Show a Library Some Love This Week

Hey everyone! It’s National Library Week!

Adam Sandler Didn’t Have Ebola

There is so much misinformation on the web, and there are so many imperfect ways of finding information, and don’t get me started on what can happen when a reputable site is hacked! (That’s what happened with the Sandler and Ebola situation.)

We Need Mind-Readers

I wish I knew how many times a day I say to my husband, “I can’t read your mind, you know!” Even when we think we’re being crystal clear with each other, there’s so much room for misinterpretation.

 

 

Library Photo of the Month, April 2016

Today’s photos of the Jefferson Market branch of the New York Public Library in Greenwich Village come courtesy of my friend and fellow retired librarian Denise Anton Wright. 

Women of Library History: Miriam Braverman

Progressive Librarians Guild

Another woman of library history before Women’s History Month ends in a few days.  Today it is Miriam Braverman.

Women of Library History: Helen Marot

March is Women’s History Month, and as promised in my last post, I’m going to blog about some women of library history this month.

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

 

 

 

 

 

 

Something About the Women

March is Women’s History Month. As a woman, a librarian, a feminist, I am a bit ashamed that I did not blog about this earlier. Thanks to Holly Near for this song so appropriate for the month. In future posts this month I will be looking to Women of Library History for blog content.

Getting Social

In a few weeks we’re going to cover marketing in the online course I’m teaching, which will include a look at social media. I’m not sure I could use all of the tips in 7 Social Media Tactics you Should Use Today (I have to get better at hashtags!), but there are definitely some good ideas here.  You should take a look!

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Changing Course

Trajectory isn’t a word I use; it just isn’t in my vocabulary. Apparently it means “the curved path along which something (such as a rocket) moves through the air or through space,” but can also mean “a path, progression, or line of development resembling a physical trajectory, as in “an upward career trajectory.”  

Library Photo of the Month–March 2016

I’m a little tardy this month, but here are some photos of the River Falls Public Library (WI), which is the Wisconsin Library Association 2015 Library of the Year. The photos are from an event held to celebrate the award.