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Just got back from the gym!!!!!!! Feeling fucking pumped!!!!!!!!!!! Best workout in weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Inglorious basterd
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
libruls!
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39435.html
I think Lewk must be running for governor of Georgia.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Someday I'll run for Governor and make the state work properly.
At least that's what I keep telling myself. :P
I enjoy blank walls.
Just remember, you have to create an extremely funny ad.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Did he say Georgia? Illegal aliens in Georgia?
Yes.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
The Fall was so, so, so very, very great.
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I like this website, but Reddit broke it.
Dear Twilight Fans, Thank you for making us look sane and well-adjusted.
Sincerely, Trekkies.
My latest Amazon order at work is starting to trickle in. Super Mario Bros has been a great hit with bringing the teens into the library, I'm hoping the introduction of an xbox, or at least Mario Kart, can keep that up.
I'm not sure that bringing teens into the library to play video games is really what we should be hoping to achieve.
Video games are fun. I play them fairly regularly.
But books are great, too.
How are you going to turn playing Mario Kart at the library into encouraging teens to read?
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We don't bring teens into the library to play games, we use the games to bring the teens into the library. Works the same as all the other exposure ideas work. Get the teens to gather in a certain spot, surround them with material, allow them to approach on their own terms.
We also use the game time to pass out 3rd party reading incentives that the teens otherwise wouldn't have known about. Like Taco Bell's reading for free food, or the Rays' free ticket giveaways.
Once the display case comes in I'll be able to set up an always on Playstation 2 in one of our unused office rooms. That rooms going to be stuffed with reading propaganda.
Do these kids leave with books very often?
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For a certain demographic, just getting them into a library is a great thing. Even if it's to play video games, which leads to reading comic books, they are reading and expanding their thirst for more knowledge. Eventually, they will notice the stacks and wander there. Pick out a book and begin to read, then check it out, and come back to get more.Originally Posted by littlelolligagged
Few of the regulars do. Not so much with the new batch yet, but thats because they don't have library cards. Due to their age the cards would require parental consent, which so far hasn't happened because the parents haven't come with them yet.
They do however pick through the comic books, graphic novels, and Young Adult collection while waiting for us to setup, or with the rain lately, waiting for a ride home.
What age group do you mean? How old does a kid have to be, to get their own library card, without a parent?
17 and up, with picture ID and a verified address, to get their own library card.
Anyone under that has to have a parent agree to assume any and all responsibility for damaged or lost materials. Parents seperately agree on the level of internet access is allowed on the account, and if R rated materials are allowed to be checked out (only for DVDs, there are no restrictions for print materials)
Strange. Ash got hers without my having to sign anything, and proved her own residency with a postmarked birthday invitation she received in the mail. She would require my permission to use the internet at the library, but not to check out any reading material at all.
I have no idea what their policy about minors and dvds is, though.
edit: (even though I did not sign for her - maybe the ancient woman thought she was 12 or something)
Children’s Library Cards
Children 12 and under must have a parent or guardian with them to provide current identification and to sign the child’s library card application.
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Well, that's good. I wish my county's library's did that. I also wish that popular books weren't impossible to check out here. I've been trying to get The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for a couple weeks now, but people don't return it on time.I reserved the book, but they forgot to keep it and gave it to someone else.
Our county is the same way with being 17+ to get a card on your own.
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Makes sense for the library to not lose their books, and wanting a responsible party, I suppose.
I used to take my kids to the library for children's story time. Not that we couldn't read books at home, but they got a kick out of the environment, a new narrator, the other kids, the books just waiting for them on shelves. Sometimes the author was there to read the book themselves, or the illustrator, that's great stuff.
Some parents used to drop their kids off and leave, using the library as a babysitter. At first it miffed me, but after a while it worked out. When the librarians got busy, the moms would just sort of pitch in and start to read out loud. Our library has wide carpeted steps within the kids' section, so they could lie down and sprawl to listen.
It was fun to watch my own kids try to "read" to younger kids, when their books were mostly pictures and simple words.
Heh, also, since I was on the library website anyway, I was looking at their online resources.
They have apparently made NetLibrary available, as well as some other pretty interesting stuff.
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We used to have netlibrary but the yearly subscription is astronomically high. Equals out to several hundred dollars per title.None the less, its a great service, and the new UI is very nice.
Instead we use a local resource. http://digitalbooks.tblc.org
We currently have 28 circulating copies of The girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but 204 people waiting.
Moon, our current DVD of discussion here, has 8 circulating copies, and I'm 33rd in line.
I was just messing with it some, seems like it could be great - although they have some weird books in their catalog.
I nearly gave up in irritation, though - they had several places with a proxy link to create an account to use at home - and they were all broken. I'm not entirely sure how I stumbled on the one that actually worked.
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Didn't used to allow at home account creation. Thats a nice addition. Used to have people calling all time complaining about that before we dropped them.
I went into my library just before I gave birth to renew my card. Hadn't been since they rebuilt it. There's a teen hangout section next to the children's section-it has computers for internet and movie days during the summer and on weekends in the winter...the teen book section was hidden off to the side almost in the children's section...I almost missed it completely. I didn't go into the "hangout" far enough to see if they had video games or not. I'm sure they probably do.
The children's section was super nice too, can't wait to take baby girl to story time when she's old enough. I think at that particular library they request children be at least 1. Found another library a few miles away that has story time 6mos and up.
In a ghoulish kind of way: Railing kill!
In a few hours I have an exam, and after that it's off to Belgium to a cool 4 day festival! Lineup's pretty good, the bands that I know at least (they have quite a lot of obscure bands):Spoiler:
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
I only recognize four of those bands. New Young Pony Club, Simian Mobile Disco, Uffie, and The Raveonettes.
What's your band called?
Edit: and Spoon makes five.
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