January 2009
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Links I Love Friday
Here’s a link you love: (Hey, You! You know who you are!)
StumbleUpon: Personalized Recommendations to Help You Discover the Best of the Web: Sign in and see millions of other people’s favorite sites. Sounds great! (And just what I need for future Fridays!)
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You also sent this link to a NYTimes article on the Bacon Explosion: “Take Bacon. Add Sausage....
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Let there be light!
Cold weather is leaving millions without power across the U.S.
Fortunately in this part of Florida, I don’t have those problems….But no matter how warm you are at the moment, doesn’t this situation make you think about how much you depend on electricity? And how would you live without it?
Not all that long ago, large sections of the United States were without the means to...
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John Updike
Author John Updike died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009.
My husband read John Updike wrote at least 3 pages every day for years. That’s a lot of pages!
Find the many and varied books of John Updike in SUNCAT by searching by author for “Updike, John.”
And, check out The Online NewHour’s Art Beat blog for more information and interviews with John Updike.
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Reference Question of the Day
Q: The printer for a newsletter I’m creating asked me to send him a sample of my layout with greeking. When I looked confused he used the words lorem ipsum. What is he talking about?
A: According to Graphic Arts Encyclopedia (REF 686.203 STE), greeking refers to “using simulated copy, consisting of nonsense text” to demonstrate layout.
An online search yielded an installment of the syndicated...
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Links I Love Friday
“Looking for work? Try the local library” on bradenton.com and “Folks are Flocking to the Library, a Cozy Place to Look for a Job” from the Wall Street Journal.
The first article is local although the second isn’t. In tough times, the library seems more necessary than usual.
By the way, Sarasota County Libraries’ Selby Library is hosting a “Law at the...
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The 2nd Day
I think I still have Inauguration fever! How about you?
Look at the new White House website, www.whitehouse.gov, complete with a White House blog, www.whitehouse.gov/blog.
What is your opinion of President Obama’s inaugural address?
Compare his address to past presidents—search SUNCAT for the subject “Presidents—United States—Inaugural addresses.”
These...
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The Inaugural Blog →
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The Inauguration on Tumblr →
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"So Help Me God": A Historical Look at the... →
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"I Do Solemnly Swear": The History and Tradition... →
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Links I Love Friday
New Year’s Resolutions for Readers, from Shelf Talk a blog of the Seattle Public Library. These resolutions could be fun ways to trick yourself into reading something different or discovering something new. **For Resolution #5, my options include “Log of the Liberators; An Illustrated History of the B-24” and “An Anthology of Modern French Poetry from Baudelaire to...
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“Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution” (found on WikiQuote.org)
Today is the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
Prepare for the national observance of his birthday on Monday, Jan. 19, by searching SUNCAT for materials by and about Dr. King.
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Sweet Potato Queen coming to Selby Library
Are you familiar with the Sweet Potato Queens?
Well, the original SPQ, Jill Conner Browne, is making an appearance at Selby Library on Sunday, January 18, 2009, at 5:30 p.m.
The Friends of the Selby Public Library invite you to enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres, a wine presentation by Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, and a presentation and book signing by Jill Conner Browne. (Search the library...
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Golden Globes Winners
The Golden Globes were last night. Although I don’t watch most award shows anymore (they’re so loooong!), I’m always interested in finding out the winners. There are many places online to find the lists of nominees and winners.
Here are the best picture winners and nominees with links to SUNCAT searches for the movie and/or the book that inspired the movie. Some of the movies...
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Links I Love Friday*
Sometimes I run out of ideas, especially at the end of the week…. Well, it’s the end of the week, but I have an idea: “Links I Love Friday.”*
These are links I love—some about libraries, most not. If you have a link you love, send it to me (here or here) and an upcoming Friday can be “Links You Love Friday.”
Links I love every Friday and all the time:
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NonstopBooks: Everything Books →
“Nonstopbooks works to keep you up-to-date on the book world and to introduce you to books that you might not have known about otherwise.”
I’ll post something not book-related again….someday.
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Recommended Daily Allowance of Books
I really like book recommendations…a lot. Can you tell?
How about you? Do you like getting lots of suggestions for new books to read? What sources do you like?
Here’s 2 new-to-me sites I’m trying:*
Last week I started getting the “Daily Dose” delivered to my email. The “Daily Dose” is from Powell’s Books (powells.com). It’s a contest and a...
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One Mystery, One Community....Read the Book. Join...
One Mystery, One Community follows the model of One Book, One Community….that is, library patrons are encouraged to read the same book and then attend events including book discussion groups, author lectures and more.
Read the Book.
The inaugural selection for One Mystery, One Community is “Hurricane Punch” by Tampa’s Tim Dorsey.
Join Discussion Groups.
Most of the 8 Sarasota County...