Salem Press launched The Library Grants Center on November 16. It is a free web tool designed to help librarians search for library grants at national, state, regional, and local levels. The web site focuses on grants available to all types of libraries and from a range of sources—public and private— including professional organizations, large [...]
Out of 173 Majors, Library Science Reportedly Has Fourth Highest Unemployment Rate
November 8, 2011 By 14 Comments
The Wall Street Journal today published a sortable listing of how college majors fare in the job market, based on 2010 Census data. Unfortunately, library science fared as one of the worst majors. Among the 173 majors listed, library science majors had the fourth highest unemployment rate at 15 percent. The median salary of $36,000 [...]
Library People News: Hires, Promotions, Retirements, and Obituaries 11/08/11
November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Zahra Baird, Youth Services Librarian, Chappaqua Library, NY, will be leaving after eight years at the library to take a similar position at Yonkers Public Library, NY. Carol Ann Batt is the new COO, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System (BECPLS). A 30-plus-year veteran of BECPLS, she most recently was Assistant Deputy Director of [...]
ACRL Adds Its Voice to Debate With GPO Over Federal Depository Library Program
November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The president of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) sent a letter on November 2 to Public Printer William Boarman and Superintendent of Documents Mary Alice Baish to express concern about recent decisions by the Government Printing Office (GPO) that have rejected new multi-state partnerships within the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Joyce L. [...]
Library Journal's Own Digital Shift
November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We’re getting our online house in order. Soon, Library Journal will have a proper home for the daily mix of news stories, reviews, features, columns, and research we publish to the web and in our newsletters. In the meantime, you’re going to see LJ content in a couple of different places, all still under the LJ banner.
Copyright Office Urges Moving Beyond 'Ad Hoc' Mass Digitization Projects
November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Among the U.S. Copyright Office’s recently released list of priorities was a promised analysis of the legal issues surrounding mass digitization projects, particularly in light of the litigation surrounding Google Books, HathiTrust, and others. The office followed through, releasing on October 31 a 97-page “discussion document” in which it says that “there is sufficient information [...]
NYPL Shows How to Carve a Library Lion Into a Halloween Pumpkin
October 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Major Salt Lake City Newspaper Editorial Critical of Library Leadership
October 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Salt Lake Tribune, the largest newspaper in Salt Lake City, published an editorial on October 22 entitled “Library’s Faults Are at the Top,” which says in part that “Library Director Beth Elder has clearly lost the confidence of her own staff, professionals and volunteers.” Elder’s tenure at the library has been tumultuous as LJ [...]
IMLS Announces National Medal Winners
October 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has selected five libraries and five museums to receive the 2011 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The award is the country’s highest honor for museums and libraries, and it recognizes recipients who demonstrate innovative approaches to public service and community outreach, as well as “extraordinary civic, [...]
31 Regional Coordinators Protest FDLP Decisions
October 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Thirty-one of the 47 regional coordinators at regional depository libraries around the country wrote a letter October 19 to the public printer at the Government Printing Office in Washington D.C. to protest recent decisions regarding the Federal Depository Library Program. In addition, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), a consortium of the Big Ten member [...]
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