Project of the North Suburban Library System, designed to connect librarians with a whole bunch of library blogs.
BlogJunction Illinois
Public Library Per Capita Grant Require...The FY2010-11 (due 15 October 2010) Per Capita grant has a technology plan requirement, ” The library must submit a Technology Plan…” from the FY2011 Requirements. On the 24th of March, WebJunction is hosting T......Read More about 1 hour ago |
Four More Windows 7 Courses added to th...With the popularity of Microsoft’s latest OS, related courses are being added to the WJIL Catalog as they are released. These 4 recents ones are all directed at IT staff who are either planning to migrate to Windows 7 or ......Read More about 1 hour ago |
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Illinois Libraries in the News for the ...Last library branch closes today The State Journal-Register The Southeast Branch of Lincoln Library, which has been open to city residents for 27 years, will close today, the victim of city budget cuts … ‘The need is......Read More 3 days ago |
Illinois Libraries in the News week of ...Illinois residents show support for library systems Pekin Daily Times Operating near red, Illinois library regional-delivery systems were able to get much needed funds released from the state last week, … A New Flavor Of A......Read More 3 days ago |
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LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News
From the Frontlines of the E-book Wars,...This Wednesday, Feb. 10th from 2PM – 3PM EST, Copyright Clearance Center’s Chris Kenneally will be hosting a special Beyond the Book live podcast (http://beyondthebookcast.com/live-webcast/) examining the eBook Wars, which a......Read More about 2 hours ago |
In Tough Times, a Library Branch Reopen...In Tough Times, a Library Branch Reopens The reopening of the St. Agnes branch of the New York Public Library has given the library system something to celebrate in the face of budget woes....Read More about 4 hours ago |
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Library Columnist Will Manley Launches ...Hi guys...it's Will Manley here. I've had a blog at www.willmanley.com going for about 3 weeks. I would appreciate it if you could mention it. I'm a retired librarian and I write a column for American Libraries (Will's World)......Read More about 5 hours ago |
Bigger kids striving to get their young...Bigger kids striving to get their younger peers to read The K is for Kids Foundation was started by Karen Clawson as a county-wide spin-off to Laurel Oak Elementary School’s Bring a Book, Bring a Friend Fun’raisers. Parents ......Read More about 5 hours ago |
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Going Green @your library
50 Big Ways that Schools Are Going Gree...Check out real examples of schools taking strides in the categories of Green Energy, Green Education, Green Eating, Green Building, Green Transport, and Conservation on this site 50 Big Ways that Schools Are Going Green Tagged:......Read More about 7 hours ago |
Design Competition for Book IndustryThe Book Industry Environmental Council (BIEC), which includes publishers, retailers, printers and more, has been promoting environmental practices for the book industry, setting goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and loo......Read More 5 days ago |
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Hungry for Green: Feeding the World Sus...Last week, my university (UNCG) hosted the North Carolina premier of “Hungry for Green: Feeding the World Sustainably,” a film written and directed by UNCG Professor Matt Barr and narrated by George McGovern about the in......Read More 6 days ago |
How Green is My Library? bookI have to promote a wonderful new book that was recently published called How Green is My Library? by Ned Himmel and Sam McBane Mulford (info) published by Libraries Unlimited. The book covers both design of green buildings and ......Read More 10 days ago |
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Lively Librarian
Lively Librarian's 2nd Contest!Hello Readers!After months of my techie friends extolling the benefits of Twitter I succumbed and created an account. To get my Twitterness rolling I thought I would combine my 2nd contest with a way to connect with other Twit......Read More about 8 hours ago |
Flash Back Friday #33A friend posted this video on Facebook and I thought it was amazing, so I'm sharing it with you.In 1992, a 13 year old girl spoke to the UN on behalf of ECO the Environmental Children's Organization. She's mesmerizing. What she ......Read More 2 days ago |
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Best and Worst CookbooksMy regular readers know I love cookbooks. I read them like fiction.Here is a link to an article about the best and worst cookbooks of the past decade. I don't think anyone will be surprised tv chef/celebrity Paula Deen is on the......Read More 6 days ago |
Is it OK if you Hate a Book Everyone Lo...It was a week of author deaths. Not that I am personally tracking them but I subscribe to a "Dead Letter" an electronic newsletter that emails me information about the works of recently deceased writers, actors and musicians. Ki......Read More 9 days ago |
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Abby (the) Librarian
Book Review: Bad News for OutlawsBad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Grades 2-5. Carolrhoda Books, November 2008. Bass Reeves was born into slavery in the y......Read More about 10 hours ago |
In My Mailbox #20In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren! Here's what was in my mailbox this week (it was apparently a very eclectic week!): Smile by Raina Telgemeier. Scholastic, February 2010.I pre-ordered this one (......Read More 1 day ago |
