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Inside Scoop

News and views from inside the American Library Association’s Chicago headquarters.

  • Interns Focus on ALA Website's Human-Computer Interface
  • Take the American Libraries Go-Green Survey
  • LJ, SLJ Sold to Media Source
  • Passing the (Library) Buck in Michigan
  • Exclusive Interview with FakeAACR2
  • Kirkus Reviews Gets New Owner
  • A Chance to Show Off: Library Snapshot Day
  • President's Budget Freeze Seems Oddly Familiar
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Perpetual Beta

By Jason Griffey

  • Penguin books on the iPad
  • Books vs iPad - everyone wins
  • The Brads – Why DRM Doesn’t Work
  • Librivox Fundraising: Give!
  • The Future Is: Swarming Intelligence
  • Viewfinder
  • Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers
  • Apple to wrap digital books in FairPlay copy protection | Technology | Los Angeles Times
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Green Your Library

By Laura Bruzas

  • An Alternative Approach to Furnishing Your Library
  • When Is a Book a Bag?
  • You Won't Know if You Don't Ask
  • Styrofoam, Paper, Ceramic, Stainless Steel or Corn?
  • Book Green Speakers Bigger than Your Budget
  • Bicycles: Not Just For Children
  • Build Your Green Book
  • Is Moving to Another Planet the Answer?
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How the World Sees Us

Measuring teacher performance based in part on the test scores of their pupils would seem to be a no-brainer.



—Evan Thomas and Pat Wingert writing on education reform, “Why We Must Fire Bad Teachers,” Newsweek, March 15.

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