Professional Reading Shelf
Libraries–Intellectual Freedom
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Librarians Weigh Liberties: We’re Not Terror Police
“A group of about 50 college librarians attending the American Library Association’s annual convention met at the JW Marriott hotel in south Orange County on Sunday to figure out how to protect their patrons’ privacy and still preserve national security.”
See also: Cognotes (daily updates from the ALA Annual Conference)
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Engineering Literature
Source: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE Library Training and Support
One-stop shopping for information on how to link to IEEE publications from your OPAC, journal e-mail alerts, graphics for library websites, promotional materials and tip sheets for users, shelf labels for IEEE collections, online training and classroom training schedules.
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Public Libraries–Overdues
Source: USA Today
Debt Collectors Go After Overdue Books
“As public libraries face declining or static funding and rising costs for books, a growing number are turning to stronger tactics to track down overdue material. Ignore the traditional overdue notice, and you may hear from a debt-collection agency.”
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Digital Archives–United Kingdom–British Library
Source: ZDNet/UK
British Library Plans to Archive Whole UK Web
“The British Library is starting the first phase of a project that may eventually lead to it archiving all UK Web sites.” Additional info in this announcement from the BL.
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Public Libraries–Popular Books
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Libraries Reveal Their Favorites
“This month, Library Journal has devised a survey of what Americans might actually be reading. Their new ‘bestsellers’ list records the most borrowed and requested books at hundreds of public libraries – from a bookmobile in rural Washington State to branch libraries in New York City.”
See: Check It Out! The Most Popular Library Books in America (PDF; 32 KB)
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Libraries–Budgets
Source: Association of Research Libraries
Libraries Investing in the Future First–Some Practical Suggestions
From the article: “This essay offers some practical suggestions for implementing transformative strategies for libraries, with a focus on using the materials budget as an investment fund. To ensure that mediocrity does not become an ever more apt description of our collections, and to meet the needs of present and future users, libraries must move transitioning and transformative options to the top of the priority list. These options look expensive only if judged against the marginal increases in our materials budget–if weighted more correctly, as an amount judged in the context of the total costs of research collections, they loom less large.”

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