Libraries in the News

Libraries in the News http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:13:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 State officials join campaign to save Pittsburgh branches http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=579 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=579#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:13:14 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=579 State and local officials called on the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh November 12 to keep all of its branches open. The officials also want the library to provide them with more complete financial information, host a forum for elected officials and the public, and commit to holding its December 14 board meeting in public. But only two of the 43 board members showed up for a November 14 tour organized by state Rep. Chelsa Wagner, whose neighborhood branch would close in February….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=579 0 Infants learn sign language at Florida library http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=577 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=577#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:12:26 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=577 Babies and their parents head to Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library in Venice, Florida, on Tuesdays for a fun-filled time of learning and interaction. The free, 45-minute Baby Rhyme and Sign Time, geared toward newborns to 2-and-a-half-year-olds, combines nursery rhymes, baby sign language, and music. The program was developed by youth librarians Sheila Kaufer and Anna Coleman. Signing is a way for young children to communicate before they can speak….

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]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=577 0 Alabama school libraries struggle http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=574 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=574#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:09:40 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=574 Library media specialists in Alabama are seeking out new funding sources for books and other needs, or they are struggling to make do with what they have, after the state eliminated funding for school libraries this year. State funding, doled out to schools at $175 per teacher unit, totaled $8.5 million last year before proration, which reduced state funding by 11% across the board. That already was down from $200 per teacher unit, or $9.7 million, the year before….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=574 0 Opposition to outsourcing mounts in Nevada County http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=572 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=572#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:08:48 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=572 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Petition-signature gatherers have hit the streets in hopes of convincing the Nevada County (Calif.) Board of Supervisors against contracting operation of the public libraries to a private company. The petitions will eventually be presented to the board, according to Madelyn Helling, former county librarian who is working to keep the libraries under county management. Library Friends fear the outsourcing could drive off dedicated employees during a recession, and fear an out-of-area private company would not care about local needs….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=572 0 Board president denounces closing of Colton libraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=570 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=570#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:06:27 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=570 Five days after the abrupt November 12 decision to close the only two libraries in Colton, California, library board President Peter Carrasco was anticipating an outpouring of library support from disaffected area residents at the city council’s November 17 meeting. He got his wish: Some 100 people crowded into the council chambers to make their voices heard. Carrasco told American Libraries that the library board was “left completely out of the loop” by city management, which made the decision without first consulting with trustees. ALA President Camila Alire has issued a statement on the closings….

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]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=570 0 Aurora voters reject library funding http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=568 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=568#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:12:27 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=568 Voters in Aurora, Colorado, rejected a ballot initiative November 3 that would have increased local property taxes in order to help fund the city’s cash-strapped library system, putting four local branches at risk of closure. Under the budget approved by the city council, the Chambers Plaza, Iliff Square, Mission Viejo (above), and Hoffman Heights branches will now be tagged for closure in 2010. The budget will also see the elimination of more than 100 staff positions from the Library and Cultural Services Department. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=568 0 Stroudsburg’s boxing librarian http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=566 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=566#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:11:44 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=566 Bill Lowenburg, librarian at Stroudsburg (Pa.) High School, gave a presentation on “Hooking Off the Jab: Norman Mailer and Boxing” at the annual conference of the Norman Mailer Society held October 23–24 at the Library of Congress. Lowenburg is uniquely qualified to grasp the subtle interplay between boxing and writing in Mailer’s work: He fought in amateur bouts when he was younger and recently started training young fighters at a local gym. In addition, he is an accomplished photographer. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=566 0 Plan to keep Reading branches open http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=564 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=564#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:10:19 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=564 A new plan is being hatched to keep open the Reading (Pa.) Public Library’s three neighborhood branches. According to Mayor Tom McMahon, the idea was conceived at a November 9 meeting. The city would kick in $100,000 to pay for utilities. The United Way would provide federal stimulus money to help pay for the resource center work of the main library, freeing up those funds for branch operations. The community foundation and the library board would supply some money, and volunteer help would be needed. