Library Journal RSS Feed Library Jounral en_us Fri, 17 May 2013 17:29:19 http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls INTEGRATED INTO THE FABRIC OF COMMUNITYM Top row, l.-r.: The jaunty Sammamish Library, one of LJ's New Landmark Libraries, anchors a new city center; the Snoqualmie branch bustles. Second row, l.-r.: KCLS's robust building program has produced many innova... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/890760-273/library_of_the_year_2011.html.csp John Berry III ManagingLibraries 777845@elibraryjournal.com Thu, 09 May 2013 17:29:11 There’s been an effort to make the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting “member-friendly,” so that more ALA folks will attend, and it shows. Held January 7–11 in beautiful San Diego, the conference program is loaded with interesting eve... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/887670-273/ala_midwinter_2011_preview_a.html.csp ManagingLibraries 680068@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:27:41 MAPPING THE IMPACT The dynamic site maps the different types of cuts nationwide and brings together local responses as a resource Sometimes we have to know what is at risk before we can engage in saving it. This summer, as public libraries continued... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/886071-273/losing_libraries_saving_libraries.html.csp Rebecca Miller ManagingLibraries 625580@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:27:41     The New Icons  The Ten New Landmark Libraries  Poplar Creek Public Library  Palo Verde Library/Maryvale Community Center  Cesar Chavez Branch Library  Hamilton Mill Branch Library  Durango Public Library  Sammamish Library  Appaloosa Branch Libra... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/890303-273/ljs_new_landmark_libraries.html.csp Louise Schaper ManagingLibraries 762360@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:22:51 As in many areas of the country, New Jersey libraries are struggling to meet higher demand and maintain critical services in the face of reduced state and local funding. And library space is at a premium without a lot of renovation money to go around.... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/891645-273/expert_makeover_library_transformers_bring.html.csp ManagingLibraries 808089@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:22:50 In this Article The Sponsors Library Journal ’s ninth Design Institute, held May 10, 2011, at the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis (and preceded by a tour of libraries on May 9), revolved around the idea that libraries’ role as a community c... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/891656-273/changing_spaces_exploring_future_user.html.csp ManagingLibraries 808296@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:22:31 Thirty years ago, the only person in a library looking for an electrical outlet was a blue-smocked cleaning person who had to plug in a vacuum cleaner with a very long cord. Now, hordes of patrons outfitted with amp-devouring laptops and cell phones ex... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/888543-273/the_quiet_plug_crisis.html.csp Mike Kelley ManagingLibraries 703143@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:21:12 In this Article Further Reading “Sure we’re accessible, there’s a handicapped sign on the boiler room door out back.” Does this sound like your library’s accessibility solution? Making your public library accessible to the handicapped can be complic... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/891649-273/is_your_library_accessible_.html.csp ManagingLibraries 808238@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 In this Article 21st Century Workforce Project Compass When the economy faltered, people turned to libraries for guidance. For many of the newly laid off, library staff were the first responders to their anxiety and confusion. As the economy clim... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/891517-273/a_boon_to_the_workforce.html.csp ManagingLibraries 803690@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Would you recommend The Brothers Karamazov? How about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? The “Twilight” series? Love them or hate them, you’re not alone. There are likely millions of other people out there who feel the same, and they are making their op... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/890519-273/crowdsourcing_ra__social_mediator.html.csp ManagingLibraries 769425@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 There is plenty on the conference program for almost any librarian at any level at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans, June 23–28. It may even be enough to keep you away from the many temptations of the bon temps i... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/890383-273/ala_2011__professional_programs.html.csp John Berry ManagingLibraries 765928@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25     The New Icons  The Ten New Landmark Libraries  Poplar Creek Public Library  Palo Verde Library/Maryvale Community Center  Cesar Chavez Branch Library  Hamilton Mill Branch Library  Durango Public Library  Sammamish Library  Appaloosa Branch Libra... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/890113-273/an_a-list_you_can_use.html.csp ManagingLibraries 756169@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Let’s not panic. We knew the news would be bad. Respondents to LJ’s annual book buying survey of public libraries nationwide reported that adult book budgets were down eight percent overall, the largest plunge recorded since the survey began in 1998. W... