American Libraries articles from November 2010

American Libraries archives from November 2010

Less Ink, More Words
November 1, 2010... With this issue, American Libraries print moves permanently to bimonthly publication. Monthly print as a viable delivery vehicle for anything that can be called "news" is clearly limited, and publishing to the web allows for faster and more...

Harry Potter Reads.(american librariesmagazine.org)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... * Harry Potter Reads "Anything that gets kids into reading is fantastic," says Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who recently posed for an ALA Celebrity READ poster along with his Potter costars Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. ALA Graphics...

American Libraries Direct.(american librariesmagazine.org)
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New! Find us on Facebook.(american librariesmagazine.org)
November 1, 2010... * New! Find us on Facebook Now you can "like" our Facebook Page and get online content delivered to your Facebook wall daily.

International Focus.(american librariesmagazine.org)(21st Century Vision for Libraries)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
November 1, 2010... * International Focus Organized by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and the Pakistan Library Association, the "21st Century Vision for Libraries" conference brought librarians from all over Pakistan to talk with specialists from the embassy, from...

Newsmaker.(american librariesmagazine.org)(Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez and First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez)
November 1, 2010... * Newsmaker Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez and First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez visited ALA October 1 in hopes of starting a relationship between the libraries and librarians of the two countries. Fernandez spoke...

Good News out There Too: State Associations Play Vital Role in Advocacy Efforts
November 1, 2010... One of the best aspects of being ALA president is the opportunity to be a part of state chapter conferences. I'd like to focus on my experience at the Kentucky Library Association/Kentucky School Media Association joint conference in Louisville,...

Stroyan, Sullivan Seek 2012-13 ALA Presidency
November 1, 2010... Susan Stroyan, information services librarian at Illinois Wesleyan University's Ames Library in Bloomington, Illinois, and Maureen Sullivan, professor of practice in the doctoral program, Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions,...

Hildreth nominated for IMLS director.(ALA)(Susan H. Hildreth has been nominated as director of the Museum and Library Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... President Obama has nominated former ALA Public Library Association president Susan H. Hildreth, city librarian at Seattle Public Library, to be director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. She previously was appointed as...

Anti-bullying resources available.(ALA)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... In response to recent tragic events involving gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and queer (GLBTQ) teens, ALA's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) has compiled "Speaking OUT Against Bullying," a list of resources for...

GreenMyParents joins ALA to aid Haiti.(ALA)(American Library Association)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... GreenMyParents, a social media youth movement to seed the green economy and save the planet, has joined forces with ALA in its effort to rebuild the Petit Goave Public Library in Haiti, which was destroyed by the earthquake in January. The...

IMLS awards web resource grant.(ALA)(Institute of Museum and Library Services)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a $581,609 grant to ALA and the Center for Library and Information Innovation (CLII) of the University of Maryland's iSchool to develop a web resource to help libraries and...

The Association's Associations: RUSA
November 1, 2010... THE ULTIMATE SEARCH ENGINES Whether it's looking up information or recommending books, Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) members are the librarians and library staff who help patrons find what they need. RUSA represents readers'...

Calendar.(ALA)(American Library Association)(Brief article)(Calendar)
November 1, 2010... ALA EVENTS 2011 Jan. 7-11: ALA Midwinter Meeting, San Diego, ala.org. Mar. 6-12: Teen Tech Week, ala.org/teentechweek. Mar. 16: Freedom of Information Day, ala.org/wo. Mar. 30-Apr. 2: Association of College and Research Libraries...

Academic libraries value report available.(ALA)(Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... ALA's Association of College and Research Libraries has released a report, "Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report," that reviews the quantitative and qualitative literature, methodologies, and best pracices...

Radcliffe, Watson, Grint join READ series.(ALA)(Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Daniel Radcliffe)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint have joined the ALA Graphics celebrity READ poster series (alastore.ala.org), honoring the reading phenomenon inspired by J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The stars show their love of...

