Latest Library Links, October 1, 2014

News from ALA and the profession

October 1, 2014

American Libraries Online

In Practice: High tech, high touch

AL Live: Self-service software and devices

AL school libraries digital supplement

ALA News

2016 ALA presidential candidates

ALA announces slate of Council candidates

Registration, housing open for Midwinter

Log on to the Digital Inclusion Survey

ALA launches 3D printing policy campaign

What I’m looking for in Emerging Leader candidates

Webinar: Making the election connection

Free “Naming and Framing” webinars

22 chapters selected for facilitator training

The ALA Library turns 90

Division News

R. L. Stine at the YA Literature Symposium

Apply for a free 3D printer

ACRL 2015 preconferences

Library Materials Price Index

Literary Landmark for Lynn Riggs rededicated

Awards & Grants

2014 Bammy Award

Apply for a LIRT award

“Building STEAM with Día” mini-grants

Deadline extended for American Dream grants

2014 Thurber Prize for American Humor

2014 Nebraska Book Awards

Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year

5 under 35 authors honored

2014 Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection

Libraries in the News

Dispute could leave Bexar County with no library

Rural Maine libraries are on borrowed time

Tennessee to look at rural public libraries

The Fault in Our Stars banned in Riverside

Library sues ex-director for faking credentials

Former director pleads guilty to embezzlement

Long Beach branch gets $150,000 donation

Thieves hit Shiprock branch of Farmington Public Library

Japanese library designs anime mascots for classifying books

Issues

Copyright Office in the congressional spotlight

Landmark student privacy law enacted

New Facebook ad platform tracks you everywhere

Social media, the new press release

Why academics stink at writing

Why do people who love libraries love libraries?

Tech Talk

Humanoid robots arrive at Westport Library

Windows 10 revealed

Migrating to LibGuides 2.0

The 10 best smartphones

When everything works like your cellphone

Google launches Drive for Education

E-Content

JSTOR Daily debuts

The UK legalizes digital backups

Would you like paper or plasma?

The hidden costs of ebooks for academic libraries

New IMLS funding supports DPLA

Books & Reading

Goodreads app gets a makeover

A smörgåsbord of Scandinavian YA lit

We Need Diverse Books: Spotlight on Sara Farizan

YA novels inspired by classic literature

What would they read? Firefly characters

Steampunk for teens

Tips & Ideas

Documenting Ferguson

A look inside the Harvard Depository

Full-time reference with part-time librarians

The Creative Experience at St. Louis Public Library

Fall for a good storytime

Webinar: Fighting Ebola with information

Useful sources about the Ebola outbreak

Cataloging a world of languages

Assisting student military veterans

Webinar: US government info in the HathiTrust catalog

How to get rid of common stains

Bookcycle peddles a new take on feminism

Gale’s new campaign: “My Library Story”

Riverside County Library expands ESL classes

A happy place to work (video)

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Latest Library Links, October 2, 2014

News from ALA and the profession