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/888879-273/ljs_book_buying_survey_2011.html.csp ManagingLibraries 713428@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Examining Library Journal ’s annual budget survey is like scanning a battlefield: there are bodies everywhere, the smoke and dust are blinding, and from over the horizon comes the unnerving sound of machines that promise either bitter havoc or sweet... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/888434-273/ljs_2010_budget_survey_bottoming.html.csp ManagingLibraries 697984@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 I WAS AT New Zealand’s ­annual library conference, ­LIANZA, held in late 2010 in Dunedin, and had an epiphany. After delivering my talk, “Working (Not Washing) Green into Your Library’s Mission,” which I sincerely thought was “on the edge” (the conferen... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/888776-273/our_zero-carbon_campaign__backtalk.html.csp Louise Schapper ManagingLibraries 710981@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 FOUR BRANCHES MAY STAY OPEN IN BOSTON The Boston Public Library is still facing unprecedented challenges, as the country’s oldest municipally funded library struggles to avoid the closure of four branches. Amy Ryan, the library’s director, has been neg... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/887669-273/news_desk_december_2010.html.csp ManagingLibraries 680061@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/887461-273/corner_office_interview_gates_foundations.html.csp ManagingLibraries 672674@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 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/managinglibraries/887538-273/in_the_country_of_anythink.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 675683@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 DCPL's Washington Highlands Interim Library. Photo c/o DCPL Residents had seen temporary libraries before. In the 1970s in the District of Columbia, 1000 square foot portastructures were built to serve as libraries for seven years. They were closed ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/886399-273/library_by_design_cover_story.html.csp ManagingLibraries 635712@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 When the 2010 annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) was assigned to Washington, DC, no one could have predicted that libraries (and the country) would be facing a collective budget crisis. So the Washington Convention Center tu... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/886133-273/ala_2010_lj_report_sweating.html.csp ManagingLibraries 627437@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 In the past few months—since December 25, 2010, to be specific—­ebook circulation and the number of ­ebook users has been skyrocketing in many libraries. Chicago Public Library doubled its ­ebook circulation, as did Siouxland Libraries, SD, Akron-Summ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/891747-273/secrets_of_ebook_success_.html.csp ManagingLibraries 810804@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:19:20 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/managinglibraries/891746-273/lessons_from_ohio__lj.html.csp ManagingLibraries 810797@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:19:10 Sanford Berman is American librarianship’s first and leading champion of library service to the poor and homeless, as Steve Lilienthal points out (“The Problem Is Not the Homeless”). Decades ago, Berman worked with the Minnesota Library Association’s S... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/890740-273/the_problem_is_poverty_.html.csp ManagingLibraries 777484@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:18:38 While the American Library Association (ALA) appoints task forces on ebooks that get mired in bureaucracy, the real worlds of book publishing and libraries move ahead rapidly, both struggling with budgets, changing mission, even survival. The demise of ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/891232-273/publisherlibrarian_dialog__editorial.html.csp ManagingLibraries 793422@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:18:35 For the past two days, my head has been spinning with numbers. As Andrew Beveridge, who started it all on the Oxford University Press (OUP) blog, said, I might have done better to listen to Mark Twain: “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damn lies, a... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/890879-273/what_numbers_cant_tell_us.html.csp ManagingLibraries 782578@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:18:24 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/managinglibraries/890973-273/finding_the_future_inside_nypls.html.csp Stan Friedman ManagingLibraries 785565@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:18:21 The number of people who are homeless is on the rise, as is library service for them. Still, many librarians and library administrators believe they cannot meet the needs of this group since homelessness is such a complex issue. It often reflects the ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/890752-273/the_problem_is_not_the.html.csp ManagingLibraries 777638@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:17:43 I may finally be over my scandinavian/ European/Singapore library envy. For years, librarians who traveled to these places touted them for being far ahead of U.S. libraries in service. They were there first with self-check, library cards for reservatio... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/890511-273/the_end_of_euro_envy.html.csp ManagingLibraries 769284@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:17:25 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/managinglibraries/890617-273/lj_2011_job_satisfaction_survey.html.csp ManagingLibraries 773195@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:17:23 “Because of the deep cuts in funding and services, the award-winning Library of the past no longer exists.” Those few words, included in a citizen’s report on North Carolina’s Charlotte Mecklenburg Library (CML), sum up what is a painful ­reality for th... