F.C. Library Wins Top National Honors
News | www.fcnp.com | 6 hours 7 minutes ago
For the second year in a row, the Mary Riley Styles Public Library in the City of Falls Church has been named one of the best public libraries in the U. S. by the Library Journal. The City library is
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Spring release for library review
News | www.thebookseller.com | 15 hours 2 minutes ago
But I do want to take on board recent issues arising from the All Party Parliamentary Group Report on Libraries and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professals report about what makes a 'good library'.
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Yet Another Example of Rapidly Expanding Library Use as the Budget Is Cut
News | www.resourceshelf.com | 19 hours 13 minutes ago
Rant. Once again, it make no sense. But, heres another story of a library system getting used more than ever yet the county cuts the library systems budget. Its as odd as it is sad. What are those who pay the bills and write the checks thinking? Why would
What Are They Reading for Fun?
News | www.schoollibraryjournal.com | 20 hours 30 minutes ago
Like many libraries, we have requests for an endless stream of (mostly classic) manga, but we also have an autodidact in philosophy busily plowing through Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil and Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
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Pine Hills Grand Opening Party on Dec. 5
News | www.albanypubliclibrary.org | Nov 23, 2009
The first of Albany’s five new librariesthe fully renovated Pine Hills Branch Library at 517 Western Avenuecelebrates its grand opening on Saturday, Dec. 5, with a party for the community from 1 to 5 p.m.The Pine Hills grand opening party features:• Ribbon cutting with library leaders
The Keys to Success for America's Star Libraries
News | www.libraryjournal.com | Nov 23, 2009
The stars from the latest round of the LJ Index of Public Library Service report in on what makes the difference in their libraries.
Four stars for "The Customer-Focused Library"
Blog | scanblog.blogspot.com | Nov 22, 2009
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
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Sale price on Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library
Blog | libraryjuicepress.com | Nov 20, 2009
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
NYC PL Director Stepping Down
Blog | plablog.org | Nov 19, 2009
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Reforming California Juvenile Corrections: The Santa Clara Example
Blog | blog.library.ca.gov | Nov 19, 2009
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,
