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  Free Webinars – The Smart Choice

  03.14.13 | Permalink | Comment?

  ACCESSIBILITY Accessibility Testing in Enterprises Big and Small (Accessible Technology Coalition) March 21 (2 pm) Businesses large and small want to make their websites accessible to all, but some have more resources than others. Today we will talk about testing and review tools that are available to everyone – from automated tools for the large [...]

• FrontPage, History, Uncategorized

  This Day in History: January 20, 1981 – Iran hostage…

  01.20.13 | Permalink | Comment?

  January 20, 1981 -  Iran hostage crisis ends 444 days : the hostages remember E183.8.17 W45 1985  Stacks

• Continuing Education, FrontPage, Training, Uncategorized, Webinars

  Free January Webinars (January 6-12, 2013)

  01.08.13 | Permalink | Comments Off

  January 9 (1-2 pm) An Introduction to Facilitating Groups (Nonprofit Webinars) At some point, even experienced trainers, facilitators and managers find themselves standing before groups whose dynamics are all over the board. Everyone is expressing an opinion, ideas are flying at warp speed, emotions are high, disagreement is rampant, and some people are shutting down [...]

• FrontPage, History, Uncategorized

  This Day in History: January 4, 1847 – Samuel Colt wins…

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  January 4, 1847 – Samuel Colt wins a contract to provide the U.S. government with 1,000 of his .44 caliber revolvers.   Colt developed a system of mass production and interchangeable parts that greatly lowered the cost. The story of Colt’s revolver, the biography of Col. Samuel Colt

• FrontPage, State of Ohio Employees, Uncategorized

  We can help you reach your career goals in 2013

  01.02.13 | Permalink | Comment?

  The State Library of Ohio has resources available to help guide your leadership and career goals in 2013. There are many career and leadership books available to state employees through the State Library. One classic leadership guide is titled “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. Written in 1936, the basic principles [...]

• FrontPage, History, Uncategorized

  This Day in History: January 1, 1892 – Ellis Island Immigrant Station…

  01.01.13 | Permalink | Comment?

  January 1, 1892 – The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened. Ellis Island: the immigrant years F184.A1 S48 1971x  v5    Location: State Library Stacks

• FrontPage, History, Uncategorized

  This Day in History: December 29, 1170 – Archbishop Thomas Becket…

  12.31.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  December 29, 1170 – Archbishop Thomas Becket is brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights of King Henry II of England apparently on orders of the king. Thomas Becket DA209.T4 W5   Location: State Library Stacks

• FrontPage, History, Uncategorized

  This Day in History: December 27, 1831 – British naturalist Charles Darwin…

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  December 27, 1831 – British naturalist Charles Darwin sets out aboard the HMS Beagle on a five-year surveying expedition that provided information in the development of his theory of evolution. Darwin and his critics; the reception of Darwin’s theory of evolution by the scientific community 573.2 H877D    Location: State Library Dewey Stacks Photo © Copyright [...]

• FrontPage, History, Uncategorized

  This Day in History: December 20, 1836 – President Andrew Jackson presents…

  12.20.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  Kee-o-kúk, The Watchful Fox, Chief of the Tribe, 1835 December 20, 1836 -   President Andrew Jackson presents Congress with a treaty he negotiated with Native American tribes of the Missouri territory which removed those tribes to make way for white settlement. Kappler’s Indian affairs ¨laws and treaties I 1.107: v-6 and v-7 laws     Location: State [...]

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  This Day in History: December 19, 1732 – Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia…

  12.19.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  December 19, 1732 -  Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia first published Poor Richard’s Almanack.  The book filled with proverbs preaching industry and prudence became one of the most popular publications in colonial America. Poor Richard: the almanacks for the years 1733-1758 PS749 .A3 1964x  Location: State Library Stacks

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