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iLibrarian » How to Talk to Your Patrons About Penguin & Other Publishers Not Loaning eBooks to
oedb.org | Feb 11, 2012
Bobbi Newman at Librarian by Day offers advice about How to Talk to Your Patrons About Penguin & Other Publishers Not Loaning eBooks to Libraries. This helpful post provides a suggested script for discussing ebooks with patrons, contact info for publishers, and plenty of resources on the topic.

Author Marian L. Thomas Delivers Real Life Lessons In Her Next Best-Selling Drama | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 11, 2012
Author Marian L. Thomas Delivers Real Life Lessons In Her Next Best-Selling Drama. Author Books Prove that Clean Fiction is Still Good Fiction To Love, Read and Talk About - PR11796345

Review of the Day: The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis « A Fuse #8 Production
blog.schoollibraryjournal.com | Feb 11, 2012
The Mighty Miss Malone By Christopher Paul Curtis Wendy Lamb Books $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-385-73491-2 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. *Spoilers Included!* Fact: It is a truth universally acknowledged that new book from great good thing. There out there. by Curtis. Opinion: doesn’t work. When you hand

California State Library Blog : Pew Internet: The Tone of Life on Social Networking Sites
blog.library.ca.gov | Feb 11, 2012
The overall social and emotional climate of social networking sites (SNS) is a very positive one where adult users get personal rewards and satisfactions at far higher levels than they encounter anti-social people or have ill consequences from their encounters.

Friends of Calumet library receive award - MiningGazette.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Michigan - The
www.mininggazette.com | Feb 11, 2012
CALUMET — The Friends of the Calumet Public Library joined the Friends of Michigan Libraries only in September, so Phyllis Ramos was surprised when...

Albany Public Library News » Blog Archive » Download E-Books from Library
www.albanypubliclibrary.org | Feb 10, 2012
Did you know you can get e-books, as well as digital audiobooks and even some videos, from APL for free? There are thousands of titles available to download. Check out the digital download web page and search the e-collection. There’s also a help page to get you started and answer some of

Spartanburg maintains Class 2 fire protection rating | GoUpstate.com
www.goupstate.com | Feb 10, 2012
The city of Spartanburg has maintained its Class 2 public protection classification, which places the municipality in the top 1 percent of places nationwide for excellent fire protection.

DC Nation Animation Block Premieres March 3 » DVDs Worth Watching
comicsworthreading.com | Feb 10, 2012
Warner Bros. Animation has announced that the DC Nation animation block will be debuting on Cartoon Network on Saturday, March 3, at 10 AM. (That’s a month before Marvel’s similar project.) This hour is being promoted as “exclusive kids’ television programming and shorts based on

Penguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries | Quillblog | Quill & Quire
www.quillandquire.com | Feb 10, 2012
Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine of book news and reviews Penguin Group has announced it will no longer provide ebooks to OverDrive, effective immediately. With the termination of the relationship between the publisher

Bookjoy!: El día del amor y la amistad
sharebookjoy.blogspot.com | Feb 10, 2012
Bookjoy! February 10, 2012 El día del amor y la amistad My favorite translation of Valentine’s Day in Spanish is El día del amor y la amistad, love and friendship day. Doesn’t the addition of friendship make the red-heart-and-sweets-day even more special? Friends have always been an important part