Latest Library Links, November 24, 2014

News from ALA and the profession

November 24, 2014

American Libraries Online

A home to the homeless

ALA News

Archived webinar on giving legal advice

Division News

ACRL's Ms. Marvel Contest winner

Tell YALSA what's new with your library

YALSA's Emerging Leader

PLA sponsors two Emerging Leaders

AASL seeks standards and guidelines editorial board members

Awards & Grants

Turkish-French Literary Award

Libraries in the News

Huntington Free Library in the Bronx will get a new neighbor

Dallas paper donates JFK photo archive to Sixth Floor Museum

Mark Twain, the Library of Congress, and plagiarism accusations

Henderson County librarian wants to find owner of stolen bible

García Márquez archive acquired by Harry Ransom Center

Prison art on loan at Braddock Carnegie Library

Scottish Book Trust wants a library card for every child

Issues

Amended law would give US Archivist full control over record retention

Faster broadband for schools and libraries

Rural libraries fear a closed internet

FCC looks to ensure phone service in future emergencies

How college students really do research

Tech Talk

12 tips for troubleshooting your internet connection

The best productivity apps of the year

All USB devices have a massive security problem

Five tech tools to be thankful for

What cloud computing might mean for your job

E-Content

Ebooks could inch past print in 2018

How one teen fell in love with a Kindle

HarperCollins to provide in-flight e-content on JetBlue aircraft

In the UK, library ebook loans do not result in more ebook purchases

Boston Public Library's Metadata Mob

Detroit Public Library unveils digital collections

Books & Reading

The seven best apocalyptic novels

50 best independent fiction and poetry books of 2014

Authentic portrayals of trans* youth and genrequeer

Tips & Ideas

How is a library open house like a Thanksgiving dinner?

What languages do public library collections speak?

Sensory Storytime tips

Music and Movement at the library

Take the HHI National Collections Care survey

This tool lets you find every webpage you've ever visited

Six iPad apps turn photos and videos into cartoons and comics

Google experiments with ad removal

 

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