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=564 0 Graphic-novel grants help New Jersey libraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=562 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=562#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:09:43 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=562 Graphic novels can be funny, childish, romantic, and scary. And as both publishers and librarians can testify, they’re amazing at promoting reading among kids, teens, and even adults. The Newfield (N.J.) Public Library is looking forward to adding more books to its shelves in coming months thanks to a recent grant. It is one of 14 small libraries in the state awarded $3,000 grants administered by the New Jersey State Library to either establish or grow their graphic novel collections. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=562 0 12 indicted in Prince George’s County book theft ring http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=560 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=560#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:09:00 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=560 Twelve people have been charged with checking out more than $140,000 in books from Maryland colleges and community libraries and selling them for quick cash. Prince George’s County prosecutors announced the indictment November 10. About $87,000 worth of books were taken from the Prince George’s County Public Library alone between November 2008 and July 2009. Officials said the thieves targeted high-priced science and medical textbooks. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=560 0 Library flood damage surpasses $7 million http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=558 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=558#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:08:14 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=558 The cost to repair the Louisville (Ky.) Free Public Library from August’s flash flooding has surpassed $7 million, with full use of the building not expected until late spring, Director Craig Buthod said. The amount is $2 million more than previously estimated. Three of five new boilers on order were installed last week, and on November 9 a large crane set a new chiller in place. The boilers are providing “the first heat we have been able to generate” since the flood, Buthod said. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=558 0 Sonoma County system to shut down for 10 days http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=556 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=556#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:07:37 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=556 Declining property tax revenue has prompted the Sonoma County (Calif.) Library to schedule a 10-day shutdown over the holidays to help achieve a $1.7 million budget cut. All 13 libraries will be closed from December 24 to January 4, with more than 200 library workers and managers furloughed for that period, Library Director Sandy Cooper said. The website and online services will shut down as well. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=556 0 Secrets of the New York Public Library stacks http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=554 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=554#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:06:45 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=554 The New York Public Library, with its landmark headquarters at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, is a marvel of big numbers. It is undergoing a $1.2-billion makeover in preparation for its 100th birthday. Built from 1899 to 1911, it cost $9 million, contains 530,000 cubic feet of white Vermont marble and 125 miles of shelving, and opened with an inventory of one million items. Here are some little-known highlights of this fabled institution. (A pair of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s slippers, anyone?). Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=554 0 Anchorage library faces deep cuts http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=552 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=552#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:05:34 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=552 If the Anchorage, Alaska, city council approves the $7.4-million budget for next year that Mayor Dan Sullivan has proposed, the libraries will have lost 13% of their city funding in just two years. Loussac Public Library Director Karen Keller said she’ll likely be cutting the hours of the smaller branches to reduce costs. A group of about 80 people gathered at the Loussac Library November 10 for a town hall meeting to offer up ideas on how to change that. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=552 0 Boston rally protests statewide cuts http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=550 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=550#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:04:35 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=550 About 200 library staff and trustees from across Massachusetts gathered outside the Statehouse in Boston November 4. Holding signs and chanting, “Don’t close the books on our libraries,” the librarians hoped their demonstration will help stave off further budget cuts to the state library system next year. Last week, Gov. Deval Patrick cut nearly $800,000 from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners budget, and more cuts are planned. A simultaneous rally was held in Bridgewater. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=550 0 It may cost too much to close libraries in Reading http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=547 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=547#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:25:57 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=547 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Concerned citizens in Reading, Pennsylvania, have been brainstorming about how to keep the three branches of the Reading Public Library open ever since the board announced in late October that it had to close the three facilities at year’s end and lay off nine of the 20 branch library workers, leaving the city with one operating library. There seemed to be no other choice because the library was losing more than $650,000 in local and state aid from its original FY2010 operating budget of $2.7 million. Ironically, it could be the fiscal fallout of the closure itself that may ultimately avert the shutdown….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=547 0 Levy landslides make history in Ohio http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=545 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=545#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:24:59 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=545 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#0066CC; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Election Day in Ohio reaped an unprecedented show of library support: Voters in Ohio approved 29 of the 37 library levies placed on ballots by cash-starved public libraries reeling from 11th-hour cuts to state aid for FY2010–12, with one more apparently passing but close enough to require a recount. The impressive display translates into a reprieve for 81% of the library systems that turned to Ohioans in the wake of an 11% loss in state aid. Coupled with declining state-tax revenues, libraries are enduring budget cuts of 20%–25%, the Ohio Library Council explained November 4….

