Professional Reading Shelf
Libraries
Libraries Wired and Reborn
Source: The New York Times
From the article, “This bayou parish [Terrebonne, LA] is a showcase, an example of how a major institution like the American public library has been transformed by an Internet connection. (The impact on corporations, schools and government has been significant, too; for each of those institutions, the Internet has been a tool to further its main purpose – making money, educating people and delivering services.) For the library, supplying patrons with access to the Internet and the Web has become central to its mission, an updating of its long tradition of providing information free to the public.” Thanks to B.Q. for the news tip.
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Book Reviews
Searching Booklist Reviews
Last week, we linked to a preprint of an article by Peter Jacso titled, “AW, Look What They’ve Done to the Booklist Reviews, Ma” where he writes about problems searching for Booklist reviews on the ALA web site. Since I posted the article, Dr. Jacso has created a tool to make it easier to find this material. Thanks, Peter! Btw, he has also informed me about a new PolySearch module that will focus on finding book reviews on the web. It should be available this summer. What’s a PolySearch? Learn more here.

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