Clearwater considers closing some libraries Council members spent three hours Thursday discussing various programs and city jobs that they could trim. But after two hours, they hadn’t agreed on many cuts. … “We haven’t cut anything, hardly,” Hibbard said. That’s w...

Man Says DVD At Town ‘N Country Library Is Porn A Rocky Creek man wants to have a film he regards as pornographic removed from the shelves of the Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library. Frank DeAngelis, a former police officer and retired sociology professor, said he didn’t know w...

Before I get into this week’s reference question, I want to point out that this is my 100th Reference Question of the Week - that’s almost two years of weekly reference questions. My, my, doesn’t the time just fly when you are giving patrons directions to the bathrooms? In honor of...

As far as development is concerned, I’ve pretty much left the blog site alone for about 6 months now. It got to the point where it was easy enough to post on a regular basis, upload images and so on. I was stirred from this apathy by the attempt to upgrade Wordpress. Losing Data Nothing is cer...

Should a single company be left in charge of putting all of the world’s books online? An impressive list of world-class libraries and book publishers don’t seem to mind. In 2004, they signed on as partners with Google, the Internet search and advertising colossus based in Mountain View, Calif. Y...

Seriously, I just don’t get it. So, Google used to have a blog just for librarians called Librarian Central. I remember hearing about it from lots of folks way back when, but I didn’t read it because I figured if Google came out with something cool, I’d hear about it from someone&#...

From the article: In response to today’s tough economic times, the Sacramento, Calif., Public Library is providing a new Web resource for citizens: MoneySmart@your library. The new page at the library’s Web site brings together practical information on saving money, finding work, dealing...

Virtual Libraries in Agriculture, Veterinary and Animal Sciences: A Study From the abstract: India is an agricultural country and agriculture is the spinal cord of our rural living. But, in the recent years, agricultural growth has decelerated which is indeed a matter of great concern and the Centra...

From the article: Tami Albin was always very careful. The 11-year-old didn’t go to the library with friends. She never wrote down the call numbers of the books she was looking up. She dodged well-meaning librarians whenever possible. She trolled the aisles, constantly in a state of childhood f...

Herald librarian one of a kind Salt-and-pepper braid to her waist, cigarette in hand, Rose Klayman was a fixture in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. Slowly, haltingly, she’d make her way up Biscayne Boulevard from Northeast 26th Street, where she lived, to Boulevard Liquors at 30th Street...