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L-net, the Oregon State Libraries Network, has an in-depth and very interesting post on the subject of web-based chat vs. instant messaging. The post is a response to Sarah Houghton (Librarian in Black) and Aaron Schmidt’s (Walking Paper) article in the current (July/August) issue of ONLINE, Web-Based Chat vs. Instant Messaging (available to CLAN […]

Check out these comments about Top Technology Trends in the Libraries from LITA Blog. It has posts, so far, from K.G. Schneider, Leo Klein, Roy Tennant and more.

The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH), offers humanities presentations to any interested group, through their Speakers Bureau EnRICHment Opportunities.
For more information about additional humanities programs and grants, visit the web site or call Program Director, Risa Gilpin, at 273-2250.

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This is in the front room of the Jesse Smith Memorial Library in Burrillville. The Library Director said “The twister looks better in person than in photos.” Click on the photo to see […]

Our neighbor to the north has produced the Maine Memory Network, a project of the Maine Historical Society funded in part by the IMLS. This is an online archive, museum, and educational resource where users can access photographs, paintings, letters and journals from Maine’s history. Over 160 organizations, including many libraries, have contributed […]

Have you ever faced a need to develop or update a policy and wondered how other libraries have handled the situations you face? Massachusetts Regional Library Systems have just updated their policy collection to include “Library Program Policies”, with helpful hints on handling CE registrations, deciding whether or not to permit siblings to attend […]

Library Journal has launched its first blog, appropriately enough the LJ Tech Blog. Hopefully this is the first of many to come!

Need links to federal libraries and archives? First.gov has a great page for National, federal agency, and local libraries and archives; online library databases; grants and benefits for libraries… It’s especially strong on links to federal libraries, including a link to the LC Ask a Librarian page.
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries.shtml

The data file for the 2003 Public Libraries Survey is now available. This survey is conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics through the Federal-State Cooperative System (FSCS) for Public Library Data and includes data collected on population of legal service area, service outlets, public service hours, library visits, library collections […]

The RI Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission has recently made its out-of-print historic survey reports available to the public through the agency’s web site. The reports focus on each of the state’s 39 towns, specific neighborhoods, and thematic projects.