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/890256-273/has_charlotte_survived__lj.html.csp ManagingLibraries 760289@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 18 May 2011 17:17:09 Amid a bitter political climate, punctuated by the rise of a virulent antitax group, voters overwhelmingly entrusted their libraries with their tax dollars in referenda held between December 1, 2009, and November 30, 2010. Operating revenue measures pa... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/889535-273/library_referenda_2010__vote.html.csp Beth Dempsey ManagingLibraries 736704@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:16:22 Everyone in town is proud of the Naturita Community Library (NCL). Thanks to tremendous local support and smart design, it is now housed in the largest straw bale library in America. The tiny, isolated town of Naturita, CO, population 665, according to... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/888540-273/labor_of_love_best_small.html.csp John N. Berry III ManagingLibraries 703121@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:15:52 At LJ , we may never have had so many budget-focused news stories as in this past year. We’ve chronicled cuts to individual libraries in funding, hours, services, staff, and buildings around the country. The cuts are now reaching new levels, however. ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/849599-273/the_new_cooperation__editorial.html.csp ManagingLibraries 372873@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:15:50 Last month brought news that Charles Brown was leaving his job as director of Charlotte Mecklenburg Library (CML), NC, effective June 30. The announcement took library directors around the country by surprise, especially since it was accompanied by the... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/888847-273/can_bankers_keep_our_books.html.csp ManagingLibraries 712844@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:15:36 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/managinglibraries/888585-273/opportunity_knocks__editorial.html.csp ManagingLibraries 704151@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:15:31 In Dean Marney’s curious article “The Internet Is Not All or Nothing” (BackTalk, LJ 11/1/10, p. 32) regarding the Internet, filters, yoga, and the North Central Regional Library (NCRL) court case in Washington State, he took aim at the basic foundations... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/888396-273/lj_backtalk_all_or_nothing.html.csp Kent Oliver ManagingLibraries 697238@elibraryjournal.com Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:15:05 UC Santa Cruz's launch of the enormously popular Grateful Dead archives met the Anythink rebranding effort and other public library initiatives on the winners list of the 2011 John Dana Cotton Library Public Relations Awards, announced on Saturday at a sm... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/888741-273/ala_midwinter_2011_five_libraries.html.csp Rebecca Miller ManagingLibraries 709772@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:15:02 William T. Cozby Public Library Coppell, TXARCHITECT PSA-DewberryTHE CHALLENGE The William T. Cozby Public Library, Coppell, TX, has been at its current two-story, 28,000 square foot location since 1995 and was last renovated in 2005. The addition of a ne... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884076-273/lj_design_institute_dallas_design.html.csp Staff ManagingLibraries 578681@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:14:06 On December 11, 2009, the same weekend that the UN Climate Change Conference was taking place in Copenhagen, approximately 90 librarians, library board members, architects, and vendors from 12 states convened for their own ecominded summit at the Dallas P... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884080-273/lj_design_institute_dallas_hands-on.html.csp Raya Kuzyk ManagingLibraries 578688@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:14:06 NO LIBRARIAN FROM THE NORTHEAST WHO CAN afford it will pass up a January week in beautiful San Diego with friends and colleagues, where the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting is being held. But few of the young, front-liners who woul... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/886749-273/blatant_berry_half_way_to.html.csp ManagingLibraries 647377@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:14:05 The Des Moines Public Library Board of Trustees has selected Greg Heid as the library's new director. The director of the Newton County Library in Covington, GA since 1999, Heid is scheduled to assume his new responsibilities in January 2011. He replaces... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/887429-273/des_moines_public_library_names.html.csp Michael Kelley ManagingLibraries 671865@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 It's a question that academic librarians ask themselves each time the new school year begins: how can we do a better job connecting with our students? Each new crop of students is an opportunity to create more awareness about library resources, establish ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/887245-273/connecting_to_the_iparent_.html.csp Rebecca Miller ManagingLibraries 665399@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45             More Libraries Rated; 63 New Stars Identified!  The LJ Index of Public Library Service 2010, Library Journal's national rating of public libraries, identifies 258 "star" libraries. Created by Ray Lyons and Keith Curry Lance, and bas... