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Obama on reading and anti-intellectualism

Another observation stemming from the DNC. Obama’s speech [which you can read it its entirety here] disussing anti-intellectualism, further discussed by the New York Times. Librarians take note.

“Go into any inner-city neighborhood and folks will tell you that government alone can’t teach kids to learn. They know that parents have to parent, that children can’t achieve unless we raise their expectations and eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.”

summer reading program dares getting out of hand

Posted on 01Aug04 by jessamyn

Librarian starts her cross-Iowa bicycle ride to raise awareness of the public library funding crisis.

“When times are tough, legislators need to know how to spend our money. They need to know that people value their library services and want them funded. It’s not that hard to write your congressmen and tell them you support your library.” [lisnews]

Google tutorial

Posted on 01Aug04 by jessamyn

Google Guide is a site that helps nvoice and experienced users learn more about how to effectively use Google. The author has written How to do Everything with Google and has released this tutorial site under a Creative Commons license. Apparently she did some serious research on Google Answers to prepare.

the librarian stamps a skull and crossbones on the ditto-sheet

Posted on 01Aug04 by jessamyn

Linda Barry chimes in on the mundanity of Summer Reading Programs. I like our summer reading program, frankly, but maybe the librarian always does.[sorry about the ad, thanks tammi]

hi – 30jul

Posted on 30Jul04 by jessamyn

Hi. I’m back and exhausted. I hope you had an okay time reading my posts from the DNC and don’t think I totally embarassed librarians everyplace. I got some nice feedback, some good media exposure for me and some of the political issues libraries have been dealing with, asked Howard Dean how to advance rural technology initiatives, and met some wonderful fellow bloggers. Please check out some of the posts and pictures if you haven’t already. I’ll be ramping up here quite slowly, since tomorrow is the all-day street fair in Rutland and guess who’s signing people up for library cards?