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Dec.22.2010
I take time to read and have been wondering about books. Do I want an e book and if so which one? But will giving up the tactile adventure of holding a 'real' book not be good enough? Will I need a large print book and would it be easier to get this on an e book than in a large print book? Then...
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Dec.03.2010
Crossbow slaying suspect is victim's sonOttawa man faces 1st-degree murder charge after death in libraryCBC News Zhou Fang appeared in a Toronto courtroom Friday. He's accused of killing his father, Si Cheng, with a crossbow. (Andrew Tavshunsky)
The man charged with killing 52-year-old Si Cheng by...
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Oct.24.2010
Recently the book banners once again crawled out of their pits of nastiness to once again try to remove YA literature from classrooms and libraries. A certain Wesley Scroggins an associate professor of management at Missouri State University, and obviously standing for re-election for some post or...
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Oct.17.2010
I am sitting in my library listening to one of my favorite songs, "Someone like you" by Linda Eder from the Broadway musical Doctor Jeckle/Mr. Hyde. It brings back memories of a different time, a time when my world was full of people I loved, a special friend I did things with: going to...
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Oct.11.2010
Hmmm . . . when we last left off, I was Dining with Dudes, including Bruce Hale.
Why Bruce? Because we were speaking at the MOST MARVELOUS Cerritos Public Library in California . . .
Here's Denise Doyen, Peeps and Moi, and Bruce . . .
It was fun acting silly at the Children's Authors Faire...
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Oct.04.2010
A Library Without WallsRobert Darnton
Can we create a National Digital Library? That is, a comprehensive library of digitized books that will be easily accessible to the general public. Simple as it sounds, the question is extraordinarily complex. It involves issues...
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Sep.09.2010
From my earliest memories, I've loved books. They were to be treated kindly and appreciated. My mom used to take me to the library on a regular basis when I was growing up. I can smell the children’s section of Milford Library right now. I can feel the maximum limit of books allowed to be checked...
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Aug.21.2010
Florida Author Kelly Abell wants to encourage teens to read. After writing her first young adult novel to inspire her daughter to read, Kelly wants to spread the word that Reading Is Cool.
With the new age of video games and MP3 players reading is becoming something fewer teens enjoy. In fact,...
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Aug.13.2010
Wiley's Online Library Allows Global Access Four million articles available By Lynn Andriani
This week, Wiley announced that it has transferred all the licenses and content from Wiley InterScience to its newly launched Wiley Online Library. The library will allow people in the scholarly...
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Jul.10.2010
Enlarge Photo Library at Camp Delta in Guantanamo BayHarry Potter books in Russian sit on the shelves of the library at Camp Delta where detainees are housed at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on July 8, 2010. Books are available to detainees in Russian, French, English, Arabic, Farsi and...
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