LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Public Libraries interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:50:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://meadvillelibrary.org/news-events/new-years-holiday.html The library will be closed for the New Year’s holiday on Friday, December 31st and Saturday, January 1st. Normal hours will resume on Monday, January 3rd. (Source: Meadville Public Library) Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:10:04 +0100 895772 http://www.lisnews.org/management_shakeup_slc_library Management shake-up at SLC Library A sweeping management shake-up at the Salt Lake City Public Library — quietly in the works for months — has led to a series of demotions and retirements among veteran staffers in a move the director insists will improve efficiency. But the overhaul, made official Wednesday, has led longtime employees to question Director Beth Elder’s leadership, while others remain afraid to speak out over fear of “retaliation.” http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50954689-76/library-elder-management-lake.html.csp (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:22:11 +0100 895857 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/serious-information.html As you may know, it's the holidays. So we're feeling a little goofy, and you're probably not paying much attention anyway.We're sometimes a bit behind the times when it comes to frivolity—it's all those Shushing Seminars we attend—but here's a fun picture from last year:Don't get the joke? Check out this BoingBoing post.Happy New Year! (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895768 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new/index.php/2010/12/30/new-year-new-art/ The Central Library will have two new art displays in January. Three Pair, by Kent Williams, will be featured in the main gallery. Williams is influenced by Japanese woodcuts, Bauhaus weavings, Op Art, and the Pattern and Decoration Movement. His geometric abstractions use line and color to delineate shapes and space. A resident of Madison, Wisconsin, his work has been juried into exhibitions at Quilt National, Quilt Visions, and Art Quilt Elements, and included in the new book, 500 Art Quilts. You can see more of his work on his website. The latest Wisconsin Women Library Workers quilt will be on display in the stairwell. The quilt features squares designed by Nancy McClements, Christine Jenkins, Merle Margolis, and Kathleen Weibel. It was designed by Christie Dudgeon and coordinated by Kathy Rohde. The theme is Women in Public Libraries. You can view some of the quilts from years past on the group’s website. For information on past and present art exhibits at the libraries, visit our gallery page. (Source: What's New) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:29:37 +0100 895731 http://www.lisnews.org/ghosts_library What researchers have discovered, from the New York Public Library blog. (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:56:34 +0100 895858 http://lisnews.org/ghosts_library What researchers have discovered, from the New York Public Library blog. (Source: LISNews.org) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:56:34 +0100 895753 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16353 Program Manager - Maine Shared Collections Strategy Grant (University of Maine, Maine) Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono seeks a creative and dynamic librarian for a contingent on funding position, with grant funding for three years. ... Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:20:02 +0100 895653 http://www.lisnews.org/house_worship_home_library Cheryl and Chris Travis are the masterminds behind developing the Round Top Family Lbrary in Round Top, TX; Sterling and Marianne McCall financed it. In 1999, Chris spotted the derelict Hope Lutheran Church forlorn, in a farmer’s field. The once-proud structure had been moved there and became a hay barn. Though its original purpose was gone, the former house of worship still had the bones of a wonderful space, so did its decoration, like the tin plates that line its interior. This discovery propelled Chris to find a way to move the building from the field to a centrally located spot where it could serve as a library – its third functional life. Churches and libraries evoke similar behaviors. In each of these places, people learn to speak in hushed tones and behave with respect for others; and they both have traditionally served as community centers. Since the Round Top Family Library still looks a lot like a church, inside and out, the theory of behavior settings may, in part, explain why it’s so popular with the community. http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20101217/places-that-work-a-rural-library (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:32:18 +0100 895860 http://lisnews.org/house_worship_home_library Cheryl and Chris Travis are the masterminds behind developing the Round Top Family Lbrary in Round Top, TX; Sterling and Marianne McCall financed it. In 1999, Chris spotted the derelict Hope Lutheran Church forlorn, in a farmer’s field. The once-proud structure had been moved there and became a hay barn. Though its original purpose was gone, the former house of worship still had the bones of a wonderful space, so did its decoration, like the tin plates that line its interior. This discovery propelled Chris to find a way to move the building from the field to a centrally located spot where it could serve as a library – its third functional life. Churches and libraries evoke similar behaviors. In each of these places, people learn to speak in hushed tones and behave with respect for others; and they both have traditionally served as community centers. Since the Round Top Family Library still looks a lot like a church, inside and out, the theory of behavior settings may, in part, explain why it’s so popular with the community. http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20101217/places-that-work-a-rural-library (Source: LISNews.org) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:32:18 +0100 895693 http://bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/12/year-in-read-view.html Despite my lifetime membership in LibraryThing, I keep official track of what I've read in notebook I bought in Chinatown. Due to my aesthetic tastes at the time of purchase, it has a Hello Kitty-ish rainbow cat in the form of a cloud smiling at me on the front. This year the cat tells me I have read 51 books, unless I can finish up one of the 6 unread ones by tomorrow. That's average for me, but if anyone criticizes it, I can whip out the "but I read Moby Dick this year!" excuse. My favorite books read for a book group were: The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig, A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell, The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje, The Photograph by Penelope Lively, and Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos. Except for The Whistling Season, all of these books were suggested by people in my book groups, who are brilliant except when they make me read books that I hate.My favorite nonfiction books were: Switch by Chip Heath and Chad Heath, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, and Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert. All of these were bestsellers when they came out, so I am losing points for originality here.In the category of "really good if you share my obscure interests" are Mr. Langshaw's Square Piano by Madeline Goold, Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnades, Sweater Quest by Adrienne Martini and The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose. Rounding up my fiction favorites are Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani (two points off for choosing another bestseller), By the Lake by John McGahern, A Call From Jersey by P.F. Kluge, which everyone in Berkeley Heights & environs should read, and Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde. (Source: Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog and Buzz) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895737 http://blog.njla.org/archives/2010/12/#001040 http://www.philly.com Dec. 29, 2010 By Matt Katz INQUIRER STAFF WRITER All 20 staffers at Camden's two remaining public libraries will be laid off effective Feb. 11, officials said Wednesday, although the county plans to take over one of the branches and allow employees to reapply for their jobs. The layoffs, prompted by budget cuts, mean that the main branch on Federal Street in downtown Camden will close and that the city will cease providing library services for the first time in 105 years. The Ferry Avenue branch, which Camden County built for the city five years ago, will be taken over by the Camden County Library System, according to a statement from the county. To replace the main branch downtown, the county is in talks with Rutgers University-Camden about carving out a space in the university's nearby Robeson Library, a school spokesman said. The county library system would staff that facility. The county plans to fund its operations in the city with a dedicated tax assessed to city property owners. A third library in South Camden was closed earlier this year because of budget cuts. Mayor Dana L. Redd, facing a fiscal crisis that also means deep layoffs for the Fire and Police Departments, cut city funding to the libraries this fiscal year from $923,000 to $390,000. Employees, handed layoff notices Wednesday, said they were saddened and surprised. Even if the county takes over the city system - a move that must be approved by City Council - employees were not sure if they would be rehired. "Suppose the county doesn't want us?" asked Jewell Johnson, 61, in her 20th year as a librarian. Johnson and other employees said the county had long coveted the city-owned property where the historic downtown branch sits. It is sandwiched between two buildings - the county jail and courthouse - that have had crowding issues. ... Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895727 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/two-part-internet-workshop.html January 19 & 26Main LibraryCommunity Room145 Washington Ave.Take this two-part workshop to learn the basics about getting online.This free workshop is limited to ten adults, aged 18 and over.Participation in Part 1 is required for Part 2.Registration is recommended and will start on January 5.Call 955-6781 or register in person at the Main Reference Desk.Wednesday Mornings10:15 - 11:45 a.m.Part 1: January 19Mouse, Links, and More! –An introduction to using a mouse, clicking on links, filling out web forms, using search engines, and beginning web surfing.Part 2: January 26Get Your E-mail – Set up a free e-mail account, send and receive messages, forward and reply to messages, delete messages, create folders, and Sign Out.Sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library. (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895713 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/17253 Our public library consortium went live with Boopsie back in April. Overall, it's been a very positive experience and we've had few major issues. Our usage isn't huge, but it is about 20-25 percent of detectable smart phone use on our catalog, and I don't think we've even been promoting it that heavily. The user base is really steady, and has reached 1 percent of catalog use a couple of times. It just seems that people who start using it continue using it, and that's a good sign. We've found that people really do "get in, get it done and get out" with Boopsie, in that almost every search leads to a request. Every once in a while, it'll stop working, but this has generally been due to changes we've made to our ILS, and their tech support has been very fast in getting us back up every time. At first our updates weren't frequent, but by July they had set it up where Boopsie is checking hourly to see if there's a new data file, and if there is, uploading it. We've found that one update overnight is s (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895624 http://www.rrstar.com/news/x1682082773/Assistant-director-to-take-Ida-Public-Library-top-spot BELVIDERE — The Ida Public Library has selected Debbie Bloom, the library’s assistant director, to lead the 128-year-old library upon the retirement of Director Connie Harrison. (Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for librarianship) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:30:48 +0100 895777 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freerangelibrarian/~3/W7a2nEc5oIs/ "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" I was teaching a library-science class about a decade ago when a student snaked her hand into the air. “You know how no good deed goes unpunished?” she asked. “No,” I said, and continued lecturing. I knew where she was going with that question, because I knew her from another context, where she was the self-designated killjoy who approached every project confident of its failure–which, for the record, is an excellent way to ensure failure happens. She’s the one who will ask, “Just to play Devil’s advocate”–as if Satan needed any help. And we have all sat in meetings where this person  dwelled ad infinitum on every possible thing that could go wrong with a good idea that hadn’t even been launched, or itemized in exquisite detail the inevitable failings of any good idea in progress. There have been times when I have been this person (and will be again in the future), and for this I humbly repent. I was reminded of this moment recently when I read the (relatively mild) commentary on an article in Library Journal, “Netflix-inspired Pilot Program for Borrowing in California Library Languishes,” and then, reluctantly, prodded from a Tweet, turned my eyes to this post by the Annoying Librarian (yes, I know that’s not her real fake name). It was at that moment I realized why I loathe her: because I’ve suffered her kith and kin at nearly every library job I’ve ever had. Which leads into a response I’ve wanted to post for a while about what directors do for a living. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:48:34 +0100 895537 http://www.lisnews.org/florida_prison_library_awarded_grant GAINESVILLE, FL: The Alachua County Public Library branch operated at the county jail has been selected to receive a Great Stories Club grant from the American Library Association. As a result of the grant, the county jail will receive free books that are geared toward the young adult inmate population. Major funding for the Great Stories Club has been provided by Oprah Winfrey’s Angel Network. The jail library, an actual branch of the Alachua County Library District, has more than 5,000 books and is very popular among the inmate population. Earlier this month, two juvenile inmates who had conducted their research at the jail library, were recognized by the Gainesville Chapter of the Links Incorporated, for essays they had submitted for a community-wide essay contest. Oprah, show us some of that library love too! OPRAH, LIBRARIES NEED YOU! (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:30:38 +0100 895865 http://lisnews.org/florida_prison_library_awarded_grant GAINESVILLE, FL: The Alachua County Public Library branch operated at the county jail has been selected to receive a Great Stories Club grant from the American Library Association. As a result of the grant, the county jail will receive free books that are geared toward the young adult inmate population. Major funding for the Great Stories Club has been provided by Oprah Winfrey’s Angel Network. The jail library, an actual branch of the Alachua County Library District, has more than 5,000 books and is very popular among the inmate population. Earlier this month, two juvenile inmates who had conducted their research at the jail library, were recognized by the Gainesville Chapter of the Links Incorporated, for essays they had submitted for a community-wide essay contest. Oprah, show us some of that library love too! OPRAH, LIBRARIES NEED YOU! (Source: LISNews.org) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:30:38 +0100 895565 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProvidencePublicLibraryComputerClasses/~3/R0wo2S8icOs/and-now-your-highness-we-will-discuss.html For years I have been making handouts to go with my classes. One of the tricks I have employed to get objects like text boxes, shapes, pictures and the like to fall in line exactly where I wanted them is the ALT key. I would select the shape and move it by holding the ALT key down. I could then fit it just the way I needed it. This has worked forever, that is until I switched to Office 2007 where I have been without my trusty tool for some time. After a bit of searching I found the ALIGN button on the top right of the of the FORMAT tab. To make the change first double click any object. Anything will do as long as it brings up the FORMAT tab then click ALIGN. You should find it at the top right. After that click the last choice GRID SETTINGS. Lastly at the bottom set the SNAP OBJECTS TO GRID check box to off and then you’re all set. This is actually better than the old way of moving objects because you do not have to hold the ALT key anymore. However I should add that on some objects like photos you will still have to change the TEXT WRAPPING to tight, square, in front of text….It’s up to you to choose what you need. So if you can’t get a piece of clip art just the way you want it try the above.Note: Finding a matching quote for this was a real pain so I settled on this. It has the word location in it... (Source: Providence Public Library Computer Classes) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:57:00 +0100 895540 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16330 Deputy Director (Sno-Isle Libraries, Washington) Sno-Isle Libraries, a large, two-county public library district set in the beautiful north Puget Sound region of Washington State, is recruiting for a Deputy Director to work closely with the Library Director in the administration of the district.  The Deputy Director will lead the organization’s strategic planning efforts and will be responsible for the development, direction and delivery of system-wide programming and public services through 21 community libraries and outreach services. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:20:02 +0100 895493 http://www.lisjobs.com/jobs/item.asp?ID=43867 Library Director (Source: Combined Library Job Postings - Lisjobs.com and Library Job Postings on the Internet) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:01:00 +0100 895743 http://southlakelibrary.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html#9021876522383787082 1400 Main Street, Suite 130Southlake, Texas 76092Phone: (817) 748-8243http://www.southlakelibrary.org/"Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits." ~Author UnknownWe at Southlake Public Library want to wish you a Happy New Year. May it be filled with happiness, friends, and lots of good reading! FEATURED NEW RELEASEUNBROKEN This extraordinary tale from the author of “Seabiscuit” tells the true story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who became a POW in a series of Japanese prison camps during WWII. Zamperini started out in Torrance, California as a bit of a hoodlum, stealing pies from kitchens and pulling pranks on teachers. He found focus in running, thanks to his brother’s encouragement, and soon became the high school track star to beat. He began training for the 1936 Olympics and was able to gain a spot on the team headed for Berlin. He did extremely well there, considering his age and experience, and vowed to return to the next Olympics and take gold. He also wanted to be the first man to run a four-minute mile (thought to be physiologically impossible by many at the time). Zamperini’s big plans were interrupted by WWII, and he was drafted into the Air Force. He and his crew completed several dangerous missions in the Pacific, narrowly avoiding disaster. However, on one mission, they were not so lucky, and he and two other crew members ended up in a life raft, with little provisions, surrounded by sharks. The rest of the story is filled with nail-biting moments. In fact, I found that I had to put the book down occasionally when I became too tense or upset. This book truly is a story about a man that manages to remain “unbroken,” even after all of the unimaginable horror he endures. I do not want to spoil the ending – suffice it to say it shows what an amazingly kind and good man Zamperini is and how he refused to give in to his inner demons. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895776 http://bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/12/questions-today-at-reference-desk.html Do you have any Theodore Dreiser books on tape or CD? No, but we do have Sister Carrie as a downloadable audiobook from Listen NJ. It comes bundled with a self-help tape for depression. No, just kidding.Can you find information about my doctor? Yes, usually we can. We use AMA's Doctor Finder, The American Board of Medical Specialties website and/or the reference books to find educational information, address and phone number of offices and the NJ Office of the Attorney General to find the doctor's NJ license number and status. No, I can't tell you if I like your doctor or not.Can you write this address (patron shows piece of paper with address on it) on this envelope for me? Um, yes, but why? Is it a ransom note? No, I just don't want the addressee to recognize my handwriting.I can't read my handwriting with the information you gave me over the phone yesterday, can you give me the answer again? Yes. What is it with the handwriting problems today?Can you look up 5 people's phone numbers for me? Yes. We use Reference USA, a database of phone and city directories available online to all NJ library card holders from any internet connected computer.Patron calls back later to say several phone numbers did not work. Maybe he couldn't read his handwriting?Why does the copier say it doesn't have any matching paper? I don't know. It often says that, but it's lying.Does the library only have one copier now? Yes. The old copier location became a teen lounge. Alternatively, we could have middle schoolers lounging on the copier.Can you look up this phone number which I don't recognize that was on my caller ID? Patron hands over scrap of paper with scribbled numbers. Yes. It's usually telemarketers calling from a cell phone or unlisted phone, but I can't find this one. Handwriting, people! Do you have a fine tip marker I can use? No. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895738 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/hansel-gretel-opera.html Saturday, January 8, 20112:30 p.m.Southside Branch Library6599 Jaguar DriveThe Santa Fe Concert Association will perform an hour long, semi-staged performance of the opera Hansel and Gretel.The opera is the classic Grimm's fairy tale and will be sung in English. The singers will include Santa Fe Opera Apprentices, a member of the Santa Fe Opera's Young Voices Program, in addition to other singers from around the country. This is a charming show and appropriate for all ages.This is a free event open to the public. (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895519 http://www.lisnews.org/salinas_libraries_amp_librarians_trudge_through_holidays SALINAS, CA : -- The good will of library staff helped keep two Salinas libraries from closing their doors on Monday. Salinas city leaders decided earlier this month to close the libraries the week between Christmas and New Year's in an effort to save money. The news caused a public outcry, with many community members requesting some libraries stay open while children were out of school for the holidays. The director of Salinas libraries, Elizabeth Martinez, managed to get enough staff members to work to keep both the John Steinbeck and Cesar Chavez libraries open for most of the week. Angel Gomez and his dad, Edgar, said keeping the libraries from closing allowed them to look for jobs on Monday. "It's a good thing they opened. I found this side job I can do right now," Edgar Gomez said. (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:56:15 +0100 895867 http://lisnews.org/salinas_libraries_amp_librarians_trudge_through_holidays SALINAS, CA : -- The good will of library staff helped keep two Salinas libraries from closing their doors on Monday. Salinas city leaders decided earlier this month to close the libraries the week between Christmas and New Year's in an effort to save money. The news caused a public outcry, with many community members requesting some libraries stay open while children were out of school for the holidays. The director of Salinas libraries, Elizabeth Martinez, managed to get enough staff members to work to keep both the John Steinbeck and Cesar Chavez libraries open for most of the week. Angel Gomez and his dad, Edgar, said keeping the libraries from closing allowed them to look for jobs on Monday. "It's a good thing they opened. I found this side job I can do right now," Edgar Gomez said. (Source: LISNews.org) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:56:15 +0100 895413 http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=41&BlogPostID=8187 14-year-old baseball die-hard Kevin Boland is stuck at home with mono. To pass the time, his father, a writer, thinks Kevin might also want to write some things down. Readers learn a lot about Kevin in the passing months as he experiments with poetry using a book "smuggled" from his father's den. His mother has recently died, for one thing. Also, that he's a pretty good athlete and he's made out with girls in the bamboo. Details about life in middle school are slipped effortlessly in lines of haiku, free verse, sonnets, and sestinas. Kevin eventually meets a pretty girl named Mira with whom he is not embarrassed to admit that he enjoys writing poetry, although he would still like to keep it from his baseball team. When they do find out, he earns the nickname "Shakespeare". Recommended for grades 6-10 for fans of baseball and/or poetry. The book might even encourage a few readers to try writing poetry for themselves. Koertge is so clever in explaining how each style of poetry works that readers won't even realize they are learning something, and he makes makes it seem so effortless that you feel like you can do it too. That it is also humorous is an added bonus. This is short and easy-to-read, and would be a good choice for reluctant readers. Teachers might also find this useful in teaching poetry. (Source: Teen Scene from Wright Memorial Public Library) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:00:02 +0100 895331 http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=41&BlogPostID=8189 This is the sequel to Shakespeare Bats Cleanup and picks up where it left off. Kevin is still in denial about his poetry writing and still considers himself an athlete. He's been dating Mira and not sure that he likes it, even though she's cute and his friends think she's cute. She isn't into his poetry and he isn't into her dance class or her new found love for all things green. He begins to go to poetry readings with his father, who has recently begun dating. This books follows the same format as the first, exploring various styles of poetry as Kevin safely explores his feelings. He meets Amy at an open mike night at the bookstore and they quickly become "poetry buddies", talking about poetry and critiquing each other's work. Things become strained as Mira expresses her jealousy, and Kevin meets Amy's "perfect" boyfriend Trevor. Like the first book, a lot of middle school ground is covered. The poems show that Kevin is not thinking exclusively about baseball, even as his team heads for the playoffs. He's not just a jock and he's okay with that. Recommended for grades 6-10. This is short, fun, easy-to-read and humorous. Good for reluctant readers and teachers of poetry. (Source: Teen Scene from Wright Memorial Public Library) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:00:02 +0100 895329 http://blog.njla.org/archives/2010/12/#001038 http://www.northjersey.com Monday, December 20, 2010 BY TANYA DROBNESS A group of residents who would do whatever it takes to keep the financially-plagued Bellevue Avenue Branch of the Montclair Public Library open may be faced with the challenge of raising nearly $50,000 by March. Twelve members of the citizens committee, "Save Our Bellevue Avenue Branch," which was formed last week to oppose the "threatened closure" of the branch due to budget cuts, met for the second time tonight inside the Carnegie building to discuss how, and if, they can proceed with fundraising efforts. While it costs $125,000 a year to maintain the branch's current one day a week service, every additional day would cost an extra $50,000, according to a library task force preliminary report. The members of the citizens group hope that if they can raise $50,000, it will help keep the branch operating for at least another year, but it is uncertain how next year's budget will affect their efforts. Former Montclair Mayor Bob Russo slapped a check on the table at the beginning of the meeting, but with caution. "My wife won't let me give you a check unless I know they (the Montclair Library Board) are fully supportive of this effort." Liz Campbell, the executive director of the Montclair Public Library Foundation, explained to the concerned residents that in Montclair, and in a bevy of municipalities throughout New Jersey, the budget situation is "dire." She affirmed, however, that the Foundation would support the new group's endeavors. During tonight's meeting, Campbell said the Foundation can support the citizen's committee, such as handling the influx of donations, she said. "We don't know what's going to happen in 2011, but it doesn't look good," Campbell said during the meeting. But she added, "There is a way to save the branch." The library saw a $450,000 reduction in municipal funding for 2010. ... Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895729 http://blog.njla.org/archives/2010/12/#001039 http://www.nj.com Tuesday, December 21, 2010 By SUMMER DAWN HORTILLOSA JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The English language has found a new hero in Jersey City: 8-year-old Paul Valleau. Paul, who is an avid reader, philanthropist and aspiring writer, is saving the Jersey City Free Public Library one used book at a time. After hearing about the library's budget crisis, the home-schooled student knew he had to help. "He thought of selling the books and donating the money he makes," explained Paul's mother, Aleta Valleau. Paul began selling used books outside a Jersey Avenue consignment store every Saturday. As more people heard about Paul's cause, they began donating books. So far, Paul has raised $81.35 for the library. "This is an amazing little boy," said Jersey City library director Priscilla Gardner. "The Jersey City library is so pleased and thankful he thinks of us." Valleau said, "he has been reading since he was 3 years old . and visits the library two or three times a week. It plays a very important role in his life," she said. "It's fun for him, but he also feels good about it because he's doing something." Paul, who loves reading mystery and adventure series such as "The 39 Clues," "The Boxcar Children" and "The Hardy Boys," is also finding another way to contribute to the library. "I'm writing a book now," Paul told The Journal. "It's about space. Two boys get stranded on Uranus. I don't know too much about the story yet." Paul has already written 14 pages of his novel and says he'll finish it in about a year. Asked if he thinks the library will one day have copies of his book, Paul said, "I bet they will." (Source: NJLA Blog -- The Official Weblog of the New Jersey Library Association) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895728 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-husband-who-is-librarian-at-public.html My husband, who is a librarian at a public library, recently gave me a poem to read. Entitled "Library Days," it is part of Philip Levine's new collection, News of the World. The poem is copyrighted, but the most of the text, including this poem, is available at Google Books. The poem is set in Detroit during the Korean War, and the narrator is a beer delivery truck driver who plays hooky from his job to "sit for hours with the sunlight streaming in the high windows" of the library. The library is treated with the same reverence as a house of worship. Some of the narrator's favorite authors are Melville, Balzac, and Walt Whitman, "my old hero." The books have "the aura of used tea bags." He also favors the great Russian writers--Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, Chekhov, Tolstoy; reading The Idiot confirms that "life was irrational." What particularly caught my attention was the depiction of the librarian, one of the most negative I have ever seen. The librarian has "gone gray though young," and sits "by the phone that never rang, assembling the frown reserved exclusively for me ..." Her voice was full of "pure malice" when a patron made the mistake of asking for Jane's Fighting Ships instead of literature. She never exchanges a smile with the narrator despite his tentative attempts at engaging her. Ultimately, however, the librarian is just an annoyance. Reading is the narrator's real job, and his actual job takes a back seat to it. It did not matter to him that the beer he was supposed to deliver "could sit for ages in the boiling van slowly morphing into shampoo ..." The poem concludes, "it mattered not at all to me, I had work to do." (Source: Out of the Jungle) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895395 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/one-half-price-sale.html One Day OnlySaturday, January 8, 201110:00 am - 4:00 pmSouthside Library Bookstore6599 Jaguar Dr.EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS HALF PRICE!'Nuff said. (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895355 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16308 University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian (Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts) This is an Exempt Position that falls within the MSCA Union (Massachusetts State College Association). General statement of duties: Lead, manage, and coordinate the Archives and Special Collections unit of the Bridgewater State University library. Specific examples of duties: Manage all phases of activity of the Archives and Special Collections unit based upon the types of materials held, including but not limited to maps, photographs, print, ephemera, and digital objects.  Maintain a regular and convenient service schedule for public access to the collections. Plan, coordinate, and direct staff activities and work flows in the unit. ... Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:20:01 +0100 895233 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16312 Literacy Program Specialist (Huntington Beach Public Library, California) The City of Huntington Beach is seeking a Literacy Program Specialist who will plan, implement, coordinate, promote and supervise all training provided by the Adult Literacy Program and the volunteer program tutors. Qualifications:  Bachelor's degree in education, administration, library science, social or behavioral science, or a closely related field; plus three years' experience developing and implementing adult education programs and activities. For a full job description, benefits summary and to APPLY ONLINE visit www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/jobs. (Source: Latest ALA Job Listings) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:20:01 +0100 895230 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/ckALOYADJmA/ Tony Tallent, Director of Literacy and Learning at the Richland County Public Library in Columbia, SC sends along a poem by bell hooks that speaks to me: …take hold take heart and enter here at this point where truth was once denied. Thanks Tony! (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:47:11 +0100 895255 http://plablog.org/2010/12/senate-confirms-president%e2%80%99s-nomination-of-new-imls-director.html Susan H. Hildreth Becomes New Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services On December 22, 2010 Susan Hildreth’s nomination to be director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was confirmed by unanimous consent by the United States Senate. The Institute, an independent United States government agency, is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. “I am truly honored to have been appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as the fourth Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services,” said Hildreth. “I cannot imagine a more exciting and challenging responsibility than helping to create strong libraries and museums that sustain our heritage and culture and connect people to information and new ways of thinking.” “Although we will certainly miss Susan in Seattle [where Hildreth is City Librarian/CEO of Seattle Public Library,] she is going to be an outstanding leader for the Institute of Museum and Library Services,” said Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). “Susan and I share a passion for making sure that children across America get the literacy skills they need to succeed in school and in life. And I am confident that she will continue the Institute’s great work supporting families and communities across the country.” Hildreth was previously appointed as California’s state librarian by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Prior to her position as California state librarian, Hildreth was at the San Francisco Public Library, where she served as deputy director and then city librarian. Her background also includes five years as deputy library director at the Sacramento Public Library, several years as Placer County’s head librarian and four years as library director for the Benicia Public Library, all in California. She began her career as a branch librarian at the Edison Township Library in New Jersey. ... Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:36:38 +0100 895276 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16294 Branch Services Director (Cuyahoga County Public Library, Ohio) CCPL is recruiting for two Branch Services Directors, each of whom will be responsible for overseeing service in a geographic region of the library's service area and supervising multiple Branch Managers.  The library has 28 branches and an administrative headquarters that serve 47 diverse communities.  With circulation exceeding 20 million items (33 items per capita) in 2010 and consistently achieving top rankings in the HAPLR Index and Library Journal’s Star ratings, CCPL is one of the best and busiest libraries in the country. ... Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:20:06 +0100 895147 http://ddc.typepad.com/025431/2010/12/happy-retirement-dennis.html Our colleague Dennis McGovern, former chief of the Decimal Classification Division (DCD), is retiring this Thursday. (Longtime readers of the Dewey blog might remember Dennis as “the vicar of Dewey Manor” in the early days of the blog.)  Dennis was appointed to the position of DCD chief on May 17, 2004, after serving as the acting chief of DCD since February 2002, when previous chief David Smith retired.  He stepped down as DCD chief for health reasons in August 2008.  Since that time Dennis has worked a split detail as a Senior Decimal Classification Classifier in the areas of literature, language, sports, and recreation, and as a senior cataloger of romance language material in the Social Science Cataloging Division and the African, Latin American, and Western European Division.  Dennis first joined LC in as an editorial assistant in the Bill Digest Section of the American Law Division, Congressional Research Service.  In August of the same year, he joined the LOIS Processing Section in the former Order Division, Acquisitions Directorate, and April 1984 became a CIP publisher liaison in the Cataloging in Publication Division, while he also studied part time for his master's degree in library science at the University of Maryland.  After completing library school, he became a cataloger at the Martin Luther King Memorial Library in the District of Columbia Public Library system.  Dennis returned to LC as a descriptive cataloger in 1987.  He joined the Education, Sports, and Recreation Team when it was formed in 1989 as part of the Whole Book Cataloging Project.  Dennis came to DCD in 2002 from the position of team leader, Education, Sports and Recreation Team (ESR), Social Sciences Cataloging Division. ... Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895834 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-years-holiday-closings.html All branches of the Santa Fe Public Library will be closed from Friday, December 31 through Sunday, January 2 for the New Year's Holiday.All branches will resume normal hours at 10:00 am on Monday, January 3.May everyone have a healthy and happy holiday!Photo by AA @Main (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895174 http://www.mjcpl.org/events/christmas-eve-closed The libraries will be CLOSED on Friday, December 24 through Saturday, December 25 for our employees to celebrate the Christmas holiday. Normal business hours will resume on Sunday, December 26 at 1 p.m. (Source: Madison-Jefferson County Public Library - Events) Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:54:27 +0100 895341 http://obpl.blogspot.com/2010/12/old-bridge-public-library-and-laurence.html The Old Bridge Public Library and the Laurence Harbor Branch will be closed Monday, December 27 due to inclement weather.(Edit)The Old Bridge Library is also closed for the rest of today (Sunday 12/26).Send comments to: OBPL (Source: Old Bridge Library Weblog) Sun, 26 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895313 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/12/prison-libraries-true-value-lies-beyond.html A very good essay in the Boston Globe Ideas section today by Avi Steinberg, who recently came out with the memoir, Running the Books about his stint as a prison librarian in the Boston area Suffolk County House of Correction. He writes about the periodic, well, probably ongoing, attacks on prison libraries, from well-meaning reformers who fear that the books will undermine the principle of punishment or might encourage prisoners to consider making a break for it or more fruitless appeals. Steinberg writes with excellent detail about the experiences he had as a prison librarian that lead him to the opposite conclusion. In his opinion, the true value of the prison library lies not so much in the reading material, as in the civilizing, educating locus of the place. The prisoners, who learn that the library is a haven that can make them feel like normal people for that short visit, run there when allowed, they are so eager to arrive. Prisoners who are allowed to work as library assistants value the privilege, and take the leadership skills into life after prison. It was more educational that spending time in the recreation yard, and it was less formal than the classrooms. It was a public space, and often the only time these individuals had ever been exposed to a library. They were learning important skills to take with them after they were released, even if they only read glossy magazines. Steinberg's argument is the classic rehabilitation argument, but it is an important one, and he gives some very good details from his time at the Suffolk County House of Correction. Steinberg introduces the reader to Fat Kat, his head of circulation, and unofficial captain of the inmate prison work detail. Fat Kat's name describes both his physical appearance and his boss persona. He was mid-way through his sentence when Steinberg met him. ... Sun, 26 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895153 http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/campaigning-toolkit/Pages/resources.aspx These resources can be downloaded and accessed by CILIP members in developing their campaigns and demonstrating the value of their professional skills and knowledge:Blogs and Networks CILIP Communities: your space for connecting, sharing and gaining focus on professional issues.CILIP Information and Advice Blog CILIP Network of Expertise and InterestJohannaBoAnderson's blogthewikiman blog: Ned Potter GuidesAdding Value: Practical Guide. Salaries: Job Evaluation and a Practical Guide to negotiating for pay with sector specific advice and information. Careers Gateway: your route to information and advice related to your library and information career.Encompass Toolkit: Advice and guidance for diversifying your staff profile and developing positive action trainee schemes.Improving pay and status: a school librarian's self-empowerment packTools for government, legal, health and corporate libraries:help demonstrate the value and impact of library and information services, assess whether they deliver good value for money and provide early identification if the service is at risk of reduction. What makes a good library: professional guidelines for public libraries. PresentationsInternal marketing: Presentation (PowerPoint)Making a difference - your value as a library and information professional: Presentation (PowerPoint) Reports and ConsultationsEmpower, Inform, Enrich: The modernisation review of public libraries.Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS: CILIP response to NHS White Paper Templates and WorksheetsAction plan: Template (MS Word)Key messages: Template (MS Word)Sample key messages: Worksheet (MS Word) StatisticsFacts and figures for library and information profession for all sectors. Tips for SuccessBuilding a network of campaign supporters: Tips for success (MS Word)     (Source: CILIP – Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:06:21 +0100 895286 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lint/~3/ruUdX9zbU5U/ Christmas 2010 is likely to be heavy on the gadgets with smart phones, tablets and e-readers being heavily promoted. Is your library ready to take advantage to promote reading, and your ebook collections? There are about 25 library services in Australia offering ebooks via the Overdrive digital media service according to a quick look at the Overdrive Find a Library. But there are also heaps of other sources of e-books (free and commercial, audio and text) that our communities could use. A couple of days ago on Twitter one library user’s frustrations with getting library ebooks onto her ipad were aired. After initial delight that her public library has downloadable audio and e-books turned to horror at how difficult it was to get them on her ipad she was considering “going to illegally download content”. “I tried to be good” she said. Fortunately she was successful on a second attempt the next day. I had some problems with my first attempt at getting an overdrive ebook onto my iphone, but the second attempt did work. I’ve no idea why one worked and the other didn’t. There are so many different operating systems, devices and sources to consider it’s no wonder that this might be challenging. So, while a gadgety Christmas presents an opportunity to promote ebook collections and reading ebooks generally, it really cannot be capitalised unless libraries and their suppliers can make the download experience as easy as possible and to make sure there is plenty of support. ... Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:10:50 +0100 895494 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-holidays.html A retired librarian sent on the following Christmas menu from the U.S.S. Santa Fe from 65 years ago. Not only does the food look pretty tasty, but it's interesting that cigars and cigarettes are listed after the desserts. How times have changed!Courtesy of the Navy Department Library. (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894830 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/9Q-vvlxj7ng/1790-1930-us-census-records-available.html "Internet Archive has announced that a publicly accessible digital copy of the complete 1930 United States Census – the largest, most detailed census released to date – is available free of charge. Previously, 1930 Census records were accessible only through microfilm, or subscription services in which select portions of data are provided for a fee. The 1930 Census records are being made available online through a collaboration with the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In the coming months, complete census records from 1790 through 1920 will be made available as part of Internet Archive’s growing Genealogy Collection" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:36:39 +0100 894741 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibraryGarden/~3/rQzg46EG0fI/   I love libraries (John LeMasney)   I just wanted to thank all of the libraries and the people and resources connected to those libraries I visited this year. Thanks for all they did to help me get the important stuff taken care of. Happy holidays! - John LeMasney. Note: this image originally appeared at http://365sketches.org/2010/10/05/328-of-365-is-a-love-letter-to-libraries-design-inkscape/ (Source: Library Garden) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:39:06 +0100 895534 http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=6525 Plans and supervises the opeation of the library including, but not limited to the following: Services; Personnel; Collection Development; Technology and equipment; Building issues; Finances and budget; Public Relations. (Source: MBLC Job Listings) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:15:04 +0100 894642 http://www.lisjobs.com/jobs/item.asp?ID=43852 Assistant Director (Source: Combined Library Job Postings - Lisjobs.com and Library Job Postings on the Internet) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:01:00 +0100 894903 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dTJJL/~3/9Q-vvlxj7ng/1790-1930-us-census-records-available.html "Internet Archive has announced that a publicly accessible digital copy of the complete 1930 United States Census – the largest, most detailed census released to date – is available free of charge. Previously, 1930 Census records were accessible only through microfilm, or subscription services in which select portions of data are provided for a fee. The 1930 Census records are being made available online through a collaboration with the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In the coming months, complete census records from 1790 through 1920 will be made available as part of Internet Archive’s growing Genealogy Collection" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895673 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LawLibrarianBlog/~3/JL2As66k6-I/friday-fun-of-thursday-despite-budget-cuts-public-libraries-still-rock.html Here's a recent flashmob dance, involving people of all ages from the Greater Columbus Arts Council's out-of-school-time program, Art in the House, partner program TRANSIT ARTS, adults and seniors! It all happened at the Columbus Metropolitan Library and in the... (Source: Law Librarian Blog) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894851 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/2010/12/long-walk-to-water-by-linda-sue-park.html This is a story in two voices. First we hear Nya’s voice as she is trudging in the broiling hot African sun to fetch water for her family. The water jug is light going the three hours to the water supply, but very heavy on the way back. Nya does this everyday, twice a day. Water in the Sudan is very hard to find and carry, but without it, no one could live. This isn’t taking place 100 years ago; this is happening in 2008. Next, we hear Salva’s voice. It is 1985 and he’s in school, and like most students, he is waiting for the end of the day so he can go home. Shots ring out, and the teacher tells everyone to run, run into the bush and don’t look back. Soldiers have come to kill the villagers, so Salva runs. He doesn’t know where he is going or if his family is alive, but he runs. Salva’s run takes him far, far from home for many years. In alternating chapters we hear Nya and Salva tell their stories, neither of them knowing that one day they will actually speak to each other, brought together by something we take for granted every day: water. Review by Loretta Eysie (Source: book bits) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894793 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/2010/12/smile-by-raina-telgemeier.html Raina was not looking forward to getting braces, but before she could even get started, she fell and badly damaged her front teeth. Middle school isn’t a very supportive place to live through the experience of having her teeth fixed. It’s embarrassing, humiliating, and maddening, not to mention painful. Her “friends” aren’t helpful; in fact they probably hurt her feelings more than help her. This graphic novel, based on the author’s real life experience, is about teeth and friendship –both sometimes painful! Review by Loretta Eysie (Source: book bits) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894792 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/2010/12/lost-children-by-carolyn-cohagan.html Josephine’s life with her rich father is very lonely and quiet since her mother died. Her father doesn’t pay any attention to her at all –he doesn’t even speak to her! And to make matters worse, he is responsible for a new town law that says everyone must wear gloves all the time. At school the kids hate Josephine because they hate wearing gloves, so she doesn’t have any friends either. One day while searching the old shed in the back of her huge house, Josephine meets a boy from a different time., but before she can ask him anything, he disappears. Josephine decides to investigate the old shed to see if she can find any clues, and while she is searching, she falls through the shed wall into a dark, scary basement. When she lands on the basement floor, the first thing she hears is someone barking, “No, no that’s all wrong!.....I’m going to throw you down those cellar stairs,” and “you ant brained speck of fly dung! Into the cellar!” Josephine doesn’t know yet that she has landed in a different time zone and a different world –a dangerous world filled with horrible creatures and a more horrible master. Review by Loretta Eysie (Source: book bits) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894791 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/2010/12/heart-of-samurai-by-margi-preus.html In 1841, while on a fishing trip to earn food for his family, 14-year-old Manjiro and his crew become stranded on an island off the coast of their home, Japan. With very little to eat and the remaining crew hurt or sick, Manjiro, who has always dreamed of becoming a Samurai, decides to be brave and search the island for help. While on the other side of the island, he spots a giant ship sailing close by, and summoning all his courage, Manjiro swims out to the ship. He is shocked to find that the captain and crew are “blue-eyed barbarians,” the “devils” his countrymen have feared and banned from their shores for the past 250 years. Although the captain is kind, the ship is a whaling ship and the voyage is dangerous and long. Manjiro learns much from the captain and the crew, but he is always torn between the excitement of adventure and the dream of going home. This book is based on the true story of a boy named Manjiro, who had the heart of a Samurai, and who is said to be the first Japanese person to visit the new world. Review by Loretta Eysie (Source: book bits) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894790 http://westwoodchildrensdept.blogspot.com/2010/12/mockingbird-by-kathryn-erskine.html “…Devon says you can’t moan or scream or shake your hands up and down or rock or get under a table or spin around over and over in public.  Actually you can’t do most things over and over in public because that’s not normal unless it’s something like clapping of laughing but you have to do it only at the right times and places and Devon always tells me. Now I don’t know anymore.”  Caitlyn is in fifth grade and she has Asperger’s syndrome.  That makes it hard for her to read other people’s emotions (she uses a chart to memorize how a person’s face looks when they’re feeling a certain emotion) or to understand idioms (like putting herself in someone else’s shoes).  What she’s really good at is drawing, reading, doing things exactly the same way every time (Thursday is pizza night), and remembering rules (“You shouldn’t get in someone’s personal space”).  Caitlyn and her dad are trying to find a way to go on after losing her older brother, Devon, in a tragic event.  Caitlyn’s mother died years earlier, so it’s just the two of them.  The school counselor, Mrs. Brook, becomes Caitlyn’s main source of information about human behavior, advice on how to make friends, and most importantly, how to get closure about Devon’s death.  There are many light moments in the book when Caitlyn’s inability to see past the literal meaning of something causes misunderstandings, even with Mrs. Brook. Her many eccentricities are also charming, like her habit of naming gummy worms before eating them.  Her descriptions of others’ behavior can be quite funny –“We are at recess and I think Mrs. Brook might have Asperger’s too because she is very persistent which is one of my skills.  She is stuck on her Let’s Make Friends idea even though I am making it very clear with my eyes that I am no longer interested in this conversation. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894789 http://galwaylibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/simple-game-galway-city-library.html Irish jump and flat jockey, author & Disney actor Thomas Foleywill launch his book in Galway City Library on Tuesday 4th January 2011 at 6.30pm.He will be in the country promoting his recently released book, The Simple Game: An Irish Jockey’s Memoir and Walt Disney Studios’ feature film Secretariat. (Source: Galway Public Libraries Blog) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894737 http://bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-from-library.html (The library loves you back.) BHPL is open until 9 p.m. today, closes Friday & Saturday, and reopens on Sunday at 2 p.m. (Source: Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog and Buzz) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894721 http://bhplnjbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-ten-books-of-2010-at-bhpl.html Fiction published in 2010 with the most checkouts so far at BHPL:1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson 2. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich 3. Worst Case by James Patterson 4. 61 Hours by Lee Child 5. Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci 6. 