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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Part 2 of the episode Silence in the Library airs this Friday, Jun 27th, on Sci Fi Channel. Let’s just say make sure to count the shadows and stay in the light. You might be able to catch part 1 this week too.

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This blog entry from the Ancestry Insider has gathered various news articles about the libraries in Iowa. It is neat to see the community come together to save the university library but sad to see so many that have been lost. More info can be found at the Iowa state library blog.
It is interesting to [...]

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Quiet Please by Scott Douglas? I read this book in about 2 days, so definitely a fast read. I could relate to Douglas in many ways as I keep falling into library jobs. He relates his experiences of library school and working in a library. He relates many hilarious, sometimes touching, situations involving MySpace, looking [...]

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The Soda Springs Library recently acquired a new bar code scanner. It’s resemblance to a certain insane computer should have been a warning. It’s installation and set-up has been rather difficult. It’s nearly there, and with a little more troubleshooting it will be live. Still, the library staff laughed hysterically with quotes from 2001 A [...]

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I have been reading William Patry’s blog on copyright issues for the last year. He is the senior copyright lawyer for Google Inc., with lots of experience dealing with copyright law. He discusses current case laws, international implications, etc. Recently, he discussed illegal art, forensics of infringement, and infringement by copying public domain works. [...]

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Faced with an aging home computer (5+ years is certainly a dinosaur) and the inevitable need to upgrade, I started looking at Linux operating systems. Upgrading to Vista would certainly mean a new computer. I am reluctant to upgrade to Vista for a variety of reasons so I have been testing various versions of Linux. [...]

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I just finished listening to this book on audio. Some of you may have already read this book as it was published in 2005. The subtitle of the book tells it all, “The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books”. Aaron Lansky chronicles his adventures of saving Yiddish books, and simultaneously [...]

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On May 2, the Soda Springs Public Library hosted a successful Artifact Roadshow evening. The library hosted Randy Thompson, Forest Archaeologist for Caribou-Targhee National Forests, and Amy Lamper, from the BLM of Pocatello. They were joined by our own resident archaeologist, Diana Mickelson, who is on staff at the library. Each helped local patrons identify [...]

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Well, not Rosie the Riveter, but still a woman that is just as powerful. Rosy is a tarantula that now resides in the children’s area of the library. She is part of our Summer Reading outreach to Catch the Reading Bug. Rosy isn’t technically a “bug” but she eats plenty of them. She has been [...]

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