November / December 2010
Features
How to Be Prepared in Case Violence Strikes
By Beverly GoldbergThe library workplace is no more immune to violent incidents than any other venue, sad to say, and just as vulnerable...
Giving out Money: Helping Students Find Local Scholarships
By Barb ChaseHere’s the problem: How does Suzie Senior find out about the local Kiwanis scholarship? Or the one offered by the local...
Chicano Librarianship
By Elizabeth MartinezAugust 29, 2010, marked the 40th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium in East Los Angeles, and it brought back many...
Wait! You Can’t Retire Without Sharing That with Us
By Amy Hartman and Meg DelaneyAs libraries face the departure of staff with well-honed reference skills, years of experience in the community, and...
Gaming 2.0
By Sandy FarmerThe most exciting things have happened at the Houston Public Library’s Central Library since it reopened in May of 2008...
Departments
Youth Matters: A Feeling for Books
By Jennifer Burek PierceRousing Reads: I’ve Got a Horse Right Here
By Bill OttThere are two kinds of horse-racing stories. The most common are the sentimental ones (think National Velvet) in which...
Will's World: My Own Private Bookmobile
Wills WorldMy car, a Subaru Outback, doubles as a library. There are always a lot of books in there. I never go anywhere without a...
Librarian's Library: Premodern Information Overload
By Mary Ellen QuinnEditor's Letter: Less Ink, More Words
By Leonard KniffelAnother Story: Sunrise, Sunset
Joseph JanesThe good people of Sunrise, on the east coast of Florida, want you to know that they do exist, still, and have not been...
Dispatches from the Field: Bridging Intellectual Freedom and Technology
By Jason Griffey, Sarah Houghton-Jan, Eli Neiburger and the Office for Intellectual FreedomIn the November/December issue of Library Technology Reports, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom Collaborated with...
Newsmaker: Harry Potter READs: Actor Daniel Radcliffe on Reading
“Anything that gets kids into reading is fantastic,” says Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who recently posed for an...
Librarian's Library: The MLS Project
By Mary Ellen QuinnOn My Mind: The Unknown Cataloger
Michael GormanHardly a month goes by without a story in the newspapers or elsewhere in the media about a scholar who has “discovered...
In Practice: Read the Fine Print
Meredith FarkasThere probably isn’t a person alive who’s read the Terms of Service (TOS) of every technology or service they use....
President's Message: Some Good News Out There Too
By Roberta A. StevensOne of the best aspects of being ALA president is the opportunity to be a part of state chapter conferences...
Next Steps: The Stanford Innovation Juggernaut
Brian MathewsThe libraries at Stanford University have been a juggernaut of innovation over the last 20 years.
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