Public Libraries

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• ALA Washington Office submits testimony to House Education Committee on libraries’ role in improving literacy

  
  District Dispatch — Authority: 512
  Contact: Jenni Terry Press Officer, ALA Washington Office For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. – Emily Sheketoff, executive director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Washington Office, today filed testimony for the official record of the House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee ...
  2 days ago

• Outcomes of Library Ballot Measures in California

  
  California State Library Blog — Authority: 118
  Voters in the November election approved library ballot measures in the cities of San Mateo and South Pasadena, but failed to muster enough votes to pass measures in Pacific Grove or Ventura County.   Details of the November 3, 2009 election are posted on the State Library’s Library Development Services (LDS) ...
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• Mango Languages creates 35 jobs; 30 more to follow

  
  Money employment & careers - money-employment.marc8.com — Authority: 150
  Not all businesses are original. Many are take-offs of an idea that just didnt work out for someone else. Thats the case with the guys behind Mango Languages, who turned an old idea into a fast-growing start-up. And creating jobs left and right in the process. read more
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• Book Theft Ring

  
  On The Same Page — Authority: 125
  12 indicted in Prince George’s County book theft ring Twelve people have been charged with checking out more than $140,000 in books from Maryland colleges and community libraries and selling them for quick cash. Prince George’s County prosecutors announced the indictment November 10. About $87,000 worth of ...
  3 days ago

• Kudos to a courageous Kentucky librarian

  
  Blogging Censorship — Authority: 457
  Two library employees were fired at the Jessamine County Public Library for violating library policy.  Deciding that the graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume IV: The Black Dossier was inappropriate for young patrons, they conspired to keeping the book on permanent “checked-out” status ...
  4 days ago

• The Lola Basyang Tradition Lives On

  
  School Librarian in Action — Authority: 123
  In the Philippines, Lola Basyang is already a metaphor for storytelling. Popularized by Severino Reyes in the 50s as a syndicated radio program and a series of story books that carry a variety of stories from local tales and borrowed lore, it lives on in modern retellings and TV shows. The Quezon City Public Library ...
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• Happy 40th Anniversary Sesame Street

  
  On The Same Page — Authority: 125
  But, cookies are good….
  5 days ago

• Libraries strike the right chord?

  
  Welcome to Library.ie — Authority: 422
  The UK’s Museums, Libraries and Archives Council has sponsored a step-by-step guide to staging live music events for young people in public libraries. The Get It Loud In Libraries (GILIL) toolkit , was produced by Lancashire Libraries . The aim has been to encourage young people into libraries who may have lost ...
  5 days ago

• Bandwidth Shaper Slows Porn in Greensboro Public Library; Parents Had Stopped Taking Kids to Library; Acceptable Use Policies Do Not Work; List of Articles on Getting Porn Out of Libraries

  
  SafeLibraries — Authority: 456
  Another library acts to stop porn viewing!  Look at this innovative approach, called bandwidth shaping , in the Greensboro Public Library in Greensboro, NC, using a device by Cymphonix : A device called a "bandwidth shaper" is designed to identify Web sites by categories — including pornography — and ...
  5 days ago

• Queen Anne Library hours cut, open 5 days a week

  
  Queen Anne View — Authority: 528
  In September May Nickels announced his proposed 2010 capital budget plan for the City of Seattle, a plan which significantly cut Seattle Public Libraries funding. This proposal would have limited resources and branch hours at locations all over the city. However, our news partner, the Seattle Times, is reporting ...
  5 days ago

• Aloha from the Malaga Cove Library

  
  PVLD Director's Blog — Authority: 113
  The islands came to Malaga Cove Library today. A great crowd enjoyed slack key guitar, hula lessons, lei making, Hawaiian BBQ, shave ice, and hawasian culture and stories. Thank you Mitch Chang, Jennifer Addington, and Jennifer Chaffey for organizing the event - hope we can do it again next year!
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• Public Breaks Into Applause for Library Board that Unanimously Voted for Internet Filters to Stop Porn Viewing in Public Library

  
  SafeLibraries — Authority: 456
  Another library has added Internet filters to stop porn viewing.  With the constant message from the American Library Association [ALA] that Internet filters do not work, will never work 100%, filter out breast cancer, and generally violate peoples First Amendment rights, I thought I would point out that not all ...
  6 days ago

• For the love of libraries

  
  Another Lost Shark — Authority: 128
  When was the last time you set foot in your local library? If you have to stop and think, then maybe it’s time you went and checked it out. I am a proud, card-carrying member… always have been and for good reason. Established in the mid-19th Century, public libraries were seen to be essential to the longevity of ...
  6 days ago

• “Child protection or censorship”; I say it’s censorship

  
  Bilingual Librarian — Authority: 122
  My friend found this article and started a great conversation. The article explains the story of two women (Sharon Cook, and Beth Boisvert) who work at a public library in Jessamine County, Kentucky, who decided what material was “appropriate” for young patrons, and went so far as to remove a book from the ...
  1 week ago

• Thanks Thornbury!

  
  The Best Laid Plans — Authority: 113
  A few weeks ago, I drove up to Thornbury, Ontario, near Collingwood, to do a Sunday talk and reading at the wonderful Blue Mountains Public Library . It was a glorious autumn day and the drive up was very relaxing. A great crowd turned up and we all had lovely time — at least I did, and I hope those who came ...
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• Dig This Hipster Decor From A Librarys Store

  
  Book Patrol — Authority: 520
  Have you always wanted a crazy, copacetic crib but your pad screams strictly squaresville? Are you a cool cat or a hot chick with style galore but not much bread in store? Well youre in luck. Indianas Elkhart Public Library is having a furniture sale. Normally a library is about the last place youd expect to find ...
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• The Source: news about digital libraries and library innovations from around the web

  
  LibraryTechNZ — Authority: 412
  Introducing The Source Copycats? Digital consumers in the on-line age (Note: PDF) From the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) website Huge economic losses are being sustained due to large-scale unauthorised downloading, generated by widespread confusion about copyright law ...
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• Tributes paid to Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  San Antino, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Glowing tributes were paid to the Tomb of the unknown soldiers by Presidents and folks alike. San Antonians also paid generous tribute to those in the service on the noble occasion of Veterans Day.At the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, civilians laid wreaths for the brave fallen ...
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• Time Management in Libraries: some thoughts on continuing education classes

  
  Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog — Authority: 122
  Anyone who has ever attended Continuing Education (CE) classes knows that sitting in a chilly meeting room, drinking coffee that tastes like styrofoam, while watching a Power Point slide show, which duplicates the handout slide-for-slide, are the order of the day. A popular CE topic is time management. Obviously, time ...
  1 week ago

• Library Art

  
  On The Same Page — Authority: 125
  Brought in by a MFLP (Most Favored Library Patron), this is the side of a small library in Southern Colorado.
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