This column appeared in the Journal on July 18, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“Rotarians provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.” Rotary International (www.rotary.org)
I was recently invited to speak at one of the weekly Albany Rotary Club meetings. The [...]
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This column appeared in the Journal on July 4, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“…The Diversity Leadership Institute strives for the development of a cadre of enlightened library and information professionals who recognize and respect diversity leadership as a basic tenet of our profession, and within society overall.” Valerie Bell, Chair ALA Committee [...]
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This column appeared in the Journal on June 20, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“This room is named in honor of Edith Stone (1888-1984), longtime Albany resident who was an avid reader and lifelong library patron. She left her estate to the Albany Library, in the hope that generations would learn the same [...]
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This column appeared in the Journal on June 6, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“When I was growing up in the hills of East Tennessee, I knew my dreams would come true. I know there are children in your community with their own dreams… The seeds of these dreams are often found in [...]
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This column appeared in the Journal on April 4, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“When the moon fully blocked the sun, the darkness seemed something between dusk and night…In that cindery pall, the facade of the moon cold and white, I could believe we were watching the end of the world.” From Dominic [...]
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This column appeared in the Journal on April 25, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“Indeed, the question is not whether libraries are relevant today. But whether they can keep pace with the increased demand for their services and materials. With your help, they can.” From WeAreFree2.org
Several weeks ago I attended a presentation on [...]
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This column appeared in the Journal on March 28, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“‘You don’t mind my asking, but what color was this balloon when it was a balloon?
‘Red.’
‘I just wondered. Red, my favorite color.’”
From A.A. Milne’s “Eeyore Has a Birthday”
An extended listserv conversation about the narrators of audio books caught [...]
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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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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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This column appeared in the Journal on March 7, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“Then we played horses with my other bestest friend named Lucille…And we all runned to Room Nine speedy quick…” From Sara Park’s “Junie B. Jones and Some Squeaky Peeky Spying”
One of my first assignments as a member of an [...]
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