Project of the North Suburban Library System, designed to connect librarians with a whole bunch of library blogs.
Abby (the) Librarian
Book Review: Leaving Gee's BendLeaving Gee's Bend by Irene Latham. Grades 4-7. G.P. Putnam's Sons, January 2010. Reviewed from ARC provided by publisher.It's 1932 and life isn't easy in the small town of Gee's Bend, Alabama, but Ludelphia gets by, stitching h......Read More about 2 hours ago |
Nonfiction Monday: Doyle and Fossey, Sc...The Case of the Gasping Garbage (July, 2009)The Case of the Mossy Lake Monster (July 2009)The Case of the Graveyard Ghost (October 2009)The Case of the Barfy Birthday (October 2009)... by Michele Torrey, illustrated by Barbara J......Read More 2 days ago |
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Around the interwebs: teeny weeny versi...I tried to go to bed at a reasonable hour, even skipping the Oscars (who am I kidding? I really dislike award shows. It was not a sacrifice to skip the Oscars)... Alas, I am still awake, so I figured I'd share a couple of links:......Read More 2 days ago |
In My Mailbox #23In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren! Head on over there to see what goodies bloggers received in their mailboxes this week.This week I got a copy of Rules of Attraction (Bloomsbury Teen, April 2010) by Simon......Read More 3 days ago |
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The Shifted Librarian
March 9th StreamWatched Castle — s2 | e16 — The Mistress Always Spanks Twice. Posted TextALibrarian: Cisco’s new CRS-3 “Download Library of Congress in Just Over One Second” — http://bit.ly/8X5La0.......Read More about 9 hours ago |
March 8th StreamPosted jen_young: Interesting… RT: @mashable: New Google Tool Visualizes Public Data in Animated Charts — http://bit.ly/9Vt0wI. Share: No tags for this post....Read More 1 day ago |
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March 7th Stream@cap60552 thanks! didn’t realize that was you — bummed we didn’t get to chat. frowny face [shifted] @libkitty sorry we didn’t get to meet. I definitely need to come back to alaska, so m......Read More 2 days ago |
March 6th Streamnew post: Games and Libraries — Wendy Leseman (akla10) http://bit.ly/bBuANS [shifted] #akla10 dessert reception ended early. who’s up for some gaming? @cap60552? @ebethmoreau? others? [shif......Read More 3 days ago |
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Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton-Jan
Facebook announces location featuresFacebook has announced that next month it will be launching location-based services. This is likely in response to the very popular location-based services Gowalla and Foursquare (which I have some really weird ideas about for......Read More about 12 hours ago |
TechSoup job openingTechSoup has a job opening in San Francisco for a full time technology analyst. Sweet! Check it out! ...Read More about 12 hours ago |
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Free Twitter Webinar from TechSoupFrom TechSoup4Libs on Twitter, Tech Soup is holding a free Twitter webinar this Thursday, so make sure you take a look at it and sign up if you want to learn more about how Twitter fits into libraries, how to use it, and how t......Read More about 12 hours ago |
Cisco’s new router system to speed up...According to Cisco, we will soon be able to download the complete Library of Congress in 1 second. Wow! Cisco announces a new router system to triple internet speeds. ...Read More about 12 hours ago |
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LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News
How do researchers use online journals?...How do researchers use online journals? In the paper, the use of Oxford Journals by 10 major UK research institutions was analyzed in the fields of life sciences, economics and history, using the server logs for the full year 20......Read More about 12 hours ago |
New from Google Labs: An Experimental D...New from Google Labs: An Experimental Data Visualization Tool for Public Data Something neat via The Resourceshelf.... ?The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the char......Read More about 12 hours ago |
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Rankings to decide fate of librariesBoston Globe:The decision about which of Boston’s libraries to potentially close will be based on far more than just how many books and DVDs patrons borrow. Library administrators will rank the 26 neighborhood branches by foot......Read More about 16 hours ago |
Organizers expecting large crowd at CA ...Organizers expecting large crowd at lesbian book fest A group of 100 followers of Lesbian fiction is expected to attend the Bold Strokes Books Authors Lesbian Book Festival this year....Read More about 18 hours ago |
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Stephen's Lighthouse
HighWire Presents Findings From eBooks ...HighWire Presents Findings From eBooks Librarian Survey “HighWire Press has released the full results of a Fall 2009 survey of librarians on their attitudes and practices related to ebooks. The survey was conducted as par......Read More about 16 hours ago |
