Professional Development
Feature: Designing Space for Children and Teens
Envisioning a new youth services space is a joint effort on the part of the architects, design professionals, staff, board, and community. It requires an examination of the mission and roles of the library and how the library utilizes...
Posted March 14, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Departments: The Pixelated Campus
by Jennifer Burek Pierce“There is no frigate like a book,” Emily Dickinson wrote long ago, “to take us lands away.” Only the foolhardy would quibble with her eloquent, 19th-century paean to the written word, and librarians...
Posted March 9, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Departments: Finding Your Voice
by Meredith FarkasHaving a professional online portfolio is a great way to show off your technology skills and provide additional information to potential employers that doesn’t fit into your résumé and cover letter. However, this alone won’t give them a...
Posted March 8, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Departments: Cataloging Horizons
By Karen CoyleLibrary catalogs have evolved over time as technology has changed. The last 150 years have seen a progression from book catalogs to cards, and eventually, to online catalogs. Each of these changes has provided new capabilities that can...
Posted February 12, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Feature: A History of Women’s History Month
By Kay Ann Cassell and Kathleen WeibelThe roots of National Women’s History Month go back to “Women’s History Week,” first celebrated in Sonoma County, California, in 1978. This public celebration was scheduled around March 8, International Women’s Day, long...
Posted February 10, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Feature: How to Celebrate Women’s History @ Your Library
“Writing Women Back into History” is the theme for National Women’s History Month, March 2010, the annual celebration of women in the United States. For years women’s contributions were routinely underestimated or ignored even in...
Posted February 10, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Departments: Your Virtual Brand
By Meredith FarkasI recently started teaching another great group of future librarians at San José State University about Web 2.0 technologies. I’m always in awe of their enthusiasm for the subject matter and for their chosen field. This year, I also...
Posted February 4, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
Departments: Stirring Up Inspiration
By Jennifer Burek PierceIt’s been one of those winters when I’ve wondered if one really feeds a cold (achoo!) and starves a fever, experimenting with soups that require no further icy treks to the grocery store (achoo!). Coincidentally I had already made...
Posted February 4, 2010 | Comments: | Read More
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