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NYPL Secrecy Must Go: A Culture That Discourages Free Speech Has No Place at...

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-294506560/nypl-secrecy-must-go.htmlJune 15, 2012... THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (NYPL) MADE it into the New York Times again, barely a month after an article...

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The Programming Explosion: A Key Service in the Public Library of the Future

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-294506561/programming-explosion-key-service.htmlJune 15, 2012... PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A staple of American library service. New needs...

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Georgia State Copyright Case Comes to a Close

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-294506569/georgia-state-copyright-case.htmlJune 15, 2012... On May 11, Judge Orinda Evans of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia...

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S. & S. Settles Suit; Apple & Others Still Waiting

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-294506571/s-s-settles-suit.htmlJune 15, 2012... Simon & Schuster (S. & S.) settled the ebook price-fixing suit brought by various state attorneys...

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LA House Passes Library Sex Offender Ban

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-294506572/la-house-passes-library.htmlJune 15, 2012... On May 25, the Louisiana House of Representatives passed a bill to bar sex offenders from libraries,...

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Too Many Ebook Cooks: Ineffectual Committees Aren't Fast Enough to Ensure...

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-299258287/too-many-ebook-cooks.htmlAugust 1, 2012... HOW MANY COMMITTEES DOES IT TAKE TO COME up with an ebook strategy for public libraries? It seems you...

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Add Substance to Style: ULC's New Leadership Brief Neglects Public Library...

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-299258288/add-substance-style-ulc.htmlAugust 1, 2012... IT ISN'T A FATAL FLAW, BUT THE THIRD IN THE URBAN Libraries Council (ULC) series of "knowledge...

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LA Eliminates State Aid to Public Libraries

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-299258295/la-eliminates-state-aid.htmlAugust 1, 2012... The FY13 Louisiana budget signed by Gov. Bobby Jindal on June 15 eliminates almost $896,000 in state...

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Michigan Libraries Seek to Curb Guns

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-299258296/michigan-libraries-seek-curb.htmlAugust 1, 2012... On July 11, the Michigan Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case over whether libraries...

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Pew: Patrons Still Don't Know Libraries Have Ebooks

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-299258297/pew-patrons-still-dont.htmlAugust 1, 2012... Of Americans aged 16 and over, only two percent have borrowed an ebook from a library in the past year,...

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SC Director Helps Nigerian Library Leapfrog Print

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-302110955/sc-director-helps-nigerian.htmlSeptember 1, 2012... Duncan Alford (below, 4th from l.), associate dean of the University of South Carolina (USC)...

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Embattled Trenton Mayor Opens Last Un-Library

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-302110954/embattled-trenton-mayor-opens.htmlSeptember 1, 2012... Trenton, NJ, mayor Tony Mack reopened the city's fourth and final Learning Center, formerly...

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Penn State Library to Keep Paterno Name

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-302110952/penn-state-library-keep.htmlSeptember 1, 2012... While he announced that a statue to coach Joe Paterno would be removed in the wake of the Jerry...

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Corrections

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-302110951/corrections.htmlSeptember 1, 2012... "Momentum Builds for DCL's Ebook Model" (InfoTech, LJ 6/1/12, p. 18-20) incorrectly stated that eiNetwork...

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Fix Library Advocacy: Compared to Other Public Sector Warriors, Librarians...

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-302110946/fix-library-advocacy-compared.htmlSeptember 1, 2012... THE LIBRARY PROFESSION'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS have had very little impact. Why we have not...

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How to Host a Card Catalog Contest

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-303350157/host-card-catalog-contest.htmlOctober 1, 2012... The Fresno City College Library (FCCL), CA, and its Friends group started its cARTalog contest in...

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An Editor Makes a Stand at Vonnegut Library

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-303350156/editor-makes-stand-vonnegut.htmlOctober 1, 2012... The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library (KVML), Indianapolis, is expecting an unusual window...

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Indianapolis Microlibrary Is on the Move

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-303350155/indianapolis-microlibrary-move.htmlOctober 1, 2012... Indianapolis's first mobile microlibrary, which held its grand opening August 18, is already...

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Library PAC Will Back Local Ballot Questions

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-303350154/library-pac-back-local.htmlOctober 1, 2012... EveryLibrary, a new nonpartisan organization, bills itself as the first and only national political...

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A New Weapon for Budgets: Help to Win Votes for Library Support

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-303350143/new-weapon-budgets-help.htmlOctober 1, 2012... I WAS OVERJOYED WHEN JOHN CHRASTKA EMAILED to tell me about EveryLibrary, the new political action...

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