en-us http://www.libraryjournal.com/community/Annual+Articles+%26+Awards/47136.html?nid=3312 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:30:10 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6579655.html?nid=3312 Public libraries in 11 states will be helped in second round of grants. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6578870.html?nid=3312 Readex is partnering with the Center for Research Libraries to create the World Newspaper Archive. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:15:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6578876.html?nid=3312 Mobilize potential supporters by stressing equal access, shared community values. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6576308.html?nid=3312 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:59:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6574222.html?nid=3312 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6574133.html?nid=3312 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6573403.html?nid=3312 MP3 audiobook downloads make their public library debut through OverDrive, which will be demoing the service at ALA Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6571437.html?nid=3312 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6570284.html?nid=3312 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6562618.html?nid=3312 Tue, 20 May 2008 10:30:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6554386.html?nid=3312 The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) proposed reinstating a $1 charge to reserve or place a hold on books, but citizen resistance has killed the plan. Credit a web site called saveLAPL. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6552950.html?nid=3312 The Bridgeport Public Library, CT, faces a budget cut of some $1.1 million, more than one-quarter of the current year’s operating budget, which would result in the loss of 25 of 68 full-time staff members and close the system’s three branch libraries. The city's mayor calls libraries "not essential services.” Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6552021.html?nid=3312 One of the most contentious issue between libraries and publishers to emerge in the digital age landed in an Atlanta federal court yesterday, as a group of publishers filed the first lawsuit over a university’s electronic course content. Georgia State University officials have yet to comment. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6551522.html?nid=3312 Jill O'Neill, director of planning and communications for the National Federation of Advanced Information Services, and Ben Vershbow, editorial director of the Institute for the Future of the Book, share their thoughts on successes in community publishing, the notion of authorship in collaborative environments, and the technology enabling these community interactions online. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:51:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6551465.html?nid=3312 Author J.K. Rowling won a Galaxy British Book award, and now she’s hoping to win in an American court. Rowling is set to testify today in Manhattan’s U.S. District Court in a copyright suit she and Warner Bros. studio filed against RDR Books to stop the publication of The Harry Potter Lexicon written by librarian Steve Vander Ark. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:31:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6547086.html?nid=3312 They have argued about it for years. It's been touted as the liberator of information that wants to be free, the arbiter of shared intellectual property rights, and an engine that can drive discovery, invention, cures, and economies. It has also been vilified as an assault on capitalism, a catalyst for the collapse of responsible publishing and the rise of junk science, and a naïve inventi... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6551376.html?nid=3312 With interactive technology, digitized documents, and much AV material, the Library of Congress (LC) has launched the “Library of Congress Experience,” along with a companion web site. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6547707.html?nid=3312 What's billed by Outsell as the first report to analyze the global library market for all types of libraries and information centers suggests that the $22.5 billion market will continue to grow, but the 3.1 percent compound annual growth rate for content won’t keep pace with inflation. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6547258.html?nid=3312 A pay equity deal welcomed by library workers has ended months of labor unrest at the Greater Victoria Public Library, BC, where workers at the nine branches have been locked out since February 17 and had conducted various job actions since September. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 MST http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6539359.html?nid=3312 According to the results of LJ’s latest annual referenda survey, covering measures held between December 1, 2006, and November 30, 2007, voters approved both operating and building referenda at very high rates. If your library reported a referendum this year, chances are you’re in high spirits. Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 MST