Latest Library Links, November 6, 2014

News from ALA and the profession

November 6, 2014

American Libraries Online

Citizens vote "yes" on library funding

Update: Six referenda to watch

Promoting access for blind and visually impaired patrons

ALA News

LeVar Burton to speak at Midwinter

Libraries as a safe haven in times of conflict

Awards & Grants

Where do you shelve your award winners?

2014 Vicky Speck ABC-CLIO Leadership Award

2014 Prix Goncourt

Libraries in the News

Man arrested for threats to University of Washington students

Yale library faces budget cuts

Issues

Elsevier's negotiations with Dutch universities grind to a halt

21st-century libraries abound in Denmark

Tech Talk

Playing with robots at Westport Library

The best touchscreen-friendly winter gloves

Biometrics and passwords

The secret codes that programmers hide in your PC

40 maps that explain the internet

E-Content

Scribd adds 30,000 digital audiobooks

Kindle Voyage: Complaints about uneven lighting

Books & Reading

Netflix to adapt Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events for TV

A timeline of historical YA fiction (infographic)

19 novels about politics

Top 10 novels based on political revolutions and social movements

Books about going to space

10 facts about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Nominations for LibraryReads list now accepted through NetGalley

Tips & Ideas

Internet Arcade: Play 900 vintage video games in your browser

Interview with the creator of Snopes.com

The elusive Buddy Bolden

Microsoft Office goes free on phones and tablets

Nine library-related Pinterest boards

 

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