All Staff Day

David Lee King indicated that he would be providing his PowerPoint (Emerging Trends: Web 2.0 and Libraries) to us and AD will put it on the intranet. His blog does not have the presentation posted yet. I will also put a link on this blog.

New Books

• Books on Fire: The Destruction of Libraries Throughout History by Lucien X. Polastron
• Library Board Strategic Guide: Going to the Next Level by Ellen G. Miller and Patricia H. Fisher
• Organizing Information from the Shelf to the Web by G.G. Chowdhury and Sudatta Chowdhury
• Negotiating Licences for Digital Resources by Fiona Durrant
• Adult Learners Welcome Here: A Handbook for Librarians and Literacy Teachers by Marguerite Crowley Weibel

Unshelved

http://www.unshelved.com/

New Books

• The Big Book of Library Grant Money, 2007 prepared by Information Today for the American Library Association
• The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection Development: Essential Core Subject Collections, Selection Criteria, and Guidelines by Diane E. Kovacs and Kara L. Robinson

New Additions

• Library Contests: A How-To-Do-It Manual by Kathleen R.T. Imhoff and Ruthie Maslin
• Neal-Schuman Directory of Public Library Job Descriptions by Rebecca Brumley
• Breaking the Mold: Innovative Libraries and Programs [DVD] by Library Video Network

FYI: Description on DVD case reads, "Journey to libraries around the globe as this program shows you innovative techniques and ways of thinking that improve library services."

RSS In Plain English

Here is a fabulous explanation of RSS in a YouTube video.

Librarian Song

Librarians have a new tribute song called, "Addy Will Know" by a band named SNMNMNM out of Chapel Hill, NC. It's rather catchy.