What I did not realize was how happily my passion for librarianship would collide with what my mother taught me—to be a citizen of the world. My first connection was as an LIS student at Simmons College, when I took an international and comparative librarianship course from professor Patricia Oyler. Years later, the lessons my mother … Continue reading We Are Global
More than five years after the start of the Great Recession, school libraries in the US are in crisis, their budgets constricted and their staff short-handed or nonexistent. Professional staff positions are left vacant or filled by uncertified personnel, materials budgets slashed. Many library programs have been eliminated. Most of these actions are taken at … Continue reading District Library Supervisors Under Duress
And now, word has reached me that the Internet Public Library (IPL), which I wrote about in the last issue, will no longer be supported at the end of this year. The news means that IPL will just miss making its 20th birthday next March 17 (the happy coincidence of my Irish heritage and a … Continue reading RIP, IPL
After being informed that classes would be canceled, Carrie Pace, an art teacher at Ferguson’s Walnut Grove Elementary, wanted to do something, anything, to help with the recovery. While driving through town she passed the Ferguson Public Library. That’s where she got the idea to use the facility as a place for kids to go … Continue reading Ferguson’s Safe Haven
At the 37th UNESCO General Conference in Paris in November 2013, a parallel resolution passed overwhelmingly. Endorsed by the Governing Board of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and developed by its Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities (LPD) section, the “Manifesto for Libraries Serving Persons with a Print Disability” (the LPD … Continue reading Promoting Access for Blind and Visually Impaired Patrons
Kit Ward-Crixell left New Braunfels (Tex.) Public Library as youth services librarian for a similar position at Port Townsend (Wash.) Public Library in July.
Kristin Lahurd joined the Office for Diversity/Office for Literacy and Outreach Services as literacy officer June 30.
August 11 Amy Taylor became Merced County (Calif.) librarian.
August 4 Brook Berry was appointed director of Weathersfield (Conn.) Library.
Jennifer Murray resigned as Wilkes County (N.C.) librarian to become director of South Burlington (Vt.) Community Library August 5.
The University of Oregon Architecture and Allied Arts Library in Eugene appointed Martha Gonzalez Palacios art and architecture librarian September 15.
August 4 Nate Oliver joined Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library as chief operating officer.
