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Informational Brief: Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement
Academic Libraries, Libraries, Reports, Resources, School Libraries
|From a Report Summary via METRO: The New York Comprehensive Center (NYCC)/RMC Research Corporation, in consultation with the New York State Education Department, the New York State Library and the New York Library Association has produced a new publication entitled, Informational Brief: Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement. This comprehensive brief provides a current and rigorous […]
JHU's Winston Tabb is the Winner of ALA's 2012 Patterson Copyright Award Winner
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Jobs, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|via ALA’s District Dispatch: Winston Tabb, Dean of Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University is the 2012 recipient of the American Library Association’s L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award: In Support of Users’ Rights. Mr. Tabb was appointed to the National Board of the Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) by President Obama in […]
Florida: West Palm Beach Public Library Foundation Receives $5 Million Grant
Awards, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Public Libraries
|From The Palm Beach Post: The West Palm Beach library foundation is receiving a $5 million grant from The Mandel Foundation, a Cleveland-based foundation whose primary priority funding areas include leadership, management of nonprofits, higher education, Jewish education and continuity, and urban neighborhood renewal. The library will be renamed the Mandel Public Library of West […]
From NJ.com: The New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) released findings on Wednesday of a three-year study conducted by the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) at Rutgers University, which explored the values of quality school libraries to education in New Jersey. “The findings show that New Jersey school libraries and school […]
Multiple Articles. 1. Monterey County Free Libraries Celebrates 100 Years of Service (via Monterey County Weekly) [Last] Saturday, the MCFL system kicks off a year-long celebration of its centennial with a party at its Marina branch, with cake, music, crafts and a historical presentation (the actual birth date of the system will arrive in August). […]
Karen Keninger Appointed Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, News
|From a Library of Congress News Release: Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announce[s] the appointment of Karen A. Keninger as director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), effective March 26, 2012. Keninger succeeds Frank Kurt Cylke, who retired from federal service on February 28, 2011. “Ms. Keninger’s qualifications […]
From the The Harvard Crimson: The University will offer a Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program to library employees 55 years and older with 10 years of service under their belts, according to a University spokesperson. Those who choose to accept the offer will receive six months’ pay, plus two additional weeks’ pay for every year […]
Print Journals: PAPR (Print Archives Preservation Registry Project) Update From the California Digital Library
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Preservation, Reports
|From a CDFLINFO News Post by Patricia Martin, California Digital Library: University of California (UC) libraries are running out of space for print journals at the same time that circulation of print journals has declined. In response, print archiving programs like the Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST) are proving that UC libraries can eliminate redundant […]
ALA President Reports on Recent Meeting With Publishers + Comments from Publishers About Talks
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports
|First, comments from ALA President, Molly Raphael. Then, a few comments from INFOdocket. Finally, a report from LJ with comments from the publishers who were at the meeting. From an American Libraries Post from ALA President, Molly Raphael: As recently reported, I led an ALA delegation to New York last week to meet separately with […]
New Video: Lorcan Dempsey's "Reconfiguring Library Boundaries" Presentation
Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Video Recordings
|Lorcan Dempsey is a Vice President and Chief Strategist at OCLC Research. From a Blurb on the OCLC Web Site In this 43-minute video, Lorcan Dempsey talks about how libraries are changing in the network environment, how they are organizing their services and how they are relating to other services in a Webscale world. He […]