Library Journal - January 15, 2009

Features

Librarian of the Year 2009: Team Cedar Rapids
The warning came a scant five-and-a-half hours ahead of the water June 11. Predicted to top out at 24 feet, the Cedar River crested at 31. Despite heroic efforts by the staff to move everything out of danger to 26'-high shelves, the Cedar Rapids Public Library (CRPL), IA, lost 160,000 items including large parts of its adult and youth collections, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, CDs...

Collection Development "Personal Finance": Thrift for Tough Times

Budget Report 2009: Adjustment Time

Best Audiobooks of 2008