79 percent of adults believe web access...79 percent of adults believe web access is a ‘fundamental right’ “The BBC World Service has conducted a poll of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries to answer one primary question: is internet access a f......Read More about 22 hours ago |
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Social Media Cheat SheetI thought that this graphic was a useful summary: Social Media Cheat Sheet You can download a much bigger, easier to read PDF version of it by clicking here. Stephen...Read More about 24 hours ago |
18 Interesting Firsts on the InternetCheck out this post and see how recent some of these innovations are. 18 Interesting Firsts on the Internet 1. The First Email 2. The First Ever Domain Name 3. The First SPAM Email Ever 4. The First Ever Mobile Phone with Inte......Read More 1 day ago |
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BlogJunction Illinois
Illinois Libraries in the News month of...Gail Borden earns nation’s top library award The Courier News It is the community and the partnerships the community has created with its library that drives those attributes, … Pritzker Military Library hires new di......Read More about 19 hours ago |
Library Law: First Amendment Issues Par...Kathleen Henn is a partner and Gregory Smith is an associate attorney with the law firm of Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., who write an article each month focusing on different aspects of library law. “In this part of t......Read More about 22 hours ago |
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Literacy Spotlight: Southwestern Illino...Every week the Illinois State Library honors a recipient of one of the literacy grants awarded by Secretary of State Jesse White and the Illinois State Library Literacy Office. This week they shine the spotlight on Southweste......Read More about 22 hours ago |
Apply for Penny Severns Literacy Grants...Applications are now being accepted for Penny Severns Summer Family Literacy Grants. These grants provide instruction and educational activities to improve the basic reading, math, writing skills or English language proficiency ......Read More about 22 hours ago |
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Lively Librarian
Blogs I Love Right NowI love when I stumble across a fantastic blog. I read each of the blogs listed below as they are updated thanks to the magic of Google Reader. I've included a brief description of each and why I heart them. You might like them t......Read More about 23 hours ago |
Follow Up on JFK "Love Letters&quo...Interested to know what the letters I blogged about in my post Worth a Read sold for?Here is what the price of young "love" was worth. Sigh......Read More 5 days ago |
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Favorite Thing-Mason JarsYesterday as I was putting together a library display on Going Green I found a couple of books with tips on reusing and reducing. 14 months ago I stopped using plastic grocery bags and have tried to cut back on using zip locks ......Read More 8 days ago |
Book or Audio? The Time of My Life, li...I'm usually a reader not a listener. Unless I'm taking a road trip I rarely commit to listening to a book on CD. While traveling I've listened to a few excellent audios, all the Harry Potter's (narrator Jim Dale is amazing), the......Read More 8 days ago |
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Going Green @your library
Higher Ed Upcoming Workshops & Even...March 17 & April 14, 2010; 1 – 2:30pm (Eastern) Webinar Series: Educating Students for a Green Economy (cost: $15-30) Online March 18, 2010, 12:00-1:30 pm DOE Webinar:Getting to Net Zero Today Through a Performance-Ba......Read More 1 day ago |
Reuse old film slidesWhat a creative DIY project: Digitized and now getting rid of your library’s old film slides? Check out this cool idea of making curtains from the old slides. (thanks to yarnzombie’s flickr photo) Tagged: curtain, D......Read More 3 days ago |
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Teaching Green ResourcesOnline Degree Programs has a great blog post called: Teaching Green: 100 Tips, Tools & Resources for Every Kind of Classroom. They offer lists of online resources by category and here are some examples: K12 Educators: Teach......Read More 13 days ago |
Plastic vs Paper vs neitherThe Green Guy blog post, though not a recent post, summarizes the issues, background, and stats of paper vs plastic bag debate, including how they are made, the waste, the energy, and including links for more information . Wor......Read More 13 days ago |
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Blue Skunk Blog
With apologies to ShelleyThis lovely little parody came as a response to my entry yesterday on impermanance. Bob (no last name or e-mail address) has a gift... Techymandias I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two shiny and powerless laptops ......Read More 1 day ago |
ImpermanenceOf Sophocles 123 plays, only seven have survived. The melting snow this weekend led to thoughts of the transience of life. This morning's walk showed shrinking drifts uncovering a winter's worth of detritus - beer cans, ci......Read More 2 days ago |
