American Libraries articles from May 2005

American Libraries archives from May 2005

Chapters Serve as Career Boosters
May 1, 2005... The purpose of a chapter is to promote general library service and librarianship within its geographic area and to cooperate in the promotion of general and joint enterprises within ALA and other library groups.--ALA Bylaws, Article V In my...

Unauthorized e-mail solicitor halted.(American Library Association's name illegally used by Raven magazine)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... ALA legal counsel has forwarded a "cease and desist" letter to the publisher of Raven magazine for the "infringing, unauthorized, and illegal use" of the Association's name after an unknown number of members received an e-mail March 17...

SRRT task force seeks poor-policy review.(Social Responsibility Round Table)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... ALA's SRRT Hunger, Homelessness, and Poverty Task Force is challenging policymakers and front-line librarians to review the Association's Library Services for Poor People Policy 61 in the wake of recent news reports about public libraries...

Candidates sought for president, Council.
May 1, 2005... The 2006 ALA Nominating Committee is soliciting candidates for the offices of ALA president and councilor-at-large. The committee will select two candidates to run for president and no fewer than 66 candidates for the 33 at-large Council...

Honorary member nominations open.
May 1, 2005... Nominations are being accepted for ALA honorary members, the Association's highest honor, which is bestowed on living citizens of any country whose contributions to librarianship or a closely related field are so outstanding that they are of...

Cultural Fund receives $350,000 grant.(American Library Association's Cultural Communities Fund )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... ALA's new Cultural Communities Fund has received a $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Challenge Grant and more than $200,000 in contributions from individuals and organizations. A July 31 deadline has been set to raise...

AASL joins 21st Century Skills.(Association of Architecture School Librarians)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... AASL, represented by its Executive Director Julie Walker, has joined the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, formed in 2002 with support from the U.S. Department of Education. The ALA division will assist the organization in driving the...

Free passes available for Mexico Book Fair.(American Library Association and Guadalajara International Book Fair offers free passes to librarians)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... ALA and the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) are partnering for the ninth year to provide support for up to 150 ALA members to attend the 19th FIL Book Fair, to be held November 26-30 in Mexico. The deadline is August 20. The...

East Carolina U forms student chapter.(East Carolina University)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, is the first institution accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) to create an ALA student chapter, which becomes the Association's 53rd student...

LRRT newsletter goes electronic.(ALA News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The LRRT newsletter will move to an online-only format beginning with the spring 2005 issue. "The cost of printing and mailing our spring and fall newsletters has risen significantly in recent years," said LRRT Chair Stephen Wiberley....

Five more join world campaign.(El Salvadoran Librarians Association, Library Association of Ireland, Norwegian Library Association, Nova Scotia Library Association, Library Boards of Nova Scotia )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The El Salvadoran Librarians Association, the Library Association of Ireland, the Norwegian Library Association, the Nova Scotia Library Association, and the Library Boards of Nova Scotia (representing public library trustees in the province)...

For you always.(Augusta branch Facilities' signboard along with A.L.A. Public Library Association)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... FOR YOU ALWAYS is the tagline for a promotional billboard posted along the JC Calhoun Expressway, a major commuter route between East Central Georgia Regional Library System's Augusta-Richmond County and Columbia County branches. The sign,...

Me? A librarian?(W. Michael Havener speaking at Ferguson Library's South End branch )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... ME? A LIBRARIAN? W. Michael Havener, director of the University of Rhode Island's GSLIS, addresses attendees at a BCALA Connecticut Chapter-sponsored librarian-recruitment luncheon February 19 at Ferguson Library's South End branch in...

ALTA Can Play Vital Role in Libraries
May 1, 2005... Library trustees and advocates can play an important role in achieving the many goals of our profession. Within ALA, they find a home in the Association for Library Trustees and Advocates (ALTA), which stands alone as the only national...

