LibraryThing for Libraries
During the same Hot Topics Discussion mentioned below I also heard a presentation about the implementation and use of LibraryThing at a public library by Kate Sheehan, Coordinator of Library...
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Jan
18
2008
PennTags
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During ALA Midwinter I attended a Hot Topics Discussion Group titled “Tag You’re It: A revolution in patron-library interaction”. The first presenter was Jennifer Sweda, cataloging librarian at the University...
Jan
07
2008
Opera at the Movie Theater?
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Yes! You can enjoy the opera at the movie theater! Last season Peter Gelb, director of the Metropolitan Opera began this amazing project of doing live broadcast to a number...
Government Documents at the BPL to be Digitized
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The Boston Public Library (BPL) has joined forces with PublicResource.org and the Internet Archive in order to begin digitizing the library’s large collection of government documents. This project has first...
Dec
21
2007
Million Book Project
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As the year comes to an end the Million Book Project has reached its goal of scanning and making freely available a million books! This project is spearheaded by the...
Dec
21
2007
OLPC out in the World
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After 5 years of planing and development the “$100 Laptop” is finally making its way out into the real world! One of the first countries where the XO, as it...
Dec
10
2007
December 10
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December 10 seems to be a date that gathers many great events. Today is International Human Rights Day. This year the UN is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Declaration...
Dec
01
2007
World AIDS Day
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World AIDS Day began in 1988 at the World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programs for AIDS prevention, today governments, NGOs, international charities and local organization have adopted the...
Nov
30
2007
“Public Libraries for Profit”
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Akito Yoshikane recently wrote the article titled “Public Libraries for Profit” commenting on a developing trend to privatize public libraries around the country. Yoshikane explain that a number of counties...
Nov
25
2007
International Day to Stop Violence Against Women
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In 1960 the Mirabal sisters were brutally murdered after a long struggle against Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The sisters grew up comfortably on the island, but once Trujillo...