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Press Release from Library Juice Academy

Online Workshops a Growing Opportunity for Professional Development

August 23, Los Angeles:

Conference attendance is a major professional development activity for academic librarians, but tight budgets and a desire for greener alternatives to air travel are leading many librarians to participate in more local regional conferences, and and in online workshops and courses. Local and regional conferences give librarians an opportunity to network with other professionals in their geographic area, while online workshops provide the benefit of focused educational opportunities, often allowing librarians to participate as their schedules allow, and often earning Continuing Education Units. Continuing education opportunities for academic librarians are sometimes provided by academic LIS programs and by ALA's divisions, but as the market for online workshops has grown, a growing need has emerged for more diverse course offerings. -- Read More

I doubt I'll post anything with a better headline this week... Big ups to Gawker for that one. New York University has enclosed the atrium of the school's main academic library with randomly perforated aluminum screens, in an effort to curb suicides while completely mindfucking the NYU population, reports The New York Times' City Room.

Cornell University Library’s Hip Hop Collection has Announced Cornell University Library’s Hip Hop Collection is honored to announce the appointment of DJ Afrika Bambaataa as a visiting scholar for a three-year term.

Bambaataa will visit Cornell’s campus in Ithaca, NY for several days each year to meet with classes, talk to student and community groups, and perform.

This is the first faculty appointment for a hip hop pioneer and legend at a major university.

Cornell University Library is the home of the largest national archive on hip hop culture, documenting its birth and growth by preserving thousands of recordings, flyers, photographs, and other artifacts.

Details and updates, such as schedules, photos, and events will be posted on this space.

[Thanks Ken!]

Need to read The Art of War? At Texas A&M’s libraries, the odds are ever in your favor. The library’s new orientation and marketing video is a ‘tribute’ to the bestselling YA book The Hunger Games and its movie adaptation.

The article contains clips of the video. Take a look and let us know what you think of them in the comments. Good? Bad? Cheesy? Awesome? Let us know what you think.

Full article here.