9th Judgment by James Patterson 7. Deception by Jonathan Kellerman 7. Private by James Patterson 9. Innocent by Scott Turow 10. Postcard Killers by James Patterson 11. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake Yup, the top ten is 40% James Patterson. That's why I threw in Sarah Blake, for some variety.Nonfiction published in 2010 with the most checkouts at BHPL:1. The Big Short by Michael Lewis2. Game Change by John Heilemann 3. Oprah : a biography by Kitty Kelley 4. This Time Together by Carol Burnett 5. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler 6. Steinbrenner by Bill Madden 7. Making Toast : a Family Story by Roger Rosenblatt 8. Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush 8. War by Sebastian Junger 8. Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth If The Big Short isn't enough for you, Henry Paulson's On the Brink and Joseph Stiglitz's Freefall were next most popular on the list. (Source: Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog and Buzz) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894720 http://blog.njla.org/archives/2010/12/#001036 Jersey City Independent By Jon Whiten • Dec 21st, 2010 • Category: Blog, News Three neighborhood library branches in Jersey City that were previously slated to close will remain open on a reduced schedule beginning in January, the Jersey City Free Public Library announced today. The reduction in hours is the latest in a series of austerity measures the library has put in place as it wrestles with a budget crisis; as we’ve previously reported, the library’s employees will be forced to take 26 unpaid furlough days beginning on January 4 as well. The library also laid off part-time staff and security guards and closed two branch locations during the last budget year. The three branches that are affected by this latest change — Lafayette, Marion and West Bergen — will now only be open Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays from 9 am to 5 pm. (Source: NJLA Blog -- The Official Weblog of the New Jersey Library Association) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894704 http://blog.njla.org/archives/2010/12/#001037 http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org By Leonard Kniffel A gift from American Libraries magazine of one dozen ideals toward which libraries strive. 12/21/2010 Americans love their libraries, and advances in technology have multiplied the ways in which libraries enrich the quality of life in their communities. Whether they are in an elementary school or a university, a museum or a corporation, public or private, our nation’s libraries offer a lifetime of learning. To library supporters everywhere—Friends, trustees, board members, patrons, and volunteers—American Libraries magazine offers this gift of 12 ideals toward which librarians strive as they provide comprehensive access to the record of human existence. It will take all of us, in a spirit of pride and freedom, to maintain libraries as a living reality in a free nation through the 21st century. 1. Libraries sustain democracy. Libraries provide access to information and multiple points of view so that people can make knowledgeable decisions on public policy throughout their lives. With their collections, programs, and professional expertise, librarians help their patrons identify accurate and authoritative data and use information resources wisely to stay informed. The public library is the only institution in American society whose purpose is to guard against the tyrannies of ignorance and conformity. 2. Libraries break down boundaries. Libraries of various kinds offer services and programs for people at all literacy levels, readers with little or no English skills, preschoolers, students, homebound senior citizens, prisoners, homeless or impoverished individuals, and persons with physical or learning disabilities. Libraries rid us of fences that obstruct our vision and our ability to communicate and to educate ourselves. 3. Libraries level the playing field. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894703 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-comics.html Yes, I admit it, I love comic books! Like many kids, I grew up on Archie comics, simple stories with bright colors, and in conjunction with picture books that's how I learned how to read. When I grew out of the Archies, all that was available were superhero comics. Now, while I loved the Wonder Woman TV show and the Super Friends cartoons, the comic books weren't quite to my taste. So, alas, I put the comic books aside in favor of "real books" such as novels, non-fiction, poetry, and of course, schoolwork.Thankfully, a college friend introduced me to Neil Gaiman's Sandman series. With stories that dovetailed nicely with the mythology and literature classes I was taking, and breathtaking art that made the Archie comics look like doodles, I was immediately hooked. I was soon seeking out interesting, intelligent, and beautifully-styled comic books on a weekly basis. When I'd travel to another city, I'd load up on "graphic novels", an emerging literary form that was giving those flimsy funny books a more substantial binding and cover.Many years later, comics and graphic novels that were once hard to find have now hit the mainstream. Hollywood regularly adapts some of my favorite tomes for the big screen with mixed results. K-12 teachers are using graphic novels in the classroom, both to assist struggling readers and to teach these beautifully crafted stories as literature. Advances in printing and publishing technology have surely helped, but I think we've also gone full circle: back to a golden age of books, when illuminated manuscripts demonstrated that information and tales can be presented beautifully.While we may not be as knowledgeable as some of the folks at True Believers and other comics shops, we do have quite a collection of graphic novels for all ages and tastes. Many of our books, including manga and superhero series, are in an easy-to-browse section of the Young Adult collection. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894680 http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=6523 In charge of scheduling all public service personnel in the Main Library. Assumes duties of the Director in his/her absence. Supervises designated library department heads and other employees. Assists the Director by analyzing policies, procedures and services; facilitates communication between the library administration, staff and patrons. Prepares or directs the preparation of complex reports and program studies and recommends improvements. Provides assistance to supervisory staff in resolving daily problems, interpreting policies and procedures, and meeting goals and objectives; provides leadership and promotes staff development; encourages innovative thinking and creativity. (Source: MBLC Job Listings) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:15:04 +0100 894479 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new/index.php/2010/12/22/christina-wagner-receives-i-love-my-librarian-award-in-nyc/ Madison Public Library’s Christina Wagner is one of 10 librarians to win this year’s Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times “I Love My Librarian” Award. Wagner is a librarian at the Goodman South Madison Branch of Madison Public Library. On December 9, 2010, Christina accepted the award in a ceremony in New York City, and in her speech, spoke of the important work that she, and all librarians, strive to do. “We connect people to information, to ideas, to books and media, to services, organizations, to one another as individuals and to their community as a while in countless ways.” Read Doug Moe’s profile of Christina from the Wisconsin State Journal. For more photos from the ceremony,  visit us on Flickr. (Source: What's New) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:32:46 +0100 894603 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/12/22/ready-hailey/ Submitted by LeAnn Gelskey, Hailey Public Library, Hailey, ID The Hailey Public Library received a $5,000 outreach award to host a free emergency preparedness and planning community event.  The event was held on October 23, 2010.  The event “Ready Hailey” partnered with local agencies and community organizations to bring information specific to emergency preparedness and planning to the community. The goals of the event were: Participants will have a better understanding of how to access information, both in an emergency and in planning or preparing for an emergency. Participants will have an improved knowledge of emergency preparedness and planning. Participants will know better what to do in an emergency. The event made use of select information and tools provided through FEMA’s “Ready America” campaign – www. ready.gov.  Also, Hailey prepared and provided customized local emergency information specific to Hailey residents.  Project partners assisted with providing this information and worked with Hailey to provide streamlined, easy to use materials that were distributed to participants.  Project partners were in attendance the day of the event to talk about emergency preparedness issues, distribute materials and answer participant questions.  Participants included organizations such as St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center, Air St. Luke’s, Idaho Power, Red Cross, Hailey Police and Fire Departments, La Alianza Multicultural Center, Blaine County Disaster Services, Boy Scouts, LDS Church, National Weather Service, Albertson’s, Treasure Valley Coffee, Blaine County School District, Crisis Hotline, and Wood River Amateur Radio. The event featured the distribution of 200 72-hour emergency kits. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:45:10 +0100 895380 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/qPhIV8hdu2M/special-request.html I received this email from a long time friend and colleague, Ed Rivenburgh. Please read and act on it. -----Original Message----- From: ids-l-bounces@geneseo.edu [mailto:ids-l-bounces@geneseo.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Rivenburgh Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 1:55 PM To: Information Delivery Services Project Subject: [ids-l] A Special Request Colleagues: Please read the message below from Loretta Ebert, Director of the New York State Research Library. Loretta is a strong supporter of the IDS Project and the New York State Library is a member of, and great contributor to, the IDS Project. This summer's IDS Conference (August 2 & 3) will be at the Albany Law School and the Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. Loretta and her staff are hosting a very special conference reception Tuesday evening at the New York State Museum. I have been an admirer of the State Librarian, Bernie Margolis, for many years. Bernie is one of those library administrators who truly embodies a willingness to speak truth to power. For ten years, Bernie fought the good fight for all our libraries as he led the Boston Public Library to dramatically improve its services while battling the desire for debilitating control over BPL's activities by some influential politicians. In his first year as our State Librarian, Bernie quickly became a leader representing the best interests of all libraries and was beginning to work closely with other statewide library organizations, including the IDS Project. Then Bernie received the devastating news that he had leukemia. For almost a year now Bernie has demonstrated incredible true grit while battling this blood cancer. We all want Bernie to get well very soon and join us again as a leader for New York State libraries. Ed Dear Friends, On January 8th and 9th my husband Ken and I will be running in the Disney Marathon and Half-Marathon with Team Leukemia. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:30:00 +0100 894499 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/8icxW2oo4XY/tully-ny-free-library-director-search.html Library Director - Tully Free LibraryOnondaga County Public Library SystemTully, New YorkThe Board of Trustees of Tully Free Library is looking for an innovative and dynamic individual with a passion for library service to fill the position of Library Director.  The Library Director reports to a nine-member Board of Trustees, manages a staff of 3 part-time people and an annual budget over $125,000.  Tully Free Library is chartered to serve over 6000 people in an area that covers approximately 82 square miles, located in the southern hills of Onondaga County. Minimum education requirements are a bachelor’s degree and one-year experience in an administrative capacity in library service or MLS/MLIS degree.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:       Supervise library staff and volunteers       Manage the budgetCommunicate effectively with staff, volunteers, Board members, school liaisons and community members        Oversee facilities including computer use and upkeep Direct and facilitate library program developmentPrepare written reports, payroll schedules and evaluationsSalary offered starting at $30,000; salary is negotiable depending upon qualifications and previous experience. The position is full-time, 35 hours/week in the library.Send cover letter, resume, and at least 2 references by mail to: Director Search, c/o Carol GleasonTully Free LibraryPO Box 250Tully NY 13159-0250Or by email to crgleason@verizon.netThe posting will remain active and applications will be accepted until the position is filled.KyungJin ParkPersonnel AdministratorOnondaga County Public Library Posted via email from Bill Drew - BabyBoomer Librarian (Source: Baby Boomer Librarian) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:50:00 +0100 894501 http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=61&BlogPostID=8156 "Who spins the elaborate web that entraps the timid spirit?" This is a fictionalized beginning biography about Chilean poet Pablo Neruda who became a Nobel prize winner. As a boy, Neftali Reyes (his real name) was extremely shy, timid, and sensitive - not the strong boy his father hoped would one day become a doctor or dentist, or even businessman. His overbearing father continually belittled him and left Neftali questioning his inquisitive nature and passion for words and the natural world around him. Luckily, he was surrounded by a supportive, though meek, mother and an uncle whose more humanitarian views toward the indigenous people and nature help Neftali shape his opinions, Unfortunately, these views drew the attention of an extremely suppressive government to both uncle and, eventually, Neruda. The text is beautifully accompanied by black and white illustrations by Peter Sis. One thing I appreciated about the book was that is showed Neruda as a questioning boy, but also an obedient one who respected his father and tried his best not to embarrass him. Even if we don't agree with his parenting skills, his father's actions are well-intentioned, and although Neftali is pretty sure in his gut that he will not be a doctor ("How did Father know what Nefali would become when he did not know himself?") and he knows he will continue to write poetry in college despite his father forbidding it, he finds a way to do so in a way so as not to humiliate him. Large print and illustrations will be encouragement for reluctant readers. Recommended for readers in grades 4-8 who enjoy biographies, or who are also dreamers. It's a slow book without a lot of dialogue and action, but full of emotion. An author's note is included providing more information about Neruda, as well as some of Neruda's poetry. