This is a private message to Jenna Bush and her family (please don’t read)!
Jenna,
Congratulations to you and Henry on your engagement and your soon to be marriage!
I know that you particularly busy right now with the wedding and all but give me just a minute.
In January I emailed the White House saying that my company […]

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Entrepreneur Magazine (May 2008) had a good and consise article on getting started blogging. The article, written by By John Jantsch, is entitled The New Frontier: These days, everyone’s blogging. Is it time for your business to join the club?
I would add:

Is it time for your book club to join the club?
Is […]

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LibX: Browser Plugins for Libraries
By Laurie N. Taylor
LibX is a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that provides direct access to your library’s resources. It’s an Open Source framework from which editions for specific libraries can be built. Currently, 330 academic and …
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‘Google Tutor‘ or ‘Google Tut?r’ is not a ‘Google site’ but helps you learn a little more about Google everyday.  You can subscribe by RSS or by email.   Each day you will receive a simple but useful hint on using one of Google’s many utilities or ‘products’.   Today I learned how to compose a message […]

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Two possibilities to consider:

I’ve had recommendations of SmugMug.com and after looking at it I agree that is an amazing thing!
Picasa Web Albums from Google.

Other recommendations?

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National Library Week is April 13-17.  This is a SPECIAL anniversary of the ‘week’ - the 50th anniversary!    There is an interesting philatelic history of it at LibraryHistoryBuff.org.
Visit the ALA (American Library Association) and your public library Websites for more information.
For the latest news on it visit Google News for this search on […]

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Goosebumps HorrorLand #1: Revenge of the Living Dummy
Do your kids or students enjoy the Goosebumps books? If so, they will LOVE the new Website that Scholastic has created for his new ‘HorrorLand’ series. The first two books are now available.
Karen MacPherson of Scripps Howard News Service published a good article about […]

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This is great news!
eSchool News reports:
“New text reader to improve student access to electronic books
Bookshare.org will soon offer qualified students with reading disabilities free access to a text reader so they can listen to as many as 36,000 electronic books and periodicals read aloud. Thanks to a $32 million federal grant, the site plans to […]

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Once again, I am happy to share news from the Maran Family about their sharing “Illustrated” books online for FREE!  Here is a letter I rec’d from Mr. Robert Maran:
Hello,
Our Maran Illustrated Student Library is now online. This is a great resource for students of all ages. You will find how-to books on Algebra, […]

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