“Hello, I Must Be Going”* – A Farewell Interview with Connecticut Libraries Editor David L. Kapp by Vince Juliano & Bill Uricchio Although you are well known in Connecticut library circles as the long-time editor of Connecticut Libraries, many may not realize you are also a distinguished professional librarian in your own right. What...
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“Mama, Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away” Gaps in the Technology Continuum by William Uricchio My father had a love affair with cameras and I picked up the bug while still in short pants. The family L-shaped castle went on the market this past fall and in the act of cleaning out 50 years of...
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CLA Conference, 2010 by Randi Ashton-Pritting If I was to type one word that would describe the 2010 conference it would be tremexcamazing. Not a word you say? Actually, one word would not describe the conference. Tremendous, exciting, amazing would describe it. But I said one word, so I cheated. Over the past many...
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Technology & Media Prioritizing Library Website Development by Sharon Clapp The big project that I’m working on right now is the reengineering of the state library’s website. I say reengineering because we’ve already done a couple of “site refreshes” in recent years. This project is on a whole different scale. I’ve been following the...
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Technology & Media When to Say Good-bye by Bruce Johnston When considering our budget for the near future, the situation is not encouraging. Most libraries are reigning in spending on expensive new technology projects in order to protect jobs and collection budgets, and rightfully so. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be...
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Excellence in Public Library Service Awards Jobs 2009: A Special Series at Fairfield Public Library by Judy Sparzo A new year is often a time for reflection, both personal and professional. If you had asked me a year ago to reflect on what 2009 would bring to Fairfield Public Library, I doubt my response...
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Excellence in Public Library Service Awards Collaborative Programming and the GirlZone at Essex Library by Jenny Tripp In a perfect world, libraries wouldn’t have to compete for anything but awards. Grants would write themselves, and we’d have unlimited resources to put toward building great collections, booking brilliant programs, and promoting literacy and culture. Unfortunately,...
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New @ CLA: The Resource Sharing Section by Stephen Cauffman CLA has a new section dedicated to Resource Sharing. The section was created in response to a need for more professional development opportunities in Connecticut concerning resource sharing issues. Born from discussions at CLC’s Interlibrary Loan Roundtable meetings, we collected the required 15 signatures...
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2010 Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference “Our Common Ground”: the 119th Annual Conference at Mohegan Sun Monday, April 19 & Tuesday, April 20, 2010 From a baby at a lapsit program in a public library, to a student in a school library, on to the academic library of higher education, and then back to...
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2010 Annual Friends of Connecticut Library Awards Nominate your Friends group or an outstanding individual from your group The Friends of Connecticut Libraries is pleased to invite all Friends Groups to participate in our 2010 awards. This is an opportunity to recognize talented people in your organization, and nominate them for one of the...
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