DOCSLIB.ORG

DOWNLOAD FREE ALA STORE RESOURCES Alastore.Ala.Org Bit.Ly/Lcsum-Toolkit-Intro July/August 2019

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
DOWNLOAD FREE ALA STORE RESOURCES Alastore.Ala.Org Bit.Ly/Lcsum-Toolkit-Intro July/August 2019 July/August 2019 THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NEWSMAKER George Takei p. 10 International Innovators p. 28 PLUS: Exhibit Hall Highlights and Battling Misinformation 2019 AnnualConference wrap-up p. 12 September is LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH! A library card is your ticket to adventure! Encourage everyone in your community to get one with the help of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Bo Peep, and Forky from Toy Story 4. Toy Story Poster Toy Story Mini Poster Set Place your order by August 19 to receive your materials in time using standard shipping. Woody Buzz Bo Forky Bookmark Bookmark Bookmark Bookmark Toy Story Woody Stickers SHOP THE DOWNLOAD FREE ALA STORE RESOURCES alastore.ala.org bit.ly/lcsum-toolkit-intro July/August 2019 American Libraries | Volume 50 #7/8 | ISSN 0002-9769 COVER STORY 12 2019 Annual Wrap-Up Library professionals explore tough topics and exciting opportunities BY Greg Landgraf TRENDS FEATURES UP FRONT NEWSMAKER 2 From the 22 On Display in the Exhibit Hall 10 George Takei Editor A roundup of content, tech, and services Actor and activist D.C. Dispatches BY Marshall Breeding shares lessons from a BY Sanhita SinhaRoy childhood spent in WWII 28 International 5 From Our Readers internment camps BY Phil Morehart Innovators ALA ALA Presidential Citations 11 Noted and Quoted honor forward-thinking 3 From the President global libraries Find Your Place PEOPLE within ALA 36 Announcements 32 Battling Information BY Wanda Kay Brown THE BOOKEND Illiteracy 4 From the Trustees How misinformation ALA Endowment Update 38 Exhibiting Energy affects the future BY Rod Hersberger of policy BY Paul T. Jaeger and 6 Update Natalie Greene Taylor What’s happening at ALA 28 ON THE COVER: George Takei. Photo by Cognotes READsquared 35 | San José State University 9 | American Library Association Editions Cover 4 | Graphics Cover 2 | JobLIST 21 | Resource Description and Access Cover 3 THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Address: 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795 D.C. Dispatches Website: americanlibrariesmagazine.org Email: [email protected] Phone: 800-545-2433 plus extension Career Ads: JobLIST.ala.org f you weren’t one of the more than 21,400 attendees EDITOR AND PUBLISHER who descended on Washington, D.C., for the American Sanhita SinhaRoy The Great Library Association’s Annual Conference and Exhibi- What’s [email protected] | x4219 Successor your summer tion last month, don’t worry—we have you covered. MANAGING EDITOR read? Terra Dankowski The Power I [email protected] | x5282 With the help of four member writers, our team pub- Broker lished more than 60 stories and posted a flurry of tweets SENIOR EDITORS Amy Carlton from conference. You can read all our coverage at bit.ly/ Revenge of [email protected] | x5105 The Great alaac19, or flip to page 12 for a recap. the She-Punks George M. Eberhart Halifax [email protected] | x4212 For exhibit hall highlights, check out library consul- Explosion Phil Morehart tant Marshall Breeding’s annual feature on page 22. He Heavy [email protected] | x4218 Sanhita SinhaRoy describes the floor as “brimming with every imaginable ASSOCIATE EDITOR product and service of interest to librarians.” Sallyann Price Evvie Drake [email protected] | x4213 Starts Over New this conference was our Daily Scoop e-newsletter, EDITOR-AT-LARGE aimed at bringing speaker, program, and event report- Anne Ford [email protected] ing directly to your inbox. We hope you enjoyed it and, The Unstoppable Wasp comics EDITORIAL INTERN as always, welcome your feedback. Diana Panuncial Before his Auditorium Speaker Series talk, former [email protected] | x2157 Star Trek actor George Takei spoke with us about his EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING ASSISTANT Carrie Smith childhood internment during World War II. As he says Go Ahead [email protected] | x4216 in his interview on page 10, the more he tried to learn Fleishman in the Rain ART DIRECTOR Is in Trouble Rebecca Lomax about his experience from history books, the more he [email protected] | x4217 The Code realized these books “were silent.” As a result, he said, ADVERTISING the goal of his new graphic memoir is to help make his- Michael Stack [email protected] | 847-367-7120 Read our Acceptance of