Firm but fair. Via Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie.
eBookworm
Ephemera on libraries, literature, and reading, with an occasional focus on digital life. Curated by @scrufflibrarian.
60% of Americans under age 30 used the library in the past year. Some 46% used the library for research, 38% borrowed books (print books, audiobooks, or e-books), and 23% borrowed newspapers, magazines, or journals.
Younger Americans’ Reading and Library Habits | Pew Internet Libraries
More than 150 libraries have been closed or put into the hands of volunteers in the past year owing to the Government spending squeeze, with a further 225 at risk as councils look for ways of finding savings, according to research released last night.
Revealed: the full cost of the cull of public libraries - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
[N]ormal “weeding” processes undertaken by all libraries have been accelerated and given to non-specialist staff, “many of whom feel uneasy about what they are being asked to do”.
Council rejects archive clearout claims at Manchester Central Library | Books | guardian.co.uk
Best library professional conference slide show ever!
(via Getting the most out of an in-person professional conference… » Librarians Matter)
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Speak up for libraries :: Lobby your MP on 13 March
March 13, 2012 at 11:30 AM - 2:30 PMCentral Hall Westminster, LondonRegister for this event at: Speak Up for Libraries.Public library services and staff are under threat from cuts and closures on a massive scale.During the lobby of Parliament, join local library users, campaigners and staff to help highlight the importance of libraries in providing access to learning, information and knowledge and as a vital lifeline for many communities.Join the rally and lobby
- Attend the rally and hear high profile speakers, entertainment and films all telling the same story – libraries are a valued and vital resource.
- Visit the ‘pop up’ library and see for yourself the many faces of a modern library.
- Arrange to meet with your MP and tell them now is the time to act to protect libraries.
Please sign up on the Speak Up For Libraries website to indicate that you will be attending or on the Facebook Event page.See you there!
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3 If you can take yourself out of your first world techie social media smart-shoes for a second then imagine this: you’re 53 years old, you’ve been in prison from 20 to 26, you didn’t finish high school, and you have a grandson who you’re now supporting because your daughter is in jail. You’re lucky, you have a job at the local Wendy’s. You have to fill out a renewal form for government assistance which has just been moved online as a cost saving measure (this isn’t hypothetical, more and more municipalities are doing this now). You have a very limited idea of how to use a computer, you don’t have Internet access, and your survival (and the survival of your grandson) is contingent upon this form being filled out correctly.
Why we should care about libraries (via A Whole Lotta Nothing)
Other than the problematic phrase “first world” (hate “first world problems” ugh!), I completely agree. I believe that this is what libraries need to become. I have spent time helping people fill out forms, find the correct documents, even send an email. I figured out what people wanted through hand gestures. I just think there’s so much we can offer to people from so many backgrounds.
And yet we still have so many accessibility issues.
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(via libraryjournal)
“Libraries would love to be able to provide you with content.”
Incredibly frustrated at people who blame libraries for not having readily available and accessible content for their e-readers.
It’s not the libraries standing in the way, kids. Generally, the libraries would love to be able to provide you with content. It’s the publishers.
(via libraryjournal)
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