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AudioSynced: Whatcha listening to?(This is the very exciting announcement I mentioned yesterday!) The book blogosphere has many memes. Every Friday we celebrate poetry with Poetry Friday. On Mondays we post about nonfiction for Nonfiction Monday. People may part......Read More 3 days ago |
Around the interwebsY'all have probably heard about the Massive, Ridiculous Amazon Fail that started last weekend. EarlyWord sums it up quite nicely in Amazon v. Publishers. And linked in that post is John Scalzi's All the Many Ways Amazon So Very ......Read More 4 days ago |
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Tame The Web
LIS768 Student Project at Canadian SL s...LIS768 Student Project at Canadian SL site, originally uploaded by mstephens7. So happy to see one of last semester’s LIS768 Projects highlighted at the Canadian Association for School Libraries. http://caslnetwork......Read More 1 day ago |
while I follow your eloquent points..while I follow your eloquent points.., originally uploaded by leeleblanc. Congrats to TTW Contributor Lee LeBlanc on his graduation! WooHoo! ...Read More 3 days ago |
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Finding My Tribe – A Report from EDUC...I have a new post at ALA Techsource about attending EDUCAUSE Learning Initiatives last month: http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2010/01/finding-my-tribe-at-educause.html Keynoter John Palfrey, co-author of Born Digital, gave a t......Read More 5 days ago |
Utilizing Emerging Tools to Extend the ...Links from my Dominican “Technology Bytes” session tomorrow: Finding My Tribe at EDUCAUSE LI WordPress as a Learning Management System – Move Over, Blackboard Slides: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/TechnologyBytesS......Read More 5 days ago |
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Blue Skunk Blog
Deductive reasoning and exit strategies...How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? Arthur Conan Doyle One of these things is not like the others,One of these things ju......Read More 1 day ago |
Augmented realityAugmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) virtual computer-generated imagery - creating a mixed reality. - Wikip......Read More 1 day ago |
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Where are the savings in using GoogleAp...In a lot of ways, I am a cheap SOB. I hate spending money stupidly. I think it's my taxpayer side that loves GoogleApps for Education as much as my teacher side. Savings by using Google Apps, really generally moving to a more cl......Read More 3 days ago |
Big6 and tech skills - revisedOne of the writings of which I have always been most proud is the document "Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving: Learning and Teaching Technology in Context." (1996, 2002) Co-authored with library gurus Mike Eisenbe......Read More 5 days ago |
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The 'M' Word - Marketing Libraries
Grants Open to Public Libraries in Cert...The Public Library Innovation Program is looking for new ideas to fund. The Public Library Innovation Program (PLIP) aims to spark innovative library services that improve people’s lives through the use of technology. This 3-y......Read More 1 day ago |
12 tips to improve corporate writingKatie Baduesz wrote an great article listing 12 tips to improve corporate writing. I think they apply to libraries as well.She stresses the importance of writing for your audience and to take into account that no one has time t......Read More 3 days ago |
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British Red Phone Booth LibraryOMG this is so much fun!!Margie Gorman turned me onto this post from Black Threads in Kid's Lit:Residents of the British village of Westbury-sub-Mendip are on record with the smallest, functioning library in the UK. This convert......Read More 5 days ago |
Plan Now for National Library WeekAs most American librarians know, the next National Library Week will take place April 11-17. It's time now to plan how you're going to promote your library and to order any promo items you'll need.National Library Week is an an......Read More 9 days ago |
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The Shifted Librarian
February 6th Stream@amyewest you’re making me pine for spring! well, you and the snow :-p [shifted] @tscrobinson that was the ticket — thanks! [shifted] Shared Happy Birthday, Kate!. ......Read More 1 day ago |
February 6th Stream@amyewest you’re making me pine for spring! well, you and the snow :-p [shifted] @tscrobinson that was the ticket — thanks! [shifted] Shared Happy Birthday, Kate!. ......Read More 1 day ago |
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February 6th Stream@amyewest you’re making me pine for spring! well, you and the snow :-p [shifted] @tscrobinson that was the ticket — thanks! [shifted] Shared Happy Birthday, Kate!. ......Read More 1 day ago |
February 6th Stream@amyewest you’re making me pine for spring! well, you and the snow :-p [shifted] @tscrobinson that was the ticket — thanks! [shifted] Shared Happy Birthday, Kate!. ......Read More 1 day ago |
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Stephen's Lighthouse
Top Ten 2010 Trends for AssociationsJeff de Cagna at Principled Innovation blog notes his Top Ten 2010 Trends for Associations: 1. Content Conflict 2. Curate to Innovate 3. Intelligent Data 4. Location Local 5. Micro-Contributors 6. Mobile Everything 7. Mobile Pro......Read More 2 days ago |
eBooksWell this would be getting there, eh? I’d still like to see it be able to roll up and stick in my pocket. Stephen...Read More 2 days ago |
