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Are there any services that put all of your social networking sites together? Here is my facebook profile. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=501554332

Posted by patrick timony on April 10th, 2008 at 6:43pm — 4 Comments (Add)

FYI

copied and pasted from an email sent GSLIS URI listserv Call for Essays: Whose Job Is It, Anyway? There are as many different types of Library Director/Trustee relationships as there are different kinds of public libraries. How the two parties interact with each other may change based on the size of the population the Library serves, whether or not it is a rural library or one located in a large city, with many branches. The relationship may be different from boards that are elected to boards… Continue

Posted by Andria Tieman on March 24th, 2008 at 8:55am — No Comments (Add)

Prepping for PLA

Well, next week I will be at PLA and I will be posting thoughts, opinions and commentary from there. I will not be live blogging, sorry, but my laptop is just too big to tote around every day. In any case, this will be my third PLA Conference and my first visit to Minneapolis. I was more comfortable going to Seattle and Boston, having previously visited those cities and finding them very fine. I am looking forward to this conference as a battery recharger and excitement maker. So I am going to g… Continue

Posted by Conrad Rader on March 21st, 2008 at 10:02am — No Comments (Add)

Places to visit in Mpls

Hennepin History Museum Phone: (612) 870-1329 Fax: (612) 870-1320 2303 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 LIBRARY HOURS Tuesday 10:00-2:00 pm Wednesday- Saturday 1:00-5:00 pm Sunday Closed Monday Closed Admission: $5 Adults $1 Seniors/Students under 18 I lived a few blocks away from this place, and went by it a million times on bus and foot. And yet, I never heard of it! Now I'm curious to check it out.

Posted by Karen Kohoutek on March 19th, 2008 at 10:47am — No Comments (Add)

Selection, selection, selection

All the riches of the world in print form, and only $95,000 purchasing budget. Selection for the Nonfiction collection takes up a big chunk of my time and I have yet to stumble upon a good, methodical way of keeping up with the ordering. Generally, my ordering policy and priorities: Patron requests - these get bought if they are in print. Generally, they will circulate and it generates a fair idea of what the library users want to read. This helps me be responsive to my community. Also,… Continue

Posted by Conrad Rader on March 12th, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments (Add)