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]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=545 0 Local company donates town library and senior center http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=542 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=542#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:08:51 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=542 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#0066CC; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Nearly the whole town showed up October 31 for the dedication of the largest gift in Townsend, Massachusetts, history: a new town library, meeting hall, and senior center built by container manufacturer Sterilite Corporation. The company is the town’s largest employer. The town had been trying to build a new senior center and library for decades, but there was never enough money. Sterilite President Al Stone emphasized that the gift was from all the company employees, who wouldn’t settle for less than a top-notch facility….

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]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=542 0 Students protest closed library at Lincoln University http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=540 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=540#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:07:17 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=540 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> The library at Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania, has been closed for renovations since January 2008, and student Amelia Sherwood was frustrated with delays in obtaining library books. After learning that the renovation was dragging because the university did not get enough money from the state to proceed with the $17-million project—and after finding a moth in her salad in the cafeteria—she went on a hunger strike. When campus security tackled her for distributing flyers, other students joined the protest….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=540 0 US News & World Report: Tapping online power of libraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=538 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=538#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:05:31 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=538 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Once seen as a threat to the need for public libraries, the internet has proven the opposite, says Sari Feldman, PLA President and executive director of the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public Library. “The web has instead generated new interest in public libraries,” she says. Web links to premium resources are just part of the draw. Most libraries also provide PCs and web access to those who don’t have them at home. In addition, libraries are teaching people how to use their computers and conduct web research….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=538 0 Utah’s Marriott Library restored http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=535 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=535#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:42:32 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=535 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#0066CC; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Two expensive globes that made an overland wagon trip to the new Utah territory in 1852 stood as a metaphor for the $79-million renovation of the University of Utah’s Marriott Library at its October 26 rededication. While the globe restoration returned them to their condition in 1850, the library renovation profoundly transformed the 1968 building, changing its appearance, internal flow, seismic resilience, and how students use it….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=535 0 Japan to create huge manga library http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=533 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=533#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:40:31 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=533 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#0066CC; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> A collection of more than 2 million comic books will be housed in a new Tokyo International Manga Library, scheduled to open in 2015 on the grounds of Meiji University. The new library aims to elevate the study of manga to the same level as other academic subjects. It will also house fanzines, animated drawings, video games, and other cartoon-industry artifacts. The idea for the library emerged after the university received a collection of more than 140,000 titles from the late manga critic Yoshihiro Yonezawa….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=533 0 Library mergers proposed at University of Iowa http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=531 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=531#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:38:59 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=531 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#0066CC; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {mso-style-priority:99; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Four libraries could merge at the University of Iowa in an effort to trim $1 million from the library budget, Librarian Nancy Baker said. Under the proposal, the Mathematical Sciences Library would merge with the Main Library, and the Psychology Library would merge into the Hardin Health Sciences Library. The Physics and Geoscience Libraries would merge into a remodeled Biological Sciences Library next summer. About 35 faculty and students have signed a petition opposing the measures….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=531 0 Mary Dempsey loves Chicago’s library http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=529 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=529#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:37:35 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=529 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey—a woman who oversees an annual operating budget of about $100 million and a roster of some 1,200 employees, the first woman to head the board of trustees at DePaul University, and a personal friend of Mayor Richard M. Daley—loves the library and wants it to be at its best, down to the smallest detail. And since 1994, when she took over the joint, Chicago’s library system has, by nearly all accounts and by virtually every measure, thrived….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=529 0 Pittsburgh officials hope to head off branch closings http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=527 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=527#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:36:41 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=527 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#0066CC; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Some 250 residents who turned out for a public meeting October 24 on the planned closing of four Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh branches heard Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Library President and Director Barbara K. Mistick announce that the targeted branches may get a reprieve. The officials told the crowd that a plan was in the works to raise $1.2 million in local and state funds to cover the library system’s budget shortfall….