Demographic survey launched.(American Library Association )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Members are urged to participate in an online demographic informational survey expected to be posted on the Association's website (www.ala.org) early this month. The survey results will be used to improve programs and services, to present...

LIS collection access available.(Ebrary offers library science collection)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... To celebrate National Library Week, April 10-16, Ebrary began offering free one-year access to its 55-title library science collection, which is integrated with American Libraries magazine's members-only digital archive...

Congress Debates Sunset Provisions of Patriot Act
May 1, 2005... The U.S. Senate and House held oversight hearings April 5 and 6 on the USA Patriot Act, the first in a series of planned congressional debates to consider whether to renew the 16 portions of the law set to expire at the end of the year. ...

GAO Reports Slam FCC Oversight of E-Rate
May 1, 2005... A March 16 report by the Government Accountability Office found fundamental flaws in both the e-rate program, which funds discounted telecommunications services to libraries and schools, and in the program's oversight by the Federal...

Nixon Library Director Promises to Release Tapes, Papers
May 1, 2005... Responding to critics who fear that the transfer of former President Nixon's materials from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington to his library in Yorba Linda, California (AL, Mar., p. 17-18), will jeopardize public...

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.(adult literacy fund planning)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... In its budget resolution adopted March 17, the Senate approved a $5.4-billion amendment by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) to restore President Bush's proposed cuts to adult literacy funding.

Ted Kooser.(appointed to Library of Congress)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Ted Kooser--who received a 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry April 4 for his book Delights and Shadows--to a second term as poet laureate (AL, Dec. 2004, p. 31).

James Madison.(presidential papers of James Madison placed on the Library of Congress's website)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The presidential papers of James Madison have been placed on the Library of Congress's American Memory website at lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/madison_papers/.

Library Copyright Alliance.(supports Copyright Office to change copyright law )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The Library Copyright Alliance, which includes ALA and four other library associations, filed comments with the U.S. Copyright Office March 25 supporting a change to copyright law to address orphan works--copyrighted works whose owners are...

Delegation Inspires Fundraising Drive to Reopen Bedford Library
May 1, 2005... Inspired by a visit from a delegation of national and state library leaders, residents of Bedford, Texas, will attempt to raise $400,000 to reopen the town's library, which closed its doors March 30 after the city council slashed $2.6 million...

Judge Blocks Philadelphia from Further Cuts
May 1, 2005... A Philadelphia judge issued an injunction April 7 that blocks the city from reducing hours at an additional 10 Free Library branches or laying off any more library employees until July 1. However, Common Pleas Court Judge Matthew D. Carrafiello...

U.K. Needs Drastic Action to Reverse Library Decline
May 1, 2005... Parliament's Culture, Media, and Sport Committee released a report March 10 calling for "urgent action" to reverse the decline of public libraries in the United Kingdom. Spending on books is down, as is the number of loans and visitors, the...

Ohio House Approves Taft's Library Budget Cuts
May 1, 2005... The Ohio House of Representatives has approved Governor Bob Taft's proposed $51.3-billion state budget for 2006-2007 that reduces local government funding to libraries by 5% beginning January 1. The April 12 vote was 53-46, largely following...

Salinas Libraries Open with Fewer Employees, Hours
May 1, 2005... After hearing testimony from Salinas (Calif.) Public Library employees and union officials who said the current staff is stretched too thinly, the city council voted 5-1 April 5 to authorize the city manager to reduce the hours of each of the...

Researcher admits theft from National Archives.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... A Virginia man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court March 7 to stealing 118 Civil War-era documents from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and selling them to a private collector and through an auction house. Howard W. Harner Jr.,...

Berger admits theft of document.(Samuel R. Berger )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... A former national security adviser to President Clinton pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court April 1 to a misdemeanor charge of removing classified material from a government archive. Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger acknowledged taking five copies...

