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Building Community Partnerships @ Turning the Page 2.0
Registration for PLA’s advocacy training program, Turning the Page 2.0, is open for the autumn course (week of Oct. 31 – week of Dec. 12). Previous participants have enjoyed learning about library advocacy, including Michael Shell from Jacksonville, Florida, who blogged about the importance of community partnership and how Turning the Page 2.0 can help [...]
What’s Your Library’s E-Book Experience?
The January/February 2012 issue of Public Libraries will focus on e-Books. We’re looking for feature articles and shorter opinion pieces on that subject. Take advantage of this opportunity to share with colleagues across the country how your library has navigated this new territory, as well as pitfalls to avoid, and best practices to consider. Feature [...]
Dracula Documentary in time for Halloween Programming
The first documentary to look at Bram Stoker and his legendary 1897 gothic novel, “Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode” will be available on October 4, from Walking Shadows (distributed by Virgil Films & Entertainment). Few mythic figures have ever captured the imagination, nor been as enduringly popular, as Dracula, made famous in Stoker’s novel [...]
“Public Libraries” Seeking Columnists
Public Libraries (PL) is seeking to fill two columnist vacancies. The first, ‘Passing Notes,’ is a young-adult service themed column. The second, ‘The Wired Library,’ explores Web topics relevant to public librarians. These are unpaid, volunteer positions. You must be a member of PLA and able to turn in six columns a year of approximately [...]
Libraries Remember – Bensenville (Illinois) Library to Remain Open for 24 hours of 9/11
Again this year, the Bensenville Community Public Library, Bensenville, IL, will remain open for the entire 24-hours of September 11. From the library’s website: “This is done with the belief that libraries represent the sum of all human knowledge. They represent freedom of expression, celebration of diversity, a playing field that is level, preservation of [...]
The Library Lab DPLA Beta Sprint Project
Last week, along with a remarkable group of partners, I submitted a Beta Sprint proposal for an architectural interface for a Digital Public Library of America. I’m really proud of this work and I believe it could have a substantial impact on public libraries and other memory institutions like museums and archives. The design concept [...]
Explaining DRM Issues to Patrons
Check out this quick, informative video from Columbus Metropolitan (Ohio) Library. What a great way to succinctly explain Digital Rights Management issues and how they affect the library’s E-Books collection. What are other libraries doing to help clarify these issues for patrons?