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Guest post by Gary Hartzell: Naming our...As readers of the Blue Skunk know, I am great admirer of the work of Gary Hartzell. As a former principal and ed ad professor, he brings an outsider's objective perspective to the library profession, telling us sometimes, not wh......Read More 6 days ago |
Yesterday's libraries, tomorrow's libra...I am working on a short recorded presentation for a school on "future" libraries. I am thinking this may be the format. Join in... 1. Yesterday's libraries were all about books. Tomorrow's libraries will be all......Read More 8 days ago |
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Walking Paper
Improve Your Website SeriesOver at our INFLUX blog Amanda and I have been writing a series of posts about easy to do website improvements. Here are the first three. #01 Wrangling Content #02 Navigation & Wayfinding #03 Online Card Application ...Read More 1 day ago |
Popular Science Archives137 years of archives now available via Google Books. Majorly distracted over here. ...Read More 5 days ago |
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Learn By AskingMy latest column is up at LJ’s site. It is called Learn by Asking and here’s a snip from it. Empathy and preferences As I discussed in the January 2010 LJ (p. 28), if we want to make deep connections with our commun......Read More 8 days ago |
A Conversation from TwitterThe DCPL has a decent following on Twitter. It is especially good considering the rather laissez faire approach we’ve taken to promoting our account. Time to make an effort to remedy that, I think. To get started with th......Read More 19 days ago |
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PlainTalk
A Meeting PlaceA few years ago, I tried to get involved with a global charity that was looking to become active in the Chicago suburbs. The biggest challenge? Finding a meeting place. It didn't help that potential members were scattered all ov......Read More 1 day ago |
Time For a Tune-Up?At the start of the new year, I said I'd like to focus on your opinions about local businesses in the coming months. If you Google search for how much Americans spend on automobile repairs each year, you get wildly varying numbe......Read More 5 days ago |
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In loving memory of Judy ReissPlease read the favorite memories of Judy Reiss posted by our Youth Services department in their wonderful blog, Kidding Around.For all the wonders modern technology brings to our days, there are times when there is no substitut......Read More 13 days ago |
Help for Local BusinessesWhen the recession went from theory to reality, late last year, we talked a lot at DPPL about how we could help job seekers and local businesses. One idea of mine was to produce short, informational videos about local businesses......Read More 20 days ago |
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The 'M' Word - Marketing Libraries
Another Idea for Partnering and Fundrai...Partnering with nearby companies, clubs, or associations is something that Nancy and I both talk about in our presentations. It's a great way to make friends, groom advocates, raise funds, and educate your community about the li......Read More 1 day ago |
YouTube Non-Profit ProgramDid you know about YouTube's non-profit channel? Organizations with 501c3 status (Friends and foundations!) can join.YouTube created the nonprofit program for organizations that want to connect with supporters, volunteers, and ......Read More 5 days ago |
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Trendy TopicsI'm excited to part of a great line up of marketers for the Trendy Topics Online Conference on Marketing for Libraries is scheduled for Tuesday, March 9. Here's a link to everything you need to know. Hope to "see" you there.......Read More 6 days ago |
First-Ever National Bookmobile Day Will...If your library has a bookmobile and you want to promote it, here's a great chance. This year, as part of National Library Week, the first National Bookmobile Day is being sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), the......Read More 8 days ago |
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January Library Technology Reports: Imp...We'd like to make sure that all of our readers are aware of this important correction to the January issue of Library Technology Reports, Understanding the Semantic Web: Bibliographic Data and Metadata by Karen Coyle. A remind......Read More 1 day ago |
Catching up with David Lee KingDavid Lee King certainly doesn't need anyone to give him a voice--whether on his blog, through presentations or in publications, when David talks about libraries and technology, people listen. We received tons of positive feedba......Read More 4 days ago |
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LibraryThing Delivers Mobile Access to ...This article appears in the Match 2010 issue of Smart Libraries Newsletter, available for purchase here. -Dan Freeman One of the most interesting mobile applications demonstrated at the ALA Midwinter Meeting came from outsi......Read More 6 days ago |
