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ShelfRenewal Karen Kleckner, Head of Reader Services and Public Relations Coordinator, Deerfield (IL) Public Library November 17, 2009 Dusty Book: Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card
I know, when you're thinking Stephen King read-alikes, the Mormon author of Ender's G... More
E-Views Cheryl LaGuardia, Research Librarian, Harvard University November 14, 2009 EBSCOhost Goes Mobile
EBSCO has released a mobile version of its EBSCOhost® interface: EBSCOhost®... More
Tennant: Digital Libraries Roy Tennant, Senior Program Manager, OCLC Programs and Research November 13, 2009 Google Goes Code Crazy
In two unrelated and yet similar moves, Google has released two very interesting soft... 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.
Now Playing: The Library: Uncatalogued trailer Using only an $800 grant, one student employee, and many volunteers, Anika Fajardo of the College of St. Catherine Library, St. Paul, MN, created the information literacy film The Library: Uncatalogued. More Videos >>
Library by Design, Fall 2009 LJ's fifth Design Institute, a daylong interactive seminar on Green Design, took place on May 8, 2009, at the Arlington Public Library, VA. Through a series of presentations, panels, and breakout sessions, leading architects, designers, librarians, and vendors conferred on the latest developments and strategies relating to sustainable design on the cheap. Among this year's topics of discussion: renovating historic buildings, retrofitting existing buildings, and updates to the LEED rating system.
The 2008 Periodicals Information Directory is now online! Click here to see it.