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Is your website dynamic or static?  Is there a reason for people to visit it on a regular basis, or does the content remain unchanged month after month after month? As Internet technology matures, it’s becoming easier and easier to add dynamic and interactive features to your library website - all you have to do […]

Help spread the word about the coming DTV Transition by simply saving the image to your public computers and making it the wallpaper or background. District Dispatch provides the information at http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=422

The ALA Copyright Guide Slide-Chart is an easy, important resource to have at your fingertips! Simple to use, the slide-chart packs a book’s worth of information into a single, heavy-duty cardboard tool that fits easily into a desk drawer, laptop case or book bag. Forget searching through a book full of confusing, convoluted information – […]

The 2008 ALA National Library Legislative Day takes place on May 13 and 14 when librarians of all kinds journey to Washington, DC. This 2 day event includes advocacy and issue training sessions and gives attendees the opportunity to interact with Capitol Hill insiders and visit congressional member offices to ask Congress to pass […]

L-TV 126 Gift Books part 1
Fran Farrell-Bergeron and Deborah Barchi talk about giving books as gifts and recommend a wide variety of titles that would make great gifts for people in different age groups. While the discussion centers on giving books as presents for the holidays, many of the books examined on this show make great […]

L-TV 107 Rediscovering Victorian Novels
Deborah Barchi and Fran Farrell Bergeron discuss their favorite Victorian Novels, singling out specific titles that deserve to be read more than once.
L-TV is shown on the Statewide Interconnect Channel A which is cable Channel 13 at the following times:
Sunday, March 23            12:30 pm
Monday, March 24              2:00 pm
Wednesday, March 26        9:00 pm

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, March 16            - […]

In the past two days two interesting articles on Wikipedia have crossed my monitor. In his review of John Broughton’s Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, the New York Review of Books’ Nicholson Baker writes about the history of and his experiences as an editor of obscure and endangered Wikipedia articles in The Charms of Wikipedia. […]

L-TV 109 Interesting Books, part 2
There’s never enough time to discuss all the great books that our hosts and guests bring to the table. So, we bring you part two of last weeks informative show.
L-TV is shown on the Statewide Interconnect Channel A which is cable Channel 13 at the following times:
Sunday, March 9             […]

March 2-8 is Teen Tech Week, a celebration of the technology that teenagers can use at the library.  Check the YALSA website for activities and Teen Tech Guides.  While you’re there, take a look at 25 Ways to Celebrate Teen Tech Week [pdf], a flyer that you can download and post in your library.