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Please check out my blog at:http://marytreacy.wordpress.com One time librarian and former executive director of the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information I am currently a very happy independent consultant exploring untold options. My passion is to contribute the bit I am able to an informed and engaged community in which everyone's story can be told - and heard. This means using a dynamic array of media - newspapers, websites, television, radio, social media and whatever comes on line tomorrow. It means being willing to plumb the depths of a story - and it means having the courtesy, if not the intellectual curiosity, to learn from others. My sons are both enmeshed in the information maze. Rick Birmingham is the Manager of IT Services at MAP for Nonprofits. Steve Birmingham works his magic on the public access terminals in Hennepin County Library. Grandson Will Birmingham, 19 months, loves food, slides, puddles and books - in that order. A graduate of what was then the College of St. Catherine I went on to get a MS in Library Science. Truth to tell, I didn't work in real libraries that much, but I did work 18 years as Director of Metronet, a collaboration of nearly 600 public, academic, corporate, medical, school and other libraries and information services in the TC's. In recent years I've worked in a number of consulting positions, most notably the Sisters of St. Joseph Ministries Foundation. As a hapless volunteer I've worked with a host of nonprofits including the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information, Learning in Style, the DFL Education Foundation, the Village Farmers Market among others. I've also written several pieces for TCDP. In recent weeks I've been joined the throngs of scribe wannabes by launching my own little blog called Poking Around With Mary - because poking around is what I do a good deal of the time.
For some time I have intended to post something about the American Craft Council Digital Library. This article, which just came out, presents a far more complete report than I could research.
April, as a growing number of Americans know, is National Poetry Month, a month spearheaded since 1996 by the American Academy of Poets.
Clearly art is in the air in Northeast – after all, we are in the pre-Art-a-Whirl season, with artists in their studios throughout the neighborhood, working long hours to create works of art they h
Last minute news from Edison High School where a group of students in an English as a Second Language class have produced a series of mini-documentaries on the theme of: “creating thoughtful soluti
Mizna, the Northeast Minneapolis-based Arab American cultural organization, offers a rich agenda of arts activities in the weeks to come.
In recent years and months the creative arts and spirit have grown exponentially in Northeast.
Easter egg hunts are popping up in city parks, churchyards and backyards these days. One favorite in Northeast is a family event scheduled for Saturday, March 31, at Silverwood Park.
It’s Sunshine Week, the annual shout out to open government – a great way to celebrate is to dig deep into some of the information by and about state and local government. Continue Reading
Windom Park Citizens in Action (WPCiA) meets Tuesday, March 20, 7:00 p.m. at the park addition, Pillsbury School, 2251 Hayes, NE.
Many seniors are super surfers, tweeting and linking in and spending their retirement hours staying in touch with the grandchildren, the neighborhood, the Legislature and the globe.