Library Journal RSS Feed Library Jounral en_us Mon, 28 May 2012 17:23:25 http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls Over the last 20 years or so, if the success of an Ohio public library initiative was mentioned at a national library conference, it was not uncommon to hear a groan or witness a roll of the eyes from non-Ohioans. Occasionally, a quick often dismissive... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/891746-270/lessons_from_ohio__lj.html.csp Legislation 810797@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:19:10 Opportunity. That was one of the watchwords at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in San Diego early last month. We heard it at the Urban Libraries Council program on broadband and at OCLC’s 2010 update to the Perceptions of Libr... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/888585-270/opportunity_knocks__editorial.html.csp Legislation 704151@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:15:31 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesI knew when I browsed the ALA program that one of the speakers I wanted to be sure to hear was Tom Blanton, director of the National Security Archive, a trove of official documents liberated thanks to the Fr... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/855388-270/ainapost_no_sunshine_promoting_open.html.csp Barbara Fister, Gustavus Adolph Legislation 409127@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:14:05 THE ANTITAXERS ARE AT IT AGAIN. THEY THINK this country can survive without government institutions or with ones so pared back that they can only deliver minimal services. That's what right–minded Coloradans are fighting against now: not only libraries ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/886700-270/editorial_shame_on_the_antitaxers.html.csp Legislation 646576@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/884336-270/pla_2010_conference_virtual_session.html.csp Raya Kuzyk Legislation 580000@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesFCC may have to regulate broadband strictlyLibrary groups remain optimisticTechnology makes it easier to degrade Internet serviceAfter a federal appeals court unanimously ruled Tuesdaythat the Federal Commun... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/884263-270/after_appeals_court_decision_whither.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 579625@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesAdvocates make the caseWould trump NIH 12-month embargoOpposition from publishersBaby steps toward legislation: the broad open access mandate known as The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) is now be... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/884153-270/federal_research_access_bill_making.html.csp Josh Hadro Legislation 579073@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesBoucher assures that bill will not disrupt e-commerce Privacy groups cite too many loopholesALA reserves comment but calls it a startU.S. Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communicat... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/884083-270/congressional_draft_privacy_bill_released.html.csp Candice Herman, Children's Serv Legislation 578730@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 In mid-May, two Yutan, NE, male teens repeatedly broke into their town library after hours in order to access online pornography. City leaders came up with a novel solution. They didn't put a lockdown on the youths, age 13 and 15, or even on the doors. In... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/883211-270/after_teens_break_in_to.html.csp Jennifer Pinkowski Legislation 548928@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The tongue-in-cheek title alludes to the equally tongue-in-cheek blog that moved last month to LibraryJournal.com, Annoyed Librarian, or, as I call her, AL. The A could stand for anonymous, too, since AL is masked by her moniker, fighting for truth, justi... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/862229-270/story.csp Francine Fialkoff Legislation 443349@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Should a library add Daddy's Roommate?Knowyour community, whether it's Wasilla or AnchorageWhat to do when a book disappearsSee LJ's complete Sarah Palin andLibraries coverage.Given the controversy over the gay-themed titles that allegedly raised the ire ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/862068-270/story.csp Norman Oder Legislation 442545@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 See LJ's complete Sarah Palin andLibraries coverage.First public statement by former library headNewspaper reporter recalls titles, but memory unclearPalin's church concerned about book on gays; mayor's role murkyMore information has finally emerged about... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/861919-270/story.csp Norman Oder Legislation 441799@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Hearing scheduled for September 11Response to publishers' concerns aboutpublic accessPublishers had been warning of a challengeIn less than a week, on Thursday, September 11, the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/861874-270/story.csp Andrew Albanese Legislation 441574@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Resident took sex ed book, called itobsceneCity imposed fine, but didn't pursue jail timeFour copies of book donated to the libraryThe city of Lewiston, ME, has decided not to pursue further prosecution of a woman who refused to return a library book on s... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/861824-270/no_jail_for_woman_who.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 441324@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Credit card verification for "harmful to minors" material deemed overbroadFilters, says ACLU, are a better solutionALA sibling FTRF joined in amicus briefThe Child Online Protection Act (COPA), which would have required web sites with 'harmful to minors';... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/861573-270/story.csp Norman Oder Legislation 440070@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 No 'information self-determination'; in the U.S.Doctorow: information architecture is politicsVendors could create systems that protect privacy but give more to patronsIn one sector of libraryland, some thinkers believe that the library profession's well-... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/861529-270/advocates_say_librarians_have_crucial.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 439849@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Writer compares Israelis to NazisBook owned by virtually no librariesWould library give a platform to 'Mohammed cartoons';?Depending on whom you ask, the Vancouver Public Library (VPL), BC, either is taking freedom expression seriously by welcoming a hars... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/860622-270/story.csp Norman Oder Legislation 435313@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Writer compares Israelis to NazisBook owned by virtually no librariesWould library give a platform to 'Mohammed cartoons';?Depending on whom you ask, the Vancouver Public Library (VPL), BC, either is taking freedom expression seriously by welcoming a hars... