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Your federated search experiences, in a book
Back in October 2007, we posted a survey request from Alexis Linoski and her colleague for their forthcoming book Federated Search: A Librarian’s Guide.
The authors would very much like to add your experiences with federated search to the book:
We are writing a book entitled “Federated Search: A Librarian’s Guide”. We are searching for [...]
Read for the Record: help break the record!
Read for the Record is an organization strives to raise awareness about issues of inequality in early education, and improving education for at-risk preschoolers.
Through this campaign, Jumpstart is asking Americans to support early education opportunities for all children by reading the official campaign book, The Story of Ferdinand, together on September 20, 2007 to break [...]
Vote for The Quills
The best description of The Quill Awards can really be found on their web site:
The Quill Awards are the only book awards to pair a populist sensibility with Hollywood-style glitz. They are the first literary prizes to reflect the tastes of all the groups that matter most in publishing— readers, booksellers and librarians.
The Quills Voting [...]
Pop Goes The Book!
How very exciting! It turns out that Sophie Brookover and Liz Burns, two of the intrepid librarians who blog over at Pop Goes the Library, are working on a book titled Pop Goes the Library: Using Pop Culture to Connect With Your Whole Community, to be published sometime in 2008.
And they need *your* feedback! [...]
Harry Potter madness!
Indeed, this was the weekend of Harry Potter. Devotees lined up at bookstores everywhere to pick up their copies at midnight. Many readers stayed up all night and then some reading the book, sometimes only stopping for food and bathroom breaks. “NO SPOILERS!” signs are popping up on blogs and discussion forums [...]
Sunday at ALA
Sunday was a very busy day full of programs.
Nancy Pearl
First I arrive bright and early to see Nancy Pearl speak. It was fascinating to hear how each of her books came into being, especially her lastest book, Book Crush. She gave some suggestions of books [...]
Women’s National Book Association Launches National Reading Group Month in October 2007
The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) is pleased to announce the launch of National Reading Group Month (NRGM) in October 2007 to mark the 90th anniversary of the association’s founding. “Part of WNBA’s mission is to promote reading and the value of books, so we are proud to organize the first-ever National Reading [...]
Tell us your top 5 reference books
Let’s say you had the Sophie’s Choice of reference books: in all the world, you could only keep your top 5 favorite print resources. What would they be?
This question is inspired by a message I read in the April 25 (Vol 25, Issue 26) digest of the WebJunction Publib listserv:
Hello,
I am a library [...]
NYT 100 Notable Books of the Year
The New York Times has posted their 100 Notable Books of the Year list, which includes titles from The Book Review since the Holiday Books issue in early December 2005. The titles are conveniently divided into just two categories: Fiction & Poetry and Nonfiction.
Also of note is that on that very same page you [...]
Break a World Reading Record with Charlotte’s Web
Walden Media, Paramount Pictures, HarperCollins and other partners are teaming up to “Break a World Reading Record With Charlotte’s Web” to break the current reading record in the Guinness World Records database. The record attempt is for MOST PEOPLE READING ALOUD SIMULTANEOUSLY – MULTIPLE LOCATIONS where we plan to break the record for the [...]
