Events Calendar for August 27-September 3, 2007

Monday, August 27

• Get Caught Reading (Main Library)
• Bookmobile - Westview Senior Center (Bookmobile)
• Bookmobile - Avila Retirement Community (Bookmobile)
• Bookmobile - Daughters of Sarah (Bookmobile)
• Skateboarding Program (Pine Hills Branch)

Tuesday, August 28

• Bookmobile - St. Catherine of Siena Summer Camp (Bookmobile)
• Get Caught Reading (Main Library)
• Toddler Storytime (Pine Hills Branch)
• Bookmobile - New Scotland Neighborhood (Bookmobile)
• Delaware Dogs Program (Delaware Branch)

Wednesday, August 29

• Get Caught Reading (Main Library)
• Pre-School Storytime (Howe Branch)
• Pre-School Storytime (Delaware Branch)
• Toddler Storytime (Pine Hills Branch)
• Dance, Dance, Revolution (Pine Hills Branch)
• Silent Film Spectacular (Main Library)

Thursday, August 30

• Get Caught Reading (Main Library)
• Harry Potter Book Discussion (Pine Hills Branch)

Friday, August 31

• Get Caught Reading (Main Library)
• Bookmobile - New Scotland Neighborhood (Bookmobile)
• Connecting with America (Pine Hills Branch)

Saturday, September 1-Monday, September 3

All locations closed for Labor Day Weekend (0)

Events Calendar for August 20-25, 2007

Monday, August 20
Get Caught Reading (Main Library)
Bookmobile - Atria Shaker (Bookmobile)
Bookmobile - Atria Crossgates (Bookmobile)
Bookmobile - Harriman Campus (Bookmobile)
Movie - Hoot (Main Library)
Skateboarding Program (Pine Hills Branch)
Tuesday, August 21
Bookmobile - St. Catherine of Siena Summer Camp (Bookmobile)
Get Caught Reading (Main Library)
Pre-School Storytime (Howe Branch)
Toddler Storytime (Pine Hills Branch)
Bookmobile - New Scotland Neighborhood (Bookmobile)
Movie - Charlotte's Web (Main Library)
Summer Reading Party (North Albany Branch)
Delaware Dogs Program (Delaware Branch)
Albany Public Library Called Board Meeting (Main Library)
Wednesday, August 22
Get Caught Reading (Main Library)
Book Discussion Group (Main Library)
Pre-School Storytime (North Albany Branch)
Pre-School Storytime (Howe Branch)
Pre-School Storytime (Delaware Branch)
Toddler Storytime (Pine Hills Branch)
Bookmobile - Crestwood Plaza (Bookmobile)
Movie - Happy Feet (Main Library)
Dance, Dance, Revolution (Pine Hills Branch)
Silent Film Spectacular (Main Library)
Thursday, August 23
Get Caught Reading (Main Library)
Movie - Tuck Everlasting (Main Library)
End of Summer Reading Party (Delaware Branch)
Friday, August 24
Get Caught Reading (Main Library)
Bookmobile - Ida Yarborough (Bookmobile)
Bookmobile - South Mall Towers (Bookmobile)
Bookmobile - New Scotland Neighborhood (Bookmobile)
Movie - Stuart Little (Main Library)
Connecting with America (Pine Hills Branch)
Saturday, August 25
Chinese Story Time (Pine Hills Branch)

The Art of E-Newsletters

Well-regarded librarian Mary Ellen Bates recently published The Art of E-Newsletters: Ideas to Effectively Create and Market Electronic Newsletters, a 14-page PDF.

Events Calendar for August 13-18, 2007

Monday, August 13

• Bookmobile - Westview Senior Center (Bookmobile)
• Bookmobile - Avila Retirement Community (Bookmobile)
• Bookmobile - Daughters of Sarah (Bookmobile)
• Skateboarding Program (Pine Hills Branch)

Tuesday, August 14

• Bookmobile - St. Catherine of Siena Summer Camp (Bookmobile)
• Toddler Storytime (Pine Hills Branch)
• Bookmobile - New Scotland Neighborhood (Bookmobile)
• Summer Craft Time (Main Library)
• Make a Mobile (North Albany Branch)
• Delaware Dogs Program (Delaware Branch)

Wednesday, August 15

• Pre-School Storytime (North Albany Branch)
• Pre-School Storytime (Howe Branch)
• Pre-School Storytime (Howe Branch)
• Pre-School Storytime (Delaware Branch)
• Toddler Storytime (Pine Hills Branch)
• Open Computer Lab (North Albany Branch)
• Intro. to Word--Part 2 (Main Library)
• Dance, Dance, Revolution (Pine Hills Branch)
• Silent Film Spectacular (Main Library)