Planning for a Mobile WebsiteMobile, mobile, mobile. It’s all we hear these days. Mobile…it’s the new black. Mobile…you just GOTTA. At my library, mobile web browsers have only accounted for .3% of the total site traffic so far this semester......Read More 7 days ago |
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The Unquiet Librarian
TEDxNYED: Examining the Role of New Me...TEDxNYED: Independently organized TED event via kwout Today is the day of TEDxNYED; if you miss the livestream of the outstanding lineup of speakers, be of good cheer: all video will be available on the TEDxNYED website an......Read More 3 days ago |
Advocacy for Libraries and Librarians: ...If you are someone who is active on Twitter, consider signing the Twitter petition ignited by Lisa Layera of the Washington Moms to help advocate for funding to support certified teacher librarians trained in technology integr......Read More 3 days ago |
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Creating and Sharing Collection Develop...Evernote is a web-based service that allows you to bookmark your favorite resources and organize those resources into a notebook about a particular topic. What makes Evernote unique is that you can also import documents, scan......Read More 7 days ago |
Yes, Virginia: Teachers and Librarians...There has been a lot of angst and debate in recent weeks about the fate of school librarianship and how librarians should approach collaborative partnerships with classroom teachers. While I could probably compose an effective......Read More 9 days ago |
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Tame The Web
What is Web 2.0 to Digital NativesVia the Librarian by Day: ...Read More 3 days ago |
One More Slide Deck for Next Week: Soci...Social Media Talking Points View more presentations from Michael Stephens. ...Read More 5 days ago |
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See You in Switzerland or Germany!Here’s a breakdown of the events and presentation/discussions I’ll be doing over the next ten days or so in Switzerland and Germany. A big shout out to Nancy, Professor Hans-Christoph Hobohm and everyone at the emba......Read More 5 days ago |
A Great World for LearningThis provides so much food for thought – school librarians please take a look – and really, everyone in LIS – how will can we provide them a world for learning? ...Read More 5 days ago |
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Kol Safran קול ספרן
This week in referenceWe are close to the half-way point for this semester. Teachers are asking for class orientations. Mostly this is done for English 101 or 102 classes, but any teacher may ask for help. Next week is orientation for legal literatu......Read More 4 days ago |
Difficulty in Translation "Shofar&...In H-Judaic a listserv for Jewish studies, someone asked about the translation of "shofar" as used in the Tanach.There is a difficulty because words have connotations and associations that change over time. One can explain a wo......Read More 9 days ago |
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Information Needs in Star TrekI am reading a Star Trek -- Next Generation novel. The story has Will Riker going to a planet on a trade mission to attend a trade conference and ensure that the planet will be a trade partner with the Federation. His contact i......Read More 18 days ago |
Additional Books for saleLast week I visited the book collection of a rabbi, ordained in 1932, who 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 ......Read More about 1 month ago |
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LibraryBytes: Helene Blowers
Columbus NeighborhoodsYay! Columbus Neighborhoods is launching today and I couldn’t be more thrilled. It’s amazing to me how a casual lunch with a colleague can spark simple idea and three weeks later you’ve got a 34 page proposal outlining ......Read More 6 days ago |
Thoughts on rewards of risk ...I jotted this down in my ideas journal the other day ...A risk management philosophy rewards planningA risk taking philosophy rewards ACTIONWhat do you think?2/25 addendum: ... and a risk aversion philosophy rewards avoidance. ......Read More 13 days ago |
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Digital Media in a Social World talkOn my way out the door this morning to give my talk at DMSW event at OSU. Finally finished my slides. Here they are:Social Media Edge- Feb 2010View more presentations from hblowers....Read More 18 days ago |
Social Media = Social MarketingThere’s a slide from a keynote I did three years ago that compared the Wikipedia definitions for the terms Web 2.0 and Social Media. Three years ago what was interesting to me was that the definitions for each centered on ......Read More 18 days ago |
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David Lee King
Check Out Public Libraries Online!Just a quick post – Public Libraries Magazine is now online! Looks like you can click the Magazine link to get each issue’s online version, complete with links to articles. There are also some Web Exclusives articles......Read More 11 days ago |