Celebrate reading freely.(ALA)(Banned Books Week 2010)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... Author Chris Crutcher celebrates Banned Books Week 2010, September 25-October 2, during the national kickoff at Bughouse Square in Chicago, hosted by ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom. The annual event promotes the freedom to read and the...

ALA Drupal migration company selected.(ALA)(American Library Association)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... ALA has contracted with OJC Technologies of Urbaria, Illinois, to manage the migration of ala.org to the open source Drupal platform. "Moving the ALA website to Drupal aligns us with libraries' community-focused ideals," said ALA Website...

ALA joins "Target Read With Me".(ALA)(American Library Association)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... ALA and Target Corporation are partnering in Target's nationwide "Target Read With Me" campaign to help increase the reading proficiency of children. ALA will provide support and resources for a dedicated website (with a link from...

High-poverty schools hurt by economy.(ALA)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... ALA's American Association of School Librarians 2010 School Libraries Count! survey indicates that the educational resources of students in high-poverty schools have been disproportionately affected by the economic downturn. Overall survey...

Advocating for Teen Literature
November 1, 2010... The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) advocates, promotes, and supports library services for those ages 12 to 18 and those who provide library services to that age group. Teen Tech Week 2011 takes place March 6-12, with a theme...

How to Be Prepared in Case Violence Strikes
November 1, 2010... The library workplace is no more immune to violent incidents than any other venue, sad to say, and just as vulnerable to physical attacks by troubled colleagues as from visitors. Consider these headline-grabbing situations, all taking place in...

National Book Festival Sets Attendance Record at 150,000
November 1, 2010... Setting a new attendance record, an estimated 150,000 book lovers gathered September 25 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, with Honorary...

Library of Congress study addresses audio preservation.(Perspectives)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... America is in danger of losing its recorded sound heritage, according to a new study by the Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board. "The State of Recorded Sound Preservation in the United States: A National Legacy at Risk...

Giving out Money at the Library: Help Students Find Scholarships
November 1, 2010... Who in your community collects information on scholarships offered by local clubs, service organizations, and other mostly nonprofits? Not the college or high school awards, not the Tylenol ones, but the really local ones. The answer? Probably...

Iraq National Library rebuilds amid continued violence.(Perspectives)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... The pullout of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, as announced by President Obama in September, may threaten progress in the rebuilding of the Iraq National Archives and Library, according to Director Saad Eskander. "We have a security gap,"...

When a good deed meets bad press.(Perspectives)(Waukee, Iowa Public Library)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... A promptly handled reconsideration request at the Waukee (Iowa) Public Library morphed into a public relations nightmare for Director Maryann Mori when area residents misinterpreted a Des Moines Register story about the relocation of The...

Global Reach
November 1, 2010... UNITED KINGDOM 1 An October 21 proposal by the Publishers Association at a conference in Leeds to block library patrons from downloading e-books unless the individual is inside the library facility has triggered cries of outrage on both sides...

LITA Crowd Shares Tech-Spertise on Innovations, Trends, the Cloud
November 1, 2010... The 13th annual LITA National Forum brought library and information technology professionals together in Atlanta September 30-October 3 to discuss projects and developments surrounding the conference theme, "The Crowd and the Cloud." Expert...

Pakistan flood recovery agonizing.(Perspectives)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... Library damage from the summer floods in Pakistan is still not totally assessed, but Mohammad Khan Marwat of the Pakistan Library Association told American Libraries in mid-October that some 250 libraries in his region, mostly rural college...

Newsmaker: Daniel Radcliffe
November 1, 2010... Anything that gets kids into reading is fantastic," says Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who recently posed for an ALA Celebrity READ poster along with his Potter costars Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, released by ALA Graphics just in time...

How the World Sees Us
November 1, 2010... "We have a battle on our hands, Trent. The board is going to cut our allocation and they want to move us into a tiny cinderblock building out on the highway, where the convenience store used to be, and bulldoze this beautiful library to make...

The Unknown Cataloger: Catalogers Are the Unsung Heroes of Scholarly Pseudo-Discoveries
November 1, 2010... Hardly a month goes by without a story in the newspapers or elsewhere in the media about a scholar who has "discovered" a lost or hitherto unknown manuscript of a text or musical work by a famous author or composer. Typically, following a...

