Thursday, February 23, 2006

New Links on our web for the week of February 23, 2006 Black History and African American Resources The Sonja Haynes Stone Center Library for Black Culture and History: Guide to the Web Compilation of annotated links to hundreds of websites about "African, African American, and African Diaspora history and culture. ... The topics covered range from the underground railroad to hip hop music." Other subjects include civil rights, education, health, literature, military, religion, slavery, sports, and women. From the Sonja Haynes Stone Center at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. (LII) African American Sheet Music, 1820-1920 "This digital collection from Brown University takes a look at the sheet music that reflected attitudes towards African-Americans." (SR) Business Business Know How "hundreds of articles about starting, running, marketing and managing businesses." Franchise Trade "Opportunities, Information and Resources" Leisure United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) This organization (founded in 1904) "is the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding." Its site features news and athlete rankings for snowboarding, ski jumping and aerials, and alpine, cross-country, and disabled skiing. Also includes material about international and domestic competitions, rules for each sport, team eligibility requirements, television schedules, links to the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboard Team sites, and more. (LII) Science Q And A: Dark Matter Questions and answers about this "term used to describe the mass in galaxies and clusters whose existence we infer from rotation curves and other techniques, but which has not been confirmed by observations on any electromagnetic wavelength." Topics include black holes, parallel universes, gravity, and more. Includes the related essay, "Dark Matter Mystery." From the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. (LII) 11:36:04 AM     New Capability in the online catalog We now allow patrons to change a pickup location from their record in the Web OPAC (Lakenet). The steps are: 1. Log into the patron record 2. Choose to view items on hold The system now gives a drop down menu in the Column labeled pickup location and a new pickup location may be selected from that list. 3. Patrons may change pickup locations on any or all of the holds. 4. Click on the Update List button. IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a REQUIRED final step and pickup locations will not be updated unless patrons update the list. Items that are in transit or already on the holdshelf will not give patrons the option to change the pickup location. If you have questions or problems with the catalog, don't hesitate to call the library (231-722-7276) 11:33:05 AM     Hackley Public Library and Woman’s Day Want to Know How the Library Has Changed Your Life Libraries can change lives. They are places of lifelong learning and opportunity that can help people discover the world. This spring, the Hackley Public Library, the American Library Association and Woman’s Day magazine want to know how the library has changed the lives of the people in our community. From now until May 10, anyone who has a story to tell about how the library has changed his or her life can send it to womansday@ala.org. Four of the stories will be featured in an upcoming issue of Woman’s Day. The story must be 700 words or less. The initiative is part of a program sponsored by the American Library Association and Woman’s Day magazine called “Put it in Writing @ your library,” a part of The Campaign for America’s Libraries. The Campaign is a multi-year public awareness and advocacy campaign designed to promote the value of public, school, academic and special libraries and librarians in the 21st century. 8:46:31 AM

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