Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Audio Conference on CD-ROM

  • Small Business Connections - delivered 06/08/07 (Urban Libraries Council)

FYI: Each audio conference unit contains a CD-ROM of the conference audio plus access to event materials. The accompanying binder also contains printed materials.

New Additions

  • Heart of the Community: The Libraries We Love edited by Karen Christensen and David Levinson
  • Using XML: A How-To-Do-It-Manual by Kwong Bor Ng
  • The Content Management Handbook by Martin White
  • Crash Course in Web Design for Libraries by Charles P. Rubenstein

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

New Additions

  • Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog (2007 Supplement to the Ninth Edition)

FYI: According to the Preface, "Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog is a selective list of fiction and nonfiction books recommended for young people. It also lists review sources and other professional aids for the librarian and school media specialist."

  • Going the Distance: Library Instruction for Distance Learners edited by Susan J. Clayton
  • The Author Event Primer: How to Plan, Execute and Enjoy Author Events by Chapple Langemack

FYI: This book contains sample letters, legal forms, checklists, and contact information plus other valuable information to help anyone plan an author event on any scale.

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Politeness Allowed @ Your Library







The Buckham Memorial Library in Faribault, MN has replaced their various “NO” signs with this one.



Tuesday, August 7, 2007

New Books

  • Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow's User edited by Nancy Courtney
  • Staffing the Modern Library: A How-to-Do-It Manual by John M. Cohn and Ann L. Kelsey
  • Using Interactive Technologies in Libraries edited by Kathlene Hanson and H. Frank Cervone