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Future of the Library: Where is it all headed? (Jackson County Library Closings)
Editor Scot Bolsinger of the Asland (OR) Daily Tidings leads the discussion on the Jackson County library closings; see the video over on YouTube, either below or at the web site of the newspaper.
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James Edmund Bryan on the American Library Association (ALA)
Asked what advice he would give people just entering the profession, he advised that they join ALA.
"It gives young people a national interest, a desire to work and improve libraries on a national basis. It also gives authority to your position. You get respect for it!"
- James Edmund Bryan, longest continuous member of ALA
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I'm a Star!
See, it says so, right here:
http://www.ala-apa.org/about/nlwdstarsALA.html
Valerie Hawkins of the ALA Chicago Office is a Star because Valerie has the same welcoming and encouraging demeanor each and every time you ask a question or make a request. She is efficient, resourceful and truly a library customer service star!!! Thanks to Satia Orange for ( Read more... ) -
Looming Library Closings
From Jackson County Library Services (OR) web site at http://www.jcls.org:
ALL 15 Jackson County Library branches WILL BE CLOSED as of Saturday, April 7, 2007, due to a lack of funding.
More Information at http://www.jcls.org/infoblog/
Also see Library Journal story, Organizers Step Up as Oregon Library System Heads to Closure
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John Waters gives a speech...!
John Waters poked fun at Jackie Onassis. He knocked the Catholic Church. He urged African-American youths to listen to country music -- simply to drive their parents crazy.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bal-to.waters31mar31,0,923258.story
From the Baltimore Sun
Waters gives librarians dose of free speech
By Joe Burris
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Stephen Colbert was pacing...
Stephen Colbert was pacing. He hated pacing. Waste of energy, waste of time, needless distraction to others. Pointless, pointless activity, within and without.
And yet he was pacing.
Roshonda looked through the glass wall of Stephen's office and saw Stephen within. And sighed heavily. With great trepidation and hesitation, she opened the door and ( Read more... ) -
Magnum, A.L.!
2006 ALA associate editor hire, Daniel Kraus, drew heavily on his cinema background to produce and direct (and briefly appear in!) this "Magnum, P.I." theme spoof video of the staff of ALA's member magazine, American Libraries, dubbed , "Magnum, A.L." I had thought it was going to be screened at ALA's Annual Conference in Washington, DC (June 21-27 ( Read more... ) -
Special "swimsuit edition" of ALA's AL Direct e-mail newsletter!
OK, that's what some members of ALA staff are jokingly calling it, due to the illustration of cover girl Beyonce in a bikini that was oh-so-needed for the Sports Illustrated and libraries news story! You can see the newsletter online (for a long while, but not forever) at:
AL (American Libraries) Direct for March 14, 2007
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Interesting "View"
ABC's morning television show, "The View," included the controversy surrounding Susan Patron's Newbery-winning novel, "Higher Power of Lucky," as a "hot topic" of discussion today, the inclusion in the story of the word, "scrotum," causing some librarians to balk at stocking the book in their collections. The cast--including creator Barbara Walters ( Read more... )
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