March 2012

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• Continuing Education, FrontPage, Training

  Upcoming Webinar From the State Library of Ohio

  03.28.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  Join us for the Creating Quality Trainings webinar on Wednesday, April 4th at 2:00 on the afternoon.  Librarians are being asked to conduct patron and staff training various situations but many of us have had no formal education in training or adult learning.  This webinar will discuss the basics of developing, organizing, managing and evaluating [...]

• Continuing Education, FrontPage, Training

  Tell Your Library’s Story

  03.27.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The State of Ohio Training Association is now accepting registrations for its spring event, “Critical Thinking for Influential Storytelling” on May 11, 2012 from 8:30-4:30. This event features Ruth Milligan, Executive Speech Coach and co-curator of the TEDx Columbus event. During this interactive workshop, participants will apply critical thinking strategies to develop a story structure [...]

• FrontPage, State of Ohio Employees

  State Employees, Find Reliable Science Research on the Open Web

  03.26.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you are not happy with the search results you’ve been seeing using standard search engines, try Scientific WebPlus from Thomson Reuters. This experimental tool searches in the websites of universities, government agencies, scientific news outlets, research institutes, select blogs, and other reliable sources. It will automatically sort results by domain (.com, .org, .gov, etc.) [...]

• FrontPage, History, State of Ohio Employees

  This Day in History: March 26, 1942

  03.26.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  March 26, 1942 – The Germans begin sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland. Return to Auschwitz : the remarkable story of a girl who survived the Holocaust D805.P7 H37 1982  Stacks

• FrontPage, History, State of Ohio Employees

  This Day in History: March 25, 1911

  03.25.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  March 25, 1911 – A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, a sweatshop in New York City, claims the lives of 146 workers. Flesh & blood so cheap : the Triangle fire and its legacy Connect to title online Ohio eBook Project

• FrontPage, History, State of Ohio Employees

  This Day in History: March 24, 1900

  03.24.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  March 24, 1900 – Mayor Van Wyck of New York breaks ground for the New York subway tunnel that will link Manhattan and Brooklyn. Under the sidewalks of New York : the story of the greatest subway system in the world TF725.N5 C8 1988  Stacks

• FrontPage, History, State of Ohio Employees

  This Day in History: March 23, 1839

  03.23.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  March 23, 1839 – The initials “O.K.” are first published in The Boston Morning Post. Meant as an abbreviation for “oll correct,” a popular slang misspelling of “all correct” at the time, OK steadily made its way into the everyday speech of Americans. The said and the unsaid : mind, meaning, and culture P126 .T9  [...]

• FrontPage, State of Ohio Employees

  Free Articles from the New York Times Website

  03.23.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  The New York Times has announced that beginning in April, non-subscribers will be able to read up to ten free articles per month at NYTimes.com. The paper currently allows non-subscribers twenty articles per month. Re-reading an article downloaded earlier in the month will not count against the ten-article limit. The home page, section front pages, [...]

• FrontPage, State & Federal Documents News, State of Ohio Employees

  Statistical Abstract is Back

  03.22.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  Some time ago, the Census Bureau announced that it would no longer compile the annual Statistical Abstract, an essential source of reliable statistics. Proquest, which provides some of our OhioLINK resources, has decided to pick up where the Census Bureau left off, and will issue online and print editions for 2013. This is great news.

• FrontPage, History, State of Ohio Employees

  This Day in History: March 22, 1765

  03.22.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  March 22, 1765 – Stamp Act imposed on American colonies The Stamp Act Congress : with an exact copy of the complete journal E215.2 .W47  Stacks

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