http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog Cecil County Public Library Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:57:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kindle, Nook, or Sony?  What’s 3G and why do I want it?  And what on earth is e-ink? If the recent release of several new eReader devices has your curiosity piqued, then take heart, dear reader, you’re not alone.  Many avid print readers are considering making the leap to digital books ... http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog/?p=432 Have you ever wanted your own personal shopper? I always imagined it would be wonderful to have someone else save me time and effort by slogging through all the many available choices I am not interested in, and clueing me in to the ones that fit with my own tastes.  ... http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog/?p=429 It’s almost midnight, you have the bio test in the morning, and this is the last concept you need to understand.  You have read the same words describing cell respiration over and over again and just can’t make any sense of them.  Of course, you may have played Zelda a ... http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog/?p=423 Did you know that the Cecil County Public Library system carries 65,409 fiction titles, and of those, only about 2% can be browsed on the new book shelf? What is the fate of the remaining 98%? We’ve read and reread Patterson, Koontz, Picoult, and Cornwell. Goodness, if you only checked ... http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog/?p=416 I love to travel—to experience the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, traditions, and attitudes of someplace new.  I’ve been all over the USA, and in my lifetime I’ve been lucky enough to spend time in England, Italy, France, and a few other countries in Europe, but there’s always more I want ... http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog/?p=411 Now that we are well into the 21st century, have you considered what a 21st century public library is? We think about it all the time! We librarians (always a little geeky, I will admit) saw pretty early on that technology could help us operate libraries better and ... http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog/?p=406 I like to use quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK). I use them to improve my attitude or get over some bad news, in emails and on my Facebook page. My two favorites are: “If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't ... http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog/?p=399 I am looking for a New Year’s resolution. As a person who never even manages to stay awake to see the ball drop, I have to be realistic. So far, my search for inspiration has shown that realistic is not the name of the game. It appears, only radical, seemingly ... http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog/?p=391 How do you indulge yourself?  According to Dictionary.com, indulge means “to yield to, satisfy, or gratify.”  Too often we focus on our family and job to the point that we don’t take time for ourselves.  Add in the economic constraints we’re all facing, and there’s even less opportunity for indulgence. Have ... http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog/?p=387 Everyone knows we live in an increasingly digital gadgety age -- but do you even know what these things are?  An IPod, a Wii, a Droid, a Kindle, a Nook, a Vook, a netbook, Blu-ray, HD, LCD, OLED, Plasma, MP3, Zune, GPS  or a ZHU ZHU?  The media, magazines, and ... http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/blog/?p=366