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Crouse, Lyn

April 12, 2012

Lyn Crouse began as director of Elyria (Ohio) Public Library System January 26.

Casserley, Sean

April 12, 2012

May 7 Sean Casserley begins as county librarian for Johnson County (Kans.) Library.

Holland, Dorothy Anne

April 11, 2012

Dorothy Anne Holland, 77, youth and adult services librarian at Elmwood Park (Ill.) Public Library, died April 4 from a stroke caused by a brain hemorrhage after falling ill at work. Unbeknownst to her family, Holland has signed the back of her driver’s license allowing her organs to be donated upon her death. Her body was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago where … Continue reading Holland, Dorothy Anne →

Baker, Shirley

April 11, 2012

In June Shirley Baker retires as vice chancellor for scholarly resources and dean of university libraries at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bookmobiles: A Proud History, a Promising Future

By John Amundsen | April 11, 2012

Bookmobiles have a proud history of service dating back to the late 1850s, when a horse-drawn collection of books began making the rounds in Cumbria, England. Here in the United States, the first bookmobile is widely attributed to Mary Lemist Titcomb, a librarian in Washington County, Maryland, who in 1905 posited “Would not a Library … Continue reading Bookmobiles: A Proud History, a Promising Future →

Fogarty, Nick

April 10, 2012

Nick Fogarty, deputy director of Northwest Georgia Regional Library in Dalton, retired in April.

Horrocks, Jane

April 9, 2012

Jane Horrocks retired as president and CEO of Richmond Hill Public Library in Ontario, Canada.

Heald, Gregory

April 9, 2012

The University of Northern Colorado Libraries in Greeley has named Gregory T. Heald coordinator of Library and Technology and Assessment.

Bumgardner, Sandy

April 9, 2012

March 30 Sandy Bumgardner retired as director of Upshur County (W.V.) Public Library

Herrera, Luis; Jefferson, Karen L.; Thorin, Suzanne E.

April 4, 2012

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate two librarians to the National Museum and Library Services Board: Luis Herrera, city librarian at San Francisco Public Library; and Suzanne E. Thorin, dean of libraries and university library at Syracuse (N.Y.) University. The President has also nominated Karen L. Jefferson, records manager at Atlanta University Center’s … Continue reading Herrera, Luis; Jefferson, Karen L.; Thorin, Suzanne E. →

Dawes, Trevor

April 4, 2012

Trevor Dawes, director, Circulation Services Division, Princeton (N.J.) University is the 2012 Distinguished Service Award recipient from the New Jersey Library Association’s College and University Section/Association of College and Research Libraries New Jersey Chapter.

Dawson, Alma

April 4, 2012

Alma Dawson, professor at Louisiana State University’s School of Library and Information Science in Baton Rouge, received the Louisiana Library Association’s Meritorious Service Award. She recently served as director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services–funded Project Recovery, a collaboration between LSU’s SLIS and its partner libraries and organizations. Under the project, 30 new librarians … Continue reading Dawson, Alma →

Latest Library Links

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Angela Hursh writes: “Libraries have great stories to tell. But getting the media to listen isn’t always easy. Here are the top 10 practical tips that Leslie Marinelli, communications manager at Forsyth County (Ga.) Public Library; Ray Holley, communications manager at Sonoma County (Calif.) Library; and I shared [at a recent online panel] for getting your library into the news.”

Super Library Marketing, June 30
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Pranay Parab writes: “I’ve mostly been really happy with my M1 MacBook Air, which I’ve been using for nearly three years now. However, I regret not going for the variant with 16GB of RAM. The newer laptop still occasionally slows down when I open too many browser tabs. Luckily, I did some troubleshooting and fixed the problem, and I’m here to share what I’ve learned with you. So, if Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari or other browsers are slowing down on your computer, try some of these tips to nip that problem in the bud.”

Lifehacker, June 26
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Victoria Cox writes: “LaRue County (Ky.) Board of Education heard both criticism and praise last week when members were asked to remove 14 books from the high school library. Although the vote was split, the board ultimately refused to ban the books, citing the need to uphold the constitutional rights of students” by a 4–1 vote. Books the board considered include The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood; Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi; Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas, and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

LaRue County (Ky.) Herald News, June 25
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Jennifer A. Keach, Jenne M. Klotz, and Galen J. Talis write: “Library leaders at all levels are well-placed to create opportunities for joy in their organizations and to model how to do so with nuance and balance. Toward that end, we explored the multidisciplinary literature and compiled an annotated bibliography for leaders who wish to support joy within groups, organizational change agents who want to create equitable conditions for joy in the workplace, and readers seeking to develop their personal practice of joy. We provide a guide exploring five themes: defining joy, finding individual joy, work and organizational joy, empowering change with joy, and joy-adjacent emotions.”

Library Leadership and Management, June 30
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David Vickers Loertscher and Michelle Young write: “This tutorial introduces school librarians to the use of data visualization tools for documenting and communicating their impact on teaching and learning. By leveraging accessible platforms like Google Forms and Google Sheets, the authors demonstrate how librarians can build dashboards and real-time visual reports to showcase co-teaching, instructional collaboration, and student engagement. The tutorial features real-world examples, highlights common data sources already available to librarians, and argues that dynamic visual storytelling is a powerful alternative to traditional library statistics.”

Learning Hub, June 25
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Robin Camille Davis writes: “It wasn’t until seven years into my career as a user experience librarian that I realized I’d been accidentally excluding a sizable segment of users from my user research. Interviews, surveys, and usability studies favor people who are gifted at oral and written communication. What about people who are more gifted at visual communication? In the context of user research, this participatory design invites participants to design their own response to a given prompt.”

Choice 360 LibTech Insights, June 30
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Stories from communities nationwide come to life on ALA’s new Show Up for Our Libraries interactive site map. The stories illustrate the real-life consequences of potential funding cuts to rural, research, city, state, and university library programs and, in turn, to the hundreds of millions of library users across the country. Services such as summer reading programs, telehealth resources, interlibrary loan, and ebooks have all been affected. ALA collected the stories in conversation with patrons, library professionals, and advocates across the country to better understand the impact of federal funding cuts since the President’s executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office, June 25

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