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]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=527 0 Dragon Ball manga to stay off Wicomico school shelves http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=525 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=525#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:07:26 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=525 Wicomico County (Md.) Superintendent of Schools John Fredericksen announced October 15 that a controversial series of Japanese graphic novels has been removed from all school media centers. A school review committee determined that the Dragon Ball manga books were inappropriate. Fredericksen said that as a result of this incident, public schools in the county are instituting more focused and ongoing professional development training on the selection of media materials. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=525 0 Toronto Reference Library gets renovation funding http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=523 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=523#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:06:37 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=523 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined Mayor David Miller at the Toronto Reference Library to announce that $3 million ($2.9 million U.S.) in federal infrastructure money would go to renovating the building. The money represents one-third of the budget for a renovation to the library. When it is finished in March 2011, the library will have an expanded public gallery, a new entranceway, and new computer workstations. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=523 0 Oregon sends books to China http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=521 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=521#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:05:56 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=521 Nearly 1,000 boxes of books at the Oregon State Library were loaded into an ocean-transport container October 15 to be shipped to China. The boxes of surplus books were donated by libraries, churches, stores, and individuals who wanted to help libraries in Oregon’s sister province of Fujian, China, serve English-language learners. The largest donor was the Portland State University Library with 324 boxes. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=521 0 Pennsylvania school libraries feel the pinch too http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=519 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=519#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:05:17 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=519 In recent months, school librarians in Pennsylvania joined their counterparts in public libraries in trying to lobby legislators to restore proposed cuts to library funding. While the hit to the general state subsidy for libraries was reduced from 50% to the final reduction of 20.1%, librarians were not able to protect the Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic Resources (POWER), a service that allowers users to view materials in other libraries, from severe cuts. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=519 0 Southern Maine’s Osher Map Library reopens http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=517 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=517#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:04:40 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=517 Fifteen years after their founding, the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education reopened October 18 in their expanded, prominent space on the University of Southern Maine campus in Portland. The map library welcomed the public to its new home after being closed for nearly two years. The $12.3-million project provides the map library with four times the space it previously occupied. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=517 0 Former trustee: Ban Maya Angelou from school libraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=515 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=515#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:01:30 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=515 An autobiography by renowned author Maya Angelou has become the latest book in Orange County, California, to be challenged as unfit for school libraries. Judy Ahrens, a former Westminster School District trustee, took to the podium October 19 at the Huntington Beach city council meeting to read a scene from Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings that details the rape of an 8-year-old girl. The reading was a demonstration on why the book should be banned. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=515 0 Denver mayor restores library funds http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=512 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=512#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:00:51 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=512 Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, bending to pressure from city council members, restored about $910,000 in cuts October 14 from the Denver Public Library in the proposed 2010 budget. The additional library funding will allow the Byers branch to remain open for another year. He also plans to restore hours to the Central Library and five branches. Read more…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=512 0 FEMA says Cedar Rapids library must move http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=510 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=510#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:09:16 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=510 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> The Federal Emergency Management Agency has decided that Cedar Rapids, Iowa, must build its new downtown library on a site other than the site of flood-wrecked library on First Street along the Cedar River. City Council member and mayoral candidate Brian Fagan slipped the announcement of the FEMA decision into the mayoral debate October 13 at Coe College. Fagan said the FEMA decision would bring with it an extra $4 million in disaster payments for the library….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=510 0 Nevada City library faces privatization or closings http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=508 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=508#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:07:17 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=508 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#0066CC; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> The survival of the Nevada County (Calif.) Library beyond June 2011 may require either privatization or crippling budget cuts that would close some branches, according to a report issued October 8 by County Executive Officer Rick Haffey. With finances going more than $400,000 into the red over the next 20 months, county supervisors voted October 13 to explore an outsourcing partnership to save money. Some library supporters expressed reservations about the proposal….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=508 0 Wicomico library examines graphic novels http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=506 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=506#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:05:12 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=506 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> The 24 Dragon Ball manga books at the Wicomico Public Library in Salisbury, Maryland, have been pulled from the shelves. It’s not simply that they may contain nudity, but also because the library staff isn’t sure in which section to shelve them. Library Director Tom Hehman said his staff is conducting an “internal reconsideration” of the series of graphic novels after one discovered in the Pittsville Elementary and Middle School library by a 9-year-old student earlier this week was found to contain nudity and sexual innuendo….