FDR Library Nixes Social Security Forum
May 1, 2005... The national debate over the future of Social Security took on a new twist when the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York, called a halt to a forum that would have criticized the federal program's privatization. Library Director...

Harvard Library Worker Loses Bias Suit
May 1, 2005... A Harvard library assistant has lost a federal lawsuit in which she claimed that university officials had declined to hire her for professional librarian posts 16 times since 1999 because she is an attractive African American. After four hours...

El Segundo finds authors too un-American.(El Segundo Public Library rejects British authors)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Authors Agatha Christie and Jack London will not be honored by having their names on two new reading rooms at the El Segundo (Calif.) Public Library, thanks to the city council's rejection of the library's choices. At a March 15 meeting,...

San Diego library project gets timely cash infusions.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... A pair of timely cash contributions have come to the rescue of San Diego's beleaguered downtown library project. The board of the city's downtown redevelopment agency agreed March 23 to provide $6.5 million to complete designs for the...

Councilman calls for mandatory filters.(Bethel Park Public Library )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Although the Bethel Park (Pa.) Public Library recently tightened its restrictions on computer use after an incident in which a man viewed nudity while sitting next to youngsters, an Allegheny County councilman is calling for even tougher...

Illinois privacy revisited.(library confidentiality law )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Almost six months after a suburban Chicago library board recommended that Illinois amend its privacy statutes to give police quicker access to patron records (AL, Dec. 2004, p. 20), the state General Assembly was considering whether to modify...

Newton gets a reprieve.(library media specialists in public elementary schools in Boston suburb of Newton, Massachusetts, will not be laid off )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Half of the library media specialist positions in public elementary schools in the upscale Boston suburb of Newton, Massachusetts, will not be laid off next year after all, the town's School Committee decided March 28. In a budget proposal...

Orland bookmobile parked.($8.5 million to be payed as personal injury settlement from a traffic accident)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Orland Park (Ill.) Public Library has indefinitely parked its bookmobile as the result of a recent $8.5-million personal injury settlement stemming from a December 2001 traffic accident that left then--24-year-old Brian Kelly of Orland...

Fired workers sue county.(King County Library System )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Six people who were fired from the King County (Wash.) Library System in August and September 2004 filed a class-action suit in Superior Court March 29 claiming wrongful termination. "We're saying it's wrongful termination because under state...

Asst. Director admits theft.(Brownsville Public Library Assistant Director Augustin Carrera )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Brownsville (Tex.) Public Library Assistant Director Augustin Carrera was suspended March 21 after he confessed to stealing money from the library's copy machines. Library officials suspect Carrera had been taking money from the machines...

Bond complaint dismissed.(Washington state Public Disclosure Commission dismissed Bill Ptacek in accounting fraud case)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The Washington state Public Disclosure Commission dismissed allegations March 31 that King County Library System Director Bill Ptacek used public funds illegally to promote a $172-million library bond issue in September 2004 (AL, Jan., p....

UK to return manuscript.(British Library has to return a 12th-century manuscript taken from a cathedral northeast of Naples during World War II )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... An independent panel has ruled that the British Library must return a 12th-century manuscript that was taken from a cathedral northeast of Naples during World War II (AL, Aug. 2000, p. 32). The Spoliation Advisory Panel, formed by the British...

Eagle-eyed garbageman.(antique stolen from Goodrich Memorial Library rescued)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... A trash collector rescued an antique stuffed bald eagle that had been reported stolen from the Goodrich Memorial Library in Newport, Vermont, when he discovered the bird in a garbage bag March 25 just before he threw it into his truck's trash...

IMLS honors.(Institute of Museum and Library Services director Robert S. Martin and Laura Bush award libraries)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... IMLS HONORS. Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Robert S. Martin (left) and First Lady Laura Bush present a 2004 National Award for Library Service to the Flint (Mich.) Public Library, represented by Interim Director JoAnn...

