Professional Development
Departments: New from ALA: September 2010
Intellectual freedom is one of our bedrock values, and as the intellectual freedom issues and challenges libraries face are always evolving, so must the profession’s response. The eighth edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual...
Posted August 30, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Departments: The Competition Intensifies
Have you noticed that we seem to have entered an era of heightened competitiveness? Lots of wagon-circling and turf-protecting. Libraryland as one big happy family aside, shrinking funds are bringing out the tiger in us.
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Posted August 30, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Feature: Dynamic Doers
Welcome to a showcase of the dynamic doers—a snapshot of those who have dedicated themselves to the profession, who have gone above and beyond, and whose contributions have been so significant and so varied. These individuals and...
Posted August 27, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Blog entry: Out-of-Box, Collection-Defining Libraries a Thing of the Future?
Have you seen the comedy skit by legendary comic George Carlin about “stuff”? It’s one of my all-time-favorites and relevant to today’s discussion (though it...
Posted August 26, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Feature: Winning Grants: A Game Plan
Grant seeking is a marketing process. Simply stated, you define your library’s need and sell it to one who can fund your project. Librarians are their own best grant-proposal writers. No outsider can write a proposal as effectively as...
Posted August 24, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Departments: Measuring E-Resource Use: Standards and Practice for Counting Remote Users
By Rachel A. Flemming-May and Jill E. GroggOver the years, librarians and researchers have studied the usage of books, journals, meeting rooms, photocopiers, programs, and just about any other resource or service libraries have chosen to provide. The reasons for doing so are...
Posted August 23, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
News Story: New Youth Library in Ethiopia Makes Impossible Dream Reality
The need in Ethiopia is great but the vision and perseverance of Yohannes Gebregeorgis is greater, which helps explain why a new library worthy of any developed country opened August 20 in Mekele, the first of its kind in this small and...
Posted August 23, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
News Story: New Youth Library in Ethiopia Makes Impossible Dream Reality
The need in Ethiopia is great but the vision and perseverance of Yohannes Gebregeorgis is greater, which helps explain why a new library worthy of any developed country opened August 20 in Mekele, the first of its kind in this small and...
Posted August 23, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
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