Access Through Metadata: Library Group Tackles the Challenge

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:36:55 GMT

From the Article:Perfect metadata is NOT required good metadata IS useful.So say the resident metadata experts at the Library of Congress, who made this point very clearly at the recent National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program partners meeting. Consistent and

American Library Association files comments to FCC on E-rate | Di...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:32:39 GMT

Contact: Jenni Terry Press Officer ALA Washington Office 202-628-8410 For Immediate Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association (ALA)

Albany Public Library News » Blog Archive » Pine Hills Grand Open...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:22:17 GMT

The first of Albany’s five new libraries–the fully renovated Pine Hills Branch Library at 517 Western Avenue–celebrates its grand opening on Saturday, Dec. 5, with a party for the community from 1 to 5 p.m.

The Code4Lib Journal - Issue 8

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:16:01 GMT

The Code4Lib Journal - Issue 8 is now available. The Code4Lib Journal exists to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future

25 Great Facebook Tips and Tricks

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:15:21 GMT

EasyTweaks has an excellent list of 25 Great Facebook Tips and Tricks youll want to check out. List items include useful instructions such as how to: Search Facebook Like A ProDisplay Your Facebook Status On Your Wordpress BlogUpdate Facebook Status From GmailSchedule Facebook Messages To Be

Libraries Explore Big Ideas to Overcome Small Budgets - Libraries...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:05:09 GMT

That problem will ease in time, Mr. Reilly believes, as researchers become more comfortable with the idea that they can get their hands on the material even if it isnt all on the campus-library shelves. The solution is to get information out to the researchers about how these

A walk ‘with’ Molly Ivins: Too bad she isn’t alive to tell the Au...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:07:36 GMT

The late Molly Ivins raised a Texas-sized amount of hell in her time over political and social issues even though she grew up among members of the Lone Star

tiny Thom.as: God Bless Us Every One!

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:27:50 GMT

A Christmas Carol, and Tiny Tim is certainly different from tinyThom.As, but I just like the name so much, I couldn't resist. tinyThom.as is a new feature from Library of Congress.

Excellence in Service Award Winners Recognized

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:58:26 GMT

Selfless co-workers, prolific catalogers, technology experts and excellent service providers – all were recently recognized as winners of the 2009 Excellence in Service Awards, a merit-based honor established to recognize employees who go above and beyond the call of duty to support of the mission

The Keys to Success for America's Star Libraries

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The stars from the latest round of the LJ Index of Public Library Service report in on what makes the difference in their libraries.

Miami-Dade Public Library Helps Kids With Reading Readiness

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) has a kicked off a new program that equips each of its 49 branches with brochures, bookmarks, and even laminated placemats covered in nursery rhymes that allow librarians to wrap the wonder of reading and early childhood literacy skills into freebies

Four stars for "The Customer-Focused Library"

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:29:00 GMT

The Customer-Focused Library: Re-Inventing the Public Library From the Outside-In, by Joseph R. Matthews was published September 30 by Libraries Unlimited. In this outstanding work, Joe persuasively lays out the case for

Guardians of World Treasures Sign Salzburg Declaration on the Con...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:24:06 GMT

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a grant-making federal agency supporting museums and libraries of all types.

VLA Server will be Unavailable Monday Nov. 23.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:29:13 GMT

Due to electrical work being performed at Radford University, the VLA Server and blog will be unavailable Monday Nov. 23.Note: Google Groups are unaffected by the downtime. The server will be brought back online ASAP once power is restored. Thanks for your patience.Start Slide Show

Photochroms Give Us Holland’s Nice, Bright Colors

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:27 GMT

The Librarys Prints and Photographs Division has added 116 photocrom travel views of the Netherlands from 100 years ago to our Flickr page, bringing the total number of photochroms on Flickr to 773.Photochroms, published primarily from the 1890s to 1910s, are prints that were created by the

School libraries key in teaching information skills

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:37 GMT

When school media specialists and educators make an effort to become familiar with the social-networking web sites and technologies that today's students use each day, they can forge important learning connections with their students: That was one of the key messages to come out of the American

Sale price on Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:21:42 GMT

I always feel a little hucksterish when I use this blog to try to sell books, but Library Juice Press is a business, and selling books is what it is about. So here we goI have too much inventory of Ed DAngelos book, Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library: How Postmodern

Elsevier sponsors the Jacob-and-Wilhelm-Grimm Center of the Humbo...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Berlin, 20 November 2009 – Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, promotes the new central library of the Humboldt University in Berlin with a generous donation.

Links to facilities planning materials

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:29:00 GMT

I received a request from a fellow media specialist, for information on building a new media center. I know many of you have been looking at plans for designing school library spaces. Could anyone out there in school library land share some of what you have learned and any good sources you found?

Web Harvester and Connexion digital import enhancements

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:27:00 GMT

With Web Harvester, the new functionality allows you to select and deselect files to be included in or excluded from your harvest—giving you even more control over the Web content that you harvest and ingest.

Reading in Splendour: The new Central Library at Humboldt Univers...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:28:11 GMT

The Humboldt brothers envisioned the totality and unity of the arts and sciences as their ideal. Christoph Markschies, the president of Berlin’s Humboldt University, now sees that ideal realized in the consolidation of the humanities libraries at his alma mater. ...

Tavencraft Secures Rights to Tolkien's Hobbit, Rings

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A range of collectible drinkware based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy will be manufactured by Taverncraft for the new year. The deal was signed by Middle Earth Enterprises, the worldwide film and merchandise holder.

Why I voted Yes on the SLA name change

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:52:27 GMT

A few years ago I was asked to speak at an Enterprise Information Management conference in San Francisco. It was very exciting, the first time I had been asked to speak somewhere. I was slated to speak on the second day, but after attending the first day of sessions I was very nervous. It became

NYC PL Director Stepping Down

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:27:35 GMT

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Reforming California Juvenile Corrections: The Santa Clara Exampl...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:31:00 GMT

Santa Clara County s new juvenile rehabilitation program was the focus of a recent panel discussion sponsored in part by the State Librarys California Research Bureau (CRB). Based on the Missouri Model, this enhanced rehab program for high-risk,

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