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Blog posts from November 2006

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2006 30 Nov

Protecting PCs while giving patrons freedom to use them

The Southeast Library System (SELS) blog is about to share a series of posts about a computer lab in one of their libraries. The teaser post says,

The goal was to protect the PCs from abuse-related downtime while still
allowing patrons as much freedom as possible to use the full capability
of said PCs.

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2006 16 Nov

VHS, 30, dies of loneliness

After a long illness, the groundbreaking home-entertainment format VHS has died of natural causes in the United States. The format was 30 years old.

Read the rest of the obituary at Variety.com. First found via LISNews.com.

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2006 15 Nov

English for Speakers of Other Languages

Margaret Fujishin at the Homedale Public Library created a wonderful help sheet for her fellow librarians to locate materials for speakers of other languages that visit libraries. If your library doesn’t have a large selection of materials to help speakers of other languages learn english, there are many such items available through Interlibrary Loan. To locate the items, you can use Idaho’s LiLI Unlimited catalog.

Step 1 - Go to www.lili.org to access the LiLI Portal

Step 2 - Click on LiLI Unlimited (the link has a stack of books)

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2006 09 Nov

Another reason to love WebJunction - Survival Spanish for Librarians

The good folks at Infopeople have shared some of their materials with WebJunction. 

Print out the text and download the audio files for a 55 minute course
that will equip you with key terms and phrases to help you better
communicate with your Spanish-speaking patrons.

Read all about it and get the links to the source at BlogJunction.

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    2006 09 Nov

    Librarian 2.0 Manifesto

    An excellent list to consider, check out A Librarian’s 2.0 Manifeso over at the Library 2.0 blog.

    • I will avoid requiring users to see things in librarians’ terms but
      rather will shape services to reflect users’ preferences and
      expectations.
    • I will be willing to go where users are, both online and in physical spaces, to practice my profession.
    • I will create open Web sites that allow users to join with
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    2006 03 Nov

    e-branch training

    ICFL Staff have been on the road with the e-branch in a box workshops. E-branch in a box utilizes Drupal, a content management system. ICFL staff have created templates for libraries so they can create and update their own e-branch sites. E-branch uses a web-based interface for adding and updating website content.

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    2006 01 Nov

    Chili Feed!

    To celebrate Halloween and warm up a bit, ICFL staff enjoyed a Hoedown and chili feed/contest on Tuesday. See the ghouls ICFL staff in their natural habitat here.


    Chili Feed!

    Originally uploaded by icflphotos.