Latest Library Links, February 10, 2015

News from ALA and the profession

February 10, 2015

Biohackerspace, DIYbio, and libraries
Biohackerspace, DIYbio, and libraries

American Libraries Online

Serving patrons with dementia

Library learning goes online

ALA News

Brad Meltzer to serve as honorary chair of 2015 Preservation Week

APALA celebrates its 35th anniversary with a symposium

Principles of information needs analysis

Division News

Help PLA launch its new performance measure data surveys

AASL member wins one free year of membership

Webinar: School librarians and the LGBTQ inclusive curriculum

Webinar: Perspectives on information literacy

Video series: Short Takes for Trustees

Awards & Grants

2015 Amelia Bloomer list

2015 Over the Rainbow list

2015 Rainbow Books list

Four receive YALSA Writing Award

How Good Night, Gorilla is preparing me for a year of committee work

2015 Award for the Advancement of Intellectual Freedom in Canada

Not Knowing wins management book award

Libraries in the News

Gay man’s lawsuit against LC to proceed

Issues

Even for academics, selection is privilege

The FBI monitored African-American literature for decades

Will federal after-school funding survive a Senate committee?

Brian Williams and the fallibility of human memories

Tech Talk

Biohackerspace, DIYbio, and libraries

How to restore previous versions of a file on any OS

Get 2GB extra Google Drive space

How to create an anonymous email account

E-Content

Douglas County ebook report, February

Scribd adds 10,000 digital comics

Books & Reading

10 books with invented English dialects

39 literary roller derby names

Tips & Ideas

LC exhibits books on presidential food

Creating color-blind-accessible presentations

Project ENABLE offers info on nondiscriminatory access in libraries

The subliminal message of flexible furniture

2015 Symposium on LIS Education

Conserving the Starship Enterprise

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Latest Library Links, February 9, 2015

News from ALA and the profession

From left to right: Jenise Overmier, Jennifer Manning, Christina M. Bailey, Damon Austin, Amy Lauder, Angela Forest, Faith Williams, Melissa Jackson, and Julius C. Jefferson Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

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