advertising does not constitute endorsement. tory accessible to a new generation of young people. ALA reserves the right to refuse advertising. extensive Four international libraries are being honored for Gun Island PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT fostering positive change in the annual Presidential Mary Mackay, Associate Executive Director Mary Jo Bolduc, Rights, Permissions, Reprints | x5416 Annual Citation for Innovative International Library Projects, MEMBERSHIP page 28. This year’s citations include initiatives that The Red Melissa Kay Walling, Director Conference Tent promote sustainable thinking, digital privacy, patron ADVISORY COMMITTEE coverage— engagement via gaming, and portable access to materi- Susan H. Polos (Chair), Helen Ruth Adams, Salvador Avila, Crystal Chen, Sonja Eyler, Janie L. Hermann, Jasmina Jusic, whether in als and services. In the latter example, Libraries Without Sigrid Kelsey. Committee associate: Rachel Beth Wykle Borders is being recognized for Ideas Boxes—movable Editorial policy: ALA Policy Manual, section A.8.2 this digital libraries housed in metal containers, some of which can INDEXED be found in refugee camps. Available full text from ProQuest, EBSCO Publishing, H. W. Wilson, issue, online, LexisNexis, Information Access, JSTOR. Last but certainly not least, American Libraries is SUBSCRIBE on social celebrating its own award recognition. Please join me Libraries and other institutions: $74/year, 6 issues, US, Canada, and Mexico; foreign: $84. Subscription price for individuals included in media, or in congratulating our art director, Becky Lomax, who ALA membership dues. 800-545-2433 x5108, email membership@ recently won an award for best design by a specialty/ ala.org, or visit ala.org. Claim missing issues: ALA Member and Customer Service. Allow six weeks. Single issues $7.50, with 30% in the new trade publication from the Chicago chapter of the Society discount for five or more; contact Carrie Smith, 800-545-2433 x4216 or [email protected] of Professional Journalists. Becky’s outstanding design Daily Scoop PUBLISHED work consistently brings our content to life. Our team American Libraries (ISSN 0002-9769) is published 6 times yearly e-newsletter. couldn’t be more proud. with occasional supplements by the American Library Association (ALA). Printed in USA. Periodicals postage paid at Chicago, Illinois, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Personal members: Send address changes to American Libraries, c/o Membership Records, ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. ©2019 American Library Association. All rights reserved. No portion of this magazine may be reproduced or republished without written permission from the publisher. 2 July/August 2019 | americanlibrariesmagazine.org from the PRESIDENT Find Your Place within ALA Together let’s promote the value of libraries and the Association ibraries are essential for the health of Second, I believe strongly in the opportuni- our democracy, our communities, and ties and obligations inherent in being a member our future. But too often we hear from of ALA. I would not be where I am today with- L elected officials and regular citizens out the guidance and mentorship of the Black alike that libraries are relics that are no longer Caucus of the ALA, as well as countless others necessary in our modern culture. who have taken time to encourage me along the The American Library Association’s (ALA) way. That isn’t everyone’s experience, though, strength in representing and advocating for and I recognize that an association like ours can librarians and library workers is likewise critical. be overwhelming to new members and intimi- However, the feedback we frequently receive is dating to others. Wanda Kay Brown that getting involved in an association as com- That’s why I’ve launched Finding Your ALA. plex as ours is daunting and that our Byzantine This initiative is about including all voices at structure often leads to exclusion and confusion. the table—a role I take seriously as I stand on Over the course of my presidential year, I will the shoulders of previous ALA leaders, who, work to promote both the value of libraries and like me, have been people of color. My goal ALA, broadly speaking, through a lens of social is to connect students and new library staff justice and inclusion. with ALA and help them find a place within First, I will embark on a project to under- the Association that furthers their careers and stand the library’s role in addressing social and their ambitions. economic inequity. This is of