LISNews: Librarian News

Ruth writes:\"I am wondering if other libraries
(both public and academic) have seen the same
increase in overall usage we have seen. It seems like
since \"The Goblet of Fire\" came out every
library in our system has seen a significant jump in
usage, both adult and childrens. Are other systems
seeing this same phenomenon?\"

Interesting...
Harry did wonders for Amazon.com, is he doing the
same for libraries?Could this be his true magical
powers?

A while back Rory did a little

Story on server side stuff, logs, etc...
Something happened recently and got me thinking
about this, and I thought I would do the same. For those
of you who don\'t know, most web servers allow the
folks that run them to keep track of what\'s going on and
how busy things are. It\'s interesting for me to poke
through the logs and see how people are finding the
site, and what they are looking at, and junk like that. So
read on to learn more about some of the inner
workings here at LISNews.com -- Read More

Blaira writes \"I would like to know how other medium sized public libraries do their collection development (specifically the staffing component) Does one librarian do all the buying for a system, or a committee, or does each branch order separately.
Which works better, both for the library budget and the patrons? \"

My question is, are committees ever the best way to get something accomplished?

You may have noticed a lack of email and headlines from LISNews lately. That was mostly due to the fact that I (Blake Carver) was sick, and I started a new job that is keeping me pretty busy.

How can you post your own stories? Who am I? What is this all about? Where do the ads come from? Why don\'t the headlines by email work? Read on for all the boring details. -- Read More