Freedom and Technology: Intellectual Freedom in the 21st Century
November 1, 2010... As libraries increasingly move beyond provision of print material and into their expanding roles as providers of digital resources and services, intellectual freedom concerns have been magnified. A dual focus on intellectual freedom issues and...

Sunrise, Sunset: When Google Gets It Wrong
November 1, 2010... The good people of Sunrise, on the east coast of Florida, want yon to know that they do exist, still, and have not been wiped off the map by a hurricane, or supervillain, or Godzilla. This is despite the fact that on three-three--separate...

Read the Fine Print: Think Twice before You Click "Accept"
November 1, 2010... There probably isn't a person alive who's read the Terms of Service (TOS) of every technology or service he or she uses. Those TOS statements are usually quite long and full of boilerplate legalese that any company must include. When you're...

Gaming 2.0: Playing Games in Houston Leads to Families Learning and Having Fun Together
November 1, 2010... The most exciting things have happened at the Houston Public Library's Central Library since it reopened in May of 2008 after a two-year renovation: Families are playing together and enjoying each other's company; brothers, sisters, strangers,...

Wait! You Can't Retire without Sharing That with Us: Retaining the Institutional Knowledge of Librarians Who Will Soon Leave the Profession
November 1, 2010... As libraries face the departure of staff with well-honed reference skills, years of experience in the community, and deep knowledge of the collection and traditional resources, how can we identify and retain their departing expertise--the gold...

Chicano Librarianship: On the 40th Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium, a Leader in the Movement Remembers the Early Years in East Los Angeles County
November 1, 2010... August 29, 2010, marked the 40th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium in East Los Angeles, and it brought back many memories. I was part of a library contingent marching in 1970 in protest of the disproportionate number of Mexican Americans...

Influential ALA Member Norman Horrocks Dies
November 1, 2010... ALA is mourning the loss of Norman Horrocks, professor emeritus, School of Information Management, Dalhousie University in Halifax, N ova Scotia, who died peacefully during the night October 14 at age 82, according to his daughter Sara Horrocks....

Maureen Ambrosino.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * July 1 Maureen Ambrosino became director of the Westborough (Mass.) Public Library.

Carl Antonucci.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * August 27 Carl Antonucci was appointed, director of library services of Elihu Burritt Library at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Peter H. Brandt.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * In August Peter H. Brandt became information technology division head for Palm Beach County (Fla.) Library System.

RaShauna Brannon.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * RaShauna Brannon joined the University Libraries at the University of Memphis, Tennessee, as electronic resources librarian August 9.

Carol BreyCasiano.(Currents)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... * October 20 Carol BreyCasiano retired as director of El Paso (Tex.) Public Library to become information resource officer for the U.S. Department of State. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Audra Caplan.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * In November Audra Caplan retires as director of Harford County (Md.) Public Library.

Tassanee Chitcharoen.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * Tassanee Chitcharoen became senior instructor of cataloging and metadata services at the University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries July 1.

Phyllis Christensen.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * Phyllis Christensen will retire January 8 as director of Marathon County (Wis.) Public Library.

Laurie Clarke.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * October 12 Laurie Clarke became chief librarian at Waterloo (IA) Public Library.

Mary Etta Clemons.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * Mary Etta Clemons retired September 1 as director of Wythe County (Va.) Public Library.

Joanne Cox.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * In September Joanne Cox retired as director of Lillie M. Evans Memorial Library in Princeville, Illinois.

Toni Cox.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * October 1 Toni Cox became director of the Radford (Va.) Public Library.

William Crowe.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * In October William Crowe retired as dean of libraries at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

Mary Cullen.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * Mary Cullen retired as head of youth services at Palos Heights (111.) Public Library September 24.

William Cuthbertson.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * William Cuthbertson became assistant professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder Government Information Library September 1.

Mary Dalton.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * In August Mary Dalton retired as children's librarian of Wellesley (Mass.) Free Library.