particular interest In order to be represented, we must have to me for two reasons. Forsyth County, North a seat at the table. My hope is to create a Over the Carolina—where Winston-Salem State Univer- welcoming association that grows with the sity is located and where I serve as director of strengths and interests of its members. At the course of my library services—is one of the least economi- same time, the staffers who support the work presidential cally mobile communities in the country. If you of member leaders like me are experiencing a are born in poverty in Forsyth County, your series of changes—including a new executive year, I will chances of climbing the ladder of prosperity are director and the possibility of a move from ALA work to dismally low. headquarters on Huron Street in Chicago. To I also know that economic advancement is ensure they feel prepared to meet the needs of promote both possible. I saw it in my own family. When I was an evolving Association, I’m also using part of the value of a little girl, I was adopted by a man who could my presidential program to establish adequate neither read nor write.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Downloading—Marquee and the More You Teach Copyright, the More Students Will Punishment Typically Does Not Have a Deterrent Effect
    June 2020 THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION COPING in the Time of COVID-19 p. 20 Sanitizing Collections p. 10 Rainbow Round Table at 50 p. 26 PLUS: Stacey Abrams, Future Library Trends, 3D-Printing PPE Thank you for keeping us connected even when we’re apart. Libraries have always been places where communities connect. During the COVID19 pandemic, we’re seeing library workers excel in supporting this mission, even as we stay physically apart to keep the people in our communities healthy and safe. Libraries are 3D-printing masks and face shields. They’re hosting virtual storytimes, cultural events, and exhibitions. They’re doing more virtual reference than ever before and inding new ways to deliver additional e-resources. And through this di icult time, library workers are staying positive while holding the line as vital providers of factual sources for health information and news. OCLC is proud to support libraries in these e orts. Together, we’re inding new ways to serve our communities. For more information and resources about providing remote access to your collections, optimizing OCLC services, and how to connect and collaborate with other libraries during this crisis, visit: oc.lc/covid19-info June 2020 American Libraries | Volume 51 #6 | ISSN 0002-9769 COVER STORY 20 Coping in the Time of COVID-19 Librarians and health professionals discuss experiences and best practices 42 26 The Rainbow’s Arc ALA’s Rainbow Round Table celebrates 50 years of pride BY Anne Ford 32 What the Future Holds Library thinkers on the 38 most
    [Show full text]
  • Christian Ulvert, the Man Behind the Candidates
    Christian Ulvert (left), LOCAL NAME pictured next to his husband. GLOBAL COVERAGE Photo via Facebook. DECEMBER 23, 2020 VOL. 11 // ISSUE 51 PAGE 4 POWERBROKER CHRISTIAN ULVERT, THE MAN BEHIND THE CANDIDATES SOUTHFLORIDAGAYNEWS @SFGN SFGN.COM NEWS HIGHLIGHT SouthFloridaGayNews.com @SFGN December 23, 2020 • Volume 11 • Issue 51 2520 N. Dixie Highway • Wilton Manors, FL 33305 SKI CHAMPION COMES OUT AS GAY Phone: 954-530-4970 Fax: 954-530-7943 Publisher • Norm Kent [email protected] ‘IT’S A PART OF ME AND I’M PROUD OF IT’ Associate Publisher / Executive Editor • Jason Parsley [email protected] Kim Swan Editorial Art Director • Brendon Lies [email protected] Webmaster • Kimberly Swan fter struggling to keep his sexual [email protected] orientation a secret, Hig Roberts is the Social Media Director • Christiana Lilly first elite men’s Alpine skier to come Arts/Entertainment Editor • J.W. Arnold A [email protected] out as gay. In an interview with the New Food/Travel Editor • Rick Karlin York Times, Roberts said that by coming out Gazette News Editor • John McDonald publicly he hopes others are encouraged to HIV Editor • Sean McShee be themselves as well. Senior Photographer • J.R. Davis [email protected] “I just woke up one morning and I said, ‘Enough is enough,’” Roberts told the Times. Senior Feature Columnists Brian McNaught • Jesse Monteagudo “I love this sport more than anything — I’m so lucky and privileged to be doing this Correspondents Dori Zinn • Donald Cavanaugh — but I can’t go on another day not trying Christiana Lilly • John McDonald to achieve the person that I am meant to Denise Royal • David-Elijah Nahmod be.
