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Using extensible processing to reduce backlogs
CHICAGO — A 2010 OCLC report found that an Internet-accessible finding aid existed for only 44 percent of archival collections. Undescribed collections are essentially hidden from users, and much of the blame can be assigned to the strain of processing...
Booklist chosen again for 2014 National Reading Group Month and Great Group Reads
CHICAGO — Booklist, the 91´«Ã½’s premier review source for public libraries and schools, has been selected again as a sponsoring partner for the Women’s National Book Association’s October National Reading Group Month (NRGM)...
Readers' advisory for genre blends
CHICAGO — Genre fiction has always been a complex mixture of themes and elements. The increasing popularity of “genre blends,” or fiction that straddles the traditional labels, means greater pleasure for readers but a greater challenge for readers’...
Serving college students by being a Personal Librarian
CHICAGO — The incredible shift in the provision of library services resulting from innovations such as online resources, mobile technologies, tablet computers and MOOCs and hybrid courses makes it more challenging than ever for academic librarians to...
Lorcan Dempsey on libraries, services and networks
CHICAGO — Since he began posting in 2003, Lorcan Dempsey has used his blog to explore nearly every important facet of library technology, from the emergence of Web 2.0 as a concept to open source ILS tools and the push to web-scale library management...
CHICAGO —The annual Banned Books Week, held Sept. 21−27 this year, celebrates the freedom to read. Two new titles published by 91´«Ã½ Editions spotlight both the challenges and triumphs of safeguarding intellectual freedom for young people: “ Intellectual...
New from ACRL—'Putting the User First: 30 Strategies for Transforming Library Services'
CHICAGO — The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “ Putting the User First: 30 Strategies for Transforming Library Services ,” by Courtney Greene McDonald. User experience is everywhere. From a library’s...
Guide to Reference for essential general reference and LIS sources
CHICAGO — Ideal for public, school and academic libraries looking to freshen up their reference collection, as well as for LIS students and instructors conducting research, “ Guide to Reference: Essential General Reference and Library Science Sources,”...
A library how-to-do-it manual for disaster planning, response and recovery
CHICAGO — Libraries have always played a special role in times of disaster by continuing to provide crucial information and services. The Stafford Act of 2011, a federal government directive, designates libraries as among the temporary facilities...
Researching prospective donors to get more funding
CHICAGO — Individuals, not government sources or foundations, are the largest source of giving in the United States. Right now there are individuals ready to become enthusiastic donors to your library. But how do you find the most likely prospective...
CHICAGO – Seven-time GRAMMY® winner Taylor Swift appears on a new READ poster, spotlighted on the cover of the 91´«Ã½ Graphics Fall 2014 catalog. Holding Lois Lowry’s 1994 Newbery Medal-winning YA novel “The Giver,” Taylor’s poster encourages patrons and...
Guide to Reference in business and economics
CHICAGO — Guide to Reference is used internationally as the “source of first resort” for identifying information and training reference professionals. Focusing on key print and electronic sources, “ Guide to Reference in Business and Economics,” edited by...
American historical novels for grades 7-12
CHICAGO — Historical fiction helps young adults imagine the past through the lives and relationships of its protagonists, putting them at the center of fascinating times and places — and the new Common Core Standards allow for use of novels alongside...
A LITA guide to using massive digital libraries
CHICAGO — Some have viewed the ascendance of the digital library as some kind of existential apocalypse, nothing less than the beginning of the end for the traditional library. But Andrew Weiss, recognizing the concept of the library as a "big idea" that...
Customer-based collection development
CHICAGO — The traditional “top down” approach to collection development definitely has its drawbacks: even after spending a good deal of time, energy and resources, librarians are sometimes frustrated to find that their library’s collection is not being...
