Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, Pulitzer awards on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times posted the 2009 Pulitzer winners today.
April 20, 2009
2009 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday. Following are the winners in Letters, Drama and Music.
FICTION: “Olive Kitteridge,” by Elizabeth Strout
A collection of 13 short stories set in small-town Maine that packs a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Along Came You, Book Review, Estelle Corke, Karona Drummond on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Along Came You by Karona Drummond is a very touching and simple picture book about a business woman turned mother. Each beautifully illustrated page has the catch lines “before you…” “After you…” pointing out the change that a child brings to someone’s life. This book is a mom-daughter book, the illustrations by Estelle Corke are [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 5 Little Ghosts Flannel Board, Story Time on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday morning I did a halloween theme story time at the preschool, and again the Flannel Board story came in as the favorite for the kids. This time, I did a story called The 5 Little Ghosts.
Once upon a time there were five ghosts who were all invited to a party.
(Line up your [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Flannel Board Story, Storytime, The Little Red House on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Little Red House
Materials:
10 pieces of Flannel, each sheet a different color.
1 picture of a small animal (a mouse or teddy bear)
- Cute each flannel sheet into the shape of a house. Make each color a half inch smaller in size.
Start with all houses stacked on top of each other on the board, biggest on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 23 Things on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Week 2: Blogging
Set up your own blog & add your first post.
Register your blog on PLCMC Central and begin your Learning 2.0 journey.
Well, I set up another blog through Blogger, http://librariancrossing.blogspot.com/ but I prefer to use my WordPress blog. I like wordpress more than I like Blogger anyway since WordPress has more features. I am [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bush, John McCain, Librarian, Politics on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Post from Alan Franklin:
Librarian carrying McCain=Bush sign kicked out of McCain Event
By Alan Franklin – Jul 7th, 2008 at 3:13 pm MDT
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Business Week, Kindle, Newspapers on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Business Week has an interesting article about how Kindle is becoming a substitution of sorts for the daily newspaper in the mornings.
The basic gist of the article is summed up with:
The Good: Great for reading, portable, and easy to use
The Bad: Easy to forget to charge the battery; the rare pictures don’t look very good
The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cedar Rapids, Flooding on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The massive flooding in Iowa this past month has recently been effecting the libraries in the area. Some people consider this a repeat of Hurricane Katrina, as library materials are becoming damaged and will no longer be usable. www.kcrg.com reports that the city has lost roughly two-thirds of its entire collection, with only the children’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Internet on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting article from the New York Times about the early early days of the Internet…a prototype from the 1930’s.
You can read the full article below the cut.
Excerpt:
In 1934, Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or “electric telescopes,” as he called them) that would allow people to search and browse through [...]
