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Check out Neil Gaiman’s response….
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
And the Newbery Goes to……
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Neil Gaiman for The Graveyard Book!!!!
And possibly even cooler: a Newbery Honor for After Tupac and D Foster. Happiness is me…..
T-minus 24 hours until the the doors open……
Posted in Uncategorized on January 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
If you are a regular visitor to Libraryvoice, you may have noticed that my posts have been rather infrequent these past few weeks. But, oh boy, do I have a good excuse! In October I joined the team of the Children’s Department of the Darien Library in Connecticut. About a month and a half after [...]
Big Move Update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged New Darien Library on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As some of you may know, I’ve been spending the last few weeks helping my library get ready to move to a new building. We have been adding an RFID tag to every item and reorganizing the entire collection. Check out our voicethread for details about what we’ve been up to, pictures of the old [...]
Sky rockets in flight….
Posted in Children's Programs, Uncategorized, tagged afternoon delight, sexy program titles on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago we had a program planning meeting at my library. We started discussing some of our regular programs and a few new ones we hope to offer in our new building. Somehow we wound up brainstorming new names for the baby, toddler, and preschool storytimes. For inspiration, we consulted [...]
Gawker reviewing Times reviewing kid lit? Heh?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow’s Sunday Times will feature a special review section for children’s literature: Children’s Books. Some of the reviewers include John Green, and Leonard S. Marcus.
While engaging in my guilty pleasure (scrolling Gawker), I happened upon the following snarky (obviously) post. Humph.
Library Signage I <3
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Awesome sign found via Flickr’s Creative Commons:
How many times has a patron prefaced their question with, “Sorry to bother you….”? What a great signage idea!
Blog the Vote!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Inspired by so many of my fellow bloggers- especially those in the kidlitosphere- I had to add my (library)voice to the chorus of passionate and responsible citizens urging everyone they know to get up tomorrow and VOTE!
For me, it’s about our future- the future of our planet, our communities, the education our children will (and [...]
New Job, New Shoes, and Fun Times with Intermediate Fiction
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, it’s official. I am now on the staff of the Darien Library in Darien, CT. And YOWZAS have I been busy. You’d think after working in New York City I’d be used to a fast-paced environment. Well, Manhattan has nothing on this town. It is insanely, unbelievably busy here. And I haven’t worked a [...]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes……
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 125th Street Branch, Darien Library, new apartment, new job on September 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
First, let me apologize for being MIA on this blog for the last week or so. I’ve been moving from my lovely apartment in Brooklyn, to a new place (smaller, more expensive- so it goes in New York) in Harlem. At the moment, Time Warner has still not come to install our Internet connection, so [...]
