Ok, so I’m old fashioned and stole a song name from John Denver for the title of this blog, kinda cool huh? Well some of you may not even remember John Denver, but if you are a baby boomer like me, ….he might have been one of your favorite music artists. He still makes my heart skip a [...]
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I’m really proud of my library. Sure, we have problems like every library, but ours aren’t of the too stiff for our own good kind. We hear from our customers again and again how they LOVE this library, how so-and-so library just isn’t as nice, or is even mean…etc. etc. I’ll admit that makes me [...]
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I’m interested in the debate over Dewey, but really love the links to the card catalog art. I recycled my cards long ago but now I wish I had held on to some. I’m sure there are many Idaho librarians who still can get their hands on catalog cards. Here is a cool way to [...]
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How many customers of yours want to research old newspapers? How many of those customers are delighted to search through day after day after month after year of microfilm? We have a dedicated bunch of customers at the Public Archives and Research Library that do just that… but I’ve got to say thanks to the [...]
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Each month as I write a 300 biographical write-up on one of our Jerome Seniors, I realize what an “honor” it is for me to tap into their lives as they share so many tender, precious, often protected memories of their journey filled lives. There is a richness is learning from the Senior generation, and they, in [...]
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State Librarian Ann Joslin passed this information along to staff. The PSA is incredible–I just had to show it to you!
Jamie LaRue, director or the Douglas County Library in Colorado, was one of the speakers this week at our Next Generation ILS symposium. He mentioned the library’s ongoing marketing activities, which includes a video that [...]
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You are invited to a sneak preview of the NEW Idaho Commission for Libraries’ (ICFL) site. As an added bonus, we’ll give you a tour of Idaho WebJunction (think “free” online and blended continuing ed classes, forums, and profiles). Both are very, very 2.0.
Six one-hour sessions are scheduled in September–and you can attend [...]
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Ah, even though I don’t have the power to do everything, I do think I might have got the time corrected…at least to Mountain Time.
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I read an interesting blog about online security from Google. They participated in a study to see how many people were using the latest internet browsers. The results might surprise you. I admit I am a Firefox junkie and upgraded to the latest browser within a week of its release. With the frequency that new/updated [...]
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Yesterday, I attended a leadership presentation along with several other public leaders in the Magic Valley. The presenter was Keith Allred, a Twin Falls native who has gone on to receive several degrees from all over the country and work as a professor at Havard. Normally this wouldn’t be something to blog about, however, Keith [...]
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