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		<title>San Francisco Public Library&#8230;Illustrated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just stumbled upon the wonderful illustrations of Wendy MacNaughton today on The Rumpus.  She illustrated an average day in the San Francisco Public Library and highlighted people and services that make the library special.  Really worth checking out&#8230; Link: The San Francisco Public Library Main Branch&#8211;In its Own Words]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2011/05/17/san-francisco-public-library-illustrated/</link>
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		<title>ode to e-books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the day after the big ipad release what the world doesn&#8217;t need now is another post about current e-book trends and what the ipad will do to revolutionize the medium.  But I&#8217;m still going to do it.  Why?  Back in July, I gave a big &#8220;thanks, but no thanks&#8221; to e-books.  While I continue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2010/04/04/ode-to-e-books/</link>
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		<title>Cataloging the World&#8217;s Books Wiki-Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, the Internet Archive&#8217;s, Open Library, rolled out a soft launch of their new web design.  I checked out the Open Library website awhile back and found it to be an interesting project, but the design of the site did not really pull me in.  Although I liked the idea of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2010/04/01/cataloging-the-worlds-books-wiki-style/</link>
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		<title>A Reason to Focus on Banned Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we approach the beginning of Banned Books Week, I am astounded to hear Mitchell Muncy, former editor of Spence Publishing and current operating officer for the Institute of American Values, trying to “shush” the American Library Association.   According to Muncy in his opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, the ALA is making too [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/09/26/a-reason-to-focus-on-banned-books/</link>
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		<title>Changing face of reference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a great guest post today on the ALA Techsource blog from the Director of the Orange County Library System in Florida, Mary Anne Hodel.  She documents how her library has used a voice communication system called Vocera to allow reference librarians to be more mobile while also saving money.  I originally posted about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/08/11/changing-face-of-reference/</link>
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		<title>The best search engine for your needs&#8211;maybe not who you think</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you run to Google every time you have a pressing question and expect that it will return the best results on your subject?  Or have you decided to switch over to Bing, the new kid on the block?  Perhaps you have a nostalgic place in your heart for the Yahoo search engine?  Well, put [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/08/09/the-best-search-engine-for-your-needs-maybe-not-who-you-think/</link>
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		<title>Marketing/Outreach 2.0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ability to syndicate media and information, as well as involve people socially, make Web 2.0 tools perfect for marketing library events or services.  More and more libraries are taking advantage of these cheap and easy options for connecting with patrons.  Here are a few ideas for how to use Web 2.0 tools in your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/08/01/marketingoutreach-2-0/</link>
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		<title>More craftiness from the NYPL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad to see that the New York Public Library is continuing their collaboration with artists and crafters after their popular Design By the Book series with Design*sponge.  This time they are partnering up with with Maura Madden, author of Crafternoon: A Guide to Getting Artsy and Craftsy with Your Friends All Year Long, to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/07/31/more-craftiness-from-the-nypl/</link>
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		<title>A Day in the Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It appears that librarians are posting &#8220;day in a life&#8221; time lines on their blogs this week.  I read the first couple with mild interest, but as more and more have appeared, I find myself increasingly intrigued.  As a non-practicing librarian, it is nice to know what a typical day entails.  Here are a few [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/07/28/a-day-in-the-life/</link>
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		<title>Art Stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been awhile since I posted something art or design related.  I saw this video from Etsy today and immediately fell in love, not only with the beautifully shot video, but with the whole experience of the Nature Lab at the Rhode Island School of Design.   While the curator talks of the space as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/07/27/beautiful-things/</link>
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