Seems like lots of people are asking pertinent questions, offering substantive ideas and productively advocating on behalf of patrons and users … well … everyone except librarians and the ALA/PLA, that is. Sept 4 Cushing Academy’s school administrator replaced books in his school’s library with computers and 495 readers commented on the news article on
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Library Photo Friday 2
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US librarian employment & wage data
Some interesting gross data1 on US librarian employment and earnings: Download as PDF people employed = 148,800 (1 in 903), yearly change = +190 people (+0.1%) median wage = $50,970 per year, yearly change = +$1,910 (+3.9%) mean wage = $52,850 per year, yearly change = +$1,990 (+3.9%) 50% range = $40,730 to $63,440 per
Library Photo Friday 1
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New library services: order tracking & event search
Recent library experiences made me think of two more items for the list of services I’ve proposed as a standard suite of public library offerings. Order tracking. I’ve submitted a few ILL requests to my library in the past 2-3 weeks and have no idea of their status. For all I know, my requests may
Tough questions, good ideas, photo Fridays
For me, library advocacy means celebrating achievements, asking tough questions, and sharing good ideas. I’ve tried to do that here. The blog archive has a number of essays, images, references and kudos that celebrate the contributions of American public libraries. For the tough questions and good ideas, I’ve collected posts on a single page, entitled “Good Ideas
The Booksquare Blog
Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism is the tagline for this fabulous blog by Kassia Krozser. On the About Page, Krozser writes: Kassia has never had an opinion she didn’t wish to express, nor has she ever been shy about telling the emperor that his clothes are, well, transparent. This is her way
Library bypass strategies
Last week, publishing consultant Joseph Esposito publicly mused about an ebook strategy in which publishers bypass libraries and create direct-to-reader content packages. Esposito described it not as “another evil visited upon libraries by avaricious publishers” but as “a prudent means to find other ways to derive revenue from publications without imposing a further tax on
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The WABAC machine, episode 2
It appears to be certain, however, that large numbers of librarians, especially in small institutions or those of moderate size, look upon their statistics in the light of a necessary evil. They must be collected, because something of the kind is expected in the annual report, but they should be minimized, and, once in print,
