Kanab City Library celebrates 10 years in its new building

Kanab City Library was filled with fond memories and tributes to Marolynn Watson at their Tenth Anniversary Open House on May 16th 2009. The Library Board and staff had gone all out to show off many highlights of the past ten years. There were displays showing library accomplishments and artifacts of the library in days of . . . → Read More: Kanab City Library celebrates 10 years in its new building

Friends Sell Stuff on Amazon, Ebay

Not to ignore the classic Friends book sales, but don’t forget that there is often a market for that stuff (books, cds, dvds) if you get it in front of a larger audience. Putting it on Amazon and / or Ebay and other online sources can get more money for some items. Not necessarily those endless . . . → Read More: Friends Sell Stuff on Amazon, Ebay

Garland Public Library & Website in a Box

Colleen:  Thanks so much for the great workshops, and for all that USL does for rural libraries.  Our library is looking better and serving better than ever before!  Thanks again for all you do.   I will end with that note about the benefits of the web and workshops.

Garland City does not have a web site yet.  . . . → Read More: Garland Public Library & Website in a Box

What are Friends for?

Friends of the Library training is coming June 23 & 24 here in Utah. Register: http://library.utah.gov/workshops

When I think of Friends of the Library I think of collaboration. What are Friends of the Library groups for?

Public, academic. school, and special libraries. No one’s too obscure or too high powered to have Friends.
Supporting and benefiting the library community
Service
Connecting . . . → Read More: What are Friends for?

Google chrome

Just when I ditched ie as my default browser comes another strong defender…google chrome. It’s been around for awhile but is coming out strong all over the world . . . → Read More: Google chrome

Stimulus $$$ and Utah libraries

Everyone’s wondering about stimulus money and how Utah librarians can get  it. Here’s my answer, and that’s just it, my answer. The thing is, we don’t want to miss out. Deseret News said that Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County will get most of the money. I don’t want it to slip by the rest of us.

The website to track . . . → Read More: Stimulus $$$ and Utah libraries

Web in a box value

This has been a super value to our library as we did not have a website until this project. We would not have had the money to hire a professional or even have our technician spend the time on creating one for us. This is something that we have control over and can update . . . → Read More: Web in a box value