Hooray for free Blogger software! Earlier I reported the Herseth Sandlin campaign's adoption of the same blog tool that brings you the Madville Times. Now, on a Crazy Days outing with Madville Times, Jr., I discover that the Madison Public Library continues its tradition of frugal use of our tax dollars by using Blogger to create an online library blog! No fees, no major technical knowledge required, just a simple, clean-looking online newsletter... with citizen comments! Nice work, Nancy!
There are just three entries from the beginning of the month so far, but I'm hoping that means another installment of library news is coming shortly. Oh! Here's a suggestion for content: have Bruce, Dana, Pat, et al. write quick synopses of one or two new books each week!
Boy, pretty soon the whole town of Madison will be blogging. Now if we could just get Mayor Hexom and the commissioners to blog... that would be really cool! Just remember, no tax dollars needed—just fire up Blogger! (Gene, Dick, Scott, Dan, Karen—if you need help getting started, just give me a shout!)
I think the library does not get enough credit for its good works. It's the nicest city institution we have and people are always there taking advantage. It's a real feather in our cap. There's for sure one positive thing to say about Madison downtown.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree! Madison has a wonderful library with a great staff. Plus, the preservation/restoration/addition done on the building a number of years ago (before I moved to town) is beautiful--even down to the landscaping. I think it provides us with a gem of an example for what we could do to restore historic buildings in downtown Madison. Just imagine what Main Street would look like if some of our 100-year-old places were restored and preserved as nicely as the library was.
ReplyDeleteI believe Clyde Brashier gets credit for volunteer landscaping, both at the museum and the library.
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