Library Journal RSS Feed Library Jounral en_us Thu, 16 May 2013 17:29:18 http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls Back in June 2010, John Warner of the Morning News took on the moniker “Biblioracle” and invited people to write to him with the titles of the last five books they had read so he could “predict” their next read. He was so overwhelmed with responses t... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/890008-271/facebook_ra.html.csp Alison Kastner LibraryCulture 751651@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 02 May 2013 17:29:04 Beyond the sprawling Denver International Airport, there’s little to put Adams County, CO, on the map. The region’s light rail only stretches south, so Adams County, a mostly working-class zone to the northeast, has come late to growth. There’s no cen... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/887538-271/in_the_country_of_anythink.html.csp Norman Oder LibraryCulture 675683@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 The package from Amigos Library Services, Dallas, arrived in my mail one week before I was scheduled to deliver the closing keynote talk for the Amigos Member Conference 2011 last May. Why would I be getting a package for a virtual conference? What w... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/891899-271/a_conference_wherever_you_are.html.csp Steven Bell LibraryCulture 816968@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:19:24 This is an early release of the editorial that will appear in the Sept. 15, 2011 issue of Library Journal. THERE WAS JOY IN SOME QUARTERS OF LIBRARYLAND in late August when LJ’s Annoyed Librarian (AL) blog went down for a day and then briefly several m... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/891492-271/annoyed_strikes_again__editorial.html.csp LibraryCulture 802919@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:19:02 THE BRIGHT, NEW YOUNG LIBRARIANS graduating from our LIS programs are the best news in this awful period of library decline. Every semester my classes at Pratt Institute in New York and Dominican University in the Chicago suburb of River Forest bring a... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/891491-271/enlist_the_new_librarians_.html.csp LibraryCulture 802914@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:18:55 Photo by Jonathan Blanc They came wearing bowties and fancy hats, skinny jeans and peasant blouses. They came armed with smartphones, tablets, and laptops. On the evening of Friday, May 20, 500 young adults gathered at the New York Public Library (... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/890973-271/finding_the_future_inside_nypls.html.csp Stan Friedman LibraryCulture 785565@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:18:21 A recession that has rocked the bottom lines of libraries nationwide has not, despite any expectations to the contrary, managed to unseat the basic satisfaction of the workers who keep them ticking every day. That workforce is just as likely to choose ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/890617-271/lj_2011_job_satisfaction_survey.html.csp LibraryCulture 773195@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:17:23 Libraries, Ebooks, and Competition Ebooks and the Retailization of Research Ebook Sanity E-Texts for All (Even Lucy) People keep writing articles about how valuable libraries are, even with ebooks and the Internet and all. Well, doh. Of course... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/885871-271/libraries_ebooks_and_competition.html.csp Hellman LibraryCulture 618389@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:15:26 The conversation about body scanning of air travelers turned sour and fatuous. Participants on ALACOUN, the American Library Association (ALA) Council discussion list, voiced concerns about the exposure of genitals, especially those of juvenile humans.... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/887664-271/ala_midwinter_2011_-_blatant.html.csp LibraryCulture 680028@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:14:57 In politics, there is a term known as the “big tent.” It is used to represent a diversity of groups that are united under one political party. Though these groups often differ in their stances on certain issues, they have enough in common to be drawn t... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/887733-271/backtalk_we_need_big_tent.html.csp LibraryCulture 681763@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:14:28 “Any questions?” library director Sasha asked her department heads, sitting back. A real Political Animal, Sasha nodded as the debate opened around the table. Within seconds, Fly-off-the-Handle Sue had protested the new administrative proposal. Slowpo... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/886624-271/showing_our_strengths.html.csp Terry Jacobsen LibraryCulture 644148@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Seattle PL Survey Shows Generational Change A new community survey conducted by the Seattle Public Library shows heavy use and satisfaction with services. It also provides evidence of significant generational change among patrons, as well as advice on ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/886113-271/newsdesk_budget_issues_ebooks_copyright.html.csp Kevin Henegan LibraryCulture 626994@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Does Tonight Show host Jay Leno think libraries are worth much? Apparently not. In his monologue May 11 (at about the three-minute mark), Leno cracked, "People here in Los Angeles are upset that the mayor's proposed plan to cut the budget of libraries... ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/884005-271/jay_lenoaposs_bad_library_joke.html.csp Norman Oder LibraryCulture 578335@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The comic strip Unshelved's 2008 Pimp my Bookcart contest, sponsored by Smith System, drew nearly 100entries, includingbookcarts turned into food carts, a fire truck, and a bookmobile. First Prize went to Food for Thought, created by student employees of ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/862467-271/pimp_my_bookcart_contest_winners.html.csp Norman Oder LibraryCulture 444540@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 When I was a kid, we used to say that when the New York Times wrote about a new band or other pop culture phenomenon, it was already old. Librarians who read the Times's front-page story on urban fiction, or street lit, last month must have been thinking ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/862325-271/editorial_from_street_lit_to.html.csp Francine Fialkoff, Editor-in-Ch LibraryCulture 443829@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Mutual respect key to teen library useFlickr and YouTube keep teen users engagedTeens should help design their virtual as well as physical library spaceOver 700 attendees participated in the June 10 webcast of Teen Spirit in the Library: Best Practices fo... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/861430-271/story.csp Dodie Ownes LibraryCulture 439355@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 How did Stan Friedman, senior research librarian, Condé Nast Publications, New York, sit in a recliner for more than 29 hours and watch endless sports on large-screen television to win the ESPN Zone Ultimate Couch Potato Competition January 2? He credits... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/860455-271/librarian_doesnapost_fry_as_supreme.html.csp Staff LibraryCulture 434478@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The annual ranking of America's most literate cities (population 250,000 and above) issued by Central Connecticut State University (www.ccsu.edu/AMLC07/overview.htm) shows that Minneapolis, which came in second behind Seattle in the two previous rankings,... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/860453-271/twin_cities_most_literate_but.html.csp Staff LibraryCulture 434469@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 'You don't get rich,'; says one librarian from a large university in the Pacific Northwest about her work, 'but you are rewarded in so many ways.'; Another, from the Northeast, says she enjoys 'creating order out of chaos.'; Many say they are book lovers.... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/860446-271/story.csp Andrew Richard Albanese LibraryCulture 434434@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 If you don't want to miss rock star librarian Nancy Pearl in any of her various media formats-book, radio show, television-there's a new one to track: 'Terrible Things.'; This dance theater performance based on the life of Pearl's daughter features 'a T-R... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/856241-271/story.csp LibraryCulture 413368@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesLibrarian gets West email about cutting out librariansWest rep acknowledges mistakeCould West make amends by participating in Price Index?Thomson-West, for the second timethis summer, has found itself in con... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/855629-271/west_marketing_message_urges_bypass.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein LibraryCulture 410337@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswire for more stories(This article first appeared in the March 26, 2009, issue of the LJ Academic Newswire.) Last month, the decision by faculty of Rutgers University's School of Communication, Information and Libr... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/854579-271/story.csp Andrew Albanese LibraryCulture 405081@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/854181-271/library_journal_debuts_comprehensive_new.html.csp LibraryCulture 403081@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Ten organizations craft initial response to H.R. 801Letter sets tone for new battleLaw is bad for economy, transparencyGo back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesA coalition of major library organizations, public advocates, and research... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/854177-271/in_new_letter_library_associations.html.csp Andrew Albanese LibraryCulture 403061@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Bill counter to Obama's pledge for openness in government?IP subcomittee abolishedNIH without public access advocate ZerhouniGo back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesAs library officials expected, the Fair Copyright in Research Works ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/854074-271/new_wrinkles_as_bill_banning.html.csp Andrew Albanese LibraryCulture 402542@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 If I had my way, we'd adopt the Greek definition of the prefix para-'at or to one side of, beside, side by side';-to describe the role of the non-MLIS librarian in libraries today, rather than the English definition. In English, says the dictionary, para ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/853694-271/editorial_not_yet_equal.html.csp Francine Fialkoff, Editor-in-Ch LibraryCulture 400619@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 An Associated Press-Ipsos poll released August 21 revealed that one in four adults failed to read a book in the past year. 'Of those who did read,'; the AP said, 'women and older people were most avid, and religious works and popular fiction were the top ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/851514-271/book_news_ap_poll_says.html.csp Michael Rogers LibraryCulture 389304@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A few years ago, I wrote a column called 'Five Easy Pieces'; (LJ 11/15/04, p. 25) to help answer the question, 'Are you focused on the right tasks, solving the right problems?'; I suggested the following strategies: 1) be a first-time user; 2) search like... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/851135-271/digital_libraries_three_hard_things.html.csp Roy Tennant LibraryCulture 387401@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/851130-271/san_jose_slis_embraces_second.html.csp LibraryCulture 387376@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/851051-271/in_europe_a_library_erotica.html.csp Staff LibraryCulture 386982@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/libraryculture/850888-271/editorial_the_new_yorker_on.html.csp Francine Fialkoff, Editor-in-Ch LibraryCulture 386165@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45