Latest Library Links, October 14, 2014

News from ALA and the profession

October 14, 2014

American Libraries Online

Aspen Institute report: Re-envisioning public libraries

ALA News

Hangout with ALA presidents, October 20

How to run great technology training workshops

Division News

"Using Comics to Promote Literacy" institute at Midwinter

Introduce a keynote speaker at ACRL 2015

Mega Subramaniam to present YALSA trends paper at Midwinter

ALCTS Midwinter Symposium

Webinar: Expand student learning with screencasts

Two new SLR articles

AASL thanks Fall Forum sponsors Capstone and Follett

Visit the Netherlands and Belgium with ASCLA in 2015

ASCLA consultants and networking luncheon

Awards & Grants

National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program

Libraries in the News

Former Athens library employee charged with embezzlement

Issues

Books and content ratings don't mix

Who publishes in top-tier LIS journals?

Correcting the scientific record

The evolution of library collections and collecting

Free Wi-Fi in the Allegheny Mountains

IFLA toolkit on the UN post-2015 development agenda

Tech Talk

Dropbox denies password leak

Some teens are adept at media multitasking

Virginia leads the nation in internet speed

E-Content

Is e-reading to a toddler storytime or screen time?

Books & Reading

YA books to read during Learning Disabilities Awareness Month

Philosophical science fiction

50 of the greatest debut novels since 1950

Madeline turns 75

Tips & Ideas

Get all your social media updates in one place

How to acquire cataloging tools

The 50 best cosplays of New York Comic-Con

Best ever cooperative boardgames

Critical thinking with Bloom's Taxonomy

What your ZIP code says about you

The landscape of user-experience research methodologies

Edmonton Public Library celebrates 101 years (video)

 

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