Being relatively new to the world of microfilm, digitization, archiving, and all that is involved in any of these types of projects, I am beginning to understand how huge some of these undertakings can be. Just read the blog from Deborah Wythe, who is Head of Digital Collections and Services at the Brooklyn Museum, in [...]
We recycle at home. Paper, plastic, glass, garbage. It really wasn’t too hard to do, it just took a shift in attitude and a little more work. Now, instead of throwing everything “in the trash”, we have four separate containers: one for trash, one for plastic, one for papers, and one for glass. We’re starting [...]
The recent earthquake(s) in Italy made me think about my visit to that wonderful country so many years ago. I remember being awed at the architecture, the history, the age of everything there. Here in Iowa we think something that’s over 100 hundred years old is old. Iowa has been a state since 1846, and [...]
Coming up next week is National Library Week. First sponsored in 1958, it came about as a result of research showing that people were spending more and more on televisions and radios, and less and less on books. The theme for this year is “Worlds connect @ your library”. Notice the use of the “@” [...]
