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• Sunday Lit Crit Sermon: James A. Langton on Library Funding

  
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  I noticed this past week that my local library system, the New York Public Library, is again seeking donations and letters to city council members in order to address its budget woes. The move, of course, has everything to do with the time of the year, as the city works through its budget and, initially, cuts the ...
  4 days ago

• Rally against Bloombergs Proposed Cuts to Public Libraries

  
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  On Wednesday, May 22, at 1:00 PM, advocacy group Save New York Libraries and other library supporters, including Council Member Vinnie Gentile, chair of the Councils Select Committee on Libraries, other elected representatives, library administrators, union leaders, library staff, advocates and school children, will ...
  5 days ago

• If They Are Going to Weed Out Potential Employees by Their Resumes Anyway, Don’t Expect Every Applicant to Write a Paper or Essay

  
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  This anonymous interview is with a job hunter who is currently employed (even if part-time or in an unrelated field), has not been hired within the last two months, and has been looking for a new position for More than 18 months. This person is looking in Academic libraries, Public libraries, and School libraries at ...
  2 weeks ago

• New York Public Librarys newest branch will be housed in a condo-hotel

  
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  When it opens in 2015 it will be one of the largest branches of the New York Public Library system. It will  occupy the bottom 3 floors of a "ritzy new condo-hotel" being developed by the Baccarat crystal company and its parent company, Starwood Capital Group, along with Tribeca Associates. Among its ...
  2 weeks ago

• New York Public Library’s newest branch will be housed in a condo-hotel

  
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  When it opens in 2015 it will be one of the largest branches of the New York Public Library system. It will  occupy the bottom 3 floors of a "ritzy new condo-hotel" being developed by the Baccarat crystal company and its parent company, Starwood C...
  2 weeks ago

• Public Wifi: Not in Public Libraries

  
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  Online Degree Programs does it again with an infographic that gives a snapshot every public library should pay attention to. The Internet Access Gap in Education cites Pew Research among other research reports of the impact the lack of Internet access is having on the education of low-income students. What’s even ...
  2 weeks ago

• Alfred and Isabel Reed Medieval Manuscripts Online

  
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  Leaf from a French Book of Hours, fifteenth century (RMMF19) It gives me great pleasure to announce that images and descriptions of the Dunedin City Librarys holdings of medieval manuscripts from the Alfred and Isabel Reed Collection are now available on Flickr: Profile ...
  2 weeks ago

• Baker & Taylor launches axisReader app

  
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  Great news from Baker & Taylor about a new app (iOS and Android) for direct download of titles to tablet devices.  axisReader is another option for Axis patrons and provides ereading solely for EPUB and PDF formats.   When patrons use Axis 360, they can choose between B&T’s blio reader or axisReader ...
  2 weeks ago

• Guest blog: Information Internships in the UK

  
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  This weeks guest blog comes courtesy of Jara Breul from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Jara is in London for 6 weeks to get a taste of the Library and Information Science landscape here in the UK. Sixweeks in London/ SHR and lots of things to talk about at home When I arrived on a Tuesday evening I knewI ...
  3 weeks ago

• DPLA partners with David Rumsey Map Collection for metadata of 38,000 maps and images

  
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  Digital Public Library of America Announces Partnership with David Rumsey Map Collection April 30, 2013 Cambridge,  MA  — The Digital Public Library of America is pleased to announce it is partnering with the  David Rumsey Map Collection  to provide online access to tens of thousands of significant ...
  3 weeks ago

• A two-story Shhh!

  
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  To create something to adorn the lobby of the then new library, the city of Walnut Creek, California enlisted the services of artist Christian Moeller. Moeller went ahead and  took what is probably the most stereotypical librarian behavior and he blew it up! Like two-stories high! “Shhh…Portrait in ...
  3 weeks ago

• A two-story Shhh!

  
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  To create something to adorn the lobby of the then new library, the city of Walnut Creek, California enlisted the services of artist Christian Moeller.Moeller went ahead and  took what is probably the most stereotypical librarian behavior and...
  3 weeks ago

• Beginners IT drop-in classes at City Library

  
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  Do you want help to do something on your computer? To save time and/or money by shopping online? To keep in touch with your friends or family on Facebook, Twitter or Skype? Creating an email address or using emails? Searching for a job? Want to download apps for your new tablet? Or share holiday photos online? If the ...
  3 weeks ago

• In the Stacks: First Visit to The New Digital Library of America

  
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    Books are weapons in the war of ideas . Poster 20 x 27.9 , 1942.  Published by the United States Government Printing Office . In the this installment of In the Stacks we visit the newly launched and much anticipated Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The opening of DPLA represents a ...
  4 weeks ago

• In the Stacks: First Visit to The New Digital Library of America

  
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  Books are weapons in the war of ideas. Poster 20 x 27.9 , 1942.  Published by the United States Government Printing Office.In the this installment of In the Stacks we visit the newly launched and much anticipated Digital Public Librar...
  4 weeks ago

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