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Save the date: Jan.12th book lovers event!
Do you believe you may have been born in a bookstore in a past life? Do you crave spending time with other people who love books? Do you feel unable to keep up with your voracious readers (or yourself) and all of the new possible titles?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may really enjoy an upcoming FREE “bookish event” that CMLE, ITEM, and Barnes and Noble are offering. One hour of solid gold book talks will take place over a variety of genres, Pre k-12 age groups including adult books that would be age appropriate for teens, and items for your personal growth too! Please send your email reservation, Subject line: RSVP for January 12. All are welcome!
Location: St. Cloud Barnes and Noble store
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2016
3:30 – 4:00 Social time and light refreshments
4:00 – 5:00 Book Talks
5:00 – ?? Social time and shopping
Tip: Check with your employer to see if they have already set up a B&N Institutional Account or a B&N Educator Discount Card. If so, you could have important discounts already in place just waiting for you!
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We've Learned! About job openings
Job Openings in the CMLE Region
Librarian/Information Studies (Unclassified MSCF-CC Faculty)
Appointment: Full Time-Unlimited
Location: Cambridge, MN Campus of Anoka Ramsey Community College
Start Date: August 18, 2016
Application Deadline: December 31, 2015
Full description and application instructions
Technology Assistant, Elk River
Application materials
Looking for library job opportunities beyond the CMLE region? Try out the Minnesota Libraries Jobline!
Crank up some holiday music
Got music? Chances are good that sometime soon you’ll be in need of some holiday or winter-themed music. Do you have a holiday bash coming up? How about a holiday party at your library? Or, maybe you just want something quiet, yet festive to listen to at your desk? See our suggestions below for finding just the right song…
Pandora has a free and a for-fee option for your computer or device. I utilize the free version of Pandora, and it suits me quite well. You get unlimited music, but note that there are advertisements with the free service (maybe 2 commercials an hour, and colorful advertisements around the player). There are a variety of holiday stations just waiting for your perusal! Examples of holiday stations include: Classical Christmas, Country Christmas, R&B and Pop Holidays, Peaceful Holidays, and Hanukkah. My favorite is Swingin’ Christmas – with artists like Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Michael Buble’, and Ella Fitzgerald, you really can’t go wrong!
Jango provides free internet radio – their claim is that they’re like Pandora, only with fewer advertisements and more variety. Examples of holiday stations available on Jango include: Jango Bell Rocks, Feliz Navidad, Independent Christmas, Christmas Mix, and New Year’s Eve Party.
iHeartRadio is a free service that allows you to stream live radio from around the world to your computer or device. In addition, you also have the option to create your own custom stations. iHeartRadio’s holiday selection is somewhat unique because it connects you to live radio stations from coast-to-coast with holiday music in heavy rotation. So, if you’re a radio fan – with DJs and their hoopla – you may enjoy checking out a iHeartRadio holiday radio station. You can also select iHeartRadio’s custom holiday stations.
These are just a few of many internet music options! What are some of your favorites?
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Creative Commons & citing web content
How do you cite content you’re using from the web? Can you even use it in your work or on your website? If you need to modify it, can you? In today’s muddled online world, Creative Commons (CC) wants to be the answer to all your digital copyright questions.
So what is Creative Commons? In their own words, “Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.” Their copyright licenses are easy to use and complement existing copyright to “provide a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work.”
Sites like flickr, Wikipedia, and many others are using Creative Commons to let users know what they can and cannot use and how they can use it.
Here are some more excellent places to learn more about Creative Commons:
- The Harvard Law School Library’s short libguide about Creative Commons.
- Nancy Sims, the Copyright Program Librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries, talking about CC.
- The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) discussing image attribution.
You will notice that CMLE uses Creative Common’s attribution standards with most images we use in our posts. If you need to know more about the individual licenses you can go to Creative Commons’ About The Licenses page.