A&E sections earn finalist mention

For the second year in a row, the Arts & Entertainment section that appears each Thursday in the Lake County Record-Bee has earned a "finalist" mention from the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA) in its Better Newspapers Contest.

The A&E section is produced each week by Cynthia Parkhill, a former editor of ArtNotes.

Volunteering at Middletown library

I am now volunteering each Saturday at the Middletown library. Since July 2010, my husband and I have lived in an apartment in Middletown and it seemed an unnecessary expense to drive into Lakeport when I could walk two blocks.

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Having utilized both print and online media to generate publicity for groups that I am involved with, I believe it essential for a public relations officer to understand the characteristics of each medium and to create publicity that is compatible with each of these medium’s constraints.

Evaluation of a ‘jobber’: Baker & Taylor

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Baker & Taylor began binding and publishing books in 1828, according to a history on its website. It later began distributing books. “While [Leo] Tolstoy crafted the classic ‘War and Peace’ and [Jules] Verne became one of the fathers of science fiction, Baker & Taylor made sure their books made it onto library and store shelves and into readers’ hands” (Baker & Taylor).

No stone touches Bibliotheca Alexandrina

One of the most inspiring stories to emerge from the demonstrations in Egypt, at least for this aspiring librarian, was news that demonstrators formed a protective barrier around the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The Library of Alexandria reopened in late February after having been closed for the last few weeks.