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Open Hearing on ALA Code of Ethics
Greta Southard, (PLA Executive Director), just sent along this message: “The ALA Committee on Professional Ethics is sponsoring an open hearing to determine if the ALA Code of Ethics lives up to the challenges of the new millennium. Is the Code sufficient or does it need revision? Please come and share your thoughts at the [...]
Local Library News – Dec 23th, 2005
+ Good news from Long Beach [CA] – “Long Beach residents are extremely willing to support a new property tax to support public libraries, and likely would support a sales tax hike for more police, according to poll results released this week.” + Libraries are more than just books, says a librarian from the Newburyport [...]
Local Library News – Dec 21th, 2005
New immigrants to the U.S. and libraries work well together. Immigrants teach us about their countries, and we help them learn about our. From an article in the Republican – “Libraries are one of the first places new immigrants visit in their search for information and a way to learn about the language and culture, [...]
Local Library News for Tues, Dec 20
The Cincinnati Enquirer published an article of recommended kid’s web sites assembled by Charlotte Decker of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County in Ohio. Such an excellent way to publicize the library, as well as offer information services through a publishing medium. Vestavia Hills Public Library in Alabama may have found a location [...]
Local Library News for Mon, Dec 19
Wood Place Public Library in Missouri recently launched a new web site. The last archived copy of the library’s web site, care of the Wayback Machine, was captured on November 3, 2004. Congratulations on the web home improvements! Live in Toledo, Ohio and know someone who could provide leadership for a library? The Toledo-Lucas County [...]
Local Library News for Wed, Dec 14th
In Indianapolis [IN], they are trying to improve the library facilities by expanding, but the cost will hinder the branches. The 102 old Syracuse Public Library [NE] is too small. So, they’re building a new one, says the library director: “That’s our goal, anyway,” said Sue Antes, director of the Syracuse Public Library. “We’re simply [...]
Wanna blog? Let us know by Dec 16
This Friday is the deadline to drop us a line and let us know if you’re interested in blogging for PLA at Midwinter in San Antonio this January. Drop us a note with your name, your title, your library’s name, and the URL for your blog (or your library) by December 16.
Share how your library partners with the community organizations
I received an email from Kristin Coffey, a graduate research assistant for a professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro researching the collaboration between public libraries and public recreation organizations. Mr. Stephen Maynard and I are looking for specific examples of partnerships (and the activities occurring within these) between public leisure/recreation services and [...]
Local Library News for Mon, Dec 13th
News from over the weekend: B.B. Comer Memorial Library in Alabama dedicated a lovely garden to the memory of the late Margaret Whetstone Brown, who was “instrumental in the development and progress” of the library. The library board of Whittier Public Library in California is lobbying hard for a $600 million bond up for vote [...]
Local Library News
A library in Palo Alto is moving, with the help from the children in the community. Many libraries, such as one in Groton [CT] across the country are getting into the holiday spirit by starting foods for fines campaigns. Good news out of Collinsville [GA], where the mayor provided $3,500 of county funds towards a [...]
