
On September 10, 2009, IMLS announced a grant awarded to WebJunction and the State Library of North Carolina to support public libraries’ efforts to meet the urgent and growing demands of our communities as they struggle with the loss of jobs and the needs of the unemployed. ...

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Ben & Jerry Looking
to Fund Innovative Proposals
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The application process to the Ben & Jerry's Foundation begins with an initial Letter of Interest, and if invited, is followed by a full proposal.

WebJunction Registration open for WebJunction's first online conference! Details: http://tinyurl.com/yasrncl #WJconf

WebJunction Another I Love My Librarian Award! Congrats Sol Gomez, a WJ Spanish Language Outreach trainer from AZ!
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Just in time for Christmas, two county librarians are $5,000 richer after winning I Love My Librarian Awards from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and The New York Times.

With kids out of school and at the library these next few weeks, there’s no better time to be gearing up for StoryTubes. Entries for the third annual contest will be accepted for the public library sponsored “two-minute or shorter” my favorite book online contest on January 20. The ...

WebJunction Skokie PL's BookMatch how-to tutorial for RA on Library Journal http://tinyurl.com/yj3utn9
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In an illuminating screencast created especially for BookSmack!, popular services manager Ricki Nordmeyer and adult services librarian Mick Jacobsen explain the Skokie PL’s new BookMatch program.

WebJunction Congrats to director Dwight McInvaill, named one of 10 winners of I Love My Librarian Award!
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PurposeThe Carvers Bay Digital Arts Experience (DAE) is a unique collaboration by the Georgetown County Library System and the Cultural Council of Georgetown County, with funding from the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and the Francis P. ...

WebJunction December Library Journal reviews of Spanish-language titles posted.
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Here you'll find the latest English-language coverage of Spanish-language authors, book reviews (criticas libros), best sellers, and more from the editors of Library Journal and School Library Journal. ...

WebJunction IMLS - Coming Up Taller nominations due 1.29 for outstanding afterschool programs http://tinyurl.com/ycttoro
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WebJunction @Bilinguallib thanks for the great recap of the #ILSCustom webinar http://bit.ly/6i13ie
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On Thursday I attended the webinar titled “Opening up Library Systems through Web Services and SOA” which was co-hosted by WebJunction and ALA Tech Source, and moderated by Marshall Breeding. ...

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Nice graphical display of U.S. media consumption habits: http://business.theatlantic.com/2009/12/ are_you_reading_this_on_your_phone.php
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How have our media-consumption habits changed over the last few decades? Print has shriveled, radio has gone mute and the Internet has obviously soaked up a lot of those lost eyeballs and ears. Via Felix Salmon, these cool pictures break down where we consume most of our information -- TV vs. ...

WebJunction Thanks to all who participated in today's WJ/TechSource webinar and for all the tweets! #ILSCustom
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Archive and associated resources for December 10 2009, webinar with Marshall Breeding on ILS and Open Source customization.

WebJunction Join Marshall Breeding for 1.5 hour webinar Thursday on ILS customization. Will be archived too.
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Archive and associated resources for December 10 2009, webinar with Marshall Breeding on ILS and Open Source customization.

WebJunction webinars have a new look! Beginning with this week’s webinar, WebJunction online events will be hosted using the WebEx online conferencing tool. This will allow for a more stable environment for larger groups where audio and load-time for slides has been problematic in the past. ...

WebJunction TechSoup webinar on Assistive Technology for Public Computers 12/10
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