Libraries

December 8, 2014 by Heather Booth

12 Blogs of 2014: R. David Lankes

Truth be told, I’m not an avid blog reader. Since the demise of Google Reader, I’ve not devoted much time to finding a new tool to help me organize and track my blog reading. The blogs I do read belong to those people who I can count on to get me thinking and give me […]

June 17, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Autism and Libraries: The Dangers of Wandering/Bolting, just one of the many issues we need to understand

Someone had called the police. It’s not surprising really, here she was chasing a fleeing kid – looking much older than his actual age – running down the street in his underwear. He had gotten out. Again. At the time he was maybe 8, but for reasons not quite understood many kids on the Autism […]

December 2, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Why Libraries Should Be Like Marvel Not DC

Everyone outside the library sphere keeps saying that libraries are dead- do a search and find all the articles, I’ll wait. We’re in a constant struggle to prove ourselves relevant and exciting to people. What would happen if we took a long look at things, made a concrete plan that allowed for wiggle room, and […]

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What’s Your Library’s Policy on Self Published Titles?

May 20, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I just threw a question out to Twitter, but now I am really curious and want to know: What is your library’s policy about self published titles? Do you have one? Please take a few moments and answer these questions in the comments: 1) What type of library do you work at? 2) Does your […]