From the Honolulu Star Bulletin:
\”State librarian Virginia Lowell is slated to get a pay raise from the Board of Education tomorrow, which would boost her annual salary to $108,000 from the current $85,302.\”
Jill
Unlikely kicking guru kick-starts punters
You guessed it, the unlikely guru is a former librarian! In this story from The Nando Times, Geoff Calkins writes:
\”You wouldn\’t think she\’d know anything about kicking,\” says James Gaither, the Memphis punter. \”But she knows everything there is to know.\” Meet Carol White, former high school librarian, current kicking guru and possible savior-passing-through at Memphis.\”
Creators defend kids’ sex book
Katie Pesznecker from the Anchorage Daily News has written a follow up to an earlier article about the kids\’ book \”It\’s Perfectly Normal\”.
\”Robie Harris knows there are parents who don\’t want their kids reading about masturbation, homosexuality and orgasms. And that\’s fine with Harris, the author of \”It\’s Perfectly Normal,\” the sexual health book under challenge in Anchorage school libraries.\”
The color of Internet access
ALICIA CALDWELL of the St. Petersburg Times writes:
\”In what is the largest national survey of computer use, the U.S. Commerce Department today released statistics that show African-American and Hispanic children are far less likely to have a computer at home than white children. Consequently, computer access at schools and public libraries is particularly important to these youngsters as computers increasingly become life tools in the 21st century.\”
The story goes on to describe what libraries and schools in Tampa Bay are doing to provide access.
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Speaking Volumes
Kevin Kipp from the St. Louis Commerce Magazine writes about the state of academic libraries in Missouri and how technology has improved services.
\”The world of libraries has changed because of technology,” says Karen Luebbert, vice president and executive assistant to the president at Webster University. “The key now is access rather than possession.\”
There is also a synopsis of Missouri\’s academic libraries showing volumes, budget and technology.
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Archiving the Past, but Embracing the Future
From the New York Times, a biography/informational article about Rodney Phillips, the director of the Humanities and Social Services Library at NYPL.
JOHN KIFNER writes: \”This is an amazing edifice, built to honor education and culture,\” Mr. Phillips said. \”I was so lucky to get that job out of library school.\”
Adults in charge-The quiet of libraries shouldn’t be disrupted by unsupervised
This editorial in the Seattle Times responds the the articles about libraries becoming day cares.
Denise Ward writes:
\”To those who say the library is a \”great place for kids,\” and everyone should be welcome, I say No, the library is not for everyone.\”
Students losing part-time home when main library locks doors
Wayne Risher from the Memphis, TN
Commercial
Appeal news writes:
\”Like it or not,
libraries
are
day cares, hangouts and meeting spots, as well as
places for bookish pursuits. \”
The Central Library will be closing for two months to
move to a new building. Parents and kids are having to
find other \”day care\” options. Day care centers have
noticed a slight increase in enrollment.
\”A couple of parents have told me they\’re signing up
because the library is closing,\” said Thomas. \”I think
we\’re going to get a lot.\”
Anti-theft device needed for library books
This from Japan reporting that the Tottori
Prefectural Library was found to have lost 6400
volumes since it opened in 1990. In recent months
several libraries have reported losses. They are
considering installing a Book Detection
System.
The Asahi Shimbun reports:
\”The prefecture\’s administrative surveillance team
was brought in, with the governor\’s strict orders to get to
the bottom of the matter. Governor Yoshihiro Katayama
apologized in public for his own “supervisory
oversight,\’\’ and served a written warning to the chief
librarian.\”
Price of access – Local libraries weigh use of Web filters, free speech
This article reports on the state of filtering in the
Eastern Shores Library System in Sheboygan County
WI. They say they will stop accepting e-rate grants
rather than add filters. They are trying other popular
monitoring techniques such as placing terminals near
reference desks and using time limits.
ANNE DAVIS of the Journal Sentinel writes:
\”Placement of the terminals was a key factor in the
library board\’s decision not to install filters, she
added.\”
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