The Bookmobile will not be at any stops this week for scheduled maintenance. We will resume a normal schedule Tuesday, May 28.

Pin It Crafts: Picture Frame Crafts

Posted by on April 23, 2013

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Do you love Pinterest?  Do you need to find some time and space to do some of your pinned crafts from Pinterest? Join us in May for Pin It Crafts.  This month we are focusing on picture frame crafts from Pinterest.  We will meet at 1:30pm in the Lingo Story Room on Saturday, May 11th [...]

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Pin It Crafts Recycled Magazine Crafts

Posted by on April 2, 2013

Do you love Pinterest?  Do you need to find some time and space to do some of your pinned crafts from Pinterest? Join us in April for Pin It Crafts.  This month we are focusing on recycled magazine crafts from Pinterest.  We will meet at 1:30pm in the Lingo Story Room on Saturday, April 20th [...]

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Pin It Crafts – Spring & Easter Crafts

Posted by on March 5, 2013

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Do you love Pinterest?  Do you need to find some time and space to do some of your pinned crafts from Pinterest? Join us in March for Pin It Crafts.  This month we are focusing on spring and Easter crafts from Pinterest.  We will meet at 1:30pm in the Lingo Story Room on Saturday, March [...]

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Pin It! T-Shirt Crafts

Posted by on January 29, 2013

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Join us February 16th at 1:30 in the Lingo Story Room for Pin It! T-Shirt Crafts. Pin It! Crafts is a new, adult program we are starting at the library.  Each month we will pick a theme, post several inspiration pieces on our Pinterest board, and invite you to come and craft with us.  For [...]

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Coming Soon…Pin It Crafts

Posted by on December 25, 2012

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“Pin It Crafts” is an exciting, new program that we will be kicking off on January 19th.  Starting at 1:30pm, in the Anton Room (second floor of  the library), we will meet and discuss this new Pinterest based program. This first get-together is to let everyone know how “Pin It Crafts” will work – we [...]

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Social Media at the Library

Posted by on April 6, 2012

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Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube … do you use social media? Nationally, over 50% of people age 13+ use Facebook, and over 7% use Twitter. People friend, fan, check-in, and share short updates with their friends daily. The library does this too – we have quite a few social media sites to choose from. Want [...]

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Pin Your Library

Posted by on March 15, 2012

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The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library has a Pinterest account!  Check it out and see the wonders of your Library and other visual recommendations by Library staff. Using our Library neighborhoods as a guide, we have built pinboards for cooking, lawn and garden, parents and kids, healthy living, several staff recommendation boards, and a [...]

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Pinterest for Planning a Wedding

Posted by on March 13, 2012

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If you’re planning a wedding and are up to your eyeballs in collecting ideas for the perfect dress, hairstyle, invitations and decorations, then you might already be familiar with Pinterest. This social bookmarking site allows users to collect and share ideas they like on the Internet.

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Do you use Pinterest?

Posted by on February 10, 2012

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Pinterest is a new social media tool that’s been getting a lot of attention lately, and I’m wondering who in Topeka is using it. What is Pinterest? From their About page – “Pinterest is a virtual pinboard. Pinterest allows you to organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. You can [...]

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