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Booktalking Boot Camp at PLA 2010
Public library staff members who provide readers advisory services won’t want to miss this preconference program that will detail how to deliver an amazing booktalk. Taught by a professional actress/voice coach, attendees at this session will learn: *the fundamentals of sound booktalking practice; *how to use voice, breath, and physical presence to capture and hold [...]
Co-Author of “Half the Sky” on Colbert Report
Check out Sheryl WuDunn on last night’s Colbert Report: WuDunn and husband Nicholas D. Kristof are also scheduled to appear on Oprah this Thursday, October 1. Kristof will be the Opening General Session speaker at the upcoming PLA 2010 conference.
Future of Libraries 5.0 / Friends of SFPL Benefit Analysis
Yesterday I was lucky to visit San Francisco Public Library’s main location to attend The Future of Libraries 5.0: The Recovery Engine on the Hard Times Train, an annual event organized by the Pacific Libraries Partnership. This was a fantastic event. I’ve been to an awful lot of library conferences and events in the last [...]
Why Andrew P. Hill, founder of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, was acting as a 21st century librarian
I recently relocated to a quiet cabin nestled pretty deep in the Santa Cruz mountains of California. This place is a night and day difference from the urban hustle and bustle of Brooklyn, NY. In Brooklyn, during my final days there, I remember sitting on my stoop with my buddy from the Brooklyn Public Library [...]
360 Degrees of Teen Advocacy @ Your Library
How can you advocate for services for teens? Learn how at this program, which will be held prior to the 13th National PLA Conference, on Tuesday, March 23, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. The PLA Conference will take place March 23-27, 2010, in Portland, Oregon. Whether you provide direct services to teens, act as a [...]
In down economy, libraries are on frontline of connecting Americans with online government, job resources
Sustained funding, broadband improvements needed to meet increased demand. With national unemployment topping 9 percent and many Americans seeking online information and new technology skills that can help keep them and their families afloat in hard times, U.S. public libraries are first responders in a time of economic uncertainty. “Libraries Connect Communities 3: Public Library [...]
Can public libraries make Marcel Duchamps out of all of us?
This weekend, I was at the San Francisco MoMA snooping around and it gave me a different perspective from which I could examine some current questions related to libraries and library materials. Here’s a little rant, something of an unfinished thought. Help complete it or tell me I’m crazy. The choice is yours. The SF [...]
PLA Boot Camp 5 – Deadline to Apply 9/11/09
Don’t Miss Your Chance to Attend this Year’s PLA Boot Camp – The Deadline for Applications is September 11, 2009! Apply today! This year’s Boot Camp is being held October 12-16, 2009, at the Hyatt at Olive 8 Hotel in Seattle, Washington. This is the 5th year PLA will be holding the “Results” Boot Camp. [...]
PLA Advocacy Toolkit Guide now available
“Libraries Prosper: A Guide to Using the PLA Advocacy Toolkit,” by Sandra Nelson, is now available for purchase from the Public Library Association (PLA). The first in PLA’s new ‘Train the Trainer series,’ this electronic publication supports “Libraries Prosper with Passion, Purpose, and Persuasion: A PLA Toolkit for Success.” Designed for a one-day advocacy-training program, [...]