Beaming with pride.(Allen County Public Library's new library)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... BEAMING WITH PRIDE. 5th-graders autograph a steel beam March 31 before it is placed atop the Allen County (Ind.) Public Library's new Main Library. The Washington Elementary School students were selected to headline the topping-off ceremony...

Portrait of perseverance.(Toledo-Lucas County Public Library's reopening of the Waterville branch )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... PORTRAIT OF PERSEVERANCE. Artist Laurel Egnew shows off her painting of former Branch Manager Lois Waffle to Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library Board of Trustees President Randy Clay at the grand reopening of the Waterville branch...

Anniversaries: three libraries celebrate some notable landmarks.(New York Public Library, Newark Public Library, Carnegie Memorial Library )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The oldest library in the Bronx, New York Public's 1905 Mott Haven branch, brings out Andrew Carnegie's historic 1901 letter to NYPL Director John S. Billings extolling the merits of branch libraries. Shown are Associate Director for Bronx...

Plucks for bucks.(Howard County Library's fund raising event)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... PLUCKS FOR BUCKS. Wen-Chun Chao performs on a guzheng or Chinese harp during Howard County (Md.) Library's February 26 Evening in the Stacks: Passport to Asia fundraiser. Sponsored in large part by the Washington Post, the annual event...

On the record.(William Lacy Clay tributes St. Louis Public Library )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... ON THE RECORD. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), left, presents St. Louis Public Library Executive Director Waller McGuire with a copy of the Congressional Record that pays tribute to the library's inclusion in the 2005 Renaissance Library...

Whale Talk Beached for Bad Words
May 1, 2005... The Limestone County (Ala.) School District rejected the recommendation of the district superintendent March 7 and ordered the removal of the young adult novel Whale Talk from all five high-school libraries in the school system, citing the...

Omaha reinstates R-rated restriction.(Omaha Public Library )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Less than a month after rescinding a years-old policy barring patrons under 18 from borrowing films rated R, the board of the Omaha (Nebr.) Public Library voted 7-1 at a March 16 meeting to reinstate it. The reversal was prompted by public...

Mick Harte Was Here is still there in Fargo.(the novel to be included in Centennial Elementary School library)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The Fargo, North Dakota, school board has voted to keep the novel Mick Harte Was Here in the Centennial Elementary School library. The 1996 novel by Barbara Park depicts the grieving process of a 13-year-old girl after her younger brother...

"One Book" Programs Span the Nation
May 1, 2005... The One City One Book programs initiated in 1998 by librarian Nancy Pearl of the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library (see p. 32-36) have gained enormous popularity from one end of the country to the other, as well as in...

Generation M: multitaskers.(RESULTS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... American children and teens pack 8.5 hours of media content into just 6.5 hours each day by using more than one medium at a time--going online while watching TV, for example--according to a study released March 9 by the Kaiser Family...

Parents turn to filters.(RESULTS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Home use of internet filters is on the rise, according to a recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project: A majority (54%) of internet-connected families with children age 12 to 17 said they use filters, compared to 41% four...

An Acquisitions Outing to the Kolkata Book Fair
May 1, 2005... The annual book fair in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India, is, according to Bengali author Krishna Dutta, an occasion where "people meet, eat, buy a bag of books at a discounted price, and return home with a warm and cultured glow." We attended...

Straight Answers from Stanley Kunitz
May 1, 2005... If you have received nearly every honor that can be bestowed on a man of letters in this country, including being named poetry consultant to the Library of Congress (a post now called U.S. poet laureate), how do you celebrate your 100th...

Thus Said ... How the World Sees Us
May 1, 2005... "I think the first thing we ought to do is can those 'media centers' in the schools, replace them with libraries, and leave the media specialists to the cable talk shows." Columnist STEVE OTTO from "Does Anybody Still Employ the 'L' Word?" Tampa...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
May 1, 2005... Richard H. Lewis designed New York City's Albert G. Oliver school library, which is located in the Bronx (Apr., p. 32). Florida State University's GeoLib program is not providing demographic data for the Normative Data Project (Apr., p....

