The Race Against Lord Mandelson
While you might not think so, the starter's pistol has metaphorically gone off. You cannot take precipitous action in a crisis situation. While the Library Society of the World group should be lauded...
View ArticleLibrarians = Bloat, Claims Goldwater Institute
A new report by a conservative watchdog group concludes the nation's universities have become less efficient over the years by dramatically increasing the number of administrators they hire per...
View ArticleJob Security at the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Yesterday, employees at Buffalo and Erie County Public Library were offered this survey before the start of the this year's Staff Development Day. You can view the survey...
View ArticleExcessive Salaries for NYPL Executives?
"The New York Public Library, like many libraries throughout the country, is so strapped for cash, they're cutting back services. But guess how much money the guy who runs the library earned last...
View ArticleGrant Opportunity for School Libraries
Are you in a school library in CA, NV or NY? Read on...GlobeNewswire via COMTEX -- City National Bank today announced that it is now accepting applications for grants to support literacy-based projects...
View ArticleManagement shake-up at SLC Library
Management shake-up at SLC Library A sweeping management shake-up at the Salt Lake City Public Library — quietly in the works for months — has led to a series of demotions and retirements among veteran...
View ArticleFunding and Priorities: The Library Resource Guide Benchmark Study on 2011...
This study, conducted by the Library Resource Guide (LRG) — in conjunction with Unisphere Research, the market research division of Information Today, Inc (ITI) — in October and November 2010 among...
View ArticleAnti-Privitization
A video made in an effort to prevent privitization of the Santa Clarita CA Library. Sign the petition if you so desire.
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Demographic Rambling
Four years of podcasting with LISNews.org has been interesting. The statistics make things even more interesting. Sadly, I do not have a complete set of data points. Those that I do have worry...
View ArticleLibrary Ousts Occupy Bangor Tents From Their Property
Seems like insurance issues trump free speech issues.BANGOR, Maine— The Bangor Public Library board decided Thursday that, due to insurance liabilities, it must ask Occupy Bangor members to remove...
View ArticleInterested in an Internship at Library of Congress This Summer?
Here's an opportunity for talented college-age students headed for the field of LIS:This summer the Library of Congress once again is offering special 10-week paid internships to college students. For...
View ArticleCollecting Late Fees Too Much of An Aggravation in Boston
From the Boston Globe:On a Saturday morning at the Gleason Public Library in Carlisle last month, Jason Walsh deposited a tall stack of materials on the returns desk and automatically reached for his...
View ArticleMajor Cuts in Canadian Library And Archives
From CBC News: The federal government is eliminating a series of libraries and archives throughout different departments as part of the latest budget cuts.Library and Archives Canada alone has received...
View ArticleGuns @ Your Library
This story from the Seattle Public Library is a bit dated, but worth reading. When Seattle Public Library lifted its ban on guns in early November, officials there said they had done so because patrons...
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Director of Queens (NYC) Library Under Fire for Spending on Office Decor &...
Sen. Tony Avella (D-Queens) said spendthrift Thomas Galante’s undisclosed side gig — which paid $287,100 in less than two years — as a business consultant to a Long Island school district was the last...
View ArticleRaising Chickens & Speed Dating @ Your Library
As the new director at the Sitka AK library, Robb Farmer has lots of new ideas. KCAW reports: Farmer spent the last nine years at the Faulkner University Law Library in Alabama. He’s a lawyer himself,...
View ArticleDionne Mack-Harvin Becomes First Female African-American Director of Brooklyn PL
Topic: AdministrationLibrariansLibrary Journal reports that Dionne Mack-Harvin has been named executive director of the Brooklyn Public Library. This appointment makes her the first female...
View ArticleThe No Asshole Rule
Topic: BooksAdministrationOn Tech Nation Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Robert Sutton, the Stanford Professor and author, who has scientific research proving a negative work atmosphere is bad for you. They...
View ArticleExtra Pair of Hands Survey
If you could increase library staffing in only one area, where? Open to all, not just law librarians, take the survey on Law Librarian Blog...
View ArticleTrustees Vs Director: Who Has The Power?
Topic: AdministrationPublic LibrariesSo who's in charge here?That's the question the trustees are passing around the table at the Yakima Valley Regional Library (WA) where some members of the library...
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