World Poetry Day, March 21, 2014

From Shelf Awarness today, advice to 'get poeting' and:

In his aptly titled poem "World Poetry Day," Polish author Tadeusz Rozewicz writes:

around noon the phone rang
"today is poetry day"
said Maria
"I can't hear you!"
"today is World Poetry Day, o poet!"
it's been established by Unesco"
Even Ionesco couldn't have thought up
something like this! this is something (something)!

The Giver - get the book here first...

The first trailer has been released for The Giver, based on Lois Lowry's classic and "one of the first modern dystopic tales written explicitly for a younger audience," Entertainment Weekly reported. The film, which stars Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes, Meryl Streep, Odeya Rush and Taylor Swift, is scheduled for an August release. (thanks for the link, Shelf Awareness!)

Windows XP bites the dust...

In February we saw the usual small movements in the browser market. More significantly, however, we didn't see any significant movements in the operating system market. For the second month in a row, Windows 8.x's share is basically unaltered... and so is Windows XP's.
[…]
Microsoft plainly hasn't been able to reach a vast number of Windows XP users to explain to them both what is going to happen, and why it's important. And while Firefox and Chrome will both be supported on Windows XP beyond the end-of-life, the substantial number of people using Internet Explorer 6-8 is strongly suggestive that many of these Windows XP users are going to be using not just an unsupported operating system, but an unsupported browser, too.

http://tinyurl.com/oc9rwc8

IF YOU USE A COMPUTER THAT RUNS MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP, YOU NEED TO UPGRADE OR REPLACE THAT COMPUTER.

If you aren’t sure whether your computer is running Windows XP, you can go to this website to check: http://amirunningxp.com/

You don’t necessarily need to buy a new computer with a new version of Microsoft Windows… you could buy a Macintosh, or you could put a version of LINUX on your computer. Whatever your choice, when Microsoft stops supporting Windows XP in April, bad guys are going to start attacking Windows XP like crazy and the odds of you falling victim to malware or other bad things increase a lot.

…brig

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Brig C. McCoy
Network Systems Manager
Kansas City, Kansas Public Library
625 Minnesota Ave
Kansas City, KS 66101

913-279-2349, phone
913-279-2271, fax
816-885-2700, cell

http://www.kckpl.org/

Internet turns 25 this year

Happy Birthday to the web!

This report from the Pew Research Internet Project may inspire a paper topic idea you can use.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee...wrote a paper on March 12, 1989 proposing an “information management” system that became the conceptual and architectural structure for the Web. He eventually released the code for his system—for free—to the world on Christmas Day in 1990. It became a milestone in easing the way for ordinary people to access documents and interact over a network of computers called the internet—a system that linked computers and that had been around for years. The Web became especially appealing after Web browsers were perfected in the early 1990s...

It won't be long...

It won't be long till Spring, and graduation follows so quickly!

For those searching for jobs, starting early is always worthwhile - resume writing, searching the industry and local jobs, improving job search skills. Butler, through the state library, has an online tool to help. LearningExpress tells me-

A powerful career guidance tool is now available to help your patrons face the daunting task of searching for jobs or advancing their careers. Job & Career Accelerator from LearningExpress- the industry’s most comprehensive online career and job search system- put job seekers in the driver’s seat.

Job & Career Accelerator integrates everything patrons need to conduct a successful job search. Interactive wizards guide patrons through each step of the process, from exploring occupations and finding jobs to preparing resumes, completing job applications, and improving job search skills. The personalized job search portfolio allows job seekers to plan, tailor, and track multiple job searches while providing easy access to all of their saved information.

The end result is the most efficient and effective job search possible.

Stop in to the library or visit our webpage (the databases) to connect with Job & Career Accelerator from LearningExpress.

How Do Freshmen Handle Research?

Infographic on Freshmen Research Survey

On Our "New Books" Shelf

From Unshelved, the Book Club.