This Week in Best of PubLib 9.27.09

Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives This week  in  Best of Publib covers the week of September 20th through September 27th. The last week includes fanciful discussions about library ecology, thought provoking discussions about FLSA and short story collection development, continuing discussions about cell phones,  and even a song about Quiet Libraries. Some of the topics we will be reviewing [...]

“Sign This Permission Slip”

With Banned Books Week at the end of this month, I’m reminded of a little permission slip from my sophomore honors English class. In late summer 1998 my dad and I went to a new/transfer student orientation night at my new public high school.  (Over the summer we had moved to Maryland because of my [...]

This Week in Best of Publib

Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives This week  in  Best of Publib covers two weeks - September 7th to September 19th. PubLib was being upgraded by OCLC/Webjunction on September 13th. The last two weeks include fanciful discussions about library ecology, thought provoking discussions regarding LSSI,  evaluation of Better World Books , staff cell phones,  and how to effectively weed old librarians. Some of the [...]

This Week in Best of Publib

Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives This week  in  Best of Publib includes some elegant and thoughtful discussions on filtering products, the future of Libraries as presented by CNN, tracking problem patrons, and the ever-popular sewage in libraries – some of the topics we will be reviewing include: Topic – Discontinuing Fax Service – How has this service evolved [...]