RE: SEARCHING from Reno

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61692837209713050562011-04-21T22:22:16.880-07:00RE: SEARCHING from RenoA blog about my love of information, the infinite ways to share information, the exciting and ever evolving means of researching information, and the specific details of some of the information I love.Lara Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13884162248602484902noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169283720971305056.post-52792483335218159402009-03-18T12:35:00.000-07:002009-03-18T13:09:31.023-07:00INVESTIGATE & CELEBRATE

It is women's history month. What a perfect time to surf the web and look at all of the blogs (http://www.nwhp.org/blog/), wikis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women), and websites (http://womenshistorymonth.gov/) devoted to the lives and achievements of women who came before us. Take some time to visit some of these links I have been enjoying http://www.kerncountylibrary.org/HTML/news/b_whm.html.

Lara Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13884162248602484902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169283720971305056.post-71841451712758934602009-03-13T18:19:00.001-07:002009-03-13T18:22:10.678-07:00A book I can hardly wait to read:

I am tremendously eager to get my hands on the new book by Elaine Showalter - A Jury of Her Peers! I keep hearing such great reviews.*_*

Lara Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13884162248602484902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169283720971305056.post-35357645139112516172009-03-08T15:25:00.000-07:002009-03-12T22:06:37.901-07:00Library Weekend

I had the good fortune to spend much of my weekend in Sierra Nevada College's Prim Library. Located in Incline Village, NV (Lake Tahoe), this is an open, warm, inviting space housing a varied collection. What a pleasure to immerse myself in the stacks! I recommend you stop in if you ever get to North Lake Tahoe. Remember to watch for bears.

Lara Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13884162248602484902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169283720971305056.post-5938721645075833622009-03-01T21:00:00.000-08:002009-03-01T21:38:22.446-08:00Geocache Games

The idea of geocaching (usually an outdoor GPS search activity for planted caches) has great potential applications for use inside the library. I would like to design a game that utilizes GPS devices as part of an information scavenger hunt; this will be exhilarating fun for patrons of any age. One can use strictly GPS or can integrate letterboxing (use of clues or landmarks in a text/narrative

Lara Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13884162248602484902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169283720971305056.post-41991007558573091772009-02-28T17:32:00.000-08:002009-03-02T10:30:20.735-08:00My Top 10 of February:

10. Started New Reading Journal 9. Tomato Bisque 8. Movie Night 7. Twittering 6. New Job 5. Antony and the Johnsons live 4. New Fluevog Zazas 3. Fresh Gardenias 2. New Red iPOD nano 1. Acceptance into Graduate School!

Lara Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13884162248602484902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169283720971305056.post-69838426026195868012009-02-24T01:02:00.000-08:002009-03-02T10:29:53.758-08:00Finished reading Middlemarch

George Eliot's Middlemarch is a lengthy read of significant depth. Dorothea is one of the most admirable characters I have yet to encounter in literature. The last section of the novel "Sunset and Sunrise" also happens to tie in thematically with some of my recent zen Buddhism readings in compelling parallel ways. The final paragraph leaves us with the sentiment below, which imbues even the most

Lara Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13884162248602484902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169283720971305056.post-3338968607977995882009-02-21T21:22:00.000-08:002009-03-02T10:28:15.551-08:00Text Message Enticement

We all know that teenagers are the fastest text messengers amongst us, and that they possess the highest levels of cell phone literacy. So, let's use that skill to make library (or museum, or gallery) activities more appealing to teens. Why not give our youth some fun educational activities wherein they use their cellphone cameras and their text messaging speed to get them excited about finding

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