The Special Libraries Association Boston Chapter’s kickoff is on Wednesday, September 22, beginning at 6 pm at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum at Columbia Point in Boston. It’s an excellent opportunity to network with some of the area’s information professionals, learn about the chapter’s activities, and tour the museum and library. Registration information [...]
This month’s American Libraries has a discussion between a Gen X librarian and an older librarian about a survey of leadership traits valued by public and academic library directors that bothered many young librarians. The article covers issues related to the lack of young librarians, how young librarians view library leaders, and what library managers [...]
Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science Dean Michele Cloonan shares some thoughts about librarians’ roles as the “custodians of culture” when it comes to saving the mememtos of terrorism, disaster, and war in Monumental Preservation: A Call to Action in the September 2004 American Libraries. She illustrates her article with some incidents [...]