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/860621-270/story.csp Norman Oder Legislation 435309@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Cites offense 'to public sensitivity';ALA warns about initial decisionPresentations moved to larger venueAfter significant criticism, including from the American Library Association, the Greenwich Library , CT, reversed its decision to cancel two talks by... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/860618-270/greenwich_libraryct_rescinds_permission_for.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 435295@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A press releaseabout the award,issued by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is below. Here's past coverage of the issue in School Library Journal.The press release The West Bend Commun... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/856317-270/story.csp LJ Staff Legislation 413748@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 School Library Journal reports:Following the firing of two of its circulation staffers for barring an 11-year-old access to the graphic novel, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier (Wildstorm, 2008), the Jessamine County Library in Kentucky... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/856315-270/ky_library_relocates_graphic_novels.html.csp Legislation 413737@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Demand for public computer centers can't be metApplication is cumbersomeLibraries should be prioritized as anchor institutionsIn comments filed to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Rural Utilities Service (RUS) rega... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/856238-270/story.csp Norman Oder Legislation 413353@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Most libraries have inadequate connection speedsSites like MySpace can hog networkNeed for more capacity planningNearly 60 percent of public libraries report inadequate Internet connection speeds to meet patron demand, according to the American Library As... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/856228-270/story.csp Norman Oder Legislation 413302@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Increased protections for library, bookstore recordsMore safeguards regarding gag ordersFurther debate coming in HouseSenate committee passed narrower reformsWhile the American Library Association has expressed dismay that Senate Judiciary Committee did n... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/856151-270/ala_house_committee_revives_protections.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 412918@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Substitute bill marked up ThursdaySection 215 has higher standard for library recordsALA seeks reform of procedures regarding NSLsWhile at a September 23 hearing Democratic Senators seemed to welcome adjustments in the USA PATRIOT Act, behind-the-scenes n... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/855869-270/senators_weaken_proposed_patriot_act.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 411526@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesFor the past couple of weeks I've been dipping into Dennis Baron's A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution, a history of writing technologies and a meditation on their implications.Baro... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/855836-270/story.csp Barbara Fister, Gustavus Adolph Legislation 411359@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Two reform bills saluted by ALALeahy's bill would require government to prove relevanceWould eliminate one-yearban onchallenge togag ordersThree Democratic Senators have introduced a second piece of legislation to amend expiring USA PATRIOT Act Provisions... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/855832-270/democrats_seem_receptive_to_patriot.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 411337@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesFCC Commissioner speaksNew principles will receive rule-makingALA points to role of distance learningLibrary advocates have long supported 'net neutrality,'; a principle under which Internet Service Provider... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/855793-270/obama_administration_supports_net_neutrality.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 411143@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesIt seems inconceivable that Yale University Press, or any university press, for that matter, publishing a scholarly book on the Danish newspaper cartoons of Muhammad that sparked violence would decide not to... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/855599-270/the_risks_of_risk_management.html.csp Barbara Fister, Gustavus Adolph Legislation 410187@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 FromSchool Library Journal, following up earlier coverage: The four board members of Wisconsin's West Bend Community Memorial Public Library who were likely to vote against moving sexually explicit YA books to the adult section won't be reinstated-a move ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/854991-270/west_bend_city_councilousts_library.html.csp Legislation 407137@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 From School Library Journal:The West Bend Community Memorial Public Library.The library board that's supposed to determine the fate of a major book challenge at Wisconsin's West Bend Community Memorial Public Libraryis having a hard time doing its job. Th... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/854883-270/in_west_bend_wi_a.html.csp Legislation 406597@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 From Publishers Weekly:Four members of a library board in West Bend, WI, were dismissed last week for refusing to remove controversial books from the library's young adult section-and yesterday, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/854825-270/story.csp Legislation 406307@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Issue comes down to costNewspaper editorializes against filtersPlan would have been similar to CIPAThough much of an 18-month debate over Internet filters at the San Jose Public Library, CA, concerned the appropriateness and effectiveness of filtering, th... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/854791-270/after_18_months_san_jose.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 406142@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Vote apparently aimed to avoid lawsuitLibrary will post new noticesBoard member says books are not kids' magnetApparently aiming to avoid a lawsuit over its February decisionto restrict minors' access to four sex-related books books, the board of the Tope... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/854723-270/topeka_board_agrees_to_keep.