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Presenters: Yadira V. Payne, Hallie Pritchett, Maureen Morgan, Lori Lester Date: 8 October, 2009 Description: In the era of ever tightening budgets acquiring new resources is a dirty word, however, not if you are a federal depository. Come learn about some resources that are freely available through your federal depository. If you are already a depository, get new and creative ideas on promoting your collection. Presentation Available:… Continue

I will be liveblogging and video streaming "On the Horizon: Collaboration, Communication, the Cloud and the Media Specialist" on Thursday at 9:30. Join in the backchannel at http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com/Georgia+COMO+2009+Backchannel . Continue

Did you know you can now keep up with School Library Journal and Library Journal on Twitter? http://twitter.com/LibraryJournal and http://twitter.com/sljournal … Continue

I have added some new posts tonight to my library blog, http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com, to promote some wonderful YA Lit 2.0 resources available to teen readers! Book publishers, authors, and organizations dedicated to promoting YA lit now have blogs, Twitter accounts, My Space pages, Facebook pages, and You Tube channels that provide interviews, book updates, podcasts, and videos to help teens communicate one on one with their favorite authors. Please take a peek at some of my favorite… Continue

Warning: this is a fluff post! Reading and books have been a passion for most of my life. I buy them! I read them! I horde them! I check them out! I remember being so proud of my first library card.... five years old and clutching that little blue card with the metal plate as I selected books with my dad each Saturday. Heh. That was a long time ago. Books have stayed with me (Literally! Last time I moved I had half a UHaul full.) I was thrilled to work as the Special Orders clerk for Borders f… Continue

As strange as it may seem, I was actually GAIT's representative to the very first COMO steering committee. My partners in crime were Charles Beard, Bill Early and...of course....Gordon Baker. My biggest regret is the first COMO started on St. Patrick's Day, and I bought a cute little green skirt to wear for the opening session. The regret is the shirt was about 5 inches smaller in the waistCOM then I am currently ;-). Guess I should be thankful I am still alive and kicking for COMO 20! Continue

How are you incorporating Web 2.0/Library 2.0 tools into your school library program, academic library program, or public library program? Please share your ideas and any links! Buffy Hamilton Continue

It's time to register for the 2008 COMO: The Georgia Council of Media Organizations Convention in Athens, Georgia! To register, please visit the conference page. The latest conference program is available by clicking here. Check out all the great sessions and events! Continue