Natural disasters costing us our history

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 [...]

Posted Under: Digitization, Libraries
This post was written by Chris Swiser on April 9, 2009 Comments (1)

National Library Week - April 12-18, 2009

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 “@” [...]

Posted Under: Libraries
This post was written by Chris Swiser on April 7, 2009 Comments (1)
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