Here’s a conference that may be of interest. It’s in Toronto, which is a bit of a drive, but it’s a Friday. And the conference is free. -Pat Announcing the One Big Library Unconference http://onebiglibrary.yorku.ca/ E-mail: onebig@yorku.ca When: Friday 27 June 2008, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Where: The Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina [...]
Archive for the ‘Special Events’ Category
9 Nov
The Big Read
So most of you have heard me prattle on about the Big Read grant MCLS was awarded for Fahrenheit 451. Our series of events will begin on Sunday April 13 and go through May 31, 2008. Yesterday, I held an informational meeting for MCLS staff who were interested in learning more about the project. I provided lots and [...]
4 Sep
The Way It Should Be
Last Friday, August 30, I witnessed an event at the Lyell Branch that I hope will be repeated again and again — Mayor Duffy talking to 250+ kids about the importance of reading and the importance of libraries in the reading experience. He spoke about his own reading habits and asked the kids to take [...]
31 May
Eyes on the Future
If you don’t know about the Eyes on the Future conference happening at St. John Fisher on June 12, you should go read about it right now. And sign up to attend if you can. This event is sponsored by the Greater Rochester Enterprise and the Small Business Council of Rochester and is focused on [...]
10 Mar
Tech Training 2007
What say some of us get our heads together and start planning the next tech training day? October isn’t that far off, if we would be planning to bring in outsiders.
28 Dec
NYC Got Game!
I recently happened across this cool program done in New York City last September called Come Out and Play Festival. From their website…”Come Out & Play is a festival dedicated to street games. It is three days of play, talks, and celebration, all focused on new types of games and play.” How much fun could [...]
29 Nov
Break a World Record with Charlotte’s Web
The following was borrowed from the PLA blog. Any takers? Walden Media, Paramount Pictures, HarperCollins and other partners are teaming up to “Break a World Reading Record With Charlotte’s Web” to break the current reading record in the Guinness World Records database. The record attempt is for MOST PEOPLE READING ALOUD SIMULTANEOUSLY – MULTIPLE LOCATIONS [...]
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