http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/wo/libraryjobs.pdf
This is the legislative proposal of the American Library Association in which it asks for a one-time investment of $650 million dollars from the federal government that would be distributed through the Institute of Museum and Library Services and that would create up to 13,000 library jobs.
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6699218.html
Library Journal offers statistics here on library jobs and pay in 2009.
http://www.thejointlibrary.org/autism/
This website offers a video and other resources to help library staff learn how better to help library customers who have autism.
http://www.doublex.com/section/arts/judy-blume-i-was-margaret
The Web magazine doubleX offers this interview with noted author Judy Blume.
The ALA Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) offers its eleventh annual list of the best free reference web sites.
http://sites.google.com/site/areadablefeast/
Reader’s advisory tips and programming ideas for librarians working with cookbooks are found here. In addition, there is a history of cooks included and help with collection development relating to cookbook collections and more.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/04/future.library.technology/
An interesting article by CNN reporter John D. Sutter about the future of libraries and librarians and what some libraries and librarians are doing now to provide help and services to customers who do not have a real interest in books.
http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/
“This site is a collection of public library holdings that we find amusing and maybe questionable for public libraries trying to maintain a current and relevant collection. Contained in this site are actual library holdings. No libraries are specifically mentioned to protect our submitters who might disagree with a particular collection policy”–From the Website. This blog is entertaining but may also have information on titles that can help you with weeding decisions in your library.
A project of the Internet Archive, the Open Library aims to create a web page for every book in existence. Currently a very young beta site, the infrastructure has been created and approximately 20 million records are currently searchable. Full records contain typical metadata fields as well as an image of the book.
Wolfram|Alpha has been getting a lot of buzz lately, but if you haven’t come across it yet, it is a “computational knowledge engine.” What does that mean? Well, I could try to explain it to you, but Phil Bradley has done a much better job than I could: Phil Bradley’s post on Wolfram|Alpha.
Most important thing to note: This is NOT a search engine. But, really, please read the post above before trying it out. It will save you a number of frustrations.
Oh, and for the time being, you might want to confirm information you find here in a second source. I did a search for “Memphis” and noticed that the current time was incorrect.
http://www.oclc.org/reports/onlinecatalogs/fullreport.pdf
This is OCLC’s report showing the results of the research its staff did in 2008 on online catalogs. The report includes the enhancements that both users and librarians would like to see in online catalogs. There is also an Executive Summary of the Report available.
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Thanks to Caroline Barnett from Cordova for this post.
The Tennessee Library Association offes this page that provides a comprehensive list of links to resources of job training and unemployment and other job-related resources to help library customers and links to resources to help libraries in these tough economic times.
http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/april2009/nlw08bbtopten.cfm
And Tango Makes Three continues to top the list of most frequently challenged books in libraries, according to the ALA in this press release. The remaining most frequently challenged titles are also included.
The American Library Association offers this article on how the March 2009 issue of Woman’s Day magazine has stories on how libraries have helped people. The article also talks of the contest Woman’s Day is sponoring, which asks women 18 and over to submit stories on how resources in libraries helped them to save money, find jobs, and provide necessary resources during these tough economic times. This initiative continues an eight-year partnership between the ALA and Woman’s Day.
