The virtual conference experience improves?as this exploration of its pros and cons details?but don?t write off the real thing just yet.
AL isn?t LJ, and LJ isn?t AL.
THE BRIGHT, NEW YOUNG LIBRARIANS graduating from our LIS programs are the best news in this awful period of library decline. Every semester my classes at Pratt Institute in New York and Dominican University in More...
When 500 gamers gathered at the New York Public Library for an all-night scavenger hunt designed by Jane McGonigal, they connected to the future through the riches of the past via the tools of today.
Over 3600 respondents show that library workers are braced to meet the tension of the times and struggling to keep up with increased workloads, but still largely happy to work in libraries.
A day-long experiment spikes user interest, drives readers to great books, and fosters community online.
The conversation about body scanning of air travelers turned sour and fatuous.
Andy Woodworth calls for those in libraries of all types to rally together and act on behalf of any and all libraries.
Outside Denver, a small system speeds transformation?dropping Dewey, calling librarians ?Guides??and becomes a lab for rethinking.
Are you a Woo? An Activator? An Acheiver, Analytical? Strengths training can reinvigorate team spirit and foster a healthy atmosphere in tough times.
News highlights from LJ's continuing online coverage
Libraries, Ebooks, and Competition Ebooks and the Retailization of Research Ebook Sanity E-Texts for All (Even Lucy) People keep writing articles about how valuable libraries are, even with ebooks and the Internet and all. Well, More...
Every Monday for the past three years I have turned the front of the community college library where I work into a coffee shop. Popular vindication for my efforts has been slow, but it?s been More...
Does Tonight Show host Jay Leno think libraries are worth much? Apparently not. In his monologue May 11 (at about the three-minute mark), Leno cracked, "People here in Los Angeles are upset that the mayor's More...
If I had my way, we'd adopt the Greek definition of the prefix para-'at or to one side of, beside, side by side';-to describe the role of the non-MLIS librarian in libraries today, rather than More...
If you don't want to miss rock star librarian Nancy Pearl in any of her various media formats-book, radio show, television-there's a new one to track: 'Terrible Things.'; This dance theater performance based on the More...
Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesLibrarian gets West email about cutting out librariansWest rep acknowledges mistakeCould West make amends by participating in Price Index?Thomson-West, for the second timethis summer, has found itself in More...
Go back to the Academic Newswire for more stories(This article first appeared in the March 26, 2009, issue of the LJ Academic Newswire.) Last month, the decision by faculty of Rutgers University's School of Communication, More...
Go back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesThis week, Library Journal released its new national rating of public libraries, the LJ Index of Public Library Service. By Ray Lyons and Keith Curry Lance, and More...
Ten organizations craft initial response to H.R. 801Letter sets tone for new battleLaw is bad for economy, transparencyGo back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesA coalition of major library organizations, public advocates, and research More...
Bill counter to Obama's pledge for openness in government?IP subcomittee abolishedNIH without public access advocate ZerhouniGo back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesAs library officials expected, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, a More...
The comic strip Unshelved's 2008 Pimp my Bookcart contest, sponsored by Smith System, drew nearly 100entries, includingbookcarts turned into food carts, a fire truck, and a bookmobile. First Prize went to Food for Thought, created More...
When I was a kid, we used to say that when the New York Times wrote about a new band or other pop culture phenomenon, it was already old. Librarians who read the Times's front-page More...
Mutual respect key to teen library useFlickr and YouTube keep teen users engagedTeens should help design their virtual as well as physical library spaceOver 700 attendees participated in the June 10 webcast of Teen Spirit More...
How did Stan Friedman, senior research librarian, Condé Nast Publications, New York, sit in a recliner for more than 29 hours and watch endless sports on large-screen television to win the ESPN Zone Ultimate Couch More...
The annual ranking of America's most literate cities (population 250,000 and above) issued by Central Connecticut State University (www.ccsu.edu/AMLC07/overview.htm) shows that Minneapolis, which came in second behind Seattle in the two previous rankings, has taken More...
'You don't get rich,'; says one librarian from a large university in the Pacific Northwest about her work, 'but you are rewarded in so many ways.'; Another, from the Northeast, says she enjoys 'creating order More...
An Associated Press-Ipsos poll released August 21 revealed that one in four adults failed to read a book in the past year. 'Of those who did read,'; the AP said, 'women and older people were More...
A few years ago, I wrote a column called 'Five Easy Pieces'; (LJ 11/15/04, p. 25) to help answer the question, 'Are you focused on the right tasks, solving the right problems?'; I suggested the More...
The School of Library & Information Science (SLIS) at San Jose State University, CA, is embracing web-based virtual reality environments, such as Second Life. A summer class in Immersive Environments will be the first to More...
In the New World, this would never pass muster, but in Europe—Vienna, Austria, to be specific—the link between a library and erotica is apparently nothing to be ashamed of. Last month, city leaders devised a More...
In true whimsical New Yorker fashion, the full-page, glorious color illustration for the magazine’s “seasonal look at books” (4/9/07, p. 79) is a hoot and brings the viewer up short at the same time. Titled More...
