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I love this magazine style WordPress theme and think it would be terrific for libraries looking to use WordPress as a content management system for their web site. I particularly like how it lets you have the latest story from each of your ‘categories’ show up on the main page. Create categories corresponding to library departments, service areas, branches… and the latest news from each will be on the main page. A lot less “bloggy” than many WordPress themes.
Branford Magazine WordPress Theme

And you can keep a main feature story at the top of the page, regardless of how many other stories are flowing into other parts of the page.

I haven’t tested it out yet though. The next library that wants me to help them with their web site is going to have to look at this one! I also plan to use it as an example in a class I’m putting together on using WordPress to replace ‘traditional’ web sites.

• Branford Magazine Theme Demo
• Branford Magazine Theme Download

When you look at Google Maps these days, you’ll see links to Wikipedia articles (and tons of other stuff too!). Yet another reason to make sure your library has an article about it in Wikipedia. Check it out.

(graphic from Google Lat Long Blog)

(Google map for Guilderland NY with Wikipedia article in a pop up)

(via: More ways to find more than ever, Google Lat Long Blog)

From DIGtrends: Leave comments on the THIS CAN’T WAIT post and they’ll donate $10 to the US Campaign for Burma.

As part of our commitment to the people of Burma, Digital Influence Group will contribute $10 to the U.S. Campaign for Burma for each unique, non-spam comment or trackback to this post, up to $5,000 total. The deadline for commenting is May 31, 2008, because for Burma: It Can’t Wait.

Ok, I can’t resist one more of these fun widgets. This one is for Greg & Jean and all the penguins at the California Academy of Sciences.

Source: http://abowman.com/google-modules/penguins

Curriki is looking for content. If you have an instructional unit or course you’d like to share with the world, check out Curriki’s Summer of Content.

Do you have an instructional unit or course you’re proud of that you’d like to publish and get paid for?

Interested in earning money this summer to develop a new unit that will be shared with a global audience?

For our Summer of Content initiative, Curriki is soliciting middle
school content in ELA, math, science, and social studies, and high
school content in ELA and social studies. Apply by June 1st, 2008.

Great frog eating flies:

(Source: http://abowman.com/google-modules/tree-frog/)

And Spider!

(Source: http://abowman.com/google-modules/spider/)

I’ve been having great fun working on the NYS Summer Reading web site!