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The global scope of library activitySome cool stats from OCLC’s NextSpace newsletter: The global scope of library activity We big. Stephen...Read More 3 days ago |
Friday Fun: CrayolaCrayola Color Chart, 1903-2010 The number of Crayola crayon colors grows at an average rate of 2.56% annually. Stephen...Read More 3 days ago |
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Behind the Scenes @ NSLS
A man of few wordsOur own Ian Baaske is one of the “writers famous and obscure” to have their six-word memoir included in the latest compilation by Smith Magazine. You can read Ian’s memoir on the NPR Talk of the Nation websit......Read More 3 days ago |
Congratulations to our advocacy challen...In 2009, all NSLS public library directors were challenged to step up their advocacy efforts to the state and national level. They received points for engaging in and recording advocacy activity including visits to legislator......Read More 4 days ago |
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Thanks to fans and friendsIt was uplifting to watch the Save Illinois Libraries Facebook site gain so many new fans during the e-mail campaign. In just one week the fan list grew from 1,700 to over 4,000! This bodes well for an even more colossal electro......Read More 7 days ago |
Thanks to Makeitbetter.netFormer Pioneer Press Publisher Larry Green is now leading a new online/print zine: Make it Better. They put our campaign front and center today to truly “make it better” for Illinois residents....Read More 19 days ago |
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Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton-Jan
Internet Librarian Conference 2010 – ...The Internet Librarian 2010 Conference has opened up its call for speakers, so get your proposals in now! The conference takes place October 24-27, and the theme is Insights, Imagination & Info Pros: Adding Value. The deadli......Read More 3 days ago |
27 Questions with SarahGet to know me better through my 27 Questions with Me post on the ALA Learning Blog, for which I am a contributing author. ...Read More 12 days ago |
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13 Ways (and 147 Tools) to Help Your Li...Below you will see my 13 Ways (and 147 Tools) to Help Your Library Save Money on Technology. These are my favorite options for libraries to use as alternatives to the expensive paid services and software that we use now, usuall......Read More 14 days ago |
New presentation: Drupal ResourcesBelow is a presentation I did for the Califa Edgy Librarian Online conference, as part of a panel on using Drupal in libraries. My section focused on the resources that are out there to learn more about Drupal, tinker with it,......Read More 14 days ago |
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PlainTalk
Snapshot - One Day in the Life of Illin...Next Wednesday, 2/10/10, is "Snapshot" Day. The Illinois Library Association, faced with drastic budget cuts across the state, is just asking for a little love. :) We'll be collecting lots of statistics that day, taking photos, ......Read More 3 days ago |
You say "potato..."I say, "patate," or "aardappel," or "pomme de terre." That old "potah-to-potato" song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" celebrated the differences between pronunciations of English words, but take it global and you've got major c......Read More 6 days ago |
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InevitabilitiesDeath and taxes are often cited as our two great inevitabilities. I'd like to think there are more, such as: every new year, my colleague Gwen, a reference assistant here at DPPL, will be bombarded with boxes of tax forms, waiti......Read More 10 days ago |
Facebook User? Protect Your PrivacyIf you are the type of Web user who regularly reads blogs, you may also be the type of user who has a Facebook profile. The fascinating technology-related blog ReadWriteWeb recently published an article, "The 3 Facebook Settings......Read More 10 days ago |
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Walking Paper
The Traffic Guru“When you treat people like idiots, they’ll behave like idiots.” Have a quick read of The Traffic Guru. It describes how removing traffic rules and signs in a small village prompted people to be more social and becom......Read More 4 days ago |
Out of Print ShirtsOut of Print Clothing makes shirts with classic book covers. ...Read More 6 days ago |
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La Biblioteque Infernalevia rrrick.tumblr.com ...Read More 7 days ago |
Finnish Libraries iPhone AppMy friend Antti in Helsinki writes: Our library app is now officially @ App Store. It’s called iKirjasto. That’s iLibrary in Finnish. Check it out. Link to App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/fi/app/ikirjasto/id349629......Read More 18 days ago |
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David Lee King
Showing Patrons the DoorFirst, a funny story. When I lived in Nashville, I frequented a cool used record store. During one trip, I was trying to decide whether or not to buy a couple of old jazz cassette tapes (hey – I was on a tight budget). The......Read More 5 days ago |
Foursquare and Libraries – Definitely...This is a follow-up post to my original post, Foursquare and Libraries – Anything There? Lots of you left some great ideas in the comments, so I thought I’d do a little copy/paste and highlight some of them … becau......Read More 6 days ago |
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iPad – a Game Changer?I don’t attempt to predict stuff very often, but I think this one’s safe – I think Apple’s new iPad is most definitely a game changer. Why? Because it combines so many things into one handy, easy-to-use ......Read More 11 days ago |