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=506 0 Beauvoir library to be rebuilt http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=504 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=504#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:04:05 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=504 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> A new presidential library soon will sprout from the ground at Beauvoir in Biloxi, Mississippi, with a statue of Jefferson Davis looking on where the former Confederate president wrote and reflected in the final years of his life. The statue used to stand in the Presidential Library that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Beauvoir Director Richard Forte said October 6 that a $10.4-million contract has been signed to rebuild the library with J. C. Duke and Associates of Mobile, Alabama….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=504 0 Rare Amundsen photo found in Australian collection http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=502 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=502#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:01:45 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=502 The National Library of Australia in Canberra has uncovered a rare photo of the arrival of Roald Amundsen’s 1911 expedition at the South Pole. The image, part of a personal career-highlights album by photographer Edward Searle he called Tasmanian Views, was discovered by National Library of Norway curator Harald Ostgaard Lund while he was searching the NLA collection on the internet. It is the only print taken from the original negative of the event….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=502 0 Library patron finds long-lost father http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=500 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=500#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:52:21 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=500 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Some might think the library is only good for finding books, but Marquita Johnson knows different. Through the help of four employees at Bartow (Fla.) Public Library, she found her father, Earl V. Whipple (right), whom she had not seen since she was 6 years old—56 years ago. For 25 of those years, she thought he was dead, based on information from a police officer in Los Angeles. To her surprise, she found two public directory links and a military record….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=500 0 School-library time rationed in Brooklyn http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=497 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=497#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:50:42 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=497 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Students and parents at a Brooklyn middle school are fuming after they were pushed out of their newly spruced-up library by an expanding charter school. Junior High School 126 kids have severely limited access to the cozy, mural-painted reading spot this year so the three charters sharing the Greenpoint building can use the space for planning, meetings, and small classes. Access to the library for more than 400 middle schoolers will be restricted to one side of the space for less than two hours each day, with an extra hour on Wednesdays….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=497 0 School librarian changed a boy’s life http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=495 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=495#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:49:33 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=495 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Olly Neal grew up in Arkansas during the 1950s. He didn’t care much for high school. One day during his senior year, he cut class and wandered into the school library. He stumbled onto a book written by African-American author Frank Yerby. And the discovery changed the life of a teenage boy who was, in Neal’s memory, “a rather troubled high school senior.”…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=495 0 Pittsburgh to trim five branches in 2010 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=493 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=493#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:48:14 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=493 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#0066CC; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> For the first time in its 114-year history, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will close five of its 19 branches next year to cover a projected $1.2 million budget deficit. The library will also trim its staff by 30 people and reduce operating hours 28% starting in January. Fees and fines will be increased as well. By 18–4, the library board of trustees voted October 5 to close the Lawrenceville, Beechview, West End (above), and Hazelwood branches, and merge the Knoxville and Carrick branches….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=493 0 Attorney slams Oak Brook library, 11-year-old girl http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=491 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=491#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:47:16 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=491 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#0066CC; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Telling her mother that she wanted to come to the aid of a library under attack, 11-year-old Sydney Sabbagha stood at the podium before the Oak Brook, Illinois, village board on September 22 (at 43:00 in the video). “I used to go to the library knowing there were people there to help me find a book. Now there is no one to help me,” Sydney said solemnly. Then up stepped 69-year-old criminal attorney Constantine P. Xinos (right, at 54:50 in the video), who admonished, “Don’t cry crocodile tears about people who are making $100,000 a year wiping tables and putting the books back on the shelves,” Xinos smirked, referencing fired Director Meg Klinkow Hartmann….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=491 0 Oak Brook lays off library director, four others http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=489 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=489#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:22:28 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=489 Village officials laid off Oak Brook (Ill.) Library Director Meg Klinkow Hartmann and four other employees in early September as part of a “restructuring” recommended by a consulting firm, Library Associates Companies, hired to find ways to cut the library’s budget. Youth Services Librarian Sue Madorin has been named interim director. The layoffs prompted some residents to register complaints at the village board meeting September 22. The move came only a few weeks after the staff filed a petition to join the Teamsters union….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=489 0 Childhood essay by Paul McCartney found in library http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=487 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=487#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:21:09 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=487 A prize-winning essay on Queen Elizabeth’s coronation by a 10-year-old Paul McCartney was found among records at Liverpool’s Central Library by Kevin Roach while he was researching a book on the Beatles songwriter. McCartney won a prize for the 300-word essay in a city council competition on May 27, 1953. Roach discovered the volume in March in a library collection marked “coronation events”….
