March/April 2012
Features
QR Codes Extend Library Programming
By Tim BlevinsYou receive a postcard in the mail from Colorado Springs. It says, “Wish you were here.” You look at it...
Directions to Library Wayfinding
By Donald A. Barclay and Eric D. ScottThe word “wayfinding” has multiple meanings, but the one that really matters to librarians comes from the...
Library Design Showcase 2012
By Greg LandgrafThe Once and Future Library
By Charles G. MuellerTo some librarians it must seem like a perfect storm: Budgets are being slashed, ebooks suddenly are outselling their...
Library History and Women’s History: An Ongoing Convergence
By Sarah M. PritchardThe convergence of women’s history and library history at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition heralded...
Women in the White City
By Susan E. SearingNext year will be the 120th anniversary of the World’s Columbian Exposition, more commonly known as the Chicago...
Departments
President's Message: Hot Issues Drive ALA Presidential Priorities
Molly RaphaelIn Practice: Click Here to Engage
By Meredith FarkasLibrarian's Library: The Librarian’s History of the Library
By Karen MullerWhen I think of history, two quotations come to mind. One, by Marcus Cicero, says history illuminates the present; the...
Editor's Letter: Of Design, Danes, and Daffodils
By Laurie D. BormanWhat is your favorite library space? Perhaps a school library reading nook, or the august reading room from your...
Youth Matters: It’s Always Time for CE-TV
By Linda W. BraunHave you heard of Khan Academy? Sal Khan started the organization in the belief that people could learn by watching...
Another Story: A Hazy Shade of (Mid)winter
By Joseph JanesYou know that feeling you get when you come home from a conference, and it’s all kind of a blur? That’s...
Will's World: The Coolness Factor
By Will ManleyAge among librarians used to be fairly easy to determine, but no longer in our era of nips, tucks, Botox, and hair...
Newsmaker: Newsmaker: Jamal Joseph
Rousing Reads: Science for the Nonscientist
By Bill OttI was never any good at science, whether it was dissecting a frog or—God help me—completing a science-fair...
Outside/In: Create a Library “Tech Shop”
By David Lee King and Michael PorterWe librarians are experts at collecting. Our jobs, our departments, our very buildings have been designed to acquire...
On My Mind: Returning the Love
By Sarah PrielippCan’t you just see a group of librarians gathering around the proverbial water cooler each morning to profess...
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