Foursquare and Libraries – Anything T...Foursquare is a location-based game. From Foursquare’s website: “We’re all about helping you find new ways to explore the city. We’ll help you meet up with your friends and let you earn points and unlo......Read More 14 days ago |
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Darien Library, One Year LaterDarien Library has long been known for its “extreme customer service” and for making every Darien experience the best that it can be. When the proposal to expand the old library building fell through, administrators Louise......Read More 5 days ago |
Finding My Tribe at EDUCAUSE“I’ve found my tribe.” I surprised myself with the admission that I felt very at home with the attendees, speakers and organizers of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Conference 2010. I had never been to the conference befo......Read More 6 days ago |
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Technology Essentials 2010: WebJunction...In the wake of the 2010 Midwinter meeting, there's been a lot of talk about unconferences and online conferences. A rough economy and the inconvenience of long-distance travel, combined with the proliferation of Web 2.0, VoIP an......Read More 7 days ago |
The Apple iPadOn Wednesday, the most anticipated technology product announcement of the last few years took place (video of the event here), and Apple finally showed off their tablet computer, the iPad. The iPad is going to dominate the te......Read More 7 days ago |
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The Unquiet Librarian
An Indecent ProposalDear Mr. President: Today I learned through the American Library Association and the American Association of School Librarians that your FY 2011 education budget does not include any additional specific funding for school librar......Read More 6 days ago |
Google Social Search: A New Node in th...The announcement that Google Social Search is now available to everyone in beta was an exciting development I stumbled upon yesterday while looking for web-based resources on courtly love to support the database and print mat......Read More 9 days ago |
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New ALA Learning Post: 27 Questions wi...My very first post for ALA Learning has been published! Find out a little bit about my professional musings as well some never revealed until now facts about myself in this post. You can access the post by click on this l......Read More 17 days ago |
Live and Uncut: Rockin’ Battledecks,...My raw uncut footage of Rockin Battledecks, ALA Midwinter 2010 Posted in Conference News, Librarian Stuff Tagged: alamw10, battledecks ...Read More 20 days ago |
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The Book's The Thing
A Booker Prize 40 Years in the Making.From the You Must Be Kidding Me file: Lost Man Booker Prize longlist to award best omitted novel of 1970 Any of 22 authors, including Iris Murdoch and Joe Orton, could be awarded the coveted Lost Man Booker prize for novels that......Read More 7 days ago |
Amazon and MacMillan on the school play...Get out of my sandbox! No, YOU get out of MY sandbox! Read more in the seemingly endless struggle between Amazon and big publishers (in this case MacMillan) from The New York Times: ” After a weekend of brinksmanship, Amaz......Read More 7 days ago |
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Crazy much?Shiny Gadget, Icky Name: IPad Jokes Fly On Web Apple’s Latest Invention Is Called A WHAT? Internet Wiseacres Mock The New IPad’s Name Read this link for one of the most outrageous cases of political correctness IR......Read More 10 days ago |
Odd News Stories a SpecialtyFrom Merinews.com: Holiday Inn offers human bed warmers ” Oddities around the world are limitless. Enjoy the fun as it unfolds, this time via bed spreads and innovative human bed-warming service. Holiday Inn, an internatio......Read More 13 days ago |
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Information Wants To Be Free
A Working Mom’s Library Day in the Li...This will be my last Day in the Life, as Reed and I got sick with RSV (and him with bronchiolitis as well) so I’m feverish, wiped out, and confined to bed. I wrote this Thursday evening before the worst of the illness had ......Read More 10 days ago |
A working mom’s library day in the li...This morning I felt really sick to my stomach and dizzy, so after helping to get Reed dressed, Adam ended up taking him to daycare. I spent 20 minutes lying in bed after they’d left before I headed to work (arrived at 7:40......Read More 12 days ago |
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A Working Mom’s Library Day in the Li...My day started at 6:00 am when my husband and I got Reed fed, dressed, and ready for daycare. Adam drove him to daycare today since I was nearly out of gas and didn’t want to stop with him in the car. I’ll pick him u......Read More 12 days ago |
A Working Mom’s Library Day in the Li...This week’s “days in the life” are very different from the ones I did back in July. In July, I was still in the midst of maternity leave and was working only half-time. I was taking care of a three-month-old child ......Read More 13 days ago |
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LibraryBytes: Helene Blowers
FoursquareIt's been awhile since I've seen a new social technology emerge on scene that looked like it had that "explosion potential". The last real time for me was Twitter (and for all you FB apps fans, sorry I don't count Farmville) a......Read More 11 days ago |
