Latest Library Links, November 18, 2014

News from ALA and the profession

November 18, 2014

American Libraries Online

President's Message: We are global

ALA News

Class of 2015 Emerging Leaders announced

Division News

AASL calls for webinar proposals

ACRL liaisons and key issues in higher education

Awards & Grants

PLA receives Gates grant to develop performance outcome measures

Libraries in the News

St. Louis school librarian offers LibGuide on Ferguson

Literacy programs imperiled in New Orleans

Portland council gives library staffers power to expel unruly patrons

Issues

House and Senate versions of the USA Freedom Act, compared

There's nothing neutral about net neutrality

Science journals have passed their expiration date

New nonprofit will help boost encrypted internet traffic

Tech Talk

If you can doodle, you can program an Ozobot

90% of American households have 3 or more devices online

Twitter now lets you search for any tweet ever sent

Unlock hidden camera settings on your Motorola device

This secret menu unlocks Windows' visual effects options

NYC to offer free public Wi-Fi by 2015

E-Content

If you don’t own the platform, you don’t control it either

Liberio embraces ebook creation with media from Vine and Soundcloud

Ebooks 7% of book sales in the Netherlands

Books & Reading

Diverse YA book covers we should see more often

Westerns for teens

Top 10 religion and spirituality books for youth

Annotated books and hidden genealogies

75 reasons why Margaret Atwood is awesome

Tips & Ideas

Cover letters and sumés: Perfecting the basics

Flow and gaming in education

The MindShift guide to digital games and learning

Superheroes in Renaissance clothing

Where are the scriptoria?

93% of parents believe their children are safe online

Writers, here’s how to time your social media self-promotion blitz

Free financial literacy webinar for librarians

 

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