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This Week in Best of PubLib 12.30.2009

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives This week in Best of Publib covers the week of December 22nd through December 30th. This week includes questions about hardware and software, thought-provoking discussions about intellectual freedom, library security, and pets in libraries. Some of the topics we will be reviewing include: Topic » Suspected getaway driver, woman, arrested in library… Phalbe Henriksen brings us this story [...]

Filed under: Administration, Buildings & Grounds, Centralization, Circulation, Collection management, Donations, Finance, Friends Groups, Hardware, Intellectual freedom, Interiors, Library Profession, Media selection, On-line, Public relations, Public Services, Software, Technical Services, Technology, Web 2.0 / 3.0 | Leave a Comment »

This Week in Best of PubLib 12.22.2009

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives Our special holiday edition of This week in Best of Publib covers December 14th through December 22rd. This Best of PubLib report includes questions about collection development, excellent library quotes, reference librarian development, and the impact of intergenerational conflict. Some of the topics we will be reviewing include: Topic » social software user policy question – Penny Ramirez [...]

Filed under: Activity programs, Adult, Book lists, Budgeting, Cataloging, Centralization, Children, Children's collections, Collection development, Disaster planning, Ethics, Finance, Genealogy, Government policy, Grants, Intellectual freedom, Library Profession, Outreach, PACs, Personnel, Public Services, Questions unanswered, Security, Technology, Web 2.0 / 3.0, YA | Leave a Comment »

This Week in Best of PubLib 12.14.2009

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives Video coming soon This week in Best of Publib covers the week of December 7th through December 13th. This week includes questions about building collections in Western, Urban Fiction and Romance genres along with thought-provoking discussions about library organization, library reorganization and control of libraries. Some of the topics we will be reviewing include: Topic [...]

Filed under: Administration, Architecture, Book selection, Budgeting, Centralization, Circulation, Collection development, Collection management, Departments, Donations, Employment, Ethics, Finance, Furnishings, Government policy, Grants, Humor, Intellectual freedom, Interiors, Library Organization, Library Profession, Open Source, Personnel, Public relations, Public Services, Regional, Research, Software, Special Collections, Technical Services, Technology, Terminology, Trustees, Web 2.0 / 3.0 | 1 Comment »

This Week in Best of PubLib 12.07.2009

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives This week in Best of Publib covers the week of November 30th through December 6th 2009. This week includes questions about library censorship, uses of smart boards, disposal of magazines , DVD circulation and the necessary data collected about patrons. Some of the topics we will be reviewing include: Topic » Arboreta/Greenhouses and Libraries – Jennifer [...]

Filed under: Administration, Aquisitions, Circulation, Collection management, current topics, Departments, Employment, Ethics, Furnishings, Government policy, Hardware, Intellectual freedom, Library Organization, Library Profession, Media selection, Multimedia, Personnel, Public relations, Public Services, Technical Services, Technology, Web 2.0 / 3.0 | Leave a Comment »

This Week in Best of PubLib 11.30.09

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Robert Balliot ,MLIS

Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives This week in Best of Publib covers the week of November 23rd through November 30th. This week includes questions about the methodology of Library Journal’s Library Index, bandwidth management, libraries as art subjects, and library workplace violence. Some of the topics we will be reviewing include: Topic » LJ Index Misbehaving Data – Thomas Hennen [...]

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