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Thirty years with the mouse
The computer mouse that we all know and love turned 30 yesterday (Dec 9, 1998).
Invented by Douglas Englebart this device is one of the most pervasive pieces of computer
equipment on the planet. Check out the CNN site and see what 30 years of evolution has
done for this little creature.
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Efraud?
With the rise in Ecommerce (selling merchandise on the Net) has come a rise in
Efraud. The National Fraud Information Center wants you to have the facts. Check out their
site for some advice about online purchases during the holiday season.
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NOLA Regional Library System
| The Director's Desk - Millie Fry |
Kent State University School of Library and Information
Science
On January 1, 1999 Danny Wallace will celebrate his third anniversary as the Director of
the Kent State University School of Library and Information Science. To read more about
what has happened within the School during the past three years, click here
http://wallace.slis.kent.edu/progress.htm
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Millie Fry - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
Christmas is coming! The goose is getting fat! What goes best
with goose? If we're eating goose, should I decorate the door wreath with one? Maybe the
kids could make a goose ornament for the tree... The people at Christmas with Reader's
Digest want to help you get all your geese in order this holiday season. Visit this site
for traditional and contemporary holiday tales, craft & decorating ideas, recipes and
more. Pop into the Holiday Forum to share tips, recipes and memories with others online.
Countdown the days to Christmas (and scare yourself 'cause you haven't started shopping
yet!). This is a commercial site, so expect commercials, and promos, and giveaways. But
hey, maybe you'll find something for Great-Aunt Helga...
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| Kids Connect - Sue McCleaf Nespeca, Youth
Services Consultant |
Encyclopedia Online
I just returned today from an OPLIN committee meeting and wanted to share one of the
exciting things I learned. There is now an encyclopedia online that can be accessed
through the web at no cost. Not only can you bookmark this on library computers, but you
can recommend it to families when they quiz you about purchasing an encyclopedia set. Why
not suggest that if they have a home computer, instead of spending hundreds for a print
copy, they simply access this online? Funk& Wagnalls Encyclopedia can be found at: http://www.funkandwagnalls.com
In addition to the Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia, you can also find several other
things at this site. Included is the Random House Webster's College Dictionary, and
continually updated news from Reuters. And the graphics are fantastic - there are pictures
and maps and sound and music.
You can access each of the above by themselves ( encyclopedia, dictionary, Reuters world
news or the media index) or you can enter a subject and do a "power search"
which will check all of them at once. There are also links to the web. Funk & Wagnalls
is owned by Versabook - and they call themselves the Library of the 21st Century. We can
certainly thank them for providing this for free!
Oh, by the way, you can also win a $10,000 U.S. Savings Bond for your child's education if
you want.....
Furby - Part 2
It's particularly nice to know that someone is reading my weekly column since
there have been times I spent several hours preparing them. One way I know this is because
people continually point out mistakes that I make. Hmmm.... Like I said- at least someone
is reading them.
It turns out that I was wrong - there is a book on Furbys. (Can Furbys be plural????) Now
whether I will buy this for my library remains to be seen. My fine staff broke down and
bought Teletubbies and Rugrat books - but Furby? Here is the site - I have not seen the
book, so decide for yourself.
http://www.Furbytoys.com/furbybook.html
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NOLA Regional Library System
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