lover to Innes Kent, who runs an art journal.  Life is dizzying with possibility, even after she becomes pregnant (Innes is married but separated), until something happens to change her entire life again.  In present day London, Elina has just borne a son with her lover, Ted.  But she nearly died during her c-section, and she is barely holding herself together.  Ted is not much better off, haunted by a recurrence of his childhood vision and memory problems and a sense of dislocation from life. The two stories converge more gradually than usual in this beautifully tempered British novel. (Source: Turning the Page...[Combined Feed]) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:28:57 +0100 894237 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads/index.php/2010/12/21/vampire-book-with-a-g-rating/ Vampires have become a vibrant aspect of today’s media culture.  Are your kids asking you to let them watch or read the Twilight Series or see the HBO series True Blood?  Perhaps you’ve had trouble explaining to your children why some vampire books, shows or movies aren’t quite appropriate for them.  Here is a book that may be able to help you. Though this book was not published a while ago, this vampire tale is still a worthy read.  My Friend, the Vampire by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg is the first book in The Little Vampire series of several tales about nine-year-old Tony and his vampire friend Rudolph.  This book begins with Rudolph visiting Tony’s room, and continues on as their friendship develops and they go on small adventures together.  Meant for middle school-aged readers this book, as well as the others in the series, are a good fit for that age group.  Parents would find no cause for worry in passing this book on to their child.  This series would also serve well as a read-aloud book since chapters are fairly short, and the story is engaging enough to entertain adult readers. If you like this book, also check out the library’s copies of The Vampire Moves In and The Vampire in Love. (Source: MADreads) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:44:11 +0100 894301 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/UGVr4GgjMkk/twittertypes.html Als je veel twittert is er eigenlijk geen gedrag waar je jezelf niet schuldig aan maakt. Dat is niets om moeilijk over te doen, want die vrijheid maakt het platform juist interessant. Dat neemt niet weg dat je nooit moet stoppen met het jezelf in de maling te nemen. Grinniken maar. @ Via Twittermania (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:36:00 +0100 894303 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/yCpLwXtQoaI/hoe-een-mierenkolonie-vloeibaar-wordt.html De mier is een interessant insect. Individueel is het beestje al tot wonderbaarlijke prestaties in staat, maar in groepsverband wordt het helemaal spectaculair. In het bovenstaande filmpje kun je goed zien hoe ver dat gaat. Een kolonie mieren is zelfs in staat om vloeistof na te bootsen. Gerelateerd: Een mierenboerderij in huis? @ Attendering: BB (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:11:00 +0100 894304