It’s Banned Books Week! September 22 – 28 is Banned Books Week. To help spread awareness of frequently banned young adult books, I’ve created a LibraryThing book widget of titles. Feel free to copy the […]
Category: Public Libraries
Listen Notes Podcast Search
I’m in love with Listen Notes, a new-ish podcast search tool. Listen Notes makes is so easy to find just the right podcast content for whatever you’re interested in. It currently indexes over 430,000 podcasts […]
Juxtapose – Comparing Images
Juxtapose creates a slider to compare two images. It’s one of several handy tools from the Northwestern University Knight Lab. This Juxtapose images compares London’s Heathrow airport in 1945 and 2014. (Link to larger version.) […]
Social Media & Libraries Workshops
Social Media & Graphics is the topic for the 2nd session of the Social Media & Libraries series being held at SALS in Saratoga Springs, NY on Wednesday September 28, 206. The workshops are sponsored […]
Social Media & Marketing Workshop
Thanks to the Schenectady County Public Library for hosting last Friday’s Social Media & Marketing workshop This was part 1 of a 3 part workshop series being sponsored by: Capital District Library Council Mohawk Valley […]
Amazing Seeds: A Kids Guide to Strange and Wonderful Garden Veggies
Is your library or school running a gardening program for kids? Are you homeschooling and have kids interested in gardening? Baker Creek is offering a gardening booklet for kids – free multiple copies. From an […]
Clifton Park Halfmoon Staff Day
Many thanks to Alex Gutelius and Angela Strong for inviting me to speak at the Clifton Park Halfmoon Public Library staff day. Slides from the presentation “The Future is Now!” are available for you to […]
Flower Power Fund Raiser
Being a gardener and a library fan, this is my idea of the perfect fundraiser! With Flower Power you set up a fundraising page for your organization and your organization gets 50% of the sales. […]
Kids Create Library Promo Videos
A couple of great videos created by the kids at the Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library in Milton, NY. In the first one the kids tell why they like the library: books, computers, hanging out […]
“It’s My Story” – Seniors Memory Project
“It’s My Story” is a lovely project by the East Greenbush (NY) Community Library that celebrates the stories of seniors who live at a nearby retirement center. Stories and photos were combined to create online […]
“A Book for Every Mood” – teen video
Isn’t this video great? Part of the summer reading video project at the Higland (NY) Public Library. Thanks to Theresa Zacek for sending these on to me. A Book for Every Mood written, performed and […]
KidLib Camp 2009 – August 13
Don’t miss this unconference! KidLibCamp – for librarians interested in youth service in school & public libraries. KidLibCamp 2009 is a place for youth services librarians to get together and talk about topics that are […]