The April 14, 2008 issue of the Christian Science Monitor had a very good article on small-town libraries called “The charms of a small-town library: Modern libraries may have up-to-the-minute technology, but they lack the friendly, nostalgic feel of their older counterparts.”
“There has been talk of building a new library in our town. Some […]
The NMRLS Regional Systems Librarians group is hold their quarterly meeting at the Tyngsborough Public on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 10 am:
“Come join us at Tyngsborough Public Library, as our host and Tyngsborough’s Director, Randy Robertshaw dishes and demos two innovative systems he is using at his library.
Randy will discuss his use of Joomla […]
Registration for the 2008 ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium being held November 2-4, 2008 at Doubletree Oak Brook hotel in Oak Brook, Illinois is now open:
http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/Main_Page
Costs:
# $300 for ALA members, TechSource subscribers (Library Technology Reports or Smart Libraries Newsletter), and students
# $350 for nonmembers
# Registration will be limited to 350 people, so […]
Library Revolution had the following interesting post about the 2008 Computers In Library talk on Newspapers and Politics:
“Libraries can learn so much by looking at what other industries have done, the challenges they have faced, and the concerns they are thinking about when building these online community interfaces.
Especially helpful here was the notion of […]
Here are some notes from James Grimmelman’s presentation Copyright, Technology, and Access to the Law: Old Problems and New Solutions. Grimmelman teaches at New York University’s School of Law (and puzzles with Codex).
Many sites give access to legal information, like justia.com. The state of Oregon got upset with them for posting their law and sent […]
Oh, the things I learn from reading Babbledog at work. John Palfrey, who has been the executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society for years, is leaving his post to become the new vice dean of library and information resources at Harvard Law School. While Palfrey’s new job heralds a major change […]
The early bird registration for the Mass Library Association Annual Conference must be postmarked by today, April 18, 2008! You can register online.
For more info:
http://www.masslib.org/conference/2008Conference/
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Liane Hansen of National Public Radio is filing audio postcards from a trip to Egypt. On Sunday, she gave us a picture of the library at Alexandria.
Is it just a coincidence that she’s telling us about Egypt now when Wikimania will be there in July?
Did you read last Sunday’s comic Opus where Opus has a nightmare about a library book he didn’t return? It made me think of v and her dislike of stories about books long overdue because Opus’ dream begins with his third grade librarian showing up to tell him he still hasn’t returned Green Eggs and […]
The Massachusetts Library Association Annual Conference is being held on May 6-9, 2008 at Sea Crest Resort and Conference Center in Falmouth, Massachusetts (Cape Cod):
A partial list of speakers:
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