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Help out the Portland Public Library Teens!
Help a library out… I’m building a dream at the Portland Public Library and I’ve still got a long way to go. But we’re on our way. Since I started here in April, over 125 teens have come to the...
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Happy Patrons
Today I helped a patron set up his wireless hotspot on his Android phone. He spoke English, but according to him, “it’s not good.” We found a happy medium. My 5 years of public school Spanish came...
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The Beach Boys and Libraries: PART 3
If there’s a list of the top (some number) of albums recorded in the (20th Century/History of the World), there’s a strong chance that Pet Sounds is in the top five. Scratch that, I’d say there’s a...
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Help Today, Help Tomorrow
Help today, help tomorrow… For the next week, I am organizing a fundraising drive for EveryLibrary in collaboration with Kate over at the most excellent Lifeguard Librarian Tumblr. It’s a bit of a...
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Help Caity get to Costa Rica!
Me and Caity. She is an awesome person. Help her get to Costa Rica if you can! Caity is a really awesome lady that comes into my teen library quite a bit. Last week, she was in my library reading Locke...
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Thank You
Five minutes ago, a boy (age 7-10) and his Mom walked through the Teen Library. I wished them both good morning and in return they handed the following card to me and smiled: Filed under: Libraries,...
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564 Days (or, the story of THE 2ND FLOOR thus far…)
The 2nd Floor of the Downtown Chattanooga Public Library has been in its current state, a place for ages 0-18 and their caregivers, for 564 days, or 1 year, 6 months, and 16 days as of today. If...
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Libraries Who Don’t Charge Overdue Fines: A Storify Tweet Collection
CLICK HERE to read the full Storify Tweet collection. Be inspired and make a change in your community for the good of the world. It all starts somewhere.Filed under: Idea Share, Libraries, Management
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Food Stamps, the Feeling of Failure, Student Loans, and Life as a Library
Last week, Haley and I applied for food stamps. Our family, which has been going on strong for 11 years and now includes 2 awesome kids, Haley’s mom, our dog Sonic, 3 chickens, and 2 rabbits, have hit...
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Help my Library win $1000
My library, the Benson Memorial Library in Titusville, PA, was chosen earlier this year to be part of the Greater Titusville Development Foundation Grant Facade Project. We were very honored to be...
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Something To Think About
Quote by Judd Apatow from this NYT article I read this quote in a NYT article yesterday and felt like I had to share it. I think it nicely sums up something that I’ve been trying to articulate for...
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Help an Interior Designer Help Libraries
Hello everyone! Today’s post comes from Danielle Lewis, an interior designer in NY and a friend of my co-worker Becky Stahl. She’s doing some research to help out libraries and I’m sharing her survey...
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Happy Patrons
Today I helped a patron set up his wireless hotspot on his Android phone. He spoke English, but according to him, “it’s not good.” We found a happy medium. My 5 years of public school Spanish came...
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Help the Hoenke’s with Fidelia Hall
Help the Hoenke’s with Fidelia Hall @ GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com//hoenkefidelia Three years ago, Haley and I jumped at the chance to purchase and live in Fidelia Hall, a property that allowed...
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Food For Fines at Benson Memorial Library
Here’s a library land hot take for you: I’m just not sold on the fine free library concept. I’ve done a lot of research into idea behind the movement and I totally get the pros of going this route,...
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“Librarians facing new tasks say crisis isn’t in the catalog” by Ali Swenson
Read the full article here: https://www.apnews.com/ae0e76071cbc49bd844163bf7617cc8a If you have a moment today give Ali Swenson’s article Librarians facing new tasks say crisis isn’t in the catalog a...
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