A Week Without TV

I talked my family into participating in TV Turnoff Week. (Only two more nights to go, Honey!) We found it fairly easy to do, given that TV viewing is a daily habit for some family members. How did we manage to fill the time? Reading was a big pasttime, we joined in the game board night at [...]

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Customer Service in Public Libraries

This column appeared in the Journal on March 21, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“Customer service workshops can range from the perennially popular dealing with difficult patrons to conducting effective reference interviews.” From Rachel Singer Gordon’s “The Accidental Library Manager”    
 
Being a public librarian is about public service. Those of us who work [...]

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Turn Off, Tune In, Turn On

Starting tomorrow, the Albany Library joins people across the country in celebrating Turnoff Week. One week a year, families are encouraged to leave the TV off, step away from the computer, put away the Blackberry, and turn our attention to the unplugged world. We’ll be offering a family game night on Tuesday, April 22, to [...]

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We Are Free2

It’s National Library Week! One of the ways that we are celebrating this year is with the launch of the Free2 campaign, which will continue to raise awareness for months to come. The campaign theme will be on buses and in newspaper ads in the Bay Area beginning this week.
Logon to www.wearefree2.org for details of [...]

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Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation

This book will make you laugh, cry, and nod your head in recognition if you are a woman whose teen years included Guess jeans and Gunne Sax dresses

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The Amelia Bloomer Project

This column appeared in the Journal on March 14, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“…the 2008 Amelia Bloomer Project honors the authors, illustrators, editors, and publishers who give life to books that encourage readers young and old to push the envelope and challenge what it means to be a woman, regardless of ethnicity [...]

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A Celebration of Poetry

April is National Poetry Month, a time to read, write and enjoy poetry for those of us who don’t do enough of those things. The Academy of American Poets has kindly put together a list of ways to celebrate. And if you haven’t yet come to one of the library’s open mike poetry nights or [...]

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