New Materials

• To the Contrary: A Discussion of Issues from Diverse Perspectives (Public Libraries & Online Medical Resources) - DVD
• Developing Better Readers and Writers Using Caldecott Books by Kathryn I. Matthew
• The Storytime Sourcebook II: A Compendium of 3500+ New Ideas and Resources for Storytellers by Carolyn N. Cullum

New Book

• Field Guide to Emergency Response

FYI: Contains DVD and forms.

Pew Internet & American Life Project

Both Stephen Abram's Stephen's Lighthouse and Michael Stephens' Tame the Web have recent postings about the Pew Internet & American Life Project with a quiz (scroll down past the vast empty space) that you can take that will show where you fall in the Pew Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users. The results are very interesting and indicate that Web 2.0 is pretty far along. I would expect that many in our field would fall into the Pew category of Omnivore (more empty space) despite the median age of 28 for that group. I am an Omnivore. What are you?

New Books

• The New Downtown Library: Designing with Communities by Shannon Mattern
• Measuring Library Performance Principals and Techniques by Peter Brophy

New Book

• 101+ Great Ideas for Teen Library Web Sites by Miranda Doyle

New Book

• The Big Book of Teen Reading Lists: 100 Great, Ready-to-Use Book Lists for Educators, Librarians, Parents, and Teens by Nancy J. Keane

FYI: The lists cover many different subjects and genres, are annotated and include page count.

New Book

• Managing Facilities for Results: Optimizing Space for Services by Cheryl Bryan