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...
Category: Public Libraries
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...
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...
Sep
20
2007
Refusing to Return Library Books
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Just a couple of days ago Boston.com ran an article about a woman in Maine who has decided that certain books are not adequate for the library and has taken...
Jun
26
2007
Public Lending Rights
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In April, Ireland came up with a very creative way of helping author collect royalties for their world, while simultaneously making their work available to the largest group of people....
USA- Canadian Border Library
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Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the USA – Canadian border between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont. This library was built in 1904 by the American Carlos Haskell...
Apr
20
2007
Academic Libraries, Americas, Libraries, OPAC, Open Source, Public Libraries, Tagging, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0
WPopac
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At the same lecture that I attended earlier this week I learned about the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth, NH. This small public library has done away with their old...
Apr
08
2007
Framingham Library
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This week I got to visit the Framingham Public Library to see their Newcomer & Neighbors Center. The city has seen a large growth in their immigrant populations, and currently...
Apr
03
2007
“What They Didn’t Teach Us in Library School”
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I just finished reading an article by Chip Ward, former assistant director to the Salt Lake City Public Library which tries to make sense of the public library’s role in...
Apr
03
2007
Learning 2.0
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Learning 2.0 is a program initially developed by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), NC, which aims to encourage library staff to familiarize themselves with the variety...