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July 2008 - Posts
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Financing Delta Improvements and Environmental Mitigation Dean Misczynski (CRB-08-011, July, 2008) This Report was requested by the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force. Resolution of the Delta's water supply, water quality, and fish problems may involve Read More...
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From Rosario Garza, Executive Director, Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (MCLS) Placentia Library will be closed for a minimum of three weeks because of damage sustained from Tuesday's earthquake. The building is completely closed until it Read More...
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The Rural Library Initiative's June 25, 2008 webcast on the Library Practitioner Certification Program is now available as an archive. Please visit: http://rurallibraries.org/webcasts/06-25-08/ The Library Practitioner Certification Program webcast Read More...
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From Rosario Garza, Executive Director, Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (MCLS): We've learned that the Placentia Library ( http://www.placentialibrary.org ) is closed to the public because of earthquake damage. The earliest that they are likely Read More...
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The California State Library’s Sutro Branch in San Francisco will host a free lecture by noted author and historian John Martini on the history of San Francisco’s Sutro Baths on Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Martini, Read More...
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Homeless Youth: Bibliography and Resources Lisa K. Foster, MSW, MPA (CRB-08-010, July, 2008) The California Research Bureau (CRB) and the California Council on Youth Relations, with support from The California Wellness Foundation, are conducting a major Read More...
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It's come to our attention that some folks had problems accessing yesterday's webcast entitled "Attracting Baby Boomers to Volunteer Service: We're NOT Senior Volunteers!" We're sorry that some were unable to participate live, Read More...
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17 California institutions, of 154 grantee organizations nationwide, have received Museums for America (MFA) grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). MFA grants, part of the Institute’s largest museum grant program, support Read More...
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Security and Privacy Recommendations for Government-Issued Identity Documents Using Radio Frequency Identification Tags or Other Technologies Christopher J. Marxen (CRB-08-008, July, 2008) This report was produced in response to a request from Senator Read More...
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The Summer 2008 issue of the California State Library’s quarterly newsletter, CSL Connection , is now available in HTML and PDF on the California State Library website at http://www.library.ca.gov/newsletter/ . To go directly to the HTML version Read More...
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The California State Library has free multiple copies of Booktalking That Works by Jennifer Bromann (Neal-Schuman, 2001) available to California libraries. A Booklist reviewer describes Booktalking as “practical, smart, hip, and irreverent. This Read More...
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The free California State Library webcast, "Attracting Baby Boomers to Volunteer Services: We're NOT Senior Volunteers," is next week on Tuesday, July 22 from noon to 1 pm. To access the webcast link, just go to: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/la50/index.html Read More...
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Beginning at 5:00 PM on Friday, July 18, all California State Library (CSL) network services will experience disruptions while CSL changes Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and upgrades the network's bandwidth. Services that will be disrupted include Read More...
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August 10, 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which offered reparations to Japanese Americans detained in internment camps during World War II. The California State Library’s California Civil Liberties Public Education Read More...
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Four Butte County Library staff members have been evacuated from their homes in Paradise and Berry Creek and are staying with friends or family. Two more live less than a block away from immediate threat evacuation areas, but are remaining at home with Read More...
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As of 8:45 AM this morning [July 9, 2008], portions of the upper ridge of Paradise have been evacuated. Feather River Hospital has closed all services on Pentz Road, and the emergency room is closed due to smoke/ash conditions. The Paradise Branch library Read More...
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As I write you, the Big Sur Branch Library of Monterey County Free Libraries is being evacuated. A mandatory evacuation was issued about an hour ago and we have our delivery van enroute to load up the historical items and as much of the collection as Read More...
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Save the date for “Attracting Baby Boomers to Volunteer Service: We’re NOT Senior Volunteers,” a special webcast scheduled for July 22. More information about accessing the program will be distributed before the event. The webcast also Read More...
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The California Wellness Foundation has renewed a 3-year $240,000 grant to the California State Library’s California Research Bureau (CRB) for CRB’s highly acclaimed research and policy education project on homeless youth. The upcoming Summer Read More...
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The Public Policy Institute of California , in cooperation with the California Emerging Technology Fund and ZeroDivide , conducted a statewide poll regarding use of computers and the Internet. The results show a widening digital divide for Latino and Read More...
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Beverly Goldberg, Senior Editor at the American Library Association ’s American Libraries , wants to know whether there are any libraries affected/threatened by the California wildfires. “I have noted in the press that Big Sur's Henry Read More...
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Redwood City Public Library’ s Project READ, in collaboration with Cañada College, has received not only the San Mateo County School Boards Association’s J. Russell Kent Award , but also a Certificate of Recognition from the California Read More...
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