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/886935-273/americas_star_libraries_2010_top-rated.html.csp Rebecca Miller ManagingLibraries 655115@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 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/managinglibraries/886700-273/editorial_shame_on_the_antitaxers.html.csp ManagingLibraries 646576@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 “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/managinglibraries/886624-273/showing_our_strengths.html.csp Terry Jacobsen ManagingLibraries 644148@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 News highlights from LibraryJournal.com Anti-tax Ballot Measures Alarming Coloradans Public services in Colorado, including library services, could be devastated if three seemingly simple-and, to critics, complex and deceptive-tax rollback measures pass ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/886588-273/newsdesk_antitax_fever_e._cleveland.csp ManagingLibraries 642697@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The perfect politician, the ideal political ally to a library, is often but not always an elected official. He or she is always an effective champion of "reasonable financial support," i.e., "the amount...which a thoroughly competent librarian can spend w... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/886466-273/the_perfect_politician.html.csp John N. Berry III ManagingLibraries 637866@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Despite the grim economic circumstances in 2009, voters delivered an overwhelming vote of confidence to their local libraries. In fact, 84 percent of all operating referenda passed nationwide.Just a few of the successes: in Michigan, where the unemploymen... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884462-273/voters_step_up_library_referenda.html.csp Beth Dempsey ManagingLibraries 580635@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 SFPL says services won't be affected by shortened staff hoursProposed budget cuts may be reworkedUnions still in negotiations, could affect budget outcomeUnion steward confident measure will be overruledJust when you've heard it all, here's another variat... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884432-273/city_of_san_francisco_fires.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein ManagingLibraries 580467@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884428-273/charlotte_mecklenburg_library_to_close.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein ManagingLibraries 580454@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Database initiative would be axedCuts hit libraries disproportionatelyBroadband funds jeopardized For FY 2011, the state of New Jerseyhas proposed a drastic cut of74% in library program funding from the FY 2010 appropriation, which State Librarian Norma B... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884423-273/nj_proposes_74_cuts_in.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 580437@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Major planned cuts in state funding for libraries in New Jersey and Florida, and a closure of half the branches in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, NC, are being met with spirited resistance. After the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County a... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884416-273/pushbackagainst_proposed_cuts_in_nj.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 580401@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Library was to cost $37 million$2.1 million gap in assessment of valueRenovation could cost $27 millionLast November, LJ reported thatthe city of Madison, WI, was moving ahead on a $37 million new Central Library for the Madison Public Library. Mayor Dave... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884417-273/reversal_in_madison_plan_for.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 580403@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 State funding cut by one-third since 2001Branches would closePossibility for funding to be restored in committeeIn big red letters on its web site, the Florida Library Association (FLA) warns, "We Have Another State Aid to Public Libraries Legislative Cri... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884415-273/a_year_later_florida_legislators.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 580400@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Library gets five cents out of $100 in property taxesProposed $342,000 cut would be disproportionateLibrary has already made cutsOver the years, library advocates have often advised that, to ensure a dedicated funding stream, libraries should form indepen... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884403-273/city_of_lexington_ky_wants.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 580331@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 In absence of RFID standard, vendor transparency is importantBe prepared for push-back fromstaff and patrons that are resistant to changeA/V materials continue to be a challenge, but there is hope'Radio frequency identification (RFID) can be a valuable to... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884401-273/webcast_report_the_power_and.html.csp Dodie Ownes ManagingLibraries 580317@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884398-273/charlotte_mecklenburg_library_reconsidering_closure.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 580306@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 All branches open eight hours a day for five daysFewer job lossesRemaining staffers face 5-20% pay cutA week after announcing that they had no choice but close branches in the wake of a $2 million budget cut for the last three months of the fiscal year, t... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884395-273/charlotte_mecklenburg_library_will_keep.