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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 […]

Oceano Digital provides original Spanish language high quality reference databases for public, academic and school libraries. Through NELINET, these databases are offered at 50% off list price! LORI libraries qualify for member rates because they are affiliate NELINET members through an agreement between OLIS and NELINET. You can find detailed descriptions of these databases, request […]

L-TV 129 Cornerstone of the Community: Burrillville’s New Library
Debbie Barchi interviews Sandra Mundy, director of Burrillville’s new Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library, and G. Wayne Miller, chairperson of the Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library Board of Trustees and member of the building committee, about how and why the new library building came to be.
Sunday, July 27       -      […]

Cell phones and PDAs and laptops with wireless connections are used by a growing number of Americans to access digital data and tools. The demographics may surprise you and, hopefully, help you reach out to the sectors most likely to use library services remotely. 56% of English-speaking Hispanics and 50% of African-Americans are more likely […]

The July 15 edition of Library Journal brings you I Love Libraries, and I’m Blind by Katherine Schneider, a Senior Psychologist at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and vice president of her local library board. Katharine has been blind since birth and provides wonderful insight into both the importance of the National Library Service and […]

Museums and libraries are the most trusted sources of online information among adults of all ages, education levels, races, and ethnicities, reports Library Hi Tech News (No. 4, 2008) in a summary of an IMLS funded study. Read the research report, InterConnections, released in March at the annual WebWise Conference, and learn more about these […]

OCLC has just released From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America, a very interesting look at people’s attitudes towards funding libraries. Conceptually, most folks think libraries are a good idea. They’re even willing to fund them, to a certain extent. But what this study reveals is the key […]

The Division of Public Programs at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities funds humanities projects that are intended for broad public audiences at museums, libraries, historic sites and other historical and cultural organizations.

Planning and implementation grant applications from America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations may be submitted at two annual deadlines: August 27, 2008, and […]

L-TV 131 Fran and Debbie’s  BookTalk, part 2 
Debbie Barchi, the director of the Barrington Public Library, joins Fran Farrell Bergeron, the director of the West Warwick Public Library, as they continue their annual discussion of favorite, recently read books.  This show is part two of a two part show that looks at a variety of interesting titles and genres.
Sunday, July 20        […]

Shaping Outcomes is a five-module instructor-mediated online course for library and museum professionals based upon Outcomes Based Planning and Evaluation, an emerging “best practice” in library and museum studies. It prepares users to plan internal projects and to produce robust design and evaluation plans for grant proposals. It was developed through a cooperative agreement between […]