State & Public Libraries Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

Out of the Jungle: Just in time for Valentine's Day: Status of Same Sex Marriage
outofthejungle.blogspot.com | 16 hours 12 minutes ago
Out of the Jungle Thoughts on the present and future of legal information, legal research, and legal education. Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Just in time for Valentine's Day: Status of Same Sex Marriage Washington State just passed legislation and the governor signed it on February 13. (Story from

Slave Lake Library reopens after fire | Quillblog | Quill & Quire
www.quillandquire.com | 23 hours 36 minutes ago
Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine of book news and reviews In May, wildfires ravaged the town of Slave Lake in northern Alberta. The community of 7,000 residents returned from an evacuation notice to find the town's

ACE library choices attract campaigner criticism | The Bookseller
www.thebookseller.com | Feb 14, 2012
Book Publishing Industry News. Regular news updates from The Bookseller's news desk. The latest press reports about the publishing sector and updates from the City

Website for Small Libraries project [OCLC]
www.oclc.org | Feb 14, 2012
The Website for Small Libraries project, which began as an OCLC Innovation Lab experiment in 2011, is now available as a beta service for any library wishing to set up its own website.<p><a href="http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2012/201211.htm">View full article</a></p>

The PLA Blog | Official Blog of the Public Library Association
plablog.org | Feb 13, 2012
PLA is seeking interested parties to submit virtual poster sessions as part of the upcoming PLA Virtual Conference. The topic of your poster session can be of your choosing, but must be related to public librarianship. Virtual posters can be submitted as Web pages, PowerPoint presentations, or

Albany Public Library News » Blog Archive » Live Music Highlight of This Week’s Library Programs
www.albanypubliclibrary.org | Feb 13, 2012
Stop by the library this week for a variety of free activities. Here are just a few of the programs we have planned for the week of Feb. 13-19. For a full listing and details, visit our online calendar of events. MONDAY, FEB. 13 + Get help with job searches and computer skills at the Main [... ]

Information Literacy Weblog: Film clips of libraries
information-literacy.blogspot.com | Feb 13, 2012
Information Literacy Weblog We bring you news and reports about information literacy around the world Friday, January 20, 2012 Film clips of libraries This is about library publicity not infolit - a clever compilation of film clips which have libraries in them. Thanks to Richard Wakeford who drew

Connie Crosby: Innovative Ideas: Virtual Stores and the Possibility for Public Libraries
conniecrosby.blogspot.com | Feb 13, 2012
Connie Crosby Blog by Canadian Law Librarian / Info Diva / Consultant Tuesday, August 02, 2011 Innovative Ideas: Virtual Stores and the Possibility for Public Libraries This video depicts how Tesco have adapted their services for the South Korea market. One of their goals was to increase market

California State Library Blog : Pew Internet: The Tone of Life on Social Networking Sites
blog.library.ca.gov | Feb 11, 2012
The overall social and emotional climate of social networking sites (SNS) is a very positive one where adult users get personal rewards and satisfactions at far higher levels than they encounter anti-social people or have ill consequences from their encounters.

Friends of Calumet library receive award - MiningGazette.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Michigan - The
www.mininggazette.com | Feb 11, 2012
CALUMET — The Friends of the Calumet Public Library joined the Friends of Michigan Libraries only in September, so Phyllis Ramos was surprised when...