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 405801@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) has introduced legislation that would exempt ordinary books from a regulation in the recently enacted Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), which seeks to protectchildren from the dangers of lead. Implementa... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/854614-270/newpush_in_congress_to_exempt.html.csp Legislation 405256@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Deputy mayor slams incumbent for appointeesNo lawsuit yetWould J-card be better?The 5-3 decision last week by the board of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, KS, to restrict minors' access to four books on sex has prompted significant debate-an... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/854250-270/in_topeka_restriction_onsex_books.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 403436@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 $9 billion in stimulus funds under debate$200 million for public computer centers, including librariesALA says overall package would have major impactQuestions about whether money is too little, or targeted wronglyALA says sustainability will remain focus... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/854025-270/federal_broadband_pushposes_major_opportunities.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 402291@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Climate in Washington has changedALA: more time for negotiationACLU dismayedThree sections of the USA PATRIOT Act, reauthorized last week for one year, did not include any library-friendly amendments, but library advocates are optimistic that progress is ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/853773-270/patriot_act_extended_for_one.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 401020@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Petitioner allowed at nonleased branchesLoses small claims court case, pursues legal actionPetitions ACLU of Arizona to take caseRetired librarian Michelle Graye has spent the last six months gathering signatures for the Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiativ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/853763-270/petitioner_loses_case_to_solicit.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein Legislation 400968@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A Maine library has been cleared of obscenity charges for having a controversial sex ed title on its shelves, and the patron who removed the book from the library will stand trial for theft. A police investigation found that the Lewiston Public Library(LP... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/852046-270/maine_libraryaposs_itaposs_perfectly_normal.html.csp Jennifer Pinkowski Legislation 391971@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Ten years after it rejected the use of Internet filters on public library computer terminals, the San Jose, CA, City Council is again debating whether to install Internet filtering software to prevent users of the San Jose Public Library (SJPL) from acces... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851832-270/san_jose_once_again_considers.html.csp Jennifer Pinkowski Legislation 390900@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are seeking language that would ensure that law enforcement requests for library patron records or the surveillance of library users through library networks go through... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851823-270/ala_arl_want_congress_to.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 390855@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Following the September 25 recommendations of a review committee consisting of board chair David Ables, director Michael Hamlett, and library staffers, the Jackson-George Regional Library System, MS, returned comedian Jim Norton's volume Happy Endings: Th... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851622-270/ms_library_returns_comedianaposs_challenged.html.csp Michael Rogers Legislation 389848@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 On the fall agenda for Congress, which reconvenes September 4: reconciling House and Senate versions of the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act (OPEN Government Act), which was passed by unanimous consent the last day before the... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851502-270/freedom_of_information_bill_with.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein Legislation 389244@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 At the urging of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), a scholarly book pulped by its British publisher is maintaining a safe haven in U.S. libraries. Alms for Jihad was the target of a potential libel suit in England b... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851425-270/story.csp Legislation 388856@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Despite protests by Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle that its collection includes 'hard-core pornography,'; the private Stonewall Library, one of the largest gay and lesbian libraries in the United States, will have a new home in the same city building th... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851270-270/story.csp Jennifer Pinkowski Legislation 388081@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A month after the board of the Monroe County Library System, NY, agreed to tighten its Internet policy, the board of the Rochester Public Library (RPL), which is funded by the county and serves both systems, accepted the policy as well. Monroe County exec... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851204-270/rochester_ny_board_agrees_to.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 387747@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851075-270/filter_bill_stalled_in_illinois.html.csp Norman Oder Legislation 387100@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Internet service in several Illinois libraries went dark May 14, protesting the passage in the Illinois House of Representatives of a demanding library Internet filter bill. While some libraries turned off the net, others installed filters at draconian le... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851065-270/story.csp Norman Oder Legislation 387052@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 'Did you see this nonsense?'; Virginia Conway asked fellow librarian Lois Brody.'What, Ginny?'; said Brody. The two women are among the staff of the medium-sized Walker Public Library.'This new directive from on high,'; Conway said, pointing to an item in... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851052-270/how_do_you_manage_case.html.csp Michael Rogers Legislation 386987@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 In response to a threat from Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks to deny $6.6 million to the Rochester Public Library Central Library, NY--which is funded by the county and serves both systems--if Internet pornography were not banned, the Monroe County ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/legislation/851007-270/story.csp Legislation 386767@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45