Thursday, August 16

• Bookmobile - Center for Disability Services (Bookmobile)
• Hip Dips with Honest Weight Food Coop (Delaware Branch)
• Get a Clue: Who Makes the Best Chips? (Pine Hills Branch)
• Elvis Movie Madness! (Main Library)
• Elvis Movie Madness! (Main Library)
• Elvis Movie Madness! (Main Library)

Friday, August 17

• Bookmobile - First Lutheran Literacy Camp (Bookmobile)
• Bookmobile - New Scotland Neighborhood (Bookmobile)
• End of Summer Reading Party (Main Library)
• Connecting with America (Pine Hills Branch)
• Garage Bands in the Garage (Main Library)

Saturday, August 18

• Board Games (Main Library)

A List Without Libraries

The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies' list of Top 100 Tools for Learning - culled from top-10 charts created by e-learning experts - names a wide array of tech tools that professors have come to love. Among the items that made the cut are Web browsers, e-mail clients, RSS feeders, blogging programs, and, of course, Microsoft*s evergreen PowerPoint presentation software.

But online library resources, which would seem like a good fit for e-learners, are notably absent from the master list. What gives?

"It's not as if the responding experts ignored information-retrieval tools," writes Steven Bell at ACRLog. "Both Google and Google Scholar are on the top-100 list. And it's not as if these experts wouldn*t know something about library databases."

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NATIONAL NIGHT OUT - TUESDAY - 7 AUGUST 07

The "Midtown Neighborhood Watch," a partnership by the Albany Police Department, the University at Albany, the College of Saint Rose, the Pine Hills Neighborhood Association and the Beverwyck Neighborhood Association, and University Auxiliary Services is sponsoring a "National Night Out" event on Tuesday, August 7th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in front of Waterbury Hall on Alumni Quadrangle near the corner of Western Avenue and Partridge Street.

Along with thousands of communities nationwide on August 7th, this National Night Out event is designed to heighten crime awareness, generate support for local anticrime efforts and strengthen police-community partnerships such as the Midtown Neighborhood Watch.

Free food and beverages along with safety information and other giveaways will be provided. All are welcome!

Events Calendar for August 6-11 2007

Monday, August 6

• APL Design Review Committee (Main Library)
• Bookmobile - Atria Shaker (Bookmobile)
• Bookmobile - Atria Crossgates (Bookmobile)
• Bookmobile - Harriman Campus (Bookmobile)
• Skateboarding Program (Pine Hills Branch)

Tuesday, August 7

• Bookmobile - St. Catherine of Siena Summer Camp (Bookmobile)
• Toddler Storytime (Pine Hills Branch)
• Bookmobile - New Scotland Neighborhood (Bookmobile)
• Crack the Code (North Albany Branch)
• Summer Craft Time (Main Library)
• Delaware Dogs Program (Delaware Branch)
• Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! (Delaware Branch)
• Bookmobile - National Night Out Event (Bookmobile)

Wednesday, August 8

• Bookmobile - New Covenant C.S. Music Camp (Bookmobile)
• Pre-School Storytime (North Albany Branch)
• Your Own Fruit Smoothie Storytime with the Honest Weight Food Coop (Delaware Branch)
• Toddler Storytime (Pine Hills Branch)
• Bookmobile - Crestwood Plaza (Bookmobile)
• Intro. to Internet Searching (North Albany Branch)
• Intro. to Word--Part 1 (Main Library)
• Dance, Dance, Revolution (Pine Hills Branch)

Thursday, August 9

• Reading Program’s Almost over Bagel Party (Delaware Branch)
• Dance Dance Revolution (North Albany Branch)
• What’s the Scoop? (Pine Hills Branch)
• Visit from Albany Mounted & K9 Police (Delaware Branch)
• Teen Night (Main Library)

Friday, August 10

• Bookmobile - Ida Yarborough (Bookmobile)
• Open Computer Lab (Pine Hills Branch)
• Bookmobile - South Mall Towers (Bookmobile)
• Bookmobile - New Scotland Neighborhood (Bookmobile)
• Connecting with America (Pine Hills Branch)

Saturday, August 11

• Monopoly Tournament (Main Library)
• Chinese Story Time (Pine Hills Branch)

A Librarian Is...

From INFOcus July 2007.