June/July 2010
Features
Wisconsin Says “Cheese!”
By Pat Eschmann“Wisconsin Libraries Say Cheese! A Day in Pictures” is part of the ongoing Campaign for Wisconsin Libraries...
Dining in the District
By Tracy SumlerThe last several years have seen a boom in Washington restaurants. D.C. is attracting both top talent and celebrity...
Frontline Advocacy Is Everybody’s Job
By Patty Wong and Julie Todaro“What makes this initiative different from previous advocacy initiatives is that it engages and empowers...
10 Tips for Tracking Trends
By Elisabeth DoucettAs a public library director I spend a great deal of time searching out ways to keep my library relevant in today’s...
Build Your Own Instructional Literacy
By Char BoothFace it: Teaching is hard. It’s hard from any angle, using any technology, to any learner. Even for those enviable (and...
Departments
Librarian's Library: New from ALA
By Mary Ellen QuinnNext Steps: Social Eyes
“Library fines got you down? Help build our Facebook page to 500 people & I’ll waive fines of two students.”...
Librarian's Library: Librarian Spies
By Mary Ellen QuinnLibrarian's Library: Historical Thesaurus
By Mary Ellen QuinnYouth Matters: My Artful Diversion
By Jennifer Burek PierceOne rainy day in May, I gathered my umbrella and ventured into the Massachusetts countryside. My destination was not...
Dispatches from the Field: Aggregating Web Resources
By Michael WittThe Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange specification defines a set of new standards for the description...
Rousing Reads: Hidden Treasures
Bill OttWhen I listen in on one of our Booklist webinars, it’s hard for me to concentrate on what’s being said—not because...
On My Mind: A Passion for Copyright
By Sharon M. BrittonCopyright is a subject with which I believe most librarians have a love-hate relationship. I am mostly in the love-it...
In Practice: A Library in Your Pocket
In Vermont, it was easy to ignore the mobile computing craze until 2009. Before that, AT&T didn’t have a presence...
Will's World: Winning the Budget Wars
Library publications and blogs are filled with two types of articles these days: horror stories and fantasies. First,...
Librarian's Library: Reference Renaissance
By Mary Ellen QuinnNews Stories
March 2010
Features
10 Technology Ideas Your Library Can Implement Next Week
By Ellyssa KroskiNew social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter enable librarians to converse, communicate, and collaborate with...
News Stories
January/February 2010
Departments
Newsmaker: Author Wesley Adamczyk Documents World War II Soviet Deportation of Poles to Siberia
In 1940, author Wesley Adamczyk was deported at age 7 from his native Poland to Siberia with his family. He was among...
News Stories
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