ALA News
New e-rate implementation begins
The Daniel W. Lester Library Postcard Collection
Midwinter Meeting News
Division News
LLAMA call for mentors and mentees
Awards & Grants
The life of a book award committee member
Libraries in the News
Passions flare on proposed Chicago parkland site for Obama library
Wichita votes to move ahead with new main library
Montgomery County loans out Little Free Libraries to patrons
Texas library is one donation away from closure
Issues
On scholarly communication and the digital humanities
Digital badges for professional development
Tech Talk
Join Maker Corps as a host site in 2015
Brain-computer interface almost ready for testing
E-Content
Stanford University Press gets grant to expand its digital portfolio
HarperCollins ebooks move to EPUB3 format
Beneath the Ink is developing ehanced ebooks
Books & Reading
Livestream: Reading Discovery with former First Lady Barbara Bush, Jan. 29
10 must-read academic books for 2015
Through January 22: McDonald’s supplies books with its Happy Meals
What to read if you want more Downton Abbey
Tips & Ideas
Google launches mobile classroom app
Google Translate app gets an upgrade
The Smithsonian’s new “Skin and Bones” mobile app
Five mistakes I made in my first quarter of library school
Eight logical fallacies that fuel anti-science sentiments
Cartoons only a teacher-librarian would love
10 minutes of real-time book requests in the British Library (video)
From The Middle: A librarian is coming to Thanksgiving dinner (video)