I Am A Historian

Over the last year we've had the wonderful opportunity to work in partnership with some of the brilliant students at Seaton Elementary School. One of the most amazing projects that we did was build a local history page on Wikipedia for the Shiloh Baptist Church. After the students built the page we had them sit down for a Skype teleconference to talk about their experience on the project with teachers around the country.

Take a minute to meet Katherine, Norma, Jackson and Ibrahim, and learn about the work they did for this project. We're all so incredibly proud of them.

New Watha T. Construction Video

Building is moving swiftly at the new Watha T. Daniel Library construction site. Check out this little video to see how far we've come!

Check Out Northwest One

Remember when I posted the picture from the installation of Northwest One? Well, we opened to the public on December 7th and people took notice. Check out this video from ABC 7 about the amount of videos, audio books and technology in the new facility in Ward 6.



I'll still be floating back and forth between locations, but it's super fun opening a new branch!

Tech Tuesday: Blog Your Life

Here at Watha T. Daniel we've been giving presentations on tech topics every Tuesday. In order to make things a little more accessible we're going to experiment with recording our tech tuesday presentations on our iMac.

Below is the first presentation in our Tech Tuesday video tutorials series, and it's called "Blog Your Life." It's a basic introduction to the concept of blogging, what it is, how it works, some of the major companies in the blogosphere, how you can get started blogging your life, and some tips and tricks to make your blog awesomely cool.

I hope you enjoy it!

TV @ WTD

Have you been wondering what in the world is going on with Lost?

Do you not have cable television and haven't seen all those shows on HBO or ShowTime like Dexter or The Sopranos?

Bummed out about the fact that you missed your favorite BBC miniseries?

Are you still wild about Sex in the City and want to know every little juicy detail?

Then you should swing by Watha T. Daniel and go through our extensive collection of TV DVD's. We've got complete runs of 24, Flight of the Conchords, Freaks and Geeks, Heroes, Inspector Linley Mysteries, Prime Suspect, Smallville, Sex in the City, Ugly Betty, Twin Peaks, Veronica Mars, The Wire and MORE!

Check it out.

This Week at Watha T. May 19-may 26

Monday, May 19

4:00 p.m. Doctor Who: The Long Game

Wednesday, May 21

10:00 a.m. Story Time for 3-5 year olds

7:00 p.m. Adult Book Club: The Great Gatsby

Thursday, May 22

3:30 p.m. Metamorphosis: Messed up Games

Monday, May 26

Closed for Memorial Day

Doctor Who: Mondays at 4:00

For those who don't know it, I am a HUGE fan of Doctor Who. And I'm happy to be sharing my passion for the good Doctor with the folks who come to Watha T. Daniel. Every monday at 4:00 we're screening an episode from Series 1 of the new Doctor Who starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.

Today's episode is The Unquiet Dead. The Doctor and Rose travel back in time to 1869 in Cardiff. There they meet the famous writer Charles Dickens who is performing a live stage reading of A Christmas Carol, when they themselves are attacked by ghosts! But are they really ghosts? Are the dead really coming back to life? Or is it something else entirely?

Next week: The Aliens of London. It's part 1 of 2. Big green slimy aliens secretly take over the British Government and they want to destroy the earth! It's totally awesome!