Thought of the week ...I wish I knew who to attribute this quote to, but the closest I can get is that is was shared at ALA Emerging Leaders session this past week in Boston. “Leaders do not provide energy, they release it from others”I've been ......Read More 20 days ago |
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21 Things for 21st Century ParentsI've seen over 400 adaptations of this program in the last three years, but this one has to be one of my favorite marketing angles ...Darien Library rocks! ...Read More 26 days ago |
drooling ...The images from the One Laptop Per Child's latest project, XO-3 has me drooling. Can't wait to see how this second refinement turns out....Read More about 1 month ago |
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Kol Safran קול ספרן
Additional Books for saleLast week I visited the book collection of a rabbi, ordained in 1932, died in the early 1970's in Chicago. His daughter gave me some of the books that she wanted to get rid of. Most of the books were pretty ordinary, but som......Read More 13 days ago |
No Good Deed goes ....We try to help when our fellow librarians ask for help via list servs. By the time they post a message, they should have exhausted their resources and knowledge. On January 3 someone asked how to find an English translation of......Read More 19 days ago |
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Visiting other librariesSchool librarians frequently are the only librarians in the school. Sometimes as lone practitioners their voices get lost with administrators, teachers and parents who don’t listen. On January 4 I was in Brooklyn, New York. ......Read More 24 days ago |
Spelling of HanukkahSince tonight is the first night of Hanukkah, answering the question about the spelling of the name is worth discussing. A librarian from Independence, MO wrote, "Chanukah or Hanukah or Hanukkah. What is the respectful way to sp......Read More about 1 month ago |
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Something Different Every Day
FragmentsSo many wonderful blogs, written by thoughtful, insightful, people, bringing out all sorts of interesting points about books for children and young adults. I love them, and the best of them model the respectful analysis that exc......Read More 28 days ago |
Under constructionMy youth services department has been under construction for 500 years, give or take. Along the way, I have learned a few things which I thought I’d share with anyone feeling foolish enough to want to attempt a library c......Read More 2 months ago |
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I miss SharonLike most of the people reading this, I miss Sharon Ball. Sometimes it takes me completely by surprise. I’ll be driving up Milwaukee toward NSLS and all of a sudden remember, “She’s gone!” And then I ......Read More 2 months ago |
Why you should attend the SutherlandI swore to myself last year after attending the annual Zena Sutherland lecture at the Harold Washington Library that I would hound my fellow NSLS youth services people to go next year. And here it is next year already! Here......Read More 9 months ago |
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Our Libraries by Sarah Long
Regional libraries have not received a ...The frog experiment: Throw a frog into a pot of boiling water. He'll hop right out. The water's too hot and what self-respecting frog wants to boil to death? Place a frog in a pot of tepid water on the stove, he will swim around......Read More 29 days ago |
Professor explains why it's hard to res...I am always tired but I have trouble going to bed. I have been this way most of my life. There is always one more little thing to squeeze in for work or for the house or for something before I surrender the day. Sometimes I wait......Read More 2 months ago |
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A lot has changed at North Suburban Lib...I have just celebrated my 20th anniversary as Executive Director of the North Suburban Library System. It was a very different world in October, 1989, when I came to Illinois. Here at NSLS, we did not have a photocopier, but rat......Read More 3 months ago |
Public, school libraries suffer in poor...In hard times, library usage goes up. Nationwide, more people applied for library cards last year than at anytime since 1990, when these statistics started being collected. People are rushing to libraries for a variety of reaso......Read More 4 months ago |
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LibraryNation
Twilight craft follow-upFollowing the directions given (see previous post for links), I came up with this wristwarmer: "Alice Wristwarmer" made on small loom with grey chunky yarn The results were ok, but the wristwarmer is more for show than w......Read More 2 months ago |
Twilight Craft: “Alice Wristwarme...Craft Magazine and Vickie Howell have teamed up for a “Knifty Knitter” loom-a-long of the Alice Wristwarmers worn by the character Alice Cullen (Edward’s sister) in the Twilight New Moon movie. I’ve seen ......Read More 2 months ago |
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A virtual pet for your libraryEver consider a library pet–turtle, fish, gerbil, frog, cat–but don’t have the room or staff power to care for one? You can have a library pet right on your website, blog or social networking page courtesy of ......Read More 3 months ago |
New mobile gadget: Twitter PeekRemember the Peek, the dedicated e-mail device? Now there is the Twitter Peek, a dedicated Twitter device which reportedly will sell for $199 for lifetime service. Will a Facebook Peek follow? Twitter Peek Share on Facebook Tw......Read More 3 months ago |
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Youth Services Librarians Unite!!
