Saving Money

I’ve thought this a long time and even thought I’d blogged about it.   But after searching the site for a post I discovered I hadn’t.   Shame!
After reading Terri Bennett’s article, ‘Time for us to break the bottled water habit’, in ‘The Charlotte Observer’  I can wait NO longer!   You can read Ms. Bennett’s article AND [...]

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KimKomando.com does it again!  Kim introduced me to this invaluable resource for job hunters, people who are working and want to improve their salaries or careers AND students who are studying writing for businesses purposes.
We ALL know persons who are without jobs during this recession so let’s share this great tool with them.
http://www.net-temps.com/careerdev/career-tools/career-advice.html

Here is the [...]

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It used to be that you had to buy expensive Adobe software to type in or edit a PDF file.   Now there is a cheaper AND easy way - FillAnyPDF.com.   Simply ‘Browse’ to find the file and click the ‘Fill Now’ button to upload the file.   Click anywhere in the PDF and start typing.  You [...]

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

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WebsiteMagazine.com’s story, ‘The Web’s Most Popular Coupon Sites’ ranks the five coupon sites with the most monthly Website traffic.   The most popular site issues $300 million worth of coupons in 2009!   Find out what these sites are - http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/pages/the-web-s-most-popular-coupon-sites.aspx

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The New York Times had an interesting essay called, ‘Steal These Books’.  To quote:
‘With the recession, shoplifting is on the rise, according to booksellers. At BookPeople in Austin, Tex., the rate of theft has increased to approximately one book per hour.’
You won’t believe what the most frequently stolen book is! 
Read on….http://www.nytimes.com

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My college age son texted me about a deal to make a lot of money with Google.   That started a good ‘text conversation’.   He had run across a ‘news’ article from ‘News 6 Boston’  that had an article about it.  The article was entitled, ‘Breaking News: Google Hiring Americans To Work From Home’.   Well, I [...]

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InsideHigherEd.com posted an interesting article about ‘the university library of the future’.  The article simply entitled, ‘Libraries of the Future’, begins:
‘The university library of the future will be sparsely staffed, highly decentralized, and have a physical plant consisting of little more than special collections and study areas.’
Read on…http://www.insidehighered.com

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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 [...]

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AOL News reported on a group of Austin, Texas librarians that raised money to help other libraries by “baring their skin and revealing their tattoos”.   Read on…http://news.aol.com

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