National coverage of public library use showcases our abilities to serve users with so many different needs. What community needs does your library meet?
Are you collecting stories to share with those who can bring stable funding to your library?
View the Online Video about Library Use
What do you think? Leave a comment if you’d like.
Check out this article about Cumberland County Libraries: Link to article: Cumberland likely to lose library aid on June 05, 2009 in Patriot News
“Cumberland County’s public libraries could lose $300,000 a year in state money if the county shifts from fourth- to third-class status…”
Fredricksen Library Book Cart Drill Team 2008
Check out this great presentation of Fredricksen Library’s ability to market themselves and libraries as a whole. Think about the great message they are sending! Thanks Fredricksen for showing the power of a great promotion!
Note: For those working in libraries without access to YouTube, take a minute at home to enjoy this. It’s worth it.
To know this is done by one of the libraries in our district makes me smile.
Take a look at Stephanie Liva’s letter to the editor responding to a recent patron letter.
Read about a recent board retreat for BLM.
Museums, Libraries, and Archives are urged to apply for a free IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf.
To help raise the conservation IQ of museums, libraries, and archives, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in cooperation with the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH), is offering 2000 free copies of the Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core set of books, DVDs, online resources, and an annotated bibliography that are essential for the care of collections.
View the following link for additional information: AASLH.
A Press Release can be found on the following site: IMLS.
A simple electronic application for the IMLS Bookshelf is available at the following link: MLS Bookshelf Application.
The IMLS Bookshelf will be awarded free in two application periods:
September 1 – November 15, 2007, with recipients announced in February 2008.
March 1 – April 15, 2008, with recipients announced in July 2008.
Learn some data from a poll on U.S. Reading Habits:
Read it all at:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/08/21/reading.ap/index.html
C.W. Nevius
Sunday, August 12, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/12/BAM4RGUC8.DTL
The Pennsylvania Humanities Council is pleased to announce the 23 public libraries and friends groups chosen for Read About It!, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council’s series of “packaged” book discussion programs.
Through informal discussions with an expert facilitator, Read About It! exposes people to new authors and gives them tools to deepen their reading experience. The programs appeal to popular interests and engage readers from all walks of life in the humanities.
These 23 libraries will host discussion groups in Fall 2007 and Spring 2008.
This application process is quite competitive. Congratulations to these libraries!
Please view this document for more information and a list of the recipients.
PHC’s Read About It! Grant Recipients
Bonnie Young
Office of Commonwealth Libraries
Bureau of Library Development
Public libraries embrace changing role, technology
By Chris A. Courogen
Of The Patriot-News
“Libraries are keeping up with technology,” said Darlene Ford, executive director of Cleve J. Fredricksen Library in Camp Hill. “It’s not just books. We offer access to information around the world.”
“Libraries have taken on a different role… Libraries are more all-around information places. We’re giving that information in whatever media people need.” – Cathi Alloway, the public services director for the Dauphin County Library System
Are libraries of the future made up of RFID tags, robotic librarians and massive storage facilities? At Chicago State University’s new library the future is now.
You don’t have to be a media mogul to create audio and video for iPods
By Jason Griffey — Library Journal, 6/15/2007
Getting started is easier than you might think. There are three key parts to implementing podcasting successfully at your library: creating the podcast content, distributing the podcasts, and, if possible, aggregating and syncing to iPods locally (if you choose to manage and circulate iPods to your patrons). If you choose not to circulate the hardware, creation and distribution are the only necessary steps to begin exploring.
Garrison Keillor: When politics gets mean and dumb, you can cheer yourself up by walking into a public library.
