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L-TV 116 Interview with Howard Boksenbaum
Fran Farrell Bergeron talks with Howard Boksenbaum about his career in librarianship and information technology and his new role as Rhode Island’s Chief Library Officer at the Office of Library and Information Services.
Sunday, August 5 - 12:30 pm
Monday, August 6 - 2:00 pm
Wednesday, August 8 - 9:00 pm
L-TV 117 Interview […]

from Randy Rosenbaum of RISCA:
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCES NEW LITERATURE DIRECTOR
Jon Peede joins growing NEA Literature Division
Washington, DC - The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today the appointment of Jon Parrish Peede as the agency’s Director of Literature, Grants Programs. In this position, he manages applications, panels, and grant awards […]

The first annual Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium is currently underway in Chicago. According to Henry Jenkins, Director of MIT Comparative Media Studies, “It’s not just about turning your library over to games… it’s about thinking what it means to play as an alternative system of learning.”
If you’re interested in gaming in libraries, […]

L-TV 121 What are Fran and Debbie Reading?
Fran Farrell Bergeron enjoys a lively discussion with L-TV co-host Deborah Barchi about the books that they are currently reading and what titles they would recommend as good reads.
Sunday, July 22 - 12:30 pm
Monday, July 23 - 2:00 pm
Wednesday, July 25 - 9:00 pm
L-TV 106 Talking Books […]

L-TV 120 Fact vs. fiction
Fran Farrell-Bergeron talks with Hope Houston, the Reference Librarian at OLIS, and John Bucci, the Librarian at Cranston’s William Hall Library, about fiction and non fiction books that examine the same subject matter.
L-TV is shown on the Statewide Interconnect Channel A which is cable Channel 13 at the following times:
Sunday, July […]

WorldWideScience.org is a new global science gateway connecting users to national and international databases. Fifteen scientific databases from ten countries are available, all in English. WorldWideScience.org is described as:
accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases. Subsequent versions of WorldWideScience.org will offer access […]

RILINK has achieved several milestones recently. Dorothy Frechette writes:

School library sharing reached new heights this year, with over 1,300 books borrowed by school libraries in March 2007, the most ever borrowed during one month. March (and October) mark the months during the curriculum cycle when students, especially at the high […]

A recent New York Times article provides and in-depth look at Wikipedia … the six year old phenomena … with special attention to those who assert quality control.

L-TV 119 E-Zone
Fran Farrell-Bergeron talks with Christopher LaRoux, the director of the Greenville Public Library, and Mattie Gustufson, the collection librarian at the Newport Public Library, about the Rhode Island Public Library E-Zone, a new library service that enables people to browse, check out, and download best selling digital titles 24/7 to their PCs and […]