National Library Week Write-Off 2008 Feb 27 '08 (Updated May 01 '08)    Write an essay on this topic. Tweet The Bottom Line Join the National Library Week Write-Off and appreciate all your library has to offer! What are you reminded of when you think about a library? Your first instinct is probably to say books, right? Right! But libraries are so much more: they have magazines, newspapers, movies, and CDs; they are information centers; they often have public computer access; they (hopefully!) have comfortable places to study or relax; they are a great place to meet a few friends or take your families; they have public classes and programs for people of all types; they have historical documents and items; they have almost anything anyone could ever want. Libraries conjure up so many different thoughts and memories for people and are a very important place. Don't you wish you could show your library a little love? April 13-19 is National Library Week (more info @ http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.htm). This is a great time to spend a little more time enjoying the benefits of your local library, and while you're there, be sure to let your favorite librarians know how much you appreciate them! In honor of National Library Week I am hosting the National Library Week Write-Off. The idea is simple: review something that you've borrowed from your library, be it a book, movie, magazine, etc. In your review, be sure to include a little snippet of information about your library. This can be a memory from your childhood, your experience picking the reviewed material, your favorite thing to do at your library, what your library is doing to participate in National Library Week... you get the idea. The rules are simple and generous, and surely you've borrowed something from your library so it should be easy! Feel free to submit as many entries as you want. The National Library Week Write-Off begins as of this posting, and ends at the end of April. To submit an entry you may leave a comment on this thread or email me a link to your review at lea_ander@yahoo.com. Please mention this write-off, and possibly a link to this announcement somewhere in your review. In a Nutshell... -Write about something you've borrowed from your library -Include a memory or experience about your (or any, really) library -Mention this write-off in your review -Send me a link to your review so I can include it on this list -Make as many submissions as you like (you've got two months!!) -Don't forget to let your favorite librarians know how much you appreciate them Enjoy! -Your loving librarian, Laurashrti :) ..........Submissions.......... Read about the importance of libraries and library cards in Essential Baby "Equipment" That Fits in My Wallet: My 500th Review as written by jeavinl. Also, read about the effect libraries can have on a young person growing up in Tennessee Library Treasures as written by ddustyrose. Here's a good one: read Stephen_Murray's Music from libraries and me: a memoir for National Library Week. See? There's way more than books to a library :) Or how about reading about dianapinions' life-long library love? Books Aya: laurashrti One Potato, Two Potato: nagels A Child's Garden: pestyside Cat in the Hat: lindeisha Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss! *Note: epinions lists this item as a toy Mere Anarchy: jenniferkateab America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money: Your Guide to Living Better, Spending Less, And Cashing in on Your Dreams: nagels Gossamer: treeseed Bringing in the New Year: smiles33 Hippos go Berserk!: smiles33 Lissy's Friends: smiles33 Fortune Cookie Fortunes: smiles33 Our Seasons: smiles33... still going! Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: the New Classics: jenniferkateab Runaway Dinner: nagels In Defense of Food: an Eater's Manifesto: scmrak Dirty Girls Social Club: jurgrace Newspapers, Pennies, Cardboard, and Eggs for Growing a Better Garden: Over 200 New, Fun, and Ingenious Ideas to Keep Your Garden Growing Great All Season Long: pestyside Summer Blonde: laurashrti Big Baby: laurashrti Neighborhood Mother Goose: jeavinl Secret Life of Cows: nagels Where on Earth is My Bagel: smiles33 Superman Returns: I Can Find It!: laurashrti Kosher by Design Kids in the Kitchen: jenniferkateab Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest: befus Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library: factotum The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians: scmrak One is a Drummer: A Book of Numbers: smiles33... proof that library bookmobiles are a fantastic thing :) The Librarian Of Basra: A True Story From Iraq: pestyside What If: gnomelady George Crum and the Saratoga Chip: nagels Skinflick: rkingfish World Without End: popsrocks... finally! :) Gossie & Gertie: kamel622 The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic: jankp My Librarian is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World: lindeisha Leon the Chameleon: kamel622 Leave it to Chance: Trick or Threat! and Other Stories: lindeisha The Dalmatian: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet: nagels Goldilocks Returns: jurgrace My New York Diary: laurashrti Blood Ties: Stephen_Murray 1001 Beds: Stephen_Murray Growing Vegetable Soup: jeavinl Elusive Mrs. Pollifax: carstairs Crunch Munch: msmorvay Plum Lucky: jurgrace Warped Passages: Unraveling The Mysteries Of The Universe's Hidden Dimensions: smorg Mom and Dad are Palindromes: dianapinions... an old review but is sure is a good one! Palace of Illusions: smiles33 Microsoft Windows Vista Visual Quick Tips: nagels Angry Housewives: Eating Bon Bons: jurgrace Dear Whiskers: jenniferkateab Remember Me?: jenniferkateab Movies L'Italiana In Algeri (with Marilyn Horne): smorg Singin' in the Rain: carstairs38... that makes two DVDs! Go Potty Go: smiles33 Kid in Aladdin's Palace: carstairs38 Nothing Sacred: Stephen_Murray Great Moment: Stephen_Murray Night and the City: Stephen_Murray Soy Cuba: Stephen_Murray Pierrot le fou: Stephen_Murray Crystal Liturgy: Stephen_Murray Dorothea Lange: a Visual Life: Stephen_Murray ...inspired by both a viewing of this movie and an exhibition of the artist's 'Steep Ravine' photographs at the San Francisco Public Library Music Hey You Kids! by the Jellydots: jeavinl The Classics by Ray Boltz: carstairs38 Maria Muldauer singing Bob Dylan love songs, "Heart of Mine": Stephen_Murray The "best of" (all of!) the Music Explosion: Stephen_Murray Darius Milhaud's Carnavals (Aix, London): Stephen_Murray "Tutto Mozart" sung by Bryn Terfel: Stephen_Murray Wynton Marsalis's jazz ballet compositions Sweet Release & Ghost Story: Stephen_Murray Branford Marsalis's debut album, "Scenes of the City": Stephen_Murray the remastered "Mingus, Ah Um" from Charles Mingus: Stephen_Murray Wynton Marsalis's "Mr. Jelly Lord" (covers of Morton compositions): Stephen_Murray Jelly Roll Morton's "Winin' Boy Blues": Stephen_Murray ... He's taken on his library's musical Ms :) Red Riding Hood & Goldilocks as told by Meg Ryan: pestyside Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder: pmills1210

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