Category: professional development
Interested in Genealogical Research?
Many ancestors – immigrants and pioneers, slaves, women, native peoples, and others – do not have compiled biographies. They are invisible in the historical record, except through census or other data collection entities. Where there are gaps, the stories can be told through early travelogues, letters, diaries, maps, texts and printed ephemera, photographs and other… Read More Interested in Genealogical Research?
SundayMorningReads
It’s a cool morning here in the heartland. I spent much of the day yesterday, a beautiful, sunny warm day, driving home from the Virginia Hamilton Conference in Kent OH. Kent is to the north and east of me, thus leading me to light snowflakes when the temperatures fell on Friday. It’s cool here in… Read More SundayMorningReads
Tuesday Thinkings
Time off from work resulting in indulgent, comforting days at home give me time to reflect and consider possibilities. These days, many of my considerations are provoked by what I find on the Internet.So, not because we’re all moving into a new year, but because I can actually be mentally creative, I’m exploring new thoughts.… Read More Tuesday Thinkings
ALA Extends Deadlines
The deadline has been extended to Feb. 1, 2010 for a number of American Library Association (ALA) awards and grants, including the ALA Information Today Library of the Future Award , the Beta Phi Mu Award, the Equality Award, the Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award, the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship, the Lippincott… Read More ALA Extends Deadlines
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