Anti-semitism is not only the longest known form of hatred in the history of humanity. It is the only form of hatred that is truly global. In her film, “Unmasked Judeophobia, The Threat to Civilization," Gloria Greenfield contends that the 1975 UN Resolution equating Zionism with...
"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe your mind can achieve." When Napoleon Hill trumpeted those words in 1937, the United States was in the depths of the Great Depression. At the bidding of Scottish entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie, this phrase was the result of 20 years...
Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranked fifth in the nation among public libraries with...
Now in its second year, Lawn Chair Classics, a film series sponsored by the Wilkinson Public Library, shows classic films from the 1970s and 1980s. Screenings take place at the Telluride Conference Center, Mountain Village, every Tuesday at dusk through September 11, 2012. Many of...
Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranked fifth in the nation among public libraries with...
Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranked fifth in the nation among public libraries with...
When I joined Telluride's Wilkinson Public Library in 2005, I immediately noticed two opportunities: growing adult programs and offering reading recommendations to a community that loves books. So, I hired a Program Coordinator to focus just on adult programs, then we rallied the staff that...
Libraries spend a lot of time working out contracts with vendors. Historically, libraries have paid to access electronic information based either on the number of uses, or the number of people served (potential uses). Signing contracts that force the library to pay by use is...
Editor's note: The timing is perfect. A 3-part workshop about achieving goals with civility – an inflated version of the theme of the carrot, not the stick idea – with Mountainfilm in Telluride just around the corner. Mountainfilm is known to shine a spotlight on...
Editor’s note: In 2011, for the fourth time in a row (and running), the Library Journal Index of Public Library Services, a public library rating system, designated Telluride’s Library a five-star institution. The Wilkinson Public Library ranked fifth in the nation among public libraries with...