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 580304@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Cuts expected in next three to five yearsSavings on resources key, but not easy to implementOpen access offers no short-term savingsNeed to emphasize ROIA new guide from the Research Information Network-established by the higher education funding councils... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884393-273/in_uk_academic_libraries_face.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 580300@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 How to update strategic planningHow to avoid 'planning fatigue';Looking beyond circulationKeeping libraries relevantMost public library strategic plans consistently fail to offer the 'clarity'; library leaders and library boards need to develop pragmatic ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884352-273/pla_2010_conference_a_reality.html.csp Barbara A. Genco, Editor, Colle ManagingLibraries 580067@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 One guard needed in each branchSeveral unannounced closures dailyFull staff may be achieved mid-AprilA civil service snafu causing a delay in hiring security guards has led to periodic branch closures at the Free Library of Philadelphia (FLP). Because FLP... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884347-273/guard_shortages_subject_philly_branches.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein ManagingLibraries 580046@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Programs on reading and classicsLincoln at the librariesDigitization and preservationLibraries are getting a small slice of the recently announced $16 million in grant awardsfrom the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), which is funding 286 humani... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884306-273/neh_grants_funds_for_library.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 579854@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884302-273/pla_2010_conference_the_lssi.html.csp Brian Kenney ManagingLibraries 579844@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The municipal budget proposed for the fiscal year starting July 1 recommends the closure of three branches among six locations (five branches plus main library) of the Portland Public Library, ME, according to the Portland Press-Herald. And the Indianapol... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884280-273/more_branch_closures_possible_in.html.csp LJ Staff ManagingLibraries 579704@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Response to controversy that began in November 2008More measured and transparent approach"Club good" versus "public good"OCLC today released a new draft policy on record use for the WorldCat bibliographic database, titled "WorldCat Rights and Responsibili... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884277-273/oclc_proposes_new_worldcat_records.html.csp Josh Hadro ManagingLibraries 579692@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Audit requested by funding agencyWill be considered by task forceStill, major funding needs for capital projects remainThe Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) may be in better shape than it professes, according to an audit report conducted on behalf of A... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884274-273/carnegie_library_of_pittsburgh_has.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 579684@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Save Ohio Libraries acts as levy clearinghouseSophisticated advocacy effortsMore first-time levies emergeSince state support for Ohio's public libraries was cut 30 percent this last summer, many library systems have launched local levy efforts for operati... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884273-273/ohio_pls_place_operating_levies.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein ManagingLibraries 579681@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Scenarios summarizedBump of one percent in city fundingDecision now goes to MayorUpdated April 9: The Boston Public Library Board of Trustees hasendorsed the plan to close four branches. Updated April 12: Sam Allis, columnist for the Boston Globe, thinks ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884268-273/updated_boston_public_library_board.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 579668@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Reversal of 2006 voteSeniority and "bumping" an issueOnly librarians involvedAfter librarians of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County faced staff reductions in 2005, they agreed in early 2006 to join the Service Employees International Uni... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884247-273/cincinnati_library_union_decertified_by.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 579561@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 What a split personality of a PLA! Those of us from LJ who attended the Public Library Association conference in late March in Portland, OR, ricocheted from news about budget cuts, layoffs, and shortened hours (while libraries remain busier than ever) to ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884245-273/from_pole_to_pole_at.html.csp Francine Fialkoff, Editor-in-Ch ManagingLibraries 579549@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Materials cut six percent42 positions to remain unfilledWeekend hours especially affectedNext year could be much worseHouston Public Library (HPL) will implement substantial service cuts beginning April 17, as it must reduce its current Fiscal Year (FY) b... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884238-273/houston_pl_cuts_service_hours.