Latest Library Links, December 5, 2014

News from ALA and the profession

December 5, 2014

ALA News

Make sure you are eligible to vote in ALA elections

Webinar: Face to face with Congress

Naming and Framing webinars now archived

Division News

ALCTS selects an Emerging Leader

Seven more Great Websites for Kids

Awards & Grants

The first Lu Yao Literature Award

Janet Frame Memorial Award for Literature

Libraries in the News

911 calls show fear after FSU library shooting

Guitars on loan in Licking County

Tribal libraries are a lifeline to higher education

Issues

10 quick tips for library advocacy

The legend behind the library myths

Tech Talk

File sharing 101

Skype 7 for Windows rolls out amid user complaints

3D scanning

E-Content

Douglas County Libraries Ebook Report, December

Ebook predictions for 2015

New LIBLICENSE e-resources model license

Books & Reading

Report: Kids would read more if they could find books they like

Women in comics: Bringing history to life

25 genre novels that should be classics

The Economist's best books of 2014

One Booklister's collection of book dedications

Tips & Ideas

15 top educational resources on digital citizenship

Google News: A missed opportunity

The importance of having library liability insurance

Teens, technology, and design

Collaboratively create music and vocal recordings with Soundtrap

Building a small web portfolio

Einstein goes digital

What could be lost as Einstein's papers go online

There's no such thing as an unbiased map

Viroqua (Wis.) Public Library postcard, 1910

Medieval book advertisements

 

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