Web 2.0 and Libraries: Just Do It!

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Just do it! Lynne Brindley at CILIP Umbrella Conference Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of the British Library, speaks to librarians at the Umbrella 2007 "Catalyst for Change" Conference that was presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) at the De Havilland Campus of the University of Hertfordshire on June 28 to 30.

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Foundation Center Computer Class at Springfield

FOUNDATION CENTER COMPUTER CLASS

Thursday, December 6

10 - 11:30 am in the Springfield City Library Computer Lab
[220 State St., Springfield]

This class serves as an orientation to the database, including how to search, tips and tricks, and additional information about the resources available at the Foundation Center website. Representatives of area nonprofit and grassroots organizations only please. The Foundation Directory Online (FDO) is a powerful tool for the nonprofit community, providing access to 80,000+ U.S. foundations, grantmaking public charities, and corporate givers, with links to over 7,400 grantmaker and corporate Web sites and IRS 990-PF and 990 returns.

To Register:

• Sign up using our online calendar
• Register at the Reference Desk in Wellman Hall at 220 State Street, phone: 413-263-6828 ext. 213
• E-mail askalibrarian@springfieldlibrary.org.

For more information about the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection at the Springfield City Library, visit http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/nonprofits.html

Please let any of your patrons involved in nonprofit or grassroots organizations know about the class and the resources available at the Springfield City Library.

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Donna Goldthwaite
Internet and Regional Reference Services Librarian
Springfield City Library
220 State St.
Springfield MA 01103
413-263-6828 ext 437
dgoldthwaite@springfield.org
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org

SciFi Ghost Hunters Visit Clapp Memorial Library

The SciFi Channel TAPS Team (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) is currently investigating the Clapp Memorial Library for ghosts! Library Director, Owen Maloney, night custodian Jacques Benoit (who discovered the ghosts and alerted TAPS), and the TAPS Team spent last night investigating reported hauntings at this library. Later today, TAPS will meet with Owen and Jacques to report their findings which will be aired nationally at a later date.

Read CBS Springfield's feature of this news breaking story:

Ghosts at Belchertown Library Investigated*

YouTube and libraries: It could be a beautiful relationship

Congratulations to the Williams College Library whose YouTube library orientation productions are featured within the American Library Association Association of College and Research Libraries publication YouTube and libraries: It could be a beautiful relationship by Paula L. Webb [C&RL News, June 2007, Vol. 68, No. 6]

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YouTube Video Description: Library Mystery Tour 2007 - Shown to incoming students as part of their library orientation activity.

Copyright © 2007 YouTube, Inc.

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Video Description: Welcome to the Williams College Library Mystery Tour 2006

Copyright © 2007 YouTube, Inc.