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein ManagingLibraries 579523@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Part of $193 million via USDA$2.6 million for library in North Carolina$1.5 million for library in TennesseeLibrary services in rural communities will receive more than $7.2 million in loans and grants, thanks to stimulus funding from the United States De... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884220-273/rural_library_services_get_7.2.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 579403@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Library recently absorbed mid-year cutThree scenarios for FY11Budget will be decided in JuneNext year may be much, much tougher for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, NC, which could see its budget cut by more than half, losing $17 million of $31 million ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884213-273/charlotte_mecklenburg_library_prepares_for.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 579371@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 $82 million over two yearsHours could be cut nearly in halfPotential closingsHundreds of layoffsBudget endgame hasn't yet arrivedFor libraries in New York City, it's waiting time, as potentially devastating cuts in Mayor Mike Bloomberg's proposed FY2011 b... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884203-273/libraries_in_nyc_protest_proposed.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 579325@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Library commission reopens searchTimeline unclearNeed for the "right fit"Though the Tulsa City-County Library, OK, has been looking for a new CEO since November, the process is going slowly, with the search reopened after three finalists were chosen, thou... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884202-273/in_tulsa_search_for_library.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 579319@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 No silver bulletGive elected officials opportunities to shineFoundations may helpWhat's the best way to ensure public support for a library? Consistent advocacy, in good times and bad, according to Tom Galante, CEO of the Queens Library, the 2009 Gale/LJ ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884185-273/pla_2010_conference_tough_decisions.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 579232@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The board of the Boston Public Library, as LJ reported earlier this month, has decided to close four branches to cope with budget deficits largely caused by a decline in state aid. Now, however, some state legislators want to withhold all state aid if any... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884157-273/if_state_legislators_have_their.html.csp LJ Staff ManagingLibraries 579092@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884150-273/sla_announces_winners_of_rising.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein ManagingLibraries 579055@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The New York Public Library (NYPL) today debuts what it calls "the world's largest automated sorter of library materials, a 238 foot, room-sized system of conveyors, lasers, computers and book bins," at the new Library Services Center in Long Island City.... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884144-273/nypl_debuts_quotworldaposs_largest_automated.html.csp LJ Staff ManagingLibraries 579022@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Library aid almost axed last year60,000 messages in six weeksAlliance with counties also helped Riding a legislative roller-coaster similar to that in 2009, Florida library advocates have successfully staved off proposals to eliminate Florida's State Aid ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884125-273/after_months_of_lobbying_florida.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 578947@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Regional reference center libraries will endCut in continuing ed, advisory servicesDelivery remains, but changes in ILLThe Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC), in response to "draconian budget cuts," will consolidate its six regional offic... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884121-273/ma_to_consolidate_regional_systems.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein ManagingLibraries 578914@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Seven-day servicealready reduced in AprilUnion, advocates, library leaders argue against cutsCap on retirements would mean young librarians get laid offLos Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has proposed what seems to be a stable budget for the Los Angele... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884109-273/los_angeles_public_library_faces.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 578878@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 State aid was cut last yearMost first-time levies succeedLosers must reduce servicesOhio citizens demonstrated their support of libraries yesterday, as 86 percent of library levies passed. Out of the 29 initiatives, 25 were successful; 18 out of 21 new le... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884101-273/86_of_ohio_levies_pass.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein ManagingLibraries 578854@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 $3 million loss must be made upBacklash against spending on arenaCommenters support library,butshow ignorance about operationsIn April, the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library (IMCPL) Board of Trustees said it was considering closing four to six bra... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884098-273/indianapolis_library_branches_unlikely_to.