Archive for May, 2009
leave libraries alone, say huffington
Libraries Are America's Lifelines. Leave Them Alone-- by Kenneth C. Davis, at Huffington.com In case you haven't heard, New York City's public library systems -- three separate library systems in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens -- are once again under siege, on the chopping block, threatened with draconian cuts in the face of New York City's Great [...]
Mexico Through the Eyes of its Children
If you have time, you should check out this great exhibit at the Houston Public Library's Central Library: Mexican Photo Exhibit Mexico Through the Eyes of its Children | México visto por sus niños The City of Houston, Houston Public Library, and the Houston Library Foundation in collaboration with the Consulate General [...]
Salvation Army at the library
From this week's Downtown Happenings email:Helping handsCelebrate the Salvation Army's 120th year in Houston with an exhibition of rare artifacts and memorabilia of their history on display at the Houston Public Library's Julia Ideson Building, 500 McKinney. The exhibition will be there all month and a special viewing is scheduled for [...]
Twitter for Libraries
Want to learn how libraries are using Twitter? InfoToday has a great article posted in Computers in Libaries that covers the topic well.Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians)By the way, other great articles on Twitter you might want to check out:Mashable's "The 7 Ways to Approach Twitter"TwiTip's "Personal Brand - How to Build Yours In [...]
Baybrook Mall filed Chapter 11
I just picked this up, a little late, off the Houston Chronicle's Inside the Bay Area blog:Are you wondering what the recent Chapter 11 filing by General Growth Properties Inc., --which owns Baybrook Mall,means to you? Well, I shop there myself and have a daughter employed at one of their stores, so I care, too.So, it was good to know there's no [...]
Friendswood votes on new library
FRIENDSWOOD ELECTION PREVIEWOpinions differ on bond vote-- by the Houston ChronicleThe second proposition is for $6.5 million, of which $6 million would be spent for a new library at a yet-to-be-determined location in the city’s downtown area.The remaining $500,000 would be used to turn the city’s existing 16,000-square-foot library at 416 S. [...]
Learn about copyright
Some links to help you understand copyright:What is copyright protection?Fair use of copyrighted materialscopyright.govThese are sites to bookmark and reference.
