LIBRARY LOUNGE

I LOVE this scene!

Great PSA!!! I love AskColorado. Just used it this past weekend.

“At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we all have responsibilities as parents, as librarians, as educators, as politicians, and as citizens to instill in our children a love of reading so that we can give them a chance to fulfill their dreams. That’s what all of you do each and every day, and for that, I am grateful.”
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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), in an adaptation of his keynote speech at the Opening General Session of the 2005 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, “Bound to the Word,” American Libraries 36, no. 7 (Aug. 2005): 48–52.

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Just finished reading Helen Blowers’ post about her presentation at the Learn and Play Staff Day at Boulder Public Library. The slides are fantastic and I can only imagine that the presentation she did with it was just as good and probably really inspiring - wish I could have been there…. Here is the link to her post and the slides:

Learn and Play Staff Day @ BPL by Helen Blowers

I am excited that I am on the team at Rangeview to put together a technology petting zoo/learn and play day next year. I hope that by putting together ideas from people such as Helen, Tony and the team that did the Technology Petting Zoo we can do something truely unique and inspiring for our staff. Any ideas out there? Let me know.