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The Three Questions – From the ACPL!

I heart this so much!

Futurist Thinking

Take a look at Thomas Frey’s post about libraries:

http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2012/03/future-libraries-and-the-17-forms-of-information-replacing-books/

Somewhere in the middle of this question lies the nagging fear and anxiety that we see brimming to the top among library insiders.

People who think libraries are going away simply because books are going digital are missing the true tectonic shifts taking place in [...]

Think Like an Activist

At several points in my life I have had the opportunity to work closely with activists. I have seen political, social, and union activists up close and in action. The true activist is a special breed who is in touch with a different reality that is just outside the reach of the present. They have [...]

Trzeciak named university librarian at Washington University in St. Louis

http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/23471.aspx

Jeffrey G. Trzeciak, university librarian at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has been named university librarian at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1, 2012, announced Provost Edward S. Macias, PhD, executive vice chancellor and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences.

Trzeciak replaces Shirley K. Baker, vice [...]

Question of the Moment – Nicest Thing

Question of the Moment – Nicest Thing, a photo by Enokson on Flickr.

Question of the Moment – Nicest Thing

Question of the Moment: “What is the nicest thing anyone ever said to you?”

Students and staff are enjoying answering our newest Question of the Moment posted on one of the library hallway windows. [...]

EVERYThing will Change

LogoColors, a photo by widgetsandstone on Flickr.

Via one of my students, just discovered this campaign:

http://www.widgetsandstone.com/CustomContentRetrieve.aspx?ID=3999890

 

Various fluorescent colors of the campaign logo.

This was part of a marketing campaign to draw citizens to a visioning event to give their ideas on how the Chattanooga library system could be reinvented.

Other parts [...]

Overcoming e-book ‘stagnation’ by Åke Nygren

Don’t miss this article by Åke Nygren at InformationToday Europe:

http://www.InfoToday.eu/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=80411&PageNum=2

Åke explores how Stockholm Libraries are responding to e-book stagnation:

Since 2010 the Stockholm Public Libraries have been working hard at coming to grips with the conflict between a growing public demand for e-books and the devastatingly low percentage of e-books available in their stacks. [...]

Make Something … at Portland Public Library

Don’t miss:

http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=2045

TTW Contributor Justin Hoenke answers some questions about the library as a creation space for teens:

How do artists use your library?

Every day after school we get anywhere from 30-60 teens using our teen library space.  I see the teens making music, art, and videos on their laptops everyday.  A lot [...]

Petition for School Libraries

Please, TTW Readers, follow this link and sign the petition:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/ensure-every-child-america-has-access-effective-school-library-program/tmlbRqfF?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

Every child in America deserves access to an effective school library program. We ask that the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provide dedicated funding to help support effective school library programs. Such action will ensure more students have access to [...]

StoryTubes 2012

Don’t miss:

http://www.storytubes.info

StoryTubes 2012, the two-minute or shorter,  ”my favorite book” video contest is open as of J

anuary 20, 2012  and accepting English speaking entrants from throughout the world.  It is open for kids in grades K – 12.