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- 1876 by Melvil Dewey, of the Dewey Decimal Code. That's right: he rocked the card catalog, and then made a magazine. This is that magazine.
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Library Journal Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Five new books examine the consequences of that momentous day.
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Twenty years ago this November, the world changed when the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) responded to increasing Eastern bloc unrest by permitting its citizens to cross into West Germany. The iron curtain, manifested to the world most clearly by the concrete Berlin Wall, fell. ...
Library Journal The New York Public Library has a new logo. What do you think? Forward-thinking? Or Dumbed down?
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The evolution of The New York Public Library's new logo - with designers' video responses below. Today's NYPL is about books... and so much more. It is about ready access to information, providing digital content and reaching out to our communities both locally and globally. ...
Library Journal Check out this week's edition of our free e-newsletter BookSmack! featuring Books for Dudes, an interview with comics artist Eddie Campbell, & zines by people of color.
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Library Journal Librarians, do you have backlist titles that never seem to circulate? This lively new blog by librarians Karen Kleckner and Rebecca Vnuk will show you how to kick-start your collection. Nobody puts backlist in a corner!
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Karen Kleckner and Rebecca Vnuk show you how to use bestseller buzz to draw readers to your backlist titles. Regular features include Best Seller Read-Alikes, Dusties Spotlight, and Web Crush of the Week.
Jean Marzollo
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Jean Marzollo is the award-winning author of I SPY, Pretend You're A Cat, Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Close Your Eyes, Mama Mama/Papa Papa, the Shanna Show books, In 1492 and many other children's books and books for parents and teachers. She is the award-winning author/illustrator of Ten Little Christmas Presen...ts, Ten Little Eggs, Bible stories, and Greek myths. Jean Marzollo is also the author/illustrator of online interactive ebooks for children, Monsters for Sale and Castle Crash featuring Teddy Bear and Greenie the Troll. She is the producer of an online musical version of Close Your Eyes and online interactive rebus songs and poems. Her online interactive children's books can be played on computers and SMART boards.Read More
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AudioFile Magazine Audie-winning narrator Dion Graham talks to Library Journal about his favorite audiobooks. Graham fans, what are your favorites?
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Dion Graham won an Audie Award for his reading of Athol Dickson's River Rising (Recorded Bks., 2006), and his recordings of George Pelecanos's The Turnaround (BBC Audiobooks America) and Marcia Ann Gillespie and Richard A. ...
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Susan J. Beck
Please join our "For the Love of Reference" facebook page -- It is the page for the RUSA's President's Program at ALA in DC . We are trying to gather YOUR stories on what reference book you like, what web pages you use for reference work , what is your favorite reference question? Why do you like being a reference l...ibrarian -- we have over 460 members right now -- help us grow and please share your experiences. We hope to share them at the Program Thanks Susan J. Beck RUSA presidentRead More
Library Journal Halloween is coming! Librarians, what scary movies do you have lined up for your patrons? Do you agree wtih Scorsese's picks? I like a creepy little film called Carnival of Souls.
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Just in time for Halloween and exclusively for The Daily Beast, the man who brought you Taxi Driver and The Departed shares his favorite horror movies of all time. Plus, watch clips of the scariest scenes.
Library Journal No more reading in Reading? Grim news in Pennsylvania.
Stung By State and City Cuts, Reading (PA) PL Plans To Close All Branches - 10/26/2009 - Library Jou
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26% budget cut next year; students, advocates hope for new funding.
Library Journal In this week's Xpress Reviews, a superb anthology of vampire tales, a new look at Ayn Rand, Goddess of the Market, and a crop of graphic novels.
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By Blood We Love, Beth Fertig's Why cant U teach me 2 read?, and Amanda Little's Power Trip
Library Journal Diversity, the Gender Gap, and I School vs. L Schools -- the issues that matter in our Placements & Salaries Survey.
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Professionwide there continues to be a strong emphasis on recruiting a diverse workforce in all areas, whether by region, position, or library type. Funding agencies, such as the Institute of Museum and ...
Library Journal The world's first virtual mystery conference debuts tomorrow with over 65 mystery and crime fiction authors attending.
Library Journal It's Friday so it's time a laugh and an insider's look at the unexplored world of librarian culture.
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If you just said “no”, I can’t hear you. If you just said “yes”, then today, my friend, is your lucky day. Cribbing heavily and blatantly from another website which shall remain nameless, I bring you Things Librarians Fancy.
Library Journal He's a budding music star, but he still wants a library job!
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Downtime in parents' house leads to MySpace stardom, record deal (but he still wants a library career).
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Need a good scream? Get ready for Halloween with these horrifying reads! And for the best of haunted house fiction, check out Neal Wyatt's Home, Sweet Haunted Home: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA
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Whether it’s a visceral screamfest or something atmospheric and spooky, it’s a relief to see something that just stands there and scares you. This Short Takes features several good candidates, ...
