Very creative!
http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Mysterious-paper-sculptures/blog/4991767/126249.html
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Cat in the library?
HaHaHa...
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/08/26/funny-pictures-happycat-library-sign/
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/08/26/funny-pictures-happycat-library-sign/
Friday, August 19, 2011
Come into the water...
This is the title of the latest book I've started. Having spent 17 years in the Rapid City and Black Hills areas, one commemorates the Rapid City flood each year in June. I remember my Dad traveling to Rapid City to help with cleanup that summer (1972). He worked for the SD Department of Transportation, and although I was only four at the time, I still recall the graveness of the situation.
Come into the water: a survivor's story by Merlyn Janet Magner was just released this year. Although I've read plenty of newspaper accounts and articles chronicling the flood, this is the first book I've read. I'm about 1/3 of the way through and can hardly bring myself to put it down. I've just passed the section where Magner (19 at the time) and her brother (21) had to crawl out a kitchen window of their house as the water rose very quickly. She gets caught up in the current, but luckily manages to crawl onto a roof downstream and spends the night there shivering in the pouring rain.
Unfortunately, Magner loses both parents and one older brother in the flood. Their house, which was located in a canyon, was completely washed away. Years later after much soul searching and dealing with the pain of that night, Magner shares her story.
Come into the water: a survivor's story by Merlyn Janet Magner was just released this year. Although I've read plenty of newspaper accounts and articles chronicling the flood, this is the first book I've read. I'm about 1/3 of the way through and can hardly bring myself to put it down. I've just passed the section where Magner (19 at the time) and her brother (21) had to crawl out a kitchen window of their house as the water rose very quickly. She gets caught up in the current, but luckily manages to crawl onto a roof downstream and spends the night there shivering in the pouring rain.
Unfortunately, Magner loses both parents and one older brother in the flood. Their house, which was located in a canyon, was completely washed away. Years later after much soul searching and dealing with the pain of that night, Magner shares her story.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
MPLA Conference
I just returned from a fabulous MPLA/MLA conference in Billings, MT. I've been an MPLA member for something like 14 years, and this was (unfortunately) the first time I have attended a conference. I've always wanted to attend one, but things always kept getting in the way.
Well, I will plan to make this a yearly outing for sure. Attending a conference where there are many librarians from other states is so wonderful. Since I do a lot with state government publications, I was able to visit with librarians from Montana about their digital state documents project. In addition, training is part of what I do and it was great to hear about how the ND State Library is handling librarian training in their state. I came home brimming with new ideas, renewed enthusiasm, and business cards from new contacts.
That is why conferences are so beneficial!
Well, I will plan to make this a yearly outing for sure. Attending a conference where there are many librarians from other states is so wonderful. Since I do a lot with state government publications, I was able to visit with librarians from Montana about their digital state documents project. In addition, training is part of what I do and it was great to hear about how the ND State Library is handling librarian training in their state. I came home brimming with new ideas, renewed enthusiasm, and business cards from new contacts.
That is why conferences are so beneficial!
Monday, March 28, 2011
South Dakota Library Week
South Dakota Library week is coming! SD Library Week runs in conjunction with National Library Week April 10-16. Special events in SD this year include a tour of the state by First Lady Linda Daugaard, a former school librarian herself.
First Lady Linda Daugaard announced her "It begins with a book" campaign to promote libraries and literacy across South Dakota. Check out the events at
http://library.sd.gov/PROG/sdlibraryweek/, download materials to promote events, and see the First Families' favorite children's books.
First Lady Linda Daugaard announced her "It begins with a book" campaign to promote libraries and literacy across South Dakota. Check out the events at
http://library.sd.gov/PROG/sdlibraryweek/, download materials to promote events, and see the First Families' favorite children's books.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Storm Chasin'
I love storm chasing books, movies, and TV shows. My favorite movie is Twister. Growing up in South Dakota, I've had ample opportunity to view tornadoes and plenty of severe weather. So it should come as no surprise that one of the books I am currently reading is Into the storm by Reed Timmer of Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers. Timmer was actually in South Dakota last summer chasing storms. There is a story and photo in a late May edition of the Rapid City Journal as he made his way through town in his souped up storm chasing vehicle Dominator. He may have even been through Pierre. He was in SD in 2003 on "Tornado Tuesday" and witnessed the F4 tornado that wiped Manchester off the map.
Here is what I really wanted to share from Timmer's book, though. Discussing the days before storm chasers had mobile Internet access and laptops, he states, "And before we all had laptops? We'd hit public libraries. The libraries-no matter how modest-always had Internet access, and within a few years of becoming a storm chaser my wallet bulged with library cards from some of America's tiniest towns."
Yet another great testimony for America's libraries! And if you enjoy books about severe weather and chasing it down, read Timmer's book.
Into the Storm: Violent Tornadoes, Killer Hurricanes, and Death-defying Adventures in Extreme Weather by Reed Timmer c2010.
Here is what I really wanted to share from Timmer's book, though. Discussing the days before storm chasers had mobile Internet access and laptops, he states, "And before we all had laptops? We'd hit public libraries. The libraries-no matter how modest-always had Internet access, and within a few years of becoming a storm chaser my wallet bulged with library cards from some of America's tiniest towns."
Yet another great testimony for America's libraries! And if you enjoy books about severe weather and chasing it down, read Timmer's book.
Into the Storm: Violent Tornadoes, Killer Hurricanes, and Death-defying Adventures in Extreme Weather by Reed Timmer c2010.
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