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:20:02 +0100 894422 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/dyBYawTF2qs/position-opening-jobs-librariantrainer.html MID YORK LIBRARY SYSTEM LOCATED IN UTICA, NEW YORK IS SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION:Job Title:         Public Computing Center (PCC)/Mobile Public Computing Center (mPCC) Outreach and Digital Literacy Librarian/Trainer. For information about the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) through which this position is funded see: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/nybbexpress/index.html  Classification:  Full Time, ExemptReports To:  DirectorPrincipal Purpose:  To support the mission and vision of the Mid York Library System. This position champions communications, customer service, and responsiveness in daily interactions between and among staff, the public, and member libraries.  General Description of Expectations: The person in this position independently and efficiently creates and implements training programs for the Mid York Library System’s Public Computing Center (PCC) and for the mobile library-based Public Computer Center (mPCC) targeted vulnerable populations. Areas of instruction will include, but not be limited to:  Basic computer use; innovative online technologies; effective use of the Internet to perform critical online functions such as e-mail, online job applications, e-government services; use of online and print training and employment resources; online library services, English as a second language, etc.The successful candidate will have the ability to think critically regarding the needs of the targeted audiences and develop instructional materials and information accordingly. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:27:00 +0100 894503 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eclecticlibrarian/~3/2hTZEcXXrbw/ Rochelle Hartman, one of my favorite people in libraryland, has written a new blog post on Tinfoil + Raccoon, the blog she declared dead some time ago. If you’re thinking about buying an ereader and are drawn to the idea of being able to check out ebooks from your local public library, you should read this. If you’re a librarian who is getting lots of questions from patrons about checking out ebooks, you also should read this for some excellent tips and talking points. Personally, although I have a Sony Reader and theoretically could be borrowing books from the library, the only library system in my area that has the appropriate Overdrive license is Chesterfield County, and I haven’t made it down there yet to get a library card. Having occasionally browsed their collection online, I’m not particularly motivated to do it anytime soon, either. Technorati Tags: ereaders, kindle, Nook, Overdrive, Rochelle Hartman (Source: eclectic librarian) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:00:01 +0100 895013 http://www.lisjobs.com/jobs/item.asp?ID=43844 Business Manager (Source: Combined Library Job Postings - Lisjobs.com and Library Job Postings on the Internet) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:01:00 +0100 894907 http://cmrlslibrarynews.blogspot.com/2010/12/warm-pearl-library.html The winter program is a fun program aimed at adult readers who can qualify for prizes/prize drawings by reaching reading targets. If you’re interested in escaping the cold winter weather with a few good books and the chance to win fun prizes, sign up at the reference desk. Read or listen to any books you choose. Join us from January 3 through February 28, 2011 for the Winter Adult Reading Moments (WARM) program at the Pearl Public Library. Pre-registration begins December 27. Come to the library anytime starting January 3, sign up, receive a reading log, check out books and READ. If you finish 5 or more books, you will receive a treat when you turn in your reading log. Only one treat per patron. Your name will also be entered into our grand prize drawing. 5 additional entries into the grand prize drawing can be attained for every book you finish after your initial 5. The Winter Adult Reading Moments is free and open to ages 18 and up.If you have any questions about this program, please contact the library at 601-932-2562 or Kimberly Coley at rcref@cmrls.lib.ms.us. (Source: CMRLS News) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894724 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/years-of-service.html Congratulations to all of our staff who received Longevity Awards from the City.5 YearsPat Armijo—MainTheresa Dominick—MainVicky Salgado—Main15 YearsSusie Sonflieth—MainEdith Martinez—Community ServicesThat adds up to 30 years of Library staff time! (Plus 15 for our great Community Services Office Manager).Mayor Coss and City Manager Robert Romero presented certificates to all the recipients of the Longevity Award.By PCH @MainPhoto by CF @SS (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894421 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16280 Library Director (InfoCurrent on behalf of client, New York) InfoCurrent seeks Librarian for DIRECTOR for our client: a small, rapidly growing, highly diverse Long Island community Public Library (collection: <100,000, staff: 18). Required: MLS plus 3 years public library experience, 2-5 years management. Send resume with cover letter: kate.pollara@infocurrent.com Equal Opportunity Employer.  Minorities encouraged to apply. (Source: Latest ALA Job Listings) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:05:02 +0100 894264 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16291 Librarian/Branch Manager I (Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Maryland) PGCMLS seeks a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic branch manager with demonstrated interest in working with technology and the ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with diverse groups. The successful candidate will develop and oversee new, innovative and community-responsive programs for the customers of the Hillcrest Heights Branch in Temple Hills, Maryland. The Library System will pilot an exciting service model at the Hillcrest Heights Branch to bridge the information needs of the community with technology. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:05:02 +0100 894262 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16284 Librarian, Adult and Teen Services (Oak Park Public Library, Illinois) The Oak Park Public Library seeks a dynamic, service-oriented librarian to join our busy Adult and Teen Services (ATS) department.  All ATS librarians perform collection development, reference, readers/viewers/listeners advisory, programming and outreach.  Due to retirement, we are seeking a self-starter with nonfiction/reference expertise.  Visit http://www.oppl.org/about/jobs.htm for complete posting. Full-time position including weekends and evenings. Salary begins at $40,622 with excellent benefits. Requirements: ALA-accredited MLS.  Excellent communication, team work, and technology skills.  Knowledge of nonfiction literature and reference sources.  Strong customer service, reference and collection development skills. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:05:02 +0100 894261 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16292 Head of Circulation (Hedberg Public Library, Wisconsin) The Hedberg Public Library is seeking an energetic, progressive and experienced professional to lead and inspire staff as the new head of our Circulation Department. Using our Mission and Core Values as a guide, this person will be responsible for the daily operations of the department, including training of staff, developing and implementing best practices, and ensuring superior customer service to the public. The person in this position will be responsible for the following: Serve as a leader to the department and the library by modeling superior customer service, addressing patron questions and resolving patron concerns. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:05:02 +0100 894258 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/-9Wsb8wf7eM/ I contributed my final post as a regular author this week at ALA TechSource. I must say it makes me a bit emotional but it’s time to move on to focus on other things. I thought I take this chance to point back to some of my favorite posts from the last 5 years of writing at TechSource. One of my favorite things to do was a “back and forth” interview/discussion style post. Here are some of the best of the best: John Blyberg: On the L2 Train | Information Experience Michael Casey: Where Do We Begin? | Better Library Services for More People Robert Doyle (Illinois Library Association) Michael Edson (Smithsonian Institution) Michael Golrick | Stacey Greenwell | Christopher Harris | Cliff Landis And some of my FAVORITE solo posts: November 2005: Do Libraries Matter: On Library & Librarian 2.0 The library encourages the heart. As we reach out to users, we must remember all of the folks we serve. To me, Library 2.0 will be a meeting place, online or in the physical world, where my emotional needs will be fulfilled through entertainment, information, and the ability to create my own stuff to contribute to the ocean of content out there – the Long Tail if you will. Librarian 2.0, then, will be available to guide me and teach me to use the systems provided by the library to do just that. As Abram said, librarians will provide clarification: Librarians need to position themselves and the library to help with finding the answers to: how? and why?” February 2006: Are You Dreaming? That’s where dreaming comes in. Have you had the chance to dream at your library job? Have you had the chance to stop for a minute in the buzz buzz of your routine and think about the future? Are you encouraged to innovate? If not, then I urge you to do so. And I urge library administrators to encourage dreaming on the job. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:57:37 +0100 894289 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/12/21/on-reading/ The ABA Journal had a news link today titled, “Do Judges Read Online Briefs Differently? Brief Writers May Need to Be Briefer“. The post discussed a Texas Lawyer article on e-filing and what that might mean to legal writing. Interesting stuff. The idea of fewer words to convey a point may be necessary if reading moves primarily to a screen. A colleague once asserted that there was a bunch of literature showing that reading on screen was slower than reading from paper, and he was right. Here are some examples of studies that support this premise: Dillon, A., McKnight, C. and Richardson, J. (1988) Reading from paper versus reading from screens. The Computer Journal, 31(5), 457-464. Available here Mangen, A., (2008) Hypertext fiction reading: haptics and immersion. Journal of Research in Reading, 31(4), 404–419, Abstract and Mentioned in the Chronicle of Higher Education Paper Because. “It is easier to learn on paper“ Today @ PC World, Reading on Paper is Faster than iBooks on the iPad, July 5 2010 Personally, I am enamoured of all the methods of consuming the written word. Consuming hyperlinked case law is bliss. I find joy in not keeping my spouse awake by reading in the dark with my back lit iPad…brings back memories of my youth with a flash light under the covers. I enjoy every visit to the public library, and I am looking forward to finishing the bookshelves in my new house where my collection of triage, tripe, and triumph will be displayed and accessible for revisiting. I relish time spent in bookstores for both new and recycled items. If writing with fewer words becomes necessary for technology, I hope that only occurs for certain types of writing. If you were wondering what to get me for Christmas, choose a book. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:02:39 +0100 895198 http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/webinar-notes-on-new-tech-training.html Webinar provided by WebJunction. Topic title: New Technology Training Materials (link to archived presentation and materials here).Event date: December 14, 2010.  My notes:What makes an accidental tech trainer? Some features:You teach in a computer lab. You provide webinars. You help patrons with things like e-mail or finding articles online. If you work in a library, odds are good you are already doing technology training. Factoid presented: 5,400 public libraries in the U.S. offer free technology classes. 4,000 businesses offer computer training (for a fee). With close to 15,000 people taking free library classes, that is about $629 million dollars in retail value of the courses.  