Carolyn Delude.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * June 30 Carolyn Delude retired as director of the Westborough (Mass.) Public Library.

Pamela Dennis.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * October 1 Pamela Dennis joined the University of Memphis, Tennessee, as associate professor and learning commons coordinator.

Nora Durbin.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * October 3 Nora Durbin became head of youth services at Palos Heights (111.) Public Library.

Ann Fisher.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * September 30 Ann Fisher retired as director of Radford (Va.) Public Library.

Evelyn Gerges.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * Evelyn Gerges retired as manager of the City Island branch of New York Public Library August 20.

Matt Hamilton.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * In August Matt Hamilton became IT manager at the Rangeview Library District in Thornton, Colorado. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Marjorie Harrison.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * November 1 Marjorie Harrison became library director of San Juan Island (Wash.) Library.

Mary Hastler.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * In November Mary Hastler becomes director of Harford County (Md.) Public Library.

Barb Hogan.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * September 14 Barb Hogan retired as librarian of the Minnesota Department of Transportation Library in St. Paul.

Diane Jennings.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * December 24 Diane Jennings will retire as director of the Palo Alto (Calif.) Library Department.

Christopher J. Korenowsky.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * Christopher J. Korenowsky became city librarian for Mew Haven (Conn.) Free Public Library October 4.

Rice Majors.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * Rice Majors became assistant professor and faculty director of information technology at the University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries March 1.

John McCloud.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * August 9 John McCloud became branch manager and head librarian of the Patterson Branch of Stanislaus County (Calif.) Library.

Ann McLaughlin.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * Ann McLaughlin, director of Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, Massachusetts, will retire January 28.

Alice Meister.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * December 31 Alice Meister will retire as director of Bozeman (Mont.) Public Library.

Angela Newman.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * In June Angela Newman became children's librarian of Tredyffrin Public Library in Strafford, Pennsylvania.

Peggy Newman.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * August 31 Peggy Newman retired as head librarian of Lower Merion (Pa.) Library System's Ardmore Library.

Ann Plambeck.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * October 2 Ann Plambeck retired as assistant director and reference head of Easttown (Pa.) Library in Berwyn.

Debbi Schaubman.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * Debbi Schaubman was appointed manager of shared library systems at the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services in Lansing, Michigan, effective November 1.

Matt Scholtz.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * September 3 Matt Scholtz retired as chief librarian of Tillsonburg (Ont.) Public Library.

Todd Shipman.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * Todd Shipman joined Auburn (Ala.) University Libraries as education librarian on August 30. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Helen H. Spalding.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * In September Helen H. Spalding retired as university librarian at Portland (Ore.) State University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

J. Robert Verbesey.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * J. Robert Verbesey retired September 30 as executive director of the Southwest Florida Library Network in Fort Myers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Jim Welbourne.(Currents)
November 1, 2010... * October 1 Jim Welbourne retired as city librarian of New Haven (Conn.) Free Public Library.

Cited.(Announcements)(Craig Buthod received the 2010 Center for Nonprofit Excellence Pyramid Award for Excellence in the Art of Leadership)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... * Craig Buthod, director of Louisville (Ky.) Free Public Library, was awarded the 2010 Center for Nonprofit Excellence Pyramid Award for Excellence in the Art of Leadership. The award is given annually to honor an individual in Greater...

Donald Arthur Best.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... * Donald Arthur Best, 83, died after a brief illness September 6. He was the longtime director of the Cadillac--Wexford County (Mich.) Public Library and the Mid-Michigan Library League in Cadillac.

George D'Elia.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... * George D'EIia, 66, professor of library and information studies at the University at Buffalo, New York, died September 19. He also worked as a consultant with 36 public library systems. D'Elia previously served as a faculty member at the...

Margaret Keefe.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 1, 2010... * Margaret Keefe, 91, died September 6. She worked in several libraries in Michigan, including Kalamazoo Public Library and Grand Rapids Public Library, before serving as head of reference services at Oak Park (Ill.) Public Library until her...