How a Book Gets Published
May 1, 2005... Some facts about book publishing in the United States, according to the Association of American Publishers: Net sales for the industry are estimated to have increased by 1.3% from 2003 to 2004 to a grand total of $23.72 billion. The top five...

On My Mind; Inaccessible Information: A Strategic Solution
May 1, 2005... Recently I received a frantic phone call from a colleague who heads up a small special library in Washington, D.C. "How can I get access to JSTOR, First Search, and all those wonderful databases?" she asked. I was mystified by her question, and...

Lust for Reading: The Consummate Bookworm, Nancy Pearl Talks about Her Life as a Promiscuous Reader Whose Plucky Guidance Has Made Readers' Advisory More Fun Than a Barrel of Action Figures
May 1, 2005... It did not begin with the Librarian Action Figure and its "amazing shushing action" (AL, Oct. 2003, p. 31). Librarian's librarian Nancy Pearl has spent a lifetime developing her readers' advisory skills. As author of Book Lust and its sequel out...

Reference That Rocks!! the 2005 List of Outstanding Books from ALA's Reference and User Services Association Features 22 Terrific Titles
May 1, 2005... "Yes, it's good. But, does it rock?" Nine librarians asked themselves that question many times before casting their final votes at ALA's Midwinter Meeting in Boston for the outstanding reference sources of the past year. Since 1958, the...

Racial and Ethnic Diversity of U.S. Library Workers: The Ethnic Makeup of Our Profession May Say More about Society Than about Librarianship
May 1, 2005... The need to recruit and retain a diverse workforce has come to be seen as one of the most crucial issues facing the library profession, inspiring much discussion and serving as the raison d'etre of the American Library Association's Office for...

Bobby Socks and Building Projects: North Carolina Librarians Share Tips on How to Permanently Capture Your Institution's History
May 1, 2005... Public librarians like myself have always prided ourselves on our ability to find accurate information in a timely and efficient manner. Whether searching for the birthplace of Susan B. Anthony or the name of Elizabeth Taylor's pet pooch,...

Consumer Health Collecting Made Easy: A Librarian Prescribes a Remedy for Understocked Medical-Advice Shelves
May 1, 2005... Several times each month I hear from librarians new to collecting health information who are looking for advice on developing a consumer health collection. These librarians are rarely looking for a detailed policy, nor are they looking for a...

Booklist Turns 100: Looking Back-And Ahead-As ALA's Book-Review Journal Marks Its Centennial
May 1, 2005... In 1905, a physicist with unruly hair was busy unlocking the secrets of the universe in a sweet little formula he liked to call E=M[C.sup.2]. At approximately the same moment in history, a band of librarians with--we presume--more tightly...

The People of the Book: Riding the Third Wave; Two New Library-Based Programs Examine the Immigrant Experience That Permeates Jewish-American Literature
May 1, 2005... I entered the world of book reviewing, criticism, and literary journalism during the height of the multicultural movement, when academics, critics, and librarians were belatedly recognizing the significance of works by writers from groups left...

Currents: Professionals on the Move
May 1, 2005... Bette Ammon left the Missoula (Mont.) Public Library to become director of the Coeur d'Alene (Idaho) Public Library April 8. * Lori Barkema became director of the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library in February. * Erope Beckum has been promoted...

At ALA.(Joseph Alexander left American Library Association, Brendan Dowling left Public Library Association, Aleina R. Lee joined American Library Association)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Joseph Alexander, development associate in the Development Office, left ALA March 28. * Brendan Dowling, Public Library Association technical services specialist, leaves May 4. * Jerry Eberle, former customer service representative, became...

Obituaries
May 1, 2005... Florence E. Biller, 90, founding director of the Palm Beach County (Fla.) Library System, died February 15. During her career, she was director of libraries in Whitman County, Washington; Athens, Tennessee; and Susanville, California, and served...