It is important to have a good attitude as a trainer. This is also helpful to the participants, projecting confidence and being positive.In teaching, keep in mind that people take in the world in different ways. Three basic styles of learning (this is something that is simple and easy to remember): visual, auditory, kinesthetic. As a trainer, try to incorporate styles as much as possible.To motivate, provide examples of what users could use the new technology/material for. You can have sample products made with the new technology. Do give the audience some "time to play" (hands-on).The times when the technology fails, show what happened (if possible, such as if you opened a wrong window. Obviously, you lose power or the Internet, that is a different issue. Personally, I recommend using some humor at that point). Think in terms of creating a learning community with the workshop. Start with simple things, let class members share names and what they wish to learn from the workshop. Again, provide hands-on time. Also, providing some time for reflection is important. (Source: The Gypsy Librarian) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:23:00 +0100 895033 http://www.teleread.com/library/india-ebooks-public-libraries-and-crossing-the-street-by-eric-hellman/ It sounds funny to say, but the thing I’ll remember longest about my two weeks in India is learning to cross the street. When I first arrived, I didn’t dare. Not only do they drive on the wrong side of the street, but they also drive on the right side of the street, the middle of the street, and on various surfaces that would not be considered streets here in New Jersey. The protocol for pedestrians and motorists to coexist was not apparent to me. Pedestrians seemed to cross the street with minimal regard for traffic; the cars unaccountably seemed to miss them at high speed. After a few days of watching this dance, I screwed up my courage and crossed in the wake of some elderly women in saris. By the weekend, I was crossing on my own; the key seemed to be steadiness- a sudden move could fool a three wheeled “auto” or motorcycle carrying a family of six into your path. Motorized vehicles in India always have to be on the lookout for the vegetable cart, cow, goat, dog or camel that might need to share the roadway. I learned a lot about other things, too. Last Wednesday, I gave a lecture for the Bangalore chapter of the Society for Information Science. My talk was titled “Why Libraries Exist: Transitioning from Print to eBooks.” I’ve been working on this talk for a while (based partly on this post); but this was the first time I’ve given it publicly; I’ll be giving versions of the talk twice in February. There were lots of questions and much discussion. There are so many differences between conditions in the US and in India regarding ebooks. Not only are adoption rates very different, but there are potential ebook applications in India that had never occurred to me. For example, while e-reader adoption is negligible in India, it may well be that textbook distribution via e-readers may happen sooner in India than in the west. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:49:04 +0100 894291 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8984 State: Maryland Why do people love their jobs at HOWARD COUNTY LIBRARY? Because we are a first-rate, dynamic organization that stands for excellence in education. A nationally recognized leader among the great public library systems, Howard County Library offers a friendly, collaborative work environment with a benefits package which includes 14 paid holidays, vacation, sick and personal leave --- and the day off for your birthday! We are currently seeking a Web Programmer. Brief Summary of Duties: * Develops and designs interactive/dynamic website * Works with IT team members, Information Services staff, and vendors to analyze potential web-based software requirements and create and refine specifications * Participates in integrating functionality of new software with existing products * Participates in planning the design and architecture of Howard County Library systems * Performs coding and testing * Develops test cases, identify and resolve errors * Tracks reported programming problems and resolutions for future reference Consider joining our dynamic, business-minded, talented team that delivers high-quality public education for all ages through a curriculum that comprises Three Pillars: Self-Directed Education, Research Assistance & Instruction, and Instructive & Enlightening Experiences. HCL’s customer base, a community of 275,000 people visit HCL’s six branches 3M times each year to borrow 7.2M items, seek research assistance (1.4M sessions), and attend award-winning classes and events (186K attendees). Interested? To view the full listing and apply for this position, visit our website at http://www.hclibrary.org Application http://www.hclibrary.org/index.php?page=124 Full position description http://www.hclibrary.org/uploads/WebProgrammerPD12_13_10.pdf Submitted on 2010-12-15 (Source: SLIS Careers Feed) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:30:02 +0100 894154 http://www.lisjobs.com/jobs/item.asp?ID=43834 Youth Services Librarian (Source: Combined Library Job Postings - Lisjobs.com and Library Job Postings on the Internet) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:01:00 +0100 894917 http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/webinar-notes-on-new-tech-training.html Webinar provided by WebJunction. Topic title: New Technology Training Materials (link to archived presentation and materials here).Event date: December 14, 2010.  My notes:What makes an accidental tech trainer? Some features:You teach in a computer lab. You provide webinars. You help patrons with things like e-mail or finding articles online. If you work in a library, odds are good you are already doing technology training. Factoid presented: 5,400 public libraries in the U.S. offer free technology classes. 4,000 businesses offer computer training (for a fee). With close to 15,000 people taking free library classes, that is about $629 million dollars in retail value of the courses.  It is important to have a good attitude as a trainer. This is also helpful to the participants, projecting confidence and being positive.In teaching, keep in mind that people take in the world in different ways. Three basic styles of learning (this is something that is simple and easy to remember): visual, auditory, kinesthetic. As a trainer, try to incorporate styles as much as possible.To motivate, provide examples of what users could use the new technology/material for. You can have sample products made with the new technology. Do give the audience some "time to play" (hands-on).The times when the technology fails, show what happened (if possible, such as if you opened a wrong window. Obviously, you lose power or the Internet, that is a different issue. Personally, I recommend using some humor at that point). Think in terms of creating a learning community with the workshop. Start with simple things, let class members share names and what they wish to learn from the workshop. Again, provide hands-on time. Also, providing some time for reflection is important. (Source: The Gypsy Librarian) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895034 http://invisibleweblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-library-world-current-issue.html New Library World journal has published the 11/12th issue of its 111 Volume. The following papers appeared in this issue.Public libraries as impartial spaces in a consumer society: possible, plausible, desirable?Social networking in academic libraries: the possibilities and the concerns,Library design, learning spaces and academic literacy,Implementation of the Finnish University Libraries National Information Literacy Recommendation into academic studies at the Kumpula Science Library, University of Helsinki,Customizing an open-source tool to enhance information literacy,Reference tools in Second Life: implications for real life libraries,Project management in the library. (Source: The Invisible Web Weblog) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895025 http://kidslit.menashalibrary.org/2010/12/21/snook-alone-a-book-of-faith-silence-and-connection/ Snook Alone by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering Abba Jacob lived on an island with his dog, Snook.  Each day their routine was the same.  They got up at dawn, prayed, worked together, and spent time in companionable silence together.  Sometimes there were visitors or Abba Jacob headed off to town in his car, but Snook was always there waiting for him.  Until one day, Snook and Abba Jacob headed out in a boat to help catalog plant and animal species on the islands.  Snook was along to help catch the rats and mice that were disrupting the birds and animals of the islands.  It was great micing!  It was so good that Snook got too involved in his work, so when a storm blew up, Abba Jacob was forced to leave Snook behind on the deserted island.  All alone, Snook found his own rhythm of silence, catching food, finding water, silence and waiting.  Sometimes he thought he could hear Abba Jacob’s voice on the wind, but no one came for him.  Snook spent a long time alone on the island, never forgetting his friend, Abba Jacob.  Until one day, a fishing boat returned to the island with Abba Jacob aboard! This book is such a  delight.  It is a book with such depth, such quiet, such silence that its power builds during those quiet moments, creating a magnificent longing.  It is a book that celebrates the simple, the quiet, the profound in our lives.  It is a book about enduring friendship, continued connection, and at its heart: love.  Nelson writes with such a beauty here that some lines make you stop and you have to remember to breathe again.  They are moments just like in the book itself, moments of simple clarity, embedded in the writing. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894750 http://galwaylibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/group-exhibition-of-woodturning-in.html AN EXHIBITION of work by the Galway Chapter of the Irish Woodturners Guild is currently on show in the Ballybane Library.“Galway has a vibrant group of wood turners. We meet twice a month, hold competitions, demonstrations, and encourage wood crafts,” says George Anderson, secretary of the Galway Chapter of the Irish Woodturners Guild.“We have been busy for the last year preparing bowls, vases, candle sticks, stools, kitchen items, platters, decorative pieces, and wall hangings. We expect to display about 40 of our most lovely creations at this exhibition.”The exhibition runs until December 23. For more information see ttp://www.galwaywoodturners.com/ (Source: Galway Public Libraries Blog) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894738 http://rabid-librarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/remember-kick-ass-librarian-video.html From birdie of LISNews: One week ago we posted this funny video, The Kick Ass Librarian. It's worth a second watch. Particularly now that we've learned from the scriptwriter, Jason Wilkins, that the library where it was filmed, the Reiche Branch of the Portland, ME Public Library is now CLOSED. The video is very amusing, but the situation of libraries today IS NOT. Want to join our grassroots facebook campaign to get Oprah to help Libraries? Please visit & join our group Oprah, Libraries Need You! and get in on the ground-floor of our postcard campaign. We're inundating Oprah with 5,000 identical postcards calling on her to publicize the drastic situation of our libraries! (Source: The Rabid Librarian's Ravings in the Wind) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894568 http://rabid-librarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/ykwia-told-me-about-this-last-night.html New Library Chief Makes Use of Her Varied Interests I don't know how long the link will work; the Herald-Leader usually lets them expire in 7 days, but they've changed their website around, so I don't know if that's changed. Virginia Ann Hammond moved through several careers, including Navy officer, stay-at-home mom and forensic scientist, before becoming a librarian at age 41. Now she thinks she's found a perfect job — running the Lexington Public Library, where she began in September as executive director. "It's a way to make use of everything you've ever learned in your life," said Hammond, 56, who previously was deputy county librarian in Fremont, Calif. "Nothing is wasted when you're a librarian. Every bit of information that you accumulate is going to be useful to someone at some point." (Source: The Rabid Librarian's Ravings in the Wind) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894566 http://ntrls.blogspot.com/2010/12/yea-fort-worth-libraries-saved.html Two public libraries slated for significant cuts will remain openPosted Dec. 16, 2010After an extensive review, the City Council has concluded that the City will be able to keep the doors open at two libraries thanks to improving sales tax returns and budget savings across the City.With this decision, the Fort Worth Library will maintain full management of the Northside and Ridglea branch (Source: North Texas Regional Library System) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894452 http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/caddy-program.html Yes, we all know it's the festive season. However, it's never a good season for drinking and driving. Keep the following information handy, and program the number into your phone:The CADDy (Chauffer and Designated Driver) ProgramThe CADDy provides safe transportation via Capital City Cab to adults from your residence to any location or from any location to your residence within the Santa Fe City limits for a flat fee.The service runs Friday and Saturday nights from 5:30 pm to 2:30 am. The cost is $5 for 1-2 people or $10 for 3 people or more.CADDy will be operating on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24; Christmas, Dec. 25; and New Year's Eve, Dec. 31. The hours and rates will be the same on these holidays.The cabs operate outside the city limits. However, the rider is responsible for the cost from the city limit to the rider’s destination.For more information on this service, please call 995-9528. (Source: ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894188 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/VfLoOiG5Vi0/ My newest “Office Hours” column is up at Library Journal: Not all students are ready to take this on. Some can only operate within the constraints of their own limited assumptions of what library work is. To conclude last semester, my LIS701 class walked a local labyrinth, as Pink describes, to engage the left brain and free the right to explore new ideas. “Think about your professional practice,” I said before the walk. “What can you do to encourage the heart of your library users?” I caught up with one of the students from that class, Tara Wood, and asked her what she thought about it. “I think that it is just as easy for students to fall into a certain ‘comfort zone’ as it is for librarians. We get used to coming to class, listening to lectures, writing papers, etc., but these are not always the best methods for learning. At first, we all felt a little silly walking the labyrinth, but by the end we felt differently…. [I felt] a sense of clearing out the ‘junk’ in my mind and being able to focus.” Later: What are your heretical thoughts about libraries and LIS education? Personally, I never give exams and focus instead on writing and personal reflection about the practice of librarianship. The strongest student papers are usually those with a personal slant that tell a story as a means to show comprehension of course material. I’ve received some good feedback, including this from Nann Blaine Hilyard, director of the Zion-Benton Public Library in Zion, IL: Michael’s closing paragraph recalls something that Lawrence Clark Powell wrote:   “A good librarian is not a social scientist, a documentalist, a retrievalist, or an automaton. A good librarian is a librarian: a person with good health and warm heart, trained by study and seasoned by experience to catalyze books and people.” Nann let me know the quote is posted in the ZBPL staff area and is most probably from “Books in My Baggage. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:24:46 +0100 894181 http://www.cla-net.org/weblog/2010/12/presidents_mess_4.php by Paymaneh Maghsoudi Season's greetings and best wishes to all of you for a happy and prosperous New Year. I'm very pleased and excited to begin my term as president, and I want to thank Kim Bui-Burton for her dedication and commitment during this difficult time for libraries in California. Budget deficits keep growing, and other trends are arising that threaten the very existence of public libraries. So reinvent ourselves we must, even though library services are in greater demand than ever. Yet there is reason to be thankful for trying times like these, for they propel us to imagine new ways to offer our patrons the services and resources they need to thrive, and to protect the free flow of ideas. Thanks to all of you for sticking with CLA and recognizing the value of working together through these times. We value your ideas, your questions, your suggestions and proposals. So, blog, phone, e-mail--but please keep in touch! Let us know how we can make our association strong and relevant in the New Year. (Source: CLA Weblog) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:09:07 +0100 894327 http://www.cla-net.org/weblog/2010/12/rural_oc_librar.php by Kathleen M. Wade, Regional Services Manager, North Region OC Public Libraries, Santa Ana, CA kathleen.wade@occr.ocgov.com Library Journal (LJ) writer Norman Oder called the Silverado branch library "the smallest and most isolated branch" of the OC Public Libraries system in his May 30, 2008 LJ article: "When a Fire Hit, a Rural OC Library Was There to Help" [http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/communitypublicservices/861293-276/story.csp]. He said that the Silverado Library was the "key community center" in the aftermath of the 2007 Santiago fire. It was recently the focus again, having to do with the 2007 Santiago fire, but this time as the recipient of the documents and oral histories of residents who were impacted by the Fall 2007 conflagrations. The personal narratives and media were part of a California Council of Humanities sponsored project at the Center for Oral and Public History at California State University, Fullerton campus (CSUF). "Gone Through Fire: Modjeska and Silverado Canyons and the 2007 Santiago Fire" was the oral history project done in collaboration with the Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary. The resource collection was given to Branch Manager Lucille Cruz at a recognition ceremony Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary. To see pictures from the event and all who participated, please visit http://calstate.fullerton.edu/news/inside/2010/santiago-fire-oral-history.html. 10 bound reference volumes of narrative transcripts, 16 interview videodiscs, and 19 audio recordings of residents and their families were a gift to the Silverado Library. All these materials are available for the public to view, listen and read (and for some, relive) the more powerful moments of the fires that swept through the Santiago, Modjeska and Silverado canyons of Orange County, California in October 2007. The print volumes are reference materials, but the audio editions are able to be checked out. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:05:11 +0100 894328 http://www.cla-net.org/weblog/2010/12/2nd_annual_tric.php by Michelle Jeffers, Public Relations Officer, San Francisco Public Library mjeffers@sfpl.org The San Francisco Public Library and Friends of the San Francisco Public Library presented the 2nd Annual Tricycle Music Fest West, the biggest little music fest in San Francisco, combining four newly opened branch libraries, five entertainers and an October filled with shaking, rattling and rolling for kids around the City--all in the name of literacy. More than 1,000 people attended the four branches concerts on October weekends and one Main Library event on Sunday, Oct. 24, featuring leading kindie-rock entertainers: The Sippy Cups and Frances England plus local acts: The Time Outs and The Devil-ettes. Tricycle Music Fest West also included three professional development training sessions for early childhood educators and four in-classroom concerts at two San Francisco Unified School District Child Development Centers with local performer Charity Kahn. Families are among the Library's most active users and Tricycle Music Fest West is an opportunity to acknowledge their support as well as to highlight the value of the Library as a source for entertainment, information and inspiration. Tricycle Music Fest West is always free and open to the public. For more information, please visit sfpl.org/tricycle. About Tricycle Music Fest The Tricycle Music Fest was created by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in 2007 and has since become a popular annual concert series celebrating families, community and libraries. San Francisco's Tricycle Music Fest West brings the concert series to the West Coast and features the best kindie rock bands of the Bay Area. (Source: CLA Weblog) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:58:30 +0100 894330 http://www.cla-net.org/weblog/2010/12/library_systems.php by Paul Birchall, Cal State Northridge/University of North Texas MLIS 2011, Santa Monica Public Library It is with keen interest that those of us who are currently Library and Information Management students in the Cal State Northridge/University of North Texas program are following the fascinating developments described in David Streitfeld's September 26th article in the New York Times ("As L.S.S.I Takes Over Libraries, Patrons Can't Keep Quiet") about the for-profit company that is "privatizing" libraries thoughout the country. Did you read this? We can almost talk about nothing else in our classes, and the truth is, it is inevitably and directly germane to the lives and professional futures of all of us in the profession, whether we are novice students or Turn of the 20th Century Library Old Timers. If you haven't had a chance to scan the article, which can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/27libraries.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&hp, the piece describes the "outsourcing" of the running of the entire Santa Clarita Library System to Library Systems and Services Incorporated, a "for profit" company which has refused to release data on its earnings. On the positive side, the libraries run by LSSI have managed to increase their operating hours. On the downside, librarians working for the company do so at a fraction of their wage and without their pensions. Notes the company chairman, Frank A. Pezzanite, worryingly, "A lot of libraries are atrocious! Their polices are all about job security. You can go to a library for 35 years and never have to do anything and have your retirement. We're not running our company that way. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:50:29 +0100 894332 http://www.cla-net.org/weblog/2010/12/cla_joins_ala_t.php Press Release Money Smart Week® @ your library is a new national initiative that CLA is co-sponsoring with ALA and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. It expands a successful regional program, encouraging all types of libraries to create programming and partnerships (with community groups, financial institutions, government agencies, and others) to promote financial literacy and to help consumers better manage their personal finances. Celebrating its tenth year in 2011, Money Smart Week's mission is to promote personal financial literary. Libraries of all types in the Midwest have already participated in Money Smart Week, creating successful programming while partnering with community groups, financial institutions, government agencies, educational organizations and other financial experts to help consumers learn to better manage their personal finances. "Our participation in Money Smart Week Wisconsin over the last three years has brought hundreds of new patrons into the library and has helped us forge new community partnerships," reports Lori Burgess, Support Services Coordinator, Fond du Lac Public Library. Why Libraries? Libraries have attracted large audiences for financial seminars and classes. Libraries have been instrumental in the success of Money Smart Week in designing, facilitating, and hosting quality events. The expansion of this national initiative comes at a critical time in our country's economic history. Participation in Money Smart Week @ your library gives libraries an opportunity to get involved in financial education at a grass-roots level, while demonstrating their commitment to promoting responsible money management and improved quality of life. Libraries are excellent venues for Money Smart Week events. For decades, patrons have used libraries for unbiased business resources and financial information. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:45:49 +0100 894333 http://www.cla-net.org/weblog/2010/12/advocating_in_a_2.php by Marci Merola, Director, ALA Office for Library Advocacy CHICAGO - Reserve your spot today for "Advocating in a Tough Economy: An Advocacy Institute Workshop" during ALA's 2011 Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, California. The program will take place on Friday, January 7, 2011, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Advanced registration is priced at $50 and ends on December 29. Attendees will learn how to advocate through repositioning or "branding" their libraries to meet the needs of patrons with Kerry Bierman, Director of Community Relations & Development, Columbus Metropolitan Library. A panel discussion will follow, focusing on how libraries of all types can reposition their offerings. Panelists include Dr. Camila Alire, ALA Past President & Dean Emeritus at the University of New Mexico and Colorado State University, Deborah Doyle, Friends of San Francisco Public Library, Advocacy Projects Manager, and Sara Kelly Johns, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Past President & Library Media Specialist, Lake Placid Central School District. Michael Borges, Chair, Advocacy Training Subcommittee & Executive Director, New York Library will moderate. The workshop will also highlight the 2011 ALA Library Snapshot Day initiative. A founder of the initiative, Peggy Cadigan, Associate State Librarian for Innovation & Communication, New Jersey State Library, will discuss how to use snapshot day as an advocacy tool. Rob Banks, Topeka & Shawnee County (KS) Library, will discuss how he has integrated snapshot day results and statistics to improve messaging to decision-makers For more information and to register, please visit, http://www.ala.org/advocacyinstitute. Those who register for the Nuts & Bolts for Friends and Foundations or Trustees will save $25 off Institute registration. Advocating in a Tough Economy: An Advocacy Institute Workshop is co-sponsored by the California Library Association. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:03 +0100 894334 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/Iwysaojek2w/ http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2010/12/you-can-do-magic.html I’m moving on from writing blog posts for ALA TechSource. My final post went up today. I do plan to return on occasion as a guest blogger. Today’s post is about MAGIC: I also want to tell you a story about ten year old Michael. He really enjoyed afternoon reruns of shows like Gilligan’s Island, I Love Lucy and the like. A particular favorite, however, was I Dream of Jeannie. It was silly fun: a genie, a master and a Bottle. Do you remember the bottle? I do. I always wanted one. I daydreamed that the studio might someday mail one out to the biggest fans of the show or make them available in the stores. Never happened. Fast forward twenty some years to the launch of eBay. I taught “How to eBay” classes at the public library for several years and one of the examples I used was searching for the 1964 Jim Beam decanter that was used for five seasons as Jeannie’s bottle. There was a big market for the bottles back then – and still is. Fast forward another 15 years or so to 2010. I visited some good friends in Michigan a few days before Thanksgiving and discovered they owned one of the decanters! I had never held one in my hand until that day. Later that night, back home, I pulled up eBay and commenced bidding. 7 days later , delivered to my door just as young Michael had often wished, was a pristine 46 year old bottle. It lives on my sideboard now in a place of honor. It’s hard to describe how happy owning this silly piece of history makes me. Call me silly but the first day I had it, I’d stop and just look at it or pick it up. It made me feel good. Why did I wait so long? This is my last regular contribution to the TechSource blog. I’m very proud of the work I did there. It all started in May 2005 when Theresa Koltzenberg invited me and Jenny Levine to dinner while we were in Providence, RI for presentations. ... Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:37:33 +0100 894061 http://www.lisnews.org/remember_039the_kickass_librarian039_video_she039s_lost_her_library One week ago we posted this funny video, The Kick Ass Librarian. It's worth a second watch. Particularly now that we've learned from the scriptwriter, Jason Wilkins, that the library where it was filmed, the Reiche Branch of the Portland, ME Public Library is now CLOSED. The video is very amusing, but the situation of libraries today IS NOT. Want to join our grassroots facebook campaign to get Oprah to help Libraries? Please visit & join our group Oprah, Libraries Need You! and get in on the ground-floor of our postcard campaign. We're inundating Oprah with 5,000 identical postcards calling on her to publicize the drastic situation of our libraries! (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:02:40 +0100 894885 http://lisnews.org/remember_039the_kickass_librarian039_video_she039s_lost_her_library One week ago we posted this funny video, The Kick Ass Librarian. It's worth a second watch. Particularly now that we've learned from the scriptwriter, Jason Wilkins, that the library where it was filmed, the Reiche Branch of the Portland, ME Public Library is now CLOSED. The video is very amusing, but the situation of libraries today IS NOT. Want to join our grassroots facebook campaign to get Oprah to help Libraries? Please visit & join our group Oprah, Libraries Need You! and get in on the ground-floor of our postcard campaign. We're inundating Oprah with 5,000 identical postcards calling on her to publicize the drastic situation of our libraries! (Source: LISNews.org) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:02:40 +0100 894031