Top 18 New Money Management Tools on the Web

I look at this blog occasionally and found this list of web 2.0 fiscal tools. Some help you track your spending, others help you slash unnecessary expenses or find cheaper alternatives. There are a few accounting sites to help the self-employed with expenses and invoicing. Some applications are free, and some offer a 30-day free trial. Have fun looking around. If you decide to use one, let us know how it worked out for you!

Melody

Disappearing branch

I was trying to figure out where the staff entrance to Northwest Branch is, so I went to
http://maps.live.com/ and put in 6100 W 9th ave amarillo tx. I had to move the picture over to the left, then switch to aerial view and zoom in. When it goes from 150 feet to 80 feet, the library disappears!

10 Websites for Book Lovers

This link leads to a description of ten Web sites of interest to book lovers. Take a look, see what you think. Feel free to share with patrons.



http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/10-websites-for-book-lovers/



Ivon

You Want Pictures!

I have been asked to put pictures of the renovation on the staff blog. We have a MySpace page that has more, but I will put a few here for those of you who asked. I am so cooperative.

The front entrance is changing. This is the work being done outside.

The circ desk as it was. Was being the operative word. It is history.

And that desk saw a lot of action over the 30+ years it was in place. How many items were circulated here? How many formats has that desk witnessed--just in music? LP's were the standard, then cassettes--bypassing the 8 tracks somehow--which brings us to CDs. When this desk was new, the circulation system was the Regiscope, which recorded an image of the book checked out with the date-due slip. Then, in around 1984, circulation moved to an automated system.

The new carpet.

That is all for now. I will post more pictures later. In the meantime please check out the library's MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/amarillopubliclibrary .

Thanks to Sam and Terri for information about the formats and circ systems of the past.

Cheers,
Melody