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 578831@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 You've heard the buzz about building green libraries, but what about green library operations? You know, the things we do every day to give our customers a great library experience, like cleaning the floors, registering new cardholders, and leading a stor... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884079-273/let_quotgreenquot_creep.html.csp Louise L. Schaper ManagingLibraries 578689@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Having received the largest grant in the history of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, $10.7 million, the Cambridge Public Library restored its 27,200 square foot landmark main building and expanded it with a striking 76,700 square foot gla... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884078-273/a_cutting-edge_undertaking.html.csp Ann Kim ManagingLibraries 578685@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 When Louise Schaper opened the new Fayetteville Public Library (FPL) in Arkansas in 2004, she brought the state's second LEED Silver-certified building to completion. The green building fulfilled a community expectation for sustainable innovation establis... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884075-273/lead_with_green_qampa_with.html.csp Rebecca Miller ManagingLibraries 578677@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Ritter Public Library in Vermilion, OH, didn't start out aiming to be the greenest library in the state, but, this summer, it's new addition will achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold or Platinum certification. Currently, o... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884070-273/leed-er_of_the_pack.html.csp Ann Kim, Freelance Writer and E ManagingLibraries 578658@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Convention-goers have seen the greening of library shows-think online-only preconference guides, totes constructed of recycled materials, fewer water bottles. Now they can start to expect the same sustainability savvy from some of their library vendors as... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884066-273/vendorsapos_exhibits_trend_green.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein, Contributing ManagingLibraries 578644@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884064-273/ever_evolving_sla_conference_preview.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein ManagingLibraries 578634@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/managinglibraries/884005-273/jay_lenoaposs_bad_library_joke.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 578335@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Five years of raises mandated in contractUnion did not set up meeting on concessions42 employees laid offThe Las Vegas/Clark County Library District (LVCCLD), NV, faced with a $5.5 million shortfall over the next fiscal year, is cutting hours, materials, ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/883988-273/las_vegasclark_county_library_district.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 578240@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Six locations too many for 63,000 people compared to peer librariesFlat budget for three yearsBeyond the bookmobile to mobile services andnew spacesFaced with three years of flat funding and the closure of two of five branches, the Portland Public Library... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/883970-273/portland_public_library_me_to.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 578138@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Salary freeze; part-timers lose hoursOverdue fines go up30 positions lost over two yearsFacing flat revenue and $838,000 in increasing costs, the Lexington Public Library, KY, Board of Trustees has passed a $13.9 million budget for FY 11 that includes the... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/883961-273/lexington_public_library_ky_cuts.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 578118@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Making a building agreen building is just the start of library leadership of sustainability, says Louise Schaper.The recently retired director of the Fayetteville Public Library, AR (LJ's Library of the Year 2005),instilled green practicesthroughout the l... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/883948-273/take_green_inside_sustainable_operations.html.csp ManagingLibraries 578021@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Now 24 locations, it could be 20, or eightTermination costs could hit $4 millionWaiting to see if county, municipalities respondThe Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, faced with a recommended $17.7 million county contribution for FY 011-a nearly 50% drop- has... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/883946-273/charlotte_mecklenburg_library_closes_three.html.csp Norman Oder ManagingLibraries 578019@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Severe cutbacks for upcoming fiscal yearAward-winning library in relatively affluent cityFriends to plan for another millage in NovemberThe Troy Public Library, MI, which serves a city of 80,000, will close its doors on June 30, 2011, unless a last-gasp m... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/883945-273/troy_public_library_mi_scheduled.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein ManagingLibraries 578017@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Library-A-Go-Go vending machinesFlexible operational models keep buildings openSmall gateway facilities whet users' appetitesA group of California librarians (and architect Christopher Noll) yesterday demonstrated to a standing-room-only crowd how they ar... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/managinglibraries/884333-273/pla_2010_conference_thinking_outside.html.csp Brian Kenney ManagingLibraries 579995@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45