Orbanus, Christen
March 2, 2016Christen Orbanus joined Camden County (N.J.) Library System as manager of the Merchantville branch.
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Korman, Rachel
March 2, 2016In October, Rachel Korman joined Vaughan (Ont.) Public Libraries as branch assistant.
Ziolko, Jay
March 2, 2016Jay Ziolko, former executive director of Mississippi County (Ark.) Library System, received the Frances P. Neal Award for career service from the Arkansas Library Association.
Logan, Peter
March 2, 2016Peter Logan was named academic director of the Digital Scholarship Center at Temple University Libraries in Philadelphia.
Mischo, William
March 2, 2016William H. Mischo, head of the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named the inaugural holder of the Berthold Family Professorship in Information Access and Discovery at the university.
Bookend: The Real X-Files
March 1, 2016Director and archivist Anders Liljegren, who created AFU’s specialized subject classification scheme, works with Collberg and more than 20 volunteers. “Since 1973, AFU has grown from a single bookshelf to a facility used by researchers from many countries,” Liljegren says. “Ingrid’s background in working with French materials is particularly valuable.” AFU also houses 50,000 issues … Continue reading Bookend: The Real X-Files
Libraries Transform
March 1, 2016The notion of telling and retelling the library story is at the heart of Libraries Transform, the American Library Association’s (ALA) new public awareness campaign. Libraries Transform is meant to give voice to the library profession, providing one clear, energizing message that showcases the transformative nature of libraries, elevating the critical role that libraries of … Continue reading Libraries Transform
Libraries Transform in a Community College
March 1, 2016In fact, as higher education changes, as administrators redesign the educational process, as faculty refocus pedagogy, as educational vendors repurpose content, and as students and community users change how and when they learn, the community college library finds itself identifying and marketing what it already has to meet needs as well as what it redesigned … Continue reading Libraries Transform in a Community College
School Libraries Transform
March 1, 2016According to its mission, the American Association of School Librarians empowers leaders to transform teaching and learning. The words “leaders” and “transform” are key. As a faculty member in a preservice program, and as a school librarian for more than 25 years, I know that’s exactly what I want my students to do when they … Continue reading School Libraries Transform
Storytime for the Spectrum
March 1, 2016“She began crying and got very upset. She said, ‘I’m so sorry. They have autism. We don’t go to the library very much because I don’t feel welcome,’” says Rogers-Whitehead. And that was the beginning of the Salt Lake County (Utah) Library’s sensory storytime—a special program for children on the autism spectrum. Rather than exclude … Continue reading Storytime for the Spectrum
Moving Forward with Libraries Transform
March 1, 2016While bold banners and thought-provoking statements might be enough to capture the community’s attention, the question that library professionals have been asking is what it means to be a “Libraries Transform library.” What does the campaign look like inside the library doors? We’ve been responding to that question with a question of our own: What … Continue reading Moving Forward with Libraries Transform
All Together Now
March 1, 2016Explore Chicago Collections is a consortium of 21 institutions located throughout the Chicago area that have pooled resources to offer a richer perspective of the city’s history. “We have all of these incredible archives and libraries here in Chicago,” says Scott Walter, university librarian at DePaul University and member of Explore Chicago Collections’ executive committee. … Continue reading All Together Now