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"Send via text message or email" at Iowa City Public Library (Superpatron)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:47:35 GMT

Part of my mobile libraries series - and noted on a comment by Jason from the Iowa City Public Library on Jenny Levine's The Shifted Librarian blog: The Iowa City Public Library has a "send via text message or email"...

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Library of Congress in sex discrimination court case (PinkNews.co.uk)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:23:57 GMT

A woman has taken the Library of Congress to court, alleging a job offer there was withdrawn one day after she informed an official that she was making the transition from being a man to a woman.

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More astonishing revelations from the public library chat room (The Good Library Blog)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:13:50 GMT

"A colleague of mine 'left' a library to work in HQ...In his absence the library he left started to 'perform' really well ..to the delight of the management who lauded his replacement (naive or what)....because Charlie still lived in the area and had a key to the library ..he checked the Browne issue stats. at random for a month, when the library was shut!. His 'replacement'...

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Utilizing The Public Library To Complete Some Goals (LisNews)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:01 GMT

Here's A Neat Post From My Money Blog : Have you heard of the Olympics Hangover? It’s when you stay up way too late watching “just one more event” and end up being red-eyed and unproductive the next day. So to counteract this, I used the public library for the first time in a long while. Funny thing: childless friends and co-workers had no idea where the library was. Only the parents did, since their...

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August edition of the Library of Congress Wise Guide Now Online (Resource Shelf)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:01:05 GMT

Direct to August, 2008 Wise Guide Source: LC

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Wouk To Receive Fiction Award from Library of Congress (LisNews)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:58:19 GMT

Now well into his nineties, author Herman Wouk will be awarded the first Library of Congress Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Writing of Fiction next month. His major works have been The Caine Mutiny, Marjorie Morningstar, Youngblood Hawke, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance and Don't Stop the Carnival. Librarian of Congress James Billington says of the Pulitzer prize-winning author, "Herman...

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library cartoon (librarian.net)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:36:39 GMT

Public Library: Like Wikipedia only it takes four hours. [thanks rick]

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Egypt to host library conference (ziomal.biz)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:44:12 GMT

Egypt: The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions is holding a conference for the Arabic-speaking region on 'The Role of Libraries in Freedom of Expression, Tolerance, and Access to Information' at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt on 7 to 9 October 2008. The conference, aimed at library and information professionals and students as well...

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Library Clubs - Teen Literacy Club (Library Advocate)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:46:00 GMT

Heard on the school library listserv (like "Heard on the Street...") The other day, one teacher librarian asked for examples of other school Library Clubs. Librarian Marsha at one high school noted that her club is 5 years old and called TLC, Teen Literacy Club . Reasons to Join: Plan a trip and raise funds to attend National Book Festival Choose books for the book club. Meets for Lunch,...

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Job-Seeker Files Gender Bias Suit Against the Library of Congress (HealthLawProf Blog)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:50:26 GMT

The Washington Post reports that the Library of Congress is being sued in a sex discrimination case after a former Army commander says an official at the Library of Congress rescinded a job offer upon learning she was making the...

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Library Bathroom Crime Info Sought - Please Help and Comment (LisNews)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:51:26 GMT

safelibraries.org : Please help me uncover cases of child rape or child molestation in public library bathrooms. I would like to write a scholarly work on this issue, and I would like it to be as informative and accurate as possible. Please comment below with any information you may know. Please include specific URLs or specific citations. If any written works already exist on the subject, I would...

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Two New Country Profiles from Library of Congress (beSpacific)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:32:49 GMT

Library of Congress Federal Research Division, Country Profiles: Turkey and Yemen....

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New York Public Library Bookfest 2008 (Dog Ear)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:30:36 GMT

So it’s going to be held on Saturday, Nov. 1!! Can’t wait to find out who the keynote will be It will be tough to live up to M.T. Anderson and Lowry (the last two keynotes). Let me know if you are planning to attend!

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Library advocates recruit Evans and ANC2C to encurage DCPL to revisit current Shaw Library plan (ANC2C02 Forum)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:46:01 GMT

This just in from theDC Library Renaissance Project Disheartened by downgraded designs for the new Watha T. Daniel neighborhood library in Shaw, advocates from the Shaw Library Study Group have asked councilmember Jack Evans to intervene with the DC Public Library. The group notes that DCPL has not adequately addressed other concerns as well in its community input...

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Library of Congress Sued for Discrimination (Workplace Prof Blog)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:07:00 GMT

The Washington Post has an update on a case that we posted on previously, Schroer v. Billington, which involved a suit against the Library of Congress, arguing that it rescinded a job after after discovering that the applicant was planning...

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America in Transition: A Transgender Special Forces Colonel vs. the Library of Congress (ACLU Bog of Rights)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:11:25 GMT

Diane Schroer’s case against the Library of Congress went to trial on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in D.C. The basics of the case are pretty well known. As David, Schroer spent 25 years in the Army, and retired as a decorated full Colonel in the Special Forces. Her specialty [...]

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Library of Congress doesn't like the transgendered folks... (Innisfree)

noreply@blogger.com (KatieG) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:08:00 GMT

Probably should have taken the job before disclosing she was in the process of changing her sex. Of course, the fact (s)he was becoming a woman probably shouldn't have caused her to get dinged either... Be interesting to see where the jury falls here...

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DC Public Library Hosts 5th Design Meeting (Life in Mount Vernon Square)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:36:08 GMT

Please join DC Public Library staff, your neighbors and the firm of Davis, Brody, Bond Aedas for the final community meeting to discuss the design of the new Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library. Thursday, September 4, 2008 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Interim Library, 945 Rhode Island Avenue, NW. For more information, please visit the DCPL website...

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Www.OSIR.org.in - Amazon.com: Future Science (www.OSIR.org.in)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:15:11 GMT

Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature - Paperback (Aug 26, 2008) by Ira FlatowSource: www.amazon.com Future Science Direction: Environmental Information Science PlanFuture Science Direction Environmental Information Science Plan U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1180...

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Georgia: Schools partner with public libraries to make best use of limited resources (Resource Shelf)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:17:01 GMT

From the article: As possible funding cuts threaten the budgets of Georgia school systems, partnering schools and public libraries makes best use of limited resources to instill in students a love of learning and reading, officials said. Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press

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