Follow the Meat Department on Twitter!Would you follow your local grocery store in your favorite social network? The Topeka Hy-Vee is on Twitter and Facebook – and they WANT you to follow them! Two observations here: Social networking IS slowly becoming R......Read More 11 days ago |
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Have We Emerged Yet?Andy at the Agnostic, Maybe blog (you are reading Andy’s blog, right? Good stuff there) recently posted Deconstructing Library 2.0 – and asked some good questions (I left a couple of comments). Jenny Levine at The Sh......Read More 12 days ago |
Humanizing your Facebook PagesA “Book and Digital Media Studies” student (wow – what a cool-sounding program!) emailed me last week, asking about my favorite university library Facebook Pages. Well … to be honest, I can’t say I ......Read More 28 days ago |
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Behind the Scenes @ NSLS
Peggy Sharp weekThree days at NSLS filled to the brim with youth services and school librarians excited to inhale all that Dr. Peggy Sharp has to offer. Peggy has returned to expertly lead our exploration of the vast jungle of new children̵......Read More 12 days ago |
Library systems front and centerThe funding crisis for NSLS and all Illinois Library Systems has greatly raised public awareness of our services. Too bad the new profile has to come on the back of downer news, but could be helpful in the long run. The Daily ......Read More 21 days ago |
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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 about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago |
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Information Wants To Be Free
Finding the work/family/fun balance and...This is a post mainly for those professionals who are passionate about their careers and are considering having children but wonder/worry what impact it might have on their life and their career. I’m going to talk about my......Read More 15 days ago |
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 about 1 month ago |
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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 about 1 month ago |
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 about 1 month ago |
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The Book's The Thing
Up and coming authors.From Telegraph.co.uk: Top new novelists for 2010 We all have our favourite authors, but how do you spot a rising star, that new voice in literature that will really make an impression? Lucinda Everett makes it a little easier a......Read More 22 days ago |
Pessimism on the state of the printed b...From Huffington Post: ” Anyone who believes this new technology is going away is dreaming. Anyone who believes the print publishing industry has a chance to survive in its present form is dreaming. It’s now possible ......Read More 22 days ago |
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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 about 1 month 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 about 1 month ago |
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Our Libraries by Sarah Long
Illinois library community's e-mail cam...Something pretty wonderful happened on Jan. 20. The Illinois library community started an e-mail message campaign and it went viral and it worked! Here's how it happened. The Illinois Regional Library Systems have not received ......Read More about 1 month ago |
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 about 1 month ago |
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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 3 months ago |
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 4 months 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 about 1 month 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 3 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 3 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 10 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 3 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 3 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 4 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 4 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 3 months ago |
Ivy and Bean - at it again!Because Ivy and Bean are just plain WONDERFUL!!...Read More 4 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 4 months ago |
Best of 2009Publisher's Weekly came out with their list!The Best Children's Books of 2009See if you agree!...Read More 4 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 4 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 11 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 12 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 about 1 year 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 about 1 year 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 about 1 year ago |
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