Idaho Commission for Libraries

We've just finished selecting the 1500+ titles that will be distributed in digital format when the Talking Book Service transition begins next year. These titles will be available on cartridges and will play on the new digital players.

David Lee King contends that if you can drive a "smart car" or any car for that matter -- you can social network. Like King, when I drive I think little about what makes it work and if it breaks down I rely on a mechanic to fix it!

Aaron Schmidt, Director of the North Plains Public Library in Oregon, technology and usability consultant and author of www.walkingpaper.org blog led a preconference session at PNLA entitled “The Young and the Restless: A New Breed of Library Customer.” His presentation can be found at http://w

Here are two different grants that may provide an opportunity for your community to preserve its cultural heritage.

Libraries go wild Beyond the Expected! Although the weather is hot outside, it is way cool inside spending time with so many enthusiastic, passionate, cool librarians from the Pacific Northwest!

Thank you to the Fred Meyer Fund for providing $15,000 for "Books for Summer Readers" given away at 112 public libraries. To thank Fred Meyer, please send a letter to:

Glynda Brockhoff
Philanthropy Coordinator
Fred Meyer Stores Mail Stop 04002/34N
PO Box 42121
Portland, OR 97242

Yesterday’s Conversation Café got me to thinking about balancing work and non-work activities in my life. What are the things I want to do with my life, as Anne put it, ‘not many people lie on their death bed wishing they had done more housework’.