Recently added articles from Library Administrator's Digest:
Pioneer Libraries are Highly Valued
Sep 01, 2009; ... Fifteen Pioneer libraries held budget votes during May and June, and all were successful! Even during these challenging economic times, when everyone is tightening belts, it is clear that people in our communities value and appreciate their libraries and are willing to pay more taxes to prove ...
Buyer's E-morse: 'Owning' Digital Books
Sep 01, 2009; ... Buying electronic books on the Internet is easy - but so is taking them away. That became clear last week when Amazon.com, Inc. used its wireless technology to reach into customers' Kindle e-readers and deleted some books written by George Orwell. Amazon, which returned the cost of the ...
OzarksCivilWar.org
Sep 01, 2009; ... Last Friday's debut of OzarksCivilWar.org attracted seventy-plus patrons in the auditorium at the Library Center; but that afternoon when the site went live, it received more than 850 unique hits and more than 250 page views, said Project Historian Brian Grubbs. For the past two years, ...
Northwest Room Celebrates Picture Postcards of Spokane
Sep 01, 2009; ... A long time ago, before computers and e-mail, how did people send pictures and messages? Picture postcards, that's how! A new Northwest Room exhibit, Wish You Were Here! Postcards from Spokane, celebrates our city's history with a collection of vintage postcards. You'll see ...
Goal Achieved
Sep 01, 2009; ... Thank you, Davenport community, for your support and assistance in helping the Friends of the Davenport Library achieve its goal for matching the funding for the Vision Iowa Community Attraction and Tourism Grant! Without all of you, especially our major donors who went the "extra mile" to help ...