March/April 2011

Features

Library Design Showcase 2011
By Greg Landgraf
While it’s the contents of the library, and the activities that take place there, that support a community in...
Building a Culture of Literacy through Día
By Jeanette Larson
Miami-Dade Partnerships Take Root
By Victoria Galan
This Old Library
By Peter Gisolfi
Maureen Sullivan
By Maureen Sullivan
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Susan Stroyan
By Susan Stroyan
Leading from Libraries
Discovering the Nature Explorium
By Tracy Delgado-LaStella and Sandra Feinberg
Libraries, which are always searching for new ways to connect with their communities, have offered reading gardens and...

Departments

Rousing Reads: Wallander’s Last Stand
By Bill Ott
Readers whose knowledge of Scandinavian crime fiction goes beyond Stieg Larsson know that it was Henning Mankell who...
In Practice: Let’s Not Borrow Trouble
By Meredith Farkas
At my library, I’m in charge of collection development for our largest academic division. Sometimes I find the...
Librarian's Library: New From ALA Editions
By Mary Ellen Quinn
In New on the Job (2006), Ruth Toor and Hilda K. Weisburg provided useful advice for school librarians just starting...
Librarian's Library: DIY Programming
By Mary Ellen Quinn
Because many libraries are staff-strapped as well as cash-strapped, do-it-yourself programming is a growing trend....
Librarian's Library: (Micro)blogging in the Library
By Mary Ellen Quinn
Michael P. Sauers used his own experience as a blogger (at travelinlibrarian.info) to explain the technology an easy-to...
Librarian's Library: 21st-Century Public Libraries
By Mary Ellen Quinn
Though not unique to the United States, the public library movement has flourished here, sprung from a late-19th-...
Dispatches from the Field: Libraries and Mobile Services
By Cody W. Hanson
Mobile devices are ubiquitous in today’s society, and there’s no evidence that that is going to change....
President's Message: Transforming Libraries
By Roberta Stevens
Newsmaker: Christine Wigfall Morris and Barbara Sorey

Christine Wigfall Morris, affectionately known as Miss Chris, was hired by the City of Clearwater, Florida, in July...
On My Mind: Must We Abide?
By D. J. Hoek
Next Steps: The Little Library that Could
by Brian Mathews
Inspiring libraries are often the ones with big budgets. They have impressive buildings, enormous collections, and...
Youth Matters: Hope Springs Eternal
By Jennifer Burek Pierce
Will's World: Approachable You
By Will Manley
I am not a behavioral psychologist but it seems to me the most basic element of establishing a connection with someone...
Another Story: Lost and Found
By Joseph Janes
At dinner the other night with friends, we learned that their eldest daughter, a college sophomore, had had her...
Executive Director's Message: Engaging Members, Charting the Future of Midwinter
By Keith Michael Fiels
ALA Executive Board meetings in San Diego focused on how to engage younger members, the ALA Membership Meeting, ...

News Stories

Learning Terrace To Embed Library throughout Drexel Campus

A new library facility at Drexel University in Philadelphia is “the first step toward embedding the libraries...
CES: The Librarian’s Takeaway

While ALA Midwinter 2011 was starting in beautiful San Diego, I was on a plane to a different, but equally sunny...

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