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Entries from November 2008

Photo Archive

November 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Google has a new photo set available. The Life magazine photo archive allows users to “Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.”

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The New York Miniature Book Society’s Miniature Collection

November 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Bay County Public Library will host a holiday exhibit of The New York Miniature Book Society’s Miniature Collection Tuesday December 2, 2008 & Friday December 5, 2008.  Please see the library’s website for more details.

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The Granny’s Back and There’s Going to Bea Trouble – (Hey-la-day-la my Granny’s back)*

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments

GB was recently moved from isolation to the general population and so can once again be a guest blogger on Cracker Coast.
Dear Granny Bea,
My Library Board is concerned about disruptive behavior in the Library - “hanging” out, smoking, spitting, riding bikes, skateboarding, littering, fighting, drinking, bothering patrons, etc.” – and the patrons are just as [...]

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Pictures from Annual Meeting 08

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I just uploaded the pictures I took at this years Annual Meeting to PLANs flickr account. If you get a chance check them out.
Annual Meeting 2008
 

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WebMaster Tools

November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Since I teach PLAN’s webmaster series of classes, I’m always looking for tools to make the job easier.   I have recently read some blog posts worthy of sharing with other website designers and maintainers.
Whenever I go to Computers in Libraries or Internet Librarian, I usually attend the session “Cool Tools for Library Webmasters.”  Darlene Fichter [...]

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