I'll write more come Wednesday (yeah! vacation) - but here's a quick laugh.This has a literary reference & reminds me of my 4 yr commute to Weatherford from the metro area. And is from one of my favorite web comics....
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I'll write more come Wednesday (yeah! vacation) - but here's a quick laugh.

So, if a librarian starts to blog again after a 6 month retirement - does anyone notice?
Well - maybe if it was one of them big time important librarian bloggers - but probably not too many will notice if it was me. But [...]
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The City of El Reno is accepting resumes and applications for the position of Head Librarian starting salary $36,279.36. The Head Librarian reports to the Community Services Director of the [...]
So Google has a virtual world now - called lively. Here's my oval room...maybe .. if this works...SB 2100 has come to our attention and requires immediate action. Authored by Senator John Ford (District 289) in the Senate and Representative Tad Jones (District 9) in the House, SB 2100 directs the State Board of Education to establish a School District Deregulation [...]

[...] Greater Oklahoma Software Symposium May 16-18
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...There seemed to be a good sized pebble or something in the spine. I tried to peek down the back strip-- something was down there alright, but I couldn't see what. I delicately prodded it with my Parker [...]
The eighth annual Books that Inspire exhibit at the University of Oklahoma opened Tuesday, honoring the University of Oklahoma Press.
"It was kind of a natural sequence, having honored Oklahoma authors (last year), to now honor OU Press -- and it's a preeminent [...]
...Within months of being hired, Wells convinced city leaders to fund both a library renovation and the [...]
A chance to change our state of mind. A way for Oklahomans, and Oklahoma, to say look at me, look what I can [...]
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The 2008 OLA Annual Conference will be held Monday, April [...]
The Border Queen Book Festival at the Asbury Complex in Comanche, OK on March 29th.
All set ups are free to authors, there is no [...]
After almost a year of research and planning, the Dewey Donation System is pleased to be up and running with not one, [...]
...some libraries, fed up with software that doesn’t fully meet their needs, have decided to take matters, figuratively, into their own hands. With a bit of grant money and some eager developers, institutions have begun creating their own open-source [...]
...Kader’s tenure as director of the Public Library of Enid and Garfield County has been controversial and drawn an unnecessary amount of negative publicity. The director has been at odds with staff members, and [...]


Police investigated today a reported bomb threat at the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library in Oklahoma City, a police spokesman said.
Roads around the library were blocked and the building evacuated, Sgt. Paco Balderrama said.
"We received a report of a letter that was sent to [...]

...Public library [...]

...Gov. Brad Henry’s media center consists of black and white and color head shots, plus bios of him and First Lady Kim Henry in PDF form. [...]
...Building a new library and vacating the Norman Public Library space at 225 N. Webster Ave. would free up the building for the crowded public works department. The Norman Senior Citizens Center also could move into the space, effectively doubling its square footage.
McKinney [...]

"The 24-hour library was an amazing alternative. It gave students somewhere to study and hang out without having to cram local 24-hour restaurants," O'Brien said.

CLENE promotes quality continuing education for all library personnel. Make CLENE your NETWORK with other CE providers for the exchange of ideas, concerns and solutions; SOURCE for CE [...]


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Between the two major red scares of the twentieth century, a police raid on a Communist Party bookstore [...]
This study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its [...]
[...] A series called The 39 Clues which will feature ten books and be written by different authors including Gordon Korman and Rock Riordan.
The series seems to hint at the fact that it will include mention [...]

Don’t forget the things that you promise to [...]
The Metropolitan Library Commission has reappointed the Metropolitan Library System executive director and given her a 7 percent raise.
The commission Thursday awarded Donna Morris a 3 percent merit increase and a 4 percent raise to cover the cost of living, said Kim Terry, a library [...]

If someone leaves your system for the same job in another (i.e. lateral move), that should get you thinking.
If the average new-employee retention is less [...]
Found this via GamasutraThe ESRB, in conjunction with Oklahoma State Senator Glenn Coffee, has unveiled a new Public Service Announcement campaign to explain and encourage parents to use video game ratings, timed to coincide with the holiday shopping season.
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Said [...]
Storytime ceased abruptly when the picture book Eileen Issa [...]
Jan Bryant got her wish. When she started in 1999 as head librarian at Muskogee Public Library, she decided she wanted it to become the best library in the state.
The readers of Oklahoma Living magazine recently voted for Muskogee’s library [...]