Movers & Shakers 2008 Live and Loaded! Michael Rogers - 03/20/2008 The 2008 Movers & Shakers supplement profiles library advocates, community builders, 2.0 gurus, innovators, marketers, mentors, and problem solvers shaping the profession and defining its future. More
NextGen: Library Student Bill of Rights By Char Booth - 12/15/2008
Like every other librarian, I've had to teach myself countless things on the job in order to function professionally. Librarianship is a craft, and crafts are best learned by experience. Librarianship is also contextual: much of what we do is about developing relationships to the users we serve and the organizations we represent.
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LJ Teaching Award 2008: Rick J. Block By John N. Berry III - 11/15/2008
Despite his “day job” and a heavy schedule of classroom teaching, Rick J. Block finds time and intense energy to be the mentor, internship supervisor, and individual advisor to the students who fill every available seat in his classes at two LIS programs. In addition to his position as head of special collections and metadata cataloging at the Columbia University Libraries, Block te...
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LJ Talks to Megan Winget, Who Studies Preservation of Online Games Raya Kuzyk - 07/30/2008
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) recently awarded $255,040 to the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information to study the collection and preservation of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, which often involve interactive role-playing. LJ checked in with Assistant Professor Megan Winget about her history with gaming...
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New Focus Needed To Recruit Minorities for Academic Library Jobs Jennifer Pinkowski - 09/21/2007
A new study says that, to bolster minoirty hiring, academic libraries should consider the example of the nursing profession and develop a single comprehensive recruitment and public awareness resource.
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In the Bookroom Raya Kuzyk, Media Editor, Library Journal July 31, 2008 Meet Megan Winget('s Avatar)
You’ve read about Megan Winget, the University of Texas School of Information a... More
Tennant: Digital Libraries Roy Tennant, Senior Program Manager, OCLC Programs and Research November 6, 2007 The New Meritocracy
At the risk of boring you with career details that even my mother doesn't wish to kno... More
Design Institute 2007 December 11, 2007 at Chicago's Harold Washington Library Center:Design Institute 2007
Learning Gardens New York's GreenBranches program links the library to the street.
Green Picks: LBD May 2007 Want to reduce your library's carbon footprint? Join the Cradle-to-Cradle revolution. Helen Milling shares the green products her firm is using.
The 2008 Movers & Shakers supplement profiles library advocates, community builders, 2.0 gurus, innovators, marketers, mentors, and problem solvers shaping the profession and defining its future. 
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