Friday Updates

Back by popular demand (actually, I asked Blake if he wanted me to start it up again, and he said sure), I give to you the Friday updates for this week. They include digital libarries, law libraries, map collecting, library funding, patent records, and latte. Enjoy!!

Back by popular demand (actually, I asked Blake if he wanted me to start it up again, and he said sure), I give to you the Friday updates for this week. They include digital libarries, law libraries, map collecting, library funding, patent records, and latte. Enjoy!!

From the Daily News Online

Digital library ready to boot up

\”The state’s first digital public library will boot up April 6 in Bowling Green.
Contractors are putting the finishing touches on the third of a four-phase renovation of the old L&N Depot on Kentucky Street. About $3 million has been spent so far on the high-tech facility, which will be a branch of Bowling Green Public Library.\”


From the Bakersfield Californian

Law library seeks fee increase

\”The Kern County Law Library is seeking an increase in court filing fees to set up computerized branches outside Bakersfield.

Officials would buy a computer, equip it with the information and have it available in Ridgecrest sometime next year, said Annette Heath, law librarian. Additional branches could later be added to other parts of the county, Heath said.\”

From the Maimi Herald

Map collector shares history through extensive collection

\”For Dr. Joseph H. Fitzgerald, maps are not just a method to see what\’s where — maps tell stories.

Maps are ways to learn not just about borders, but also about bits of history and periods of time.

Fitzgerald, 69, has been a map collector for 42 years, and his knowledge and fascination for the subject have formed the soul behind the Miami International Map Fair at the Historical Museum of South Florida.\”

From the St. Petersburgh Times

Libraries caught in funding fairness feud

\”The East Lake Community Library is the newest library in Pinellas County, and, with its quaint bungalow-style building, one of the smallest.

But the East Lake library also is at the center of a battle for limited dollars. Its opponents say that if East Lake gets what it wants, that could undermine a decade-old cooperative agreement that allows residents in unincorporated Pinellas County to use libraries in nearby cities.\”

From the Sandunsky Register

U.S. patent records find home at university library

\”Tucked away in a corner of Wright State University\’s library are details of nearly every American invention since 1790, when Thomas Jefferson served as commerce secretary under President George Washington.

Wilbur and Orville Wright\’s flying machine, Ermal Fraze\’s pop-top can, Charles Kettering\’s electric starter and millions of other patented innovations are stored on dozens of CD-ROMs and DVDs that take up only a few library shelves.\”

From the Post Crescent

Library patrons have a latte to be happy about

\”Soon patrons at the Appleton Public Library can order a cappuccino or latte while they browse through books or peer at periodicals.

Bob and Sue Williams, owners of Foxley\’s Coffee Break Caffe in downtown Appleton and the Nature of Things Store in the Fox River Mall, will open a cafe in the library at the end of the month. An exact date hasn\’t been set yet.\”