Books By Release Date CalendarWant to know when new Teen or YA books are coming out??Teens Read Too has a wonderful website with forthcoming books listed out for you. Check it out!Books-By-Release-Date Calendar...Read More 2 months ago |
Ivy and Bean - at it again!Because Ivy and Bean are just plain WONDERFUL!!...Read More 3 months ago |
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Things we ALL need to Know!Sylvan Dell has a nice list of blogs - might be useful!And their article on fun winter ideas is good too. We can all use some fresh ideas for those cold months!...Read More 3 months ago |
Best of 2009Publisher's Weekly came out with their list!The Best Children's Books of 2009See if you agree!...Read More 3 months ago |
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Perennial Searcher
Google WaveGoogle Wave, the real-time communication and collaboration tool, is available for limited preview. Unfortunately, I have not been able to test drive it. I have, however, been reading up about it as well as watching YouTube expla......Read More 3 months ago |
Google News Archive Now 4x the SizeAccording to the official Google blog, Google News Archive has quadrupled in size. “News archive search provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives. Users can search for events, people or ideas and see ......Read More 6 months ago |
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Microsoft and Yahoo! . . . AlliesMicrosoft and Yahoo! finally join forces, according to USA Today. In short, Microsoft will assume search responsibilities while Yahoo! will concentrate on sales and advertising. Here’s an excerpt from the article and trenc......Read More 6 months ago |
Twitter FaceliftTwitter has radically redesigned its home page. The popular microblogging service brings search to the forefront, realizing that indexing people’s “tweets” is a goldmine of data, current awareness, trends, news......Read More 6 months ago |
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Ad Lib: Advocacy for Libraries
Get House Support for LSTA Today!ALA has sent out an urgent call to action: Please contact your Representative and ask him or her to sign the “Dear Colleague” letter being circulated by Congressman Raul Grijalva in support of funding for the Libra......Read More 10 months ago |
CPSIA Pushed Back a YearThere’s been…well, not progress, exactly, but motion on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. From ALA: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today released an announcement to the Federal Register stay......Read More about 1 year ago |
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Are Libraries Going to Get a PG-13 Rati...Under 12? No going into the library for you! At least, that seems to be the fear: A federal law that will soon go into effect could have some startling consequences, including the possible banning of children from libraries unle......Read More about 1 year ago |
Libraries’ Value in Tough EconomyJust got a great link to information on how libraries can let their communities know of services they have to help folks through tough economic times. While most have seen the video at the link below, look farther down the p......Read More about 1 year ago |
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Illuminated Heritage
Digital Past Now on TwitterThat’s right! Digital Past is now on Twitter as DigitalPast – be sure to follow us for all the latest updates with the program!...Read More 11 months ago |
It was a dark and stormy night…How many stories start this way? Quite a few I imagine, especially in the horror genre, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about today! It certainly was dark and stormy over the weekend up by my house which means I......Read More 11 months ago |
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New Collection on Digital Past – Amer...Yes, that’s right! Today we celebrate the birth of a new collection on Digital Past! Yeay! The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists History Collection explores the history of the AANA and the nurse anesthesia profe......Read More 11 months ago |
Digital Past UpdatesFinally a few minutes to stop and let everyone know what’s coming up with Digital Past in the very near term! We’ll be rolling out a fantastic new site and I hope you’ll all stop by and reacquaint yourself with......Read More 11 months ago |
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