November 2008

What Are Your Librarian Favorite Blogs? Put Them On The Blogs To Read In 2009 List!

Walt’s Post reminded me it’s never too early to start thinking about 10 Blogs To Read in 2009. Well, ok, so maybe there was a time it was too early, but that time has passed. Let’s start thinking about our favorite blogs.

What blogs do you read every day? What blogs help you learn? What blogs keep you informed? What blogs make you laugh? Who’s the best writer out there?

When building my list, I like to think of it this way: ‘I read many others, but these are the LIS blogs that read even when time is short’

Your list doesn’t need to be complete or fair. I’m looking for input from as many people as possible so the final list doesn’t miss anyone new or overlooked. My goal again this year, 10 blogs that, when followed as a group, paint a complete picture of what’s going on in our little world.

Before your nominate, take a look at past winners, they aren’t eligible for 2009:

10 Blogs To Read in 2006
http://www.lisnews.org/node/17775

10 Blogs To Read In 2007
http://www.lisnews.org/node/20341

The LISNews 10 Blogs To Read In 2008
https://lisnews.org/node/28830

You can leave a comment below, hit the contact form, or send an email to btcarver at the lisnews.COM domain.

November 13, 2008 by Librarians Libraries

Video games and libraries

The Ottawa Citizen: Many families have made room for video games in their homes alongside the bookshelves and magazines, so it should come as no great shock that the Ottawa Public Library has done the same. Public libraries are, after all, a community’s living room.

While it might be tempting to view the introduction of video games within the sacred precincts of a library as worrisome, even a blow for reading, that interpretation is short-sighted.

November 13, 2008 by Libraries

And Tango Makes Three Wins One In California

Despite a push to have it banned from Chico Unified School District, a book some parents found offensive will remain on library shelves among picture books and easy-to-read children’s literature.
Three parents challenged “And Tango Makes Three” by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, on grounds that it was not appropriate for its targeted 3- to 8-year-old audience.

But a committee formed to review the book denied the challenge, said Carolyn Adkisson, director of elementary education.

November 13, 2008 by Libraries School Libraries

D.C. Libraries: Not a Homeless Shelter, Especially in the West End

Washington City Paper: On July 18 the West End Library Friends issued a report detailing recommendations they wanted to see in any new redevelopment plans concerning this prime West End parcel.
It’s hard to be shocked by the results of a library report, but the document issued by the West End Library Friends clearly could use some sensitivity training: “Those who do use the library are older, wealthier, better educated, and less racially diverse than the general population of the District; and, therefore, the collection, programs, and services for this particular branch, like all branches, should be tailored to the population it serves.”

November 13, 2008 by Libraries

SCOOP: Dewey’s Life to Become a Film

Big story!!!!

Dewey Readmore Books’s (a library cat who lived at the Spencer Library from 1988 to his death in 2006) story, recently published as a book will become a movie!, and Dewey’s adopted mother, librarian Vicki Myron, who has since retired from the Spencer (IA) Library will be played by the great Meryl Streep!!! It is not known who will be cast as Dewey…

The movie’s working title is “Library Cat”, here’s the scoop from Variety. (I feel a little like Liz Smith today) …hot-chaa!

November 13, 2008 by Libraries

Bush E-Mail Records Could Be Lost To History

Since the presidential transition from Ronald Reagan to George H.W. Bush, George Washington University’s National Security Archive has been a watchdog of federal e-mail preservation policies. Most recently the archive, which manages a library of security documents, joined a lawsuit that seeks to hold the George W. Bush White House and the National Archives and Records Administration accountable for backing up and cataloging electronic records, which must be preserved under the Federal Records Act and the Presidential Records Act.

NationalJournal.com’s Theresa Poulson spoke with Meredith Fuchs, the general counsel to the National Security Archive, before the election about the risks of the upcoming transition and the organization’s expectations for the next president. Edited excerpts follow.

November 12, 2008 by Legal Issues Libraries

Book Causes Parental Stir in Florida

TAVARES (FL) — A book in a middle school library already has upset one parent. David Myers, of Tavares, brought the book “Me, Penelope” to school board members Monday and read a sexually explicit passage involving a 16-year-old girl.

Myers’ 12 year old daughter, a student at Tavares Middle School, checked the book out after getting permission from the librarian, he said.

“I’m to the point right now where I’m about ready to pull my daughter out and start signing the check to private school,” Myers said. “But 95 percent of the parents of the kids that go to these schools can’t do that.”

November 12, 2008 by Books Libraries School Libraries

San Diego Mayor has made no friends at libraries

Library advocates have launched a campaign to encourage residents to write to their City Council representatives to oppose a plan to close seven branch libraries as a cost-saving measure.
Mayor Jerry Sanders announced a series of proposed budget cuts Wednesday to help close a $43 million mid-year deficit. In addition to libraries, he also suggested shutting down 10 recreational facilities.

November 12, 2008 by Libraries

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