As you know from a previous blog post done in January, the library has several outlets of social media. We have a Facebook page, Twitter, Pinterest, and Flickr, to name a few. You can find out when the library\’s upcoming events, hours, and resources that are available. Did you know that we\’ve had a Facebook page and Twitter sinceContinue reading “Tarleton Thursdays: Did you know?”
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Thunderstorms in Cloud Computing OR Back Ups to the Rescue
The recent glitch in Amazon\’s cloud storage that knocked out several popular websites is a timely reminder that backing up materials is usually best practice. Now that we\’re all storing so many items on social media, we often forget that digital storage doesn\’t equal permanent storage (not sure what does) and forget to make backups.Continue reading “Thunderstorms in Cloud Computing OR Back Ups to the Rescue”
Pictures of the water damage
The library will be CLOSED Saturday and Sunday, February 5 & 6 due to water leak from a broken pipe. Check out our Flickr account to see pictures of the water damage and clean up effort.
Fore-Edge Paintings
In a recent post here, Janie mentioned fore-edge paintings, something I’ve wanted to blog about for a long time! It\’s easier to show how fore-edge paintings work than write/talk about them, so I\’ve included some very-short videos (with no audio) below. If you are holding a book in your hand, then the fore-edge is theContinue reading “Fore-Edge Paintings”
Lincoln Birthday Bicentennial
Tomorrow, February 12, is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, from 1861 through his untimely assassination in April 1865. The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission has put together a website that collects information on events across the country honoring this occasion, as well as an “HonestContinue reading “Lincoln Birthday Bicentennial”
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