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Prison Librarian Seeks Donations
Posting this on behalf of Melanie Kimberly, Media Resource Specialist/Scott State Prison in Harwick, Georgia: I am the Media Resource Specialist for Scott State Prison (Georgia Department of Corrections)in Hardwick, Georgia. We are in desparate need of up-to-date Health/Medical books, as well as any fiction books in the African American Interest genre and Spanish Language [...]
From the President: What Would You Change If You Could?
Republished from Jan Sanders’ September/October Public Libraries “From the President” column. Welcome to autumn — my favorite time of the year! As a child, I loved fall, as it signaled the coming of three wonderful events: 1) the hot, dry days of summer on a dusty farm in Missouri were coming to a close; 2) [...]
Get a free copy of the ALA-APA Library Salary Survey
The American Library Association Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) will give up to five people/institutions a free copy of: Librarian: Public and Academic 2007 ALA-APA Salary Survey — ($70 value) or 2007 ALA-APA Salary Survey — Non-MLS: Public and Academic ($100 value) In exchange for the free reports, recipients agree to write one article (maximum 1200 [...]
Nov 13-14: Politics and Networking CEC
It’s not too late to register for this Continuing Education Course from PLA! Politics and Networking Florida Library Association Orlando, FL November 13-14, 2007 Librarians need to understand their local political environment and network effectively with politicians in order to thrive in their communities. Participants in this training will learn how to: Assess local political [...]
Deadline extended for 3M Leadership Institute
PLA has extended the application deadline for the 3M Leadership Institute to November 16. Applications may be submitted through an online form available at www.pla.org. PLA will notify applicants of their acceptance by the end of November. Presented by PLA and 3M, a PLA partner, the Leadership Institute is a daylong preconference focused on developing [...]
Libraries urged to participate in national study of Internet use in libraries
ALA is encouraging public libraries to participate in the 2007-2008 Public Library Funding and Technology Access online survey. The survey provides an important opportunity for libraries to share information on computer and Internet resources and infrastructure, as well as funding, technology training and other uses of public libraries, such as providing public access technology centers [...]
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS OFFERS INFORMATION ON FIRE RECOVERY FOR COLLECTIONS
In response to the fires in Southern California and the resulting damage to personal and public collections, the Library of Congress has updated its preservation Web page on emergency care. Information about whom to contact for guidance, as well as how to protect and salvage collections and, most important, where to go for supplies and [...]
FOLUSA AND ALTA BEGIN WORK TO FORM PARTNERSHIP
The executive board of the Association of Library Trustees and Advocates (ALTA) agreed at the 2007 fall planning session to work with board members from Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA) to determine whether and how a partnership might benefit both groups and, most importantly, America’s libraries. ALTA is one of the American Library Association’s (ALA) [...]
What do you want from federated search?
Alexis Linoski is working with a colleague to author a book titled Federated Search: A Librarian’s Guide, and while they’ve had a plethora of academic librarian feedback, they’d really like some public librarian feedback. Alex writes: “We are surveying both library practitioners and the federated search vendors to get a complete picture of what the [...]
Lois Lenski Covey Foundation Grant
The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation, Inc. foundation annually awards grants to rural and urban public libraries serving at-risk children. Awards range from $500 to $5,000, and are awarded to libraries with real need and limited book budgets to purchase books for young people. The purchases can be used to expand the greater collection or to [...]
