Profiles, interviews, and more about Librarians from Library Journal
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
Feedback 11/01/2009
The bookstore fad Another “fad” has raised its ugly head in the library profession in an attempt to legitimize the very existence of the public library (Barbara Fister, “The Dewey Dilemma,” LJ 10/1/09, p. 22–25). Now we are told that remaking the library into a “bookstore” format will bring the masses to our threshold as never before.
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People By Staff - 10/15/2009
Shane Beers has joined the University of Michigan (UM) Library, Ann Arbor, as its first Digital Preservation Librarian. He will work closely with a team of experts to ensure the long-term preservation of UM's digital collections. Hannah Bennett has joined Princeton University, NJ, as Architecture Librarian.
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Feedback 10/15/2009
Still looking for a job I want to thank John Berry ("The New Refugees," Blatant Berry, LJ 9/1/09, p. 8) for his insight into what new librarians face going into the unknown world of librarianship. We learn the skills that we need, however, it is very difficult to show them off when most libraries expect one to three years of experience plus the MLS degree.
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Lousy Job Market, Great Career By Francine Fialkoff, Editor-in-Chief - 10/15/2009
Just half a year before June 2008 graduates flipped the tassels on their caps from one side to the other, the recession officially began. They walked out into a job market where, as one fall 2008 University of South Florida grad put it in a letter to LJ, "What does it take to get a public library job? I know the economy is bad and that budgets are tight.
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In the Bookroom Bette-Lee Fox, Managing Editor, June 24, 2009 Recommending Romance
When it comes to romances, I consider myself fairly well read. In fact, of the RUSA R... More
LJ Insider Rebecca Miller, Executive Editor, Library Journal June 16, 2009 If I Were a Rural Librarian...
I'd be eating up the funny, insightful, and plain-old true thread on Publib "You... 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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