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Woman’s Day published two articles related to the value of public libraries:

How the Public Library Can Save You Money:  Read essays by four women who saved a bundle thanks to their local branches
ALA Contest Info & Rules

‘What makes your library special to your community? How does it enrich the lives of you and your neighbors? [...]

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An article on InsideHigherEd.com entitled, ‘Text Generation‘,  got me started thinking about texting and communicating with students.   Personally, I don’t think in most cases the students should have a teacher’s cell phone number.  However, I think it would be interesting to provide texting options with the ‘library and specificially the ‘reference librarian’ as in the [...]

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Amazon has expanded their Bestseller page to include  bestseller archives back to 1999.  The archives are also available on other categories such as:

Kindle Books
MP3 Songs
Movies & TV
Music
Video
and Video on Demand

The following Bestseller Lists are also available:

Hot New Releases
Movers & Shakers
Most Gifted
Most Wished For

Continue Reading Check out Amazon’s New ‘Bestseller Archive’

I was reminded about the coming date of the S.C. Book Festival from ColumbiaBookSeller.com’s post.   If you live anywhere near Columbia and love books I encourage you to visit.  It is well run and provides a great literary experience.  In addition to seeing new (and old) books, meeting authors and attending seminars it is just [...]

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On Saturday morning I had the pleasure of seeing Jon Scieszka share his favorite children’s books on CBS’s Early Show .  A posting on ‘The Early Show’s’ Website, ‘Holiday Reads for Your Kids‘, described Scieszka’s expertise:
‘In 2008, Scieska was appointed by the Library of Congress to be the first National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. [...]

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TheStar.com had a great article on the role of libraries today AND the future of libraries.  The article, ‘A tale of two countries’ libraries’, looked at public libraries in Canada and the U.S.A. to see what is working.  Here is an excerpt:
‘In a 2006 poll, 78 per cent of Americans said if their local library [...]

Continue Reading “Libraries are back big-time, they’re having a renaissance.”

Organize Your Digital Life: How to Store Your Photographs, Music, Videos, and Personal Documents in a Digital World
I ran across the book, Organize Your Digital Life: How to Store Your Photogaphs, Music, Videos, and Personal Documents in a Digital World, in the bookstore and thought, “Aha!”.   This is the book for any libarian or media [...]

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Shelf-Awareness.com intruduced me to an article in the N.Y. Times, “Target Can Make Sleepy Titles Into Best Sellers“. The post on Shelf-Awareness.com said, “In the last few years, Target has become “a tastemaker for books” through its book club and the Bookmarked Breakout program, both started in 2005, the New York Times wrote. The programs [...]

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Matt Cutts, a Google Software engineer has shared how ‘Using a simple USB-powered barcode scanner, Matt shows how you can easily add your books from off your bookshelf at home to the My Library feature in Google Books….You can then use Google Books-powered search to browse just the books in you own home library.’
For more [...]

Continue Reading Use a Barcode Scanner to add YOUR books to Google Books’ “My Library feature”

I started this post once before but due to a ‘blog crash’ I lost it.  Let me start again.  If you have suggestions for me, please email me at Jeff4Books@gmail.com.
Colorado

Frisco (near Vail and Breckenridge) Next Page Bookstore (formerly Next Page Bookstore and the Open Book bookstore.  Merging May 1st, 2009.  See the announcement )

Oregon

Portland - [...]

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