Wednesday's Weblogs: Best of Blogs Award Nominations

Over at this page, they're accepting nominations in various categories for the 2006 Best of Blogs.

They're designed to recognize small blogs, so think of those hidden gems you read and nominate them by midnight EST on Friday, February 16. Voting will begin Friday, March 2.

There's actually not a form to nominate; you simply post a comment in the appropriate category with the name of the blog you're nominating.

Vote early and often(!).

SUBJECTS: WEDNESDAY'S WEBLOGS

Friday Fun Thing: Antiques Roadshow

Yesterday wasn't much of a day for fun things, so here's one a day late, courtesy of Diane H.'s sleuthing skills...

Wondering about that old "thing" Aunt Tillie has stashed in her attic? Here's your chance to find fame and fortune with it: Antiques Roadshow will be coming to Orlando during its 2007 Tour! See information at their page here about how to submit items and get tickets for the June 30th show. Online ticket application has begun already, so if you want to go, don't dally!

BTW, if you can't bring yourself to appear in public (or aren't chosen to do so) with Aunt Tillie's "thing," the page also has an interesting section on tips of the trade for do-it-yourself appraisals. Enjoy!

SUBJECTS: FRIDAY FUN THINGS

CFLC Chronicles: Weather Aftermath

As far as CFLC has been able to ascertain, member libraries came through the Central Florida tornadoes last night pretty well. The two counties appearing in the news as the most affected are Lake and Volusia. In Lake County, the library in Lady Lake is closed today because the power is out and there are a few staff members who have damage to their houses. Volusia County reports that all of their buildings are fine and that they have no reports yet of staff members with home damage.

Stetson closed for part of the day because of power outages, but buildings and staff are fine. Embry-Riddle came through last night's events unscathed but updated us on the aftermath of the Christmas Day tornado, saying "The library damage was minor compared to the campus but we still lost 780 books. The repairs have been made except for one so we are good to go." Having been to a meeting there earlier this month, I can tell you how massive and impressive the effort was on the part of the staff to get up and running again in such a timely fashion.

Kudos to ERAU and gratitude that all the recent weather events were not worse. Take an object lesson and make sure your library and home disaster and safety plans are up-to-date! Should you need it, CFLC has a Web page here that references a number of excellent disaster planning and mitigation resources.

Let us know if there are damaged libraries that we missed or that need help from CFLC or its members!

SUBJECTS: CFLC CHRONICLES