<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/77d91830-5f4a-4d39-b5f7-e54578369f56/69C38F10-CA63-455C-935B-B729986DFACD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://arb0rv1tae.typepad.com/bookworm/2007/09/libraries-and-t.html" href="http://arb0rv1tae.typepad.com/bookworm/2007/09/libraries-and-t.html" style="font-size: 11px;">arb0rv1tae.typepad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://arb0rv1tae.typepad.com/bookworm/2007/09/libraries-and-t.html"><H3 class="entry-header">Libraries and the "R" Word</H3> <DIV class="entry-content"> <DIV class="entry-body"> <P>A new public library is about to open not too far from where I live, and the local <DEL>advertising flyer</DEL> newspaper has devoted a full page and a half to the story. "This is great!" I thought, until the new head librarian used the dreaded "R" word:</P><BLOCKQUOTE dir="ltr"><P>"Libraries need to be relevant to their community. The whole idea is to give people the service they want — not what we think they should want," said Parker.</P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://arb0rv1tae.typepad.com/bookworm/2007/09/libraries-and-t.html"><P>"We really wanted to keep this collection fresh and new, with nothing more than two years old with some exceptions for classics," Parker said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://arb0rv1tae.typepad.com/bookworm/2007/09/libraries-and-t.html"><P>The literacy collection — classics simplified and shortened for those who are trying to read or improve their reading skills — has 482 titles.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://arb0rv1tae.typepad.com/bookworm/2007/09/libraries-and-t.html">To be fair, this library is meant for social work. It is located in a depressed neighbourhood that has the lowest library use rate in the region. Many of their contituents are just learning English, and they are also trying to give teens a safe, positive place to hang out after school.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/69C38F10-CA63-455C-935B-B729986DFACD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks:  Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!