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]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=487 0 Michigan lawmakers slash library budget http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=485 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=485#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:19:59 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=485 Michigan legislative conference committees agreed September 27 on a reduced budget for the state education department, which included a cut in library funding from the current $10 million to $6 million. Rep. Terry Brown (D-Pigeon), chair of the conference committee, was the lone no vote for the education budget. “A lot of our libraries have a difficult time existing as it is,” Brown said….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=485 0 Huffington Post: Banned Books Week: Still needed in the United States http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=483 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=483#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:19:19 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=483 Joan E. Bertin and Chris Finan write: “For a country that venerates its First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech, the United States tries to ban books with alarming frequency. Stick a pin in each place where there’s been a challenge to a school or library book, and you’ll have a map of the United States that looks like a hedgehog in need of a haircut. As the late, great, and much-censored author Kurt Vonnegut would say: And so it goes.”…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=483 0 Salinas draws 15,000 to its centennial http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=481 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=481#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:17:54 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=481 <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-alt:”Century Gothic”; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#0066CC; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {mso-style-priority:99; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> In just four hours, 15,000 people gathered September 27 at the three branches of Salinas (Calif.) Public Library—John Steinbeck, El Gabilan, and César Chávez—for a simultaneous celebration of the library’s 100th birthday that included entertainment, a read-out, birthday cake, and the sealing of a time capsule. Library Director Elizabeth Martinez told American Libraries that the success of the event “just tells me how grateful the people are that the library is back.”… Read More…

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=481 0 Google Books Settlement hearing delayed http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=479 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=479#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:51:31 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=479
After the Department of Justice recommended September 18 that a federal judge reject the Google Books settlement (see Karen Coyle’s analysis of the DOJ’s concerns), the parties involved in the Google Book Search settlement have asked a federal court to postpone an October 7 fairness hearing while they work out a new deal (PDF file). The court is expected to agree. Meanwhile, Google seems to be preparing for victory by purchasing reCAPTCHA and contracting with On Demand Books to let Espresso Book Machine owners print out and bind public-domain books from its database….
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]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=479 0 Book banning attempts continue http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=477 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=477#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:50:12 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=477 What do books from the Harry Potter series, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Little Red Riding Hood have in common? All have faced removal from library bookshelves in the United States. In many cases, it is only through public intervention that books are saved from confiscation or from being kept under lock and key. From coast to coast, libraries and bookstores will battle censorship and celebrate the freedom to read during Banned Books Week, September 26–October 3….

]]> http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?feed=rss2&p=477 0 Students donate books for Alabama Black Belt http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=474 http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=474#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:47:48 +0000 ilovelibraries http://www.ilovelibraries.ala.org/news/?p=474 University of Alabama students, faculty, and staff, and Tuscaloosa community members are taking part in “Books for the Alabama Black Belt,” a campaign designed to put a book in the hands of the more than 30,000 children in the Alabama Black Belt. The campaign is an effort to help children in the 12 Black Belt counties develop a passion for reading and learning at an early age. The program has been going on for the past three years….

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