Note that Lita Casey was a library aide. The article title is misleading.
9-year-old Tyler Weaver was accused of ‘hogging’ the Hudson Falls Free Library summer reading contest after winning five years in a row. The library fired Lita Casey after she spoke up for her little friend.
The Full Story: New York librarian fired after speaking up for child who read too much | NY Daily News.
Are you wondering how to break into the publishing world as a librarian? If so, here are over 20 resources to get you started on your journey to publication bliss!
See 23 Resources for Getting Published in the Library Field | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org.
Many thanks to all of you who took part in the 2013 Librarian Survey conducted by Wiley during May. We have produced this infographic to summarize the key results from the survey covering the areas of budgets, digital books, print vs digital journal preferences and patron driven acquisition.
There was a broad spread of responses from different territories, helped no doubt by the survey’s availability in nine languages. 37% of responses came from the Americas; 33% from countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and 31% from the Asia Pacific region.
See the end of the post for a summary of key takeaways at this link: 26% of book collections are now digital | Exchanges | Wiley.
This ebook contains some new content but mostly posts that have appeared previously on the blog. It is not necessarily a compilation of the best of Hack Library School or even indicative of the breadth of our content; instead, we have selected content based on the most practical advice we could give to others to–you guessed it–hack library school. We’ve divided the content into three main sections: Before Library School, During Library School, and After Library School. Within these sections, you will also find sub-sections intended to help organize the content meaningfully.
See more: The HLS Guide to Library School | Simple Book Production.
The Hack Library School blog is a great resource for library school students. They posts interviews with LIS professionals on employing and interviewing LIS graduates. There are also posts by guest editors. Here’s a direct link to the pdf of the free eBook.
Have you ever considered pursuing another Master’s degree while going for your MLS?…Today I want to outline some considerations for pursuing simultaneous Masters’ degrees. It may just be a good fit for you!
Read the full story: Dual Degree Programs | Hack Library School.
Should libraries and librarians use Tumblr? Is it wise to wade into this alluring sea of wacky photos, pop-culture commentary, and gifs—snippets of moving images—in order to virtually chat about best book lists, library events, title recommendations, and our favorite quotes?
Yes, and here’s why. The key to a useful social network is to strategically use communication tools, understand each network’s reach, and guarantee ease of use for all involved. Tumblr can be a successful way to connect to new and diverse audiences, provided you understand who you’ll be attracting to your site and how to use Tumblr to your advantage.
The post includes 8 tips for successful tumbling.
See the full story: Power Tumbl’ng: Why Tumblr Is a Great Way to Reach Teen Patrons | The Digital Shift.
The literary wealth of more than 5,000 years is preserved at this museum-row library that is anything but ordinary.
via Philly’s Free Library worth the trip for rare-book collection | readingeagle.com.
The Fairfax County Public Library system in Virginia reportedly destroyed 250,000 books as part of an effort to revamp its system and cut costs.
The Washington Post reports that the books were discarded as part of a plan to reduce costs and bring the county’s library system into the digital age.
But in the past, discarded books were donated to a group called Friends of the Library, which would then donate them or sell them to raise money for the libraries, which have faced steep budget cuts in recent years. This time, seven months went by with no books going to the group — and no explanation why.
See the full story: Virginia county library system destroyed 250,000 of its own books | The Sideshow | Yahoo! News Canada.
Librarians and news outlets have been busy this summer, providing plenty of news-worthy articles and blog posts of interest to libraries. Here are 50 such stories that will get you caught up on the latest in the library world.
See the list of links: 50 Library Stories You May Have Missed in August | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org.
Three years ago, I wrote here that “libraries are so valuable that they attract voracious new competition with every technological advance” (see “Libraries, Ebooks, and Competition,” LJ 8/10, p. 22–23). At the time, I was thinking about Google, Apple, Amazon, and Wikipedia as the gluttonous innovators aiming to be hired for the jobs that libraries had been doing. I imagined Facebook and Twitter to be the sort of competitors most likely to be attracted by the flame of library value. But it’s the new guys that surprise you. To review the last three years of change in the library world, I’d like to focus on some of the start-ups that have newly occupied digital niches in the reading ecosystem. It’s these competitors that libraries will need to understand and integrate with to remain relevant.
The full story: Start-Ups Take Library Jobs | Reinventing Libraries | Library Journal.
The article reviews competitors GoodReads, Wattpad, Readmill, SIPX and Zola Books.
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