Cited.(PEOPLE)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Retired University of Colorado at Boulder Librarian Virginia Boucher received the Angelo Heilprin Citation March 5 from the American Alpine Club for service to the club. * Bella Lucero, reader's advisor at the New Mexico Library for the Blind...

Grassroots Report: What to Do with Your Old Carnegie
May 1, 2005... In 1904, Charles City, Iowa, opened its Carnegie library, a facility with white columns flanking the front doors and stained glass windows. According to John M. Witt, author of The Carnegie Libraries of Iowa (Robidoux, 2003), this was the...

Internet Librarian: The Librarianship of Connections
May 1, 2005... I have my little morning ritual--don't we all? Mine involves getting coffee (this is Seattle, after all), stumbling my way to my office to see what horrors await me in my e-mail, deleting what I can, dealing with the rest or at least the ones I...

Technically Speaking: It's Probably Right in Front of You
May 1, 2005... I remember a comedian who used to say that after looking all over for something and finally finding it, he would look in one more place just so he could say that the thing he sought was not always in the last place he looked. With all the buzz...

Working Knowledge: Fine-Tuning Your Field of Focus
May 1, 2005... Q I am a corporate refugee who left the business world in 2002 as a result of downsizing, and I was fortunate to have met a librarian who convinced me to obtain my MLS. Six months ago, I was hired as an entry-level librarian in my local public...

A Taste of Things to Come in Chicago This Summer!!
May 1, 2005... chicago annual conference 05 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION JUNE 23-29, 2005 * CHICAGO, ILLINOIS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ALA is thrilled to welcome U.S. Senator BARACK OBAMA as Keynote Speaker for the Opening General Session! ...

Deconstructing Marian.(The Image of Librarians in Cinema, 1917-1999)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... The depiction of librarians in the movies has helped perpetuate the stereotype of the female librarian as a dowdy spinster with glasses and a bun. From the silent era to the films of today, film-ographers Ray Tevis and Brenda Tevis--also both...

Dealing with Disasters.(Preparing for the Worst, Planning for the Best: Protecting Our Cultural Heritage from Disaster)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... Editors Johanna G. Wellheiser and Nancy E. Gwinn share papers from an IFLA conference held in Berlin in 2003 in Preparing for the Worst, Planning for the Best: Protecting Our Cultural Heritage from Disaster. Conference speakers addressed both...

E-Journals duet.(E-Journals: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Building, Managing, and Supporting Electronic Journal Collections, Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... Two new books examine the unique challenges of dealing with electronic journals. * In E-Journals: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Building, Managing, and Supporting Electronic Journal Collections, author Donnelyn Curtis, with contributions...

Taming technology.(Technology Planning: Preparing and Updating a Library Technology Plan)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... With technology changing at the speed of light, it's essential to have a plan to stay on course. Expert Joseph R. Matthews explains the nuts and bolts of doing so in Technology Planning: Preparing and Updating a Library Technology Plan. In an...

Islamic librarianship.(Librarianship and Information Science in the Islamic World, 1966-1999: An Annotated Bibliography)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... With nearly 2,000 entries, Sterling Joseph Coleman Jr. provides a comprehensive look at librarianship in 34 Islamic countries. In Librarianship and Information Science in the Islamic World, 1966-1999: An Annotated Bibliography, Coleman...

Net Gen handbook.(technologies in education)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Coeditors Diana G. Oblinger and James L. Oblinger urge educators to listen to their students in order to provide better educational services. In Educating the Net Generation, the editors and essayists discuss technology and learning...

Elementary collection development.(Collection Management for Youth: Responding to the Needs of Learners)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... Building upon the guidelines in Information Power, authors Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Jacqueline C. Mancall show school library media specialists how to become learner-centered collection managers. In Collection Management for Youth:...