Posted in Library Programs, Reading, tagged TV Turnoff Week on Saturday, April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Julie's Column, Libraries, tagged customer service, public libraries, Rachel Singer Gordon, Vickie Rivers on Monday, April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Library Programs, tagged TV Turnoff Week on Sunday, April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Libraries, The Albany Community, tagged FREE2, Libraries, wearefree2 on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Albany Book Reviews, Books, Reading on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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
Posted in Books, Julie's Column, Libraries, Reading, tagged Amelia Bloomer, feminist books, Social Responsibilities Task Force. American Library As on Friday, April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Library Programs, tagged poetry on Thursday, April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
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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