Investing in The Future: Automation Marketplace 2009 By Marshall Breeding - 04/01/2009
In a year where the general economy presented enormous challenges, libraries continued to make investments in automation, especially in products that help improve what and how they deliver to their end users. Access to electronic content remains a key driver. In response to anticipated needs for new approaches to library automation, many companies have invested to expand their development capac... More
Voters Step Up: Library Referenda 2009 By Beth Dempsey - 03/15/2010
Despite the grim economic circumstances in 2009, voters delivered an overwhelming vote of confidence to their local libraries. In fact, 84 percent of all operating referenda passed nationwide. Just a few of the successes: in Michigan, where the unemployment rate leads the nation, Cass City's Rawson Memorial District Library's annual operating referendum was passed by an extraordinary 89 percent.
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Feeling the Pinch By Barbara Hoffert - 02/15/2010
We're facing what many have called the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, with one in ten Americans unemployed. It's no surprise, then, that the 2010 book-buying survey of public libraries is on the dark side. Representing some 100 institutions nationwide distributed equitably by size, type, and location, our annual survey aims to capture the big picture.
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Delivering on “Yes”: Best Small Library in America 2010 By John N. Berry III - 02/01/2010
Smiling librarians greet you by name when you arrive at the Glen Carbon Centennial Library (GCCL), IL. After that great welcome, you notice that everyone is still smiling, and no matter whom you ask on that small staff of 15, they'll tell you they love working there. If you probe a bit further, they become downright passionate about the place...
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LJ Best Books 2009: 31 Titles, Plus Best Genres & How-To By Margaret Heilbrun, Barbara Hoffert, Anna Katterjohn, Heather McCormack, Mirela Roncevic, & Wilda Williams - 12/15/2009
Four first novels and triumphal works by masters A.S. Byatt and Hilary Mantel. A searing photo essay on AIDS and Shakespeare with a twist. Newton as detective, parenting in the 21st century, and a free black man's fate in Colonial America. Plus juicy genre fiction and smart how-to. What do all these books have in common? They're among LJ's Best Books of 2009.
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Architects 12/15/2009
A Acock Associates Architects, Columbus, OH; 614-228-1586; www.acock.com Adams & Smith LLC, Swampscott, MA; 781-599-2070; www.adamssmitharch.com a.i. designs (Dana Newbrook, AIA), Pawtucket, RI; 401-728-2560; aidesignsltd.com Aller Lingle Massey, Fort Collins, CO; 970-223-1820; aller-lingle-massey.
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Library Buildings 2009: The Constant Library By Bette-Lee Fox - 12/15/2009 40 academic library building projects, completed between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009, with summary data and illustrated in stunning photographs.More
Back to the Scriptorium: Database Marketplace 2009 By Carol Tenopir, Gayle Baker, & Jill E. Grogg - 05/15/2009
Picture medieval monks hunched over their desks in the scriptorium as they labor to copy manuscripts. A 21st-century version of this activity is being repeated daily in the world's libraries and publishing houses.
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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.
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