Collier Friends

11/03/2012

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/nov/02/sleuth-out-a-good-time-with-007-lore-and-lots-of/

It's Bond night at the library with a themed gala that promises both excitement and authenticity.

10/26/2012

Support Your Library System -- Tickets Still Available for Friends of the Library's Red, White & Roulette Fundraiser Nov. 2 -- Call 262-8135!

Clickhttp://www.collier-friends.org/RWR2012program.pdf

to preview the 2012 Red, White & Roulette Auction Catalog.

To forward through the pages click or scroll with your mouse.

We'll see you at the Waldorf-Astoria Naples!

10/05/2012

Naples Daily News Joins Friends of the Library As $5,000 Sponsor for Red, White & Roulette Fundraiser Nov. 2

http://www.prlog.org/11992369-naples-daily-news-joins-friends-of-the-library.html

08/09/2012

Fundraising Internship, Staff Assistant

Dynamic, non-profit friends of the Library of Collier County, Naples, FL -- which supports and enhances the 10 libraries in Collier County -- seeks Interns. The Fall internship begins August 19, 2012 and ends December 14. The Spring internship begins January 7, 2013 and ends May 3, 2013. Application deadline is August 19, 2012.

This can be a sole position or the workday can be shared by two interns. The Fundraising Intern will assist the Marketing Director, Event Planner and Executive Director with the following professional responsibilities: basic proofreading and at-large editorial tasks, preparing donor acknowledgment letters, liaison with the public, organizing event ticket sales, and processing membership applications and renewals for members. General office duties regarding fundraising as needed.

This is an unpaid internship.

Location: Naples, Florida

Degrees Wanted: None

Areas of Concentration: Public Relations; Library - Academic; Nonprofit Management

Special Skills: Basis proofreading/editorial skills, PC literate, organizational skills, database management

Minimum GPA: 3.00

Other Job Requirements: Excellent writing and communication skills. Detail-oriented and ability to run/manage Donor Perfect database. Ability to work well with the staff, the organization's volunteers, board members and general public. This is a "front door" position where you will represent the organization with new members visiting our office, existing members and contacting members for renewals and donations by phone.

Hours: Monday thru Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Reply by email to: [email protected]

05/18/2012

"It's quite astonishing."

http://news.yahoo.com/uk-library-acquires-key-early-gospel-14-million-153431983.html

LONDON (Reuters) - A seventh century gospel discovered in a saint's coffin more than 900 years ago, and the oldest European book to survive fully intact, has been acquired by the British Library for nine million pounds ($14 million), the library said on Tuesday. The manuscript copy of the Gospel of ...

05/17/2012

Good thing they never gave up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/16/publishers-who-got-it-wrong_n_1520190.html?ref=books&ir=Books =977921

J.K Rowling was famously rejected by a mighty 12 publishers before Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone was accepted by Bloomsbury - and even then only at the insistence of the chairman's eight-year-old daughter. Judy Blume, Gertrude Stein, D.H Lawrence and Gone With The Wind author Margaret Mit...

05/17/2012

With round 3 of the Stanley Cup finals happening, beards are very popular.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-passion/poets-rankings_b_1522181.html?ref=books

The late 1800s marked the height (or length, as the case may be) of beards. Then, in the beginning of the 20th century, facial air fell out of favor, and for a long time it seemed like the collected wisdom of the great bearded age went with it.

05/16/2012

Good reading for any movie buff.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/ideas-that-changed-film_n_1511100.html?ref=books =968424

Color. Sound.

05/11/2012

Worth listening to.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/new-audiobooks-for-great-listening/2012/05/08/gIQA6tOQBU_story.html

New audiobooks on the Titanic, the CIA and Saxon warriors.

05/11/2012

For our UK friends.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9254720/London-has-a-new-book-festival.html

Jimmy Carr, P.D. James and A.S. Byatt are among the speakers at the first 'Words In the Park' Festival in London's Holland Park.