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Have you ever sent out a “tweet” on the popular Twitter social media service? Congratulations: Your 140 characters or less will now be housed in the Library of Congress. That’s right. Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter’s inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress. That’s a LOT of tweets, by the way: Twitter processes more than 50 million tweets every day, with the total numbering in the billions. Get the rest of the story .

Watch Mr. Bean go to the library, access free databases during National Library week, read a journal edited by Melvil Dewey (yes, that Dewey--as in Decimal) learn about libraries, library history, library associations, library careers and more. COM Library's LibGuides are media rich and feature embedded videos, podcast feeds, RSS feed, books from the library catalog, and more! Go to the guide . Features These are just some of the features you will find in this media rich guide. Activities in COM Library during National Library Week: Mexican Revolution Exhibit, Family Literacy Night, Delicious workshops, all free to the public! Free databases you can access this week only on the National Library Week page. The Song of the Library Staff embedded on the Library History page. A video of Mr. Bean visiting the library. A slideshow of Carnegie Libraries on the Library History page. An 1878 version of The Library Journal, edited by Melvil Dewey embedded on the Library Periodicals page. S

Learn how to use this free bookmarking service that lets you take your favorite sites wherever you go, regardless of the computer or browser you’re on! These free workshops will be held in the library classroom. Thursday, April 15 12:30 Saturday, April 17, 11:00

From our enjoyment of music to our cravings for chocolate, from our love for children and family to our attraction to things of beauty, this book embarks on an intriguing and accessible exploration of the purpose of pleasure in our lives and in human history. How did pleasure evolve and why? How does it develop in children? How does the pursuit of pleasure play a critical role in brain development? The Pleasure Instinct explores everything we need to know about our urge to feel good.