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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Artist Interview with Photographer Jim Richardson
It's not often one gets to pick the brain of a National Geographic photographer.

When I heard Jim Richardson would be hand-delivering his photographs for our next exhibit, One World, Many Stories, I got pretty excited, especially after he agreed to a video interview.

I tried to imagine the questions you'd want me to ask, from what got him started and how he got the gig with National Geographic, to remaining relevant in a world of image saturation and advice he has for someone interested in becoming a photographer. I hope this video gives you a starting point to viewing his amazing work.

One World, Many Stories opens Friday, June 3 at 9AM at the Sabatini Gallery. Join us for First Fridays from 5:30PM — 8:30PM later that evening.

You can hear more from Jim—and ask him your own questions—at his artist talk here at the Library on July 2 at 3PM.
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What’s So Special About Your Library’s Map Collection?
School's out and summer vacation is in full-swing. Whether you're headed overseas or into the next county, you're bound to use some form of navigation to get your bearings. In the spirit of not getting lost, for week 23 of our Kansas sesquicentennial video series we're featuring our Map Collection. Geographic map-making, also known as cartography, is the study and practice of representing three-dimensional Earth space on a flat surface.
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Design NYPL 2011 – Episode 1
12 Designers from the High School of Fashion Industries with a single mission — to find inspiration in the collections of The New York Public Library and create a garment for the Anti-Prom Runway!   
 
Design NYPL is a collaboration between The New York Public Library and the High School of Fashion Industries which introduces teen designers to the collections of the library and challenges the designers to create a garment inspired by the theme of NYPL's Anti-Prom. Anti-Prom is an event which provides an alternative, safe space for all teens who may not feel welcome at official school proms or dances because of their sexual orientation, the way they dress, or for any other reason. As the teen selected theme for the 2011 Anti-Prom is Super Prom, the teen designers explore the meaning of super, from caped crusaders to spandex super villains and everything in between during their visits to the Library for the Performing Arts, the Art and Architecture Collection, and the Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. After visiting Mood Fabrics to purchase the materials for their garments, the students received constructive feedback from Simon Doonan, Creative Ambassador for Barneys, on their preliminary designs. The garments will debut at the Anti-Prom, June 3rd, 2011 in Astor Hall at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Afterwards, they will be on display at the Mid-Manhattan Library though the end of June.
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Board Member Lawrence Okeima
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How to use the PC Reservation System
We are upgrading our Public Computers to Windows 7. Along with this upgrade is a new version of the PC Reservation System. This video provides a brief introduction to the latest version of PC Reservation at the ACPL.
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Bookmark, the Library Store
Bookmark is the store run by the volunteers of Friends of the Vancouver Public Library at Library Square. Check it out!
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2010 One Book One Vancouver Announcement
Writer In Residence Spider Robinson announces the winning title for 2010's One Book One Vancouver city-wide book club at Vancouver's The Word on the Street.
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Monday’s BEA Wrap Up
What happens when seven Rebels past and present are all together in one place at one time? Outtakes. :D

Check out some behind the scenes footage from BEA as the Rebels continue their quest to take over the world.

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T.A.B is calling!!
Join AHML's Teen Advisory Board
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Women and the Rule of Law
Aileen Pisciotta introduces and demonstrates the new website impowr.org from the International Models Project for Women's Rights, established by the American Bar Association in 2008 to harness the information sharing power of the internet to empower advocates and defenders of gender equality under the law around the world.

Speaker Biography: Aileen Pisciotta is a business lawyer with over 25 years experience as a major law firm partner, corporate general counsel and senior government manager. She is chair of the International Models Project on Women's Rights (IMPOWR) Task Force of the American Bar Association.
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New York Public Library President Testifies about libraries May 23, 2011
New York Public Library President Paul LeClerc Testifies about libraries at the NYC City Council Select Committee on Libraries— May 23, 2011
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New York Public Library President Testifies about libraries May 23, 2011
New York Public Library President Paul LeClerc Testifies about libraries at the NYC City Council Select Committee on Libraries— May 23, 2011
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Crafty Creations #30: Earth Crafts
Tremain Jackson & Alyssa Crow are back for another episode of Crafty Creations where we'll highlight great children's books and then do a craft based on them. For June, we're focusing on the Earth as Alyssa demonstrates how to make a Coffee Filter Earth and Tremain makes an Earth from crayon shavings and an iron. Check out the latest edition to the Abilene Public Library's long-running kids crafting series.
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Book Talk #2: The Strain Trilogy & Dragonriders of Pern
Join Tremain Jackson & Alyssa Crow for another Book Talk session, highlighting popular authors and series available for checkout at your Abilene Public Library. For today, Tremain will highlight the vampire trilogy by director/author Guillermo del Toro titled "The Strain Trilogy" and Alyssa will discuss the action fantasy series titled "Dragonriders of Pern" by Anne McCaffrey.
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Summer Reading Clubs 2011
Tremain Jackson & Alyssa Crow will give you all you need to know about the upcoming Summer Reading Clubs at the Abilene Public Library, which start on June 6th. From kids, to teens to adults, there's a club for everyone, so check it out.
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The Lion’s Roar – StoryFest SC
http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/storyfestsc-2011
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Reading Rooster Recommends May 23 2011
Helen Fellers recommends children's and YA books from the SC Center for Children's Books and Literacy at the SC State Library http://www.libsci.sc.edu/ccbl/
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Find the Future at NYPL: The Game
http://game.nypl.org
One night. One book. Five-hundred authors. Watch what happened when 500 players were locked in over-night at The New York Public Library on May 20, 2011 and wrote a book together. Play the game yourself online at http://game.nypl.org
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Find the Future at NYPL: The Game
http://game.nypl.org
One night. One book. Five-hundred authors. Watch what happened when 500 players were locked in over-night at The New York Public Library on May 20, 2011 and wrote a book together. Play the game yourself online at http://game.nypl.org
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Norma Walker
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