Latest Library Links, December 4, 2014

News from ALA and the profession

December 4, 2014

American Libraries Online

On My Mind: The hidden cost of library fees

ALA News

Feedback from Kitchen Table Conversations at the 2014 Annual Conference

Division News

Keri Cascio is the new ALCTS executive director

AASL seeks program reviewers for its 2015 conference

OpenStreetMaps webinar

Awards & Grants

2015 Morris Award finalists

2015 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists

How the Caldecott Medal came to be

ALA seeks nominations for James Madison Awards

NEH Planning Grant applications due January 14

Ben Okri wins 2014 Bad Sex in Fiction Award

Libraries in the News

Omaha plans a digital library in a former Borders

Chicago and Hawaii explore an Obama Presidential Library partnership

Wake Forest library creates a tech-free room for napping

University of Utah library will make room for a digital space

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library receives grant for an online reading room

Issues

Best practices in fair use of orphan works for libraries and archives

Governments increasingly use copyright law to silence online criticism

Public access and protectionism

Second Circuit hears Google Books case

Brock University cancels Wiley-Blackwell Big Deal

New rule protects workers from discrimination for sexual orientation

A jargon-free guide to the upcoming Elonis v. US Supreme Court case

Illinois legislature overrides governor's veto of expanded state FOIA act

Tech Talk

The dangers of artificial intelligence

How to buy a digital camera

Give the gift of better gadgets

17 testing tools for mobile UX

E-Content

New rewritable paper technology announced

Ebooks in Star Trek

Books & Reading

Checklist for a successful Skype with an author

For those who love Serial

Unbroken and World War II readalikes

Why is nothing easy anymore?

Tips & Ideas

Library services for patrons with disabilities

Ideas for next week's Hour of Code

Political bias in Wikipedia

Microsoft kills its Clip Art, replaces it with Bing search

Help share the manuscripts of Timbuktu with the world

 

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