Public Libraries Singapore has announced its What I’d Like the World to Read! For The September Project 2009. Patrons are invited to create a short video, audio or Power Point presentation on any book they choose and why they think it is important for the world to read it. Here is a sample of one [...]
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What I’d Like the World to Read!
Posted in art exhibit, cool project, displays, public library, tagged book recomendations, display, game, IL, national library board, public library, singapore on July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
firsts
Posted in new hampshire, tagged public library on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Each year, right around late spring and early summer, we hear from a librarian, eager to see her or his library on our map. We relish these communications, energized by the excitement jumping off of our monitors as we read on. This year’s first email to us was from Sandy Whipple, Adult Services/Outreach Coordinator at [...]
first event in Second Life
Posted in public library, tagged public library, Second Life on August 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Riven Homewood from the Steelhead Library, recently alerted us to her library’s plans to participate. We’re excited to learn about their plans and are eager to find out what a September Project event looks like in Second Life. (hint: send photos and a description, Riven!) Although I’ve never visited Second Life, I’m a big fan [...]
Waffle Brunch with Benjamin Franklin at Beaufort Branch Library!
Posted in community brunch, cool project, discussion, film screening, food, public library, public talk, voter education, tagged Constitution, film screening, food, impersonator, public library on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, Beaufort Branch Library adult events programmer Amanda Brewer emailed the September Project listserv to share the following news: The Beaufort Branch Library in Beaufort, SC is a medium-sized library located along the beautiful South Carolina coast known as the Lowcountry. This is our first time joining the September Project! As the adult events [...]
September Project events at Campbell County (VA) Public Library System
Posted in banned books week, book exhibit, essay contest, public library, rural libraries, voter education, tagged banned books week, book exhibit, essay contest, Long Island Coalition Against Censorship, public library, rural libraries, voter education on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This morning, Nan Carmack, Director of the Campbell County Public Library System, posted to the September Project listserv to share her library’s events: Campbell Co. Public Library System, in rural Virginia, will be participating by displaying feature titles as well as the Banned Books Exhibit from the Long Island Coalition Against Censorship (in conjunction with [...]
Events at Sugar Grove Public Library
Posted in public library, public talk, voter registration, tagged IL, public library on July 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Beverly Holmes Hughes, the Director of the Sugar Grove Public Library (IL) recently shared with us that her library is once again participating in the September Project. After knowing Beverly through her posts and her library’s events over the years, David and I had an opportunity to meet Beverly during a visit to the Bensenville [...]
September Project events at Ingram Library at the University of West Georgia
Posted in academic library, public library, public talk, tagged academic library, book discussion group, exhibit, public library, public talk on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lorene Flanders, Director of University Libraries at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, posted to the September Project listserv to share three events taking place in Ingram Library during the month of September. First, Ingram Library will host the exhibit “Anne Frank: A History for Today” from September 7-30, with an opening reception on [...]
The Soiling of Old Glory: The Photograph That Shocked America – an author presentation and community discussion at Highland Park (NJ) Public Library
Posted in discussion, public library, public talk, tagged author comments, community discussion, public library, TSP08 on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, September 11 at 7 pm, Highland Park (NJ) Public Library will host author and professor Louis P. Masur for a presentation and discussion about race and other current issues. Masur, a professor and director of the American Studies Program at Trinity College and a Highland Park resident, will talk about his recently published [...]
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