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My wife has been nominated by PoppyTalk as one of their favorite photographers. Now she needs your help! Please take a few seconds (literally, a few seconds, as all you have to do is click a button and hit submit...no registration is required), and vote for her.

To vote, just go to this page and click "city lights photography" and then click vote. It's that simple! So please do it! Voting ends soon, so don't wait!

Below are a few of my favorite pictures by her. Enjoy!

Insanity @ the Library

Thanks to Anne for this!

Her favorite library is the Key West Public Library

Thanks also to all of those who sent pictures in for the contest...they were all great!

Insanity @ the Library

Thanks to Elizabeth for this...I'm sure all of us library workers have seen bookdrops with these kinds of dents!

Her favorite library is: Morro Bay Library

Last Chance @ Insanity

The "Insanity @ the Library" contest is quickly coming to an end. Get those photos in for your chance at a free signed copy of "Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Librarian."

Insanity @ the Library

From Rachel

(A barbershop quartet serenading a librarian for Valentine's Day)

Insanity @ the Library

We have our first winner for the "Insanity @ the Library" photo contest! Thanks to this fine library lover, who reminds us no guns are allowed inside the library! Stayed tuned next week for the next winner.

Just a reminder, it's not too late to enter. Just submit your photo to scottdouglas@scottdouglas.org.

Thanks to Judy for this!

Her favorite library: San Diego County Library, Poway Branch

Insanity @ My Library: A Photo Contest

Do you have a picture that perfectly illustrates the insanity that takes place at a library? Maybe it's the book drop that was destroyed by a firecracker, the librarian who never matches his socks, or the library that is completely falling apart and has structural damage to prove it! If so, send them to me and you will automatically be entered in a drawing for a free signed copy of Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian.

One copy a week will be given away starting Friday March 28, 2008, ending on Friday, May 2, 2008.

To enter simply send a JPEG photo to scottdouglas@scottdouglas.org. By submitting your picture, you are affirming that you hold all copyrights to the photo (or have permission by the copyright holder to submit on their behalf). Please make sure and include your full name, address, email, and the name of your favorite library (only your first name and favorite library will be published…the other information is just to help me make sure a book gets to the right place if you win).

By submitting your picture you are also giving me permission to publish your picture (even if you are not a winner) on my blog (speakquietly.blogspot.com).

Additional commits can be emailed to me directly at scottdouglas@scottdouglas.org.

Submit as early!

Contest News: An Update

I promised to have full contest details up in Feb for the "Quiet, Please" book give away....well it's almost March and I have nothing official, but I have something pretty darn close. Thanks to all those email their ideas about what the contest should be.

Unofficially speaking, the contest will be a photo contest of sorts. Participates will be asked to submit photos that best illustrate the insanity of the library. One winner a week will be announce from the end of March to the end of April.

Once everything is official in March, you'll be able to send off your photos. Until then start digging around for photos!