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September 23, 2008

News

Galveston's John Augelli Talks Hurricane Ike Destruction
In this LJ exclusive interview, the director of the water-ravaged Rosenberg library, headquarters of the Galveston County Library, TX, provides dramatic descriptions of the damage and being in the library during the storm. » » »

New Features for Auto-Graphics’s VERSO
Auto-Graphics has improved its AGent VERSO ILS: Lib2Home and Active Alerts, which are designed to aid search saving and home-delivery programs, respectively. » » »


OverDrive Audiobooks Now Compatible with Microsoft Zune®
OverDrive’s stable of audiobooks can now be used on Microsoft’s digital media player Zune®, following a September upgrade. » » »

New Tolkien Collection Coming
Who says dead men tell no tales? HoughtonMifflin November 17 is releasing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Tales from the Perilous Realm,“the definitive collection of Tolkien’s classic ‘fairie’ tales” illustrated by top Tolkien artist Alan Lee. Prepare to buy. » » »

Free Download of Michael Moore’s Slacker Uprising
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is thanking his fans by offering a free download of his forthcoming film Slacker Uprising. Click here to sign up for download. University and school libraries can get a free DVD, too.Click here to sign up. » » »

Blogs


Tennant: Digital Libraries by Roy Tennant
The RFP Death March
I've had this post idea in the back of my head for quite some time and just yesterday... Read On »


E-Views by Cheryl LaGuardia
A Very Short List
My colleague Robin showed me the Very Short List site today, “a collection of ... Read On »


LJ Insider by Norman Oder
Another Library Drops Dewey
The Frankfort Public Library District, IL, is dropping the Dewey Decimal System, acco... Read On »


LJ Insider by Norman Oder
A Column by "the Michaels" Inspires a Cartoon
LJ's Transparent Library columnists Michael Casey and Michael Stephens, aka "The... Read On »

Wyatt's World

Historicals of All Kinds

  • The Black Tower by Louis Bayard (Morrow)
  • The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone)
  • The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent (Little, Brown)
  • The Given Day by Dennis Lehane(Morrow)
  • The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti (Dial)

    For more on Collection Development, click here

    Review

    Friedman, Thomas L. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America.

    Farrar. Sept. 2008. 448p. index. ISBN 978-0-374-16685-4. $27.95. SCI

    New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning writer Friedman (The Lexus and the Olive Tree, The World is Flat) asserts that through innovation and by example America can and must exercise leadership in what he calls the new Energy-Climate era. According to Friedman, the combination of global warming, the spread of middle-class consumerism, and population growth requires a new, systemic approach to the global issues of climate change, energy indigence, and biodiversity loss. Initiative and creativity in the development of clean energy can lead to prosperity, energy independence, and the reduction of energy and economic poverty. » » »

    —Robin K. Dillow, Rotary International, Lincolnwood, IL

    Highlights

    Green Weeding
    Every library regardless of size, budget, type, or location can actively participate in green weeding. Here’s how. » » »

    The Transparent Library: When Worlds Collide
    Social networking has melded people’s personal and professional lives to the point where there’s little difference—but is it a good thing? The Michaels square off. » » »

    BackTalk: Mission Aborted?
    With so much budget money spent on DVDs, CDs, and now games, are public libraries helping foster a nation of nonreaders? Librarian James Grosso offers a solution. » » »

    NextGen: Five Tips To Stand Out
    It’s tough enough to get work without sinking yourself through a job-killing cover letter. Use this handful of easy tips to write a cover letter of the gods. » » »

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    LJ Alerts

    Movers & Shakers Nominations Wanted
    Going places? LJ seeks to identify rising stars among librarians, support staff, vendors, and others in the library field for inclusion in the next Movers &Shakers supplement. Nominate a colleague, a friend, or someone else who is moving libraries forward. Deadline is November 10. Click for nomination form.

    Best Sellers

    Fiction
    1. Sail James Pattterson and Howard Roughan
    2. Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich
    3. Sundays at Tiffany's James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet

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    Nonfiction
    1. Audition Barbara Walters
    2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris
    3. A New Earth Eckhart Tolle

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    Job of the Week

    Development Officer
    Hartford Public Library seeks a creative and flexible individual to support institutional advancement, manage financial resource development, and develop and sustain a comprehensive approach to fundraising as the Library's full time development officer.
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