    [Show full text]
  • 134TH COMMENCEMENT James E
    134 th Commencement MAY 2021 Welcome Dear Temple graduates, Congratulations! Today is a day of celebration for you and all those who have supported you in your Temple journey. I couldn’t be more proud of the diverse and driven students who are graduating this spring. Congratulations to all of you, to your families and to our dedicated faculty and academic advisors who had the pleasure of educating and championing you. If Temple’s founder Russell Conwell were alive to see your collective achievements today, he’d be thrilled and amazed. In 1884, he planted the seeds that have grown and matured into one of this nation’s great urban research universities. Now it’s your turn to put your own ideas and dreams in motion. Even if you experience hardships or disappointments, remember the motto Conwell left us: Perseverantia Vincit, Perseverance Conquers. We have faith that you will succeed. Thank you so much for calling Temple your academic home. While I trust you’ll go far, remember that you will always be part of the Cherry and White. Plan to come back home often. Sincerely, Richard M. Englert President UPDATED: 05/07/2021 Contents The Officers and the Board of Trustees ............................................2 Candidates for Degrees James E. Beasley School of Law ....................................................3 Esther Boyer College of Music and Dance .....................................7 College of Education and Human Development ...........................11 College of Engineering ...............................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2
    Media Release: Wednesday August 24, 2016 RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS SEASON 2 TO AIR EXPRESS FROM THE US ON FOXTEL’S ARENA Premieres Friday, August 26 at 8.30pm Hot off the heels of one of the most electrifying seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Mama Ru will return to the runway for RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2 and, in a win for viewers, Foxtel has announced it will be airing express from the US from Friday, August 26 at 8.30pm on a new channel - Arena. In this second All Stars instalment, YouTube sensation Todrick Hall joins Carson Kressley and Michelle Visage on the judging panel alongside RuPaul for a season packed with more eleganza, wigtastic challenges and twists than Drag Race has ever seen. The series will also feature some of RuPaul’s favourite celebrities as guest judges, including Raven- Symone, Ross Matthews, Jeremy Scott, Nicole Schedrzinger, Graham Norton and Aubrey Plaza. Foxtel’s Head of Channels, Stephen Baldwin commented: “We know how passionate RuPaul fans are. Foxtel has been working closely with the production company, World of Wonder, and Passion Distribution and we are thrilled they have made it possible for the series to air in Australia just hours after its US telecast.” RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2 will see 10 of the most celebrated competitors vying for a second chance to enter Drag Race history, and will be filled with plenty of heated competition, lip- syncing for the legacy and, of course, the All-Stars Snatch Game. The All Stars queens hoping to earn their place among Drag Race Royalty are: Adore Delano (S6), Alaska (S5), Alyssa Edwards (S5), Coco Montrese (S5), Detox (S5), Ginger Minj (S7), Katya (S7), Phi Phi O’Hara (S4), Roxxxy Andrews (S5) and Tatianna (S2).
    [Show full text]
  • A Desire for Access to a Community Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Iowa Search for a Sense of Belonging in Their Hometown School
    The Daily Iowan WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ A desire for access to a community Deaf and hard of hearing students in Iowa search for a sense of belonging in their hometown school. Sometimes they find that feeling at home, but other times they find it at the Iowa School for the Deaf. Graphic By Kate Doolittle BY KELSEY HARRELL Iowa School for the Deaf. Matt Jergens said he felt they had to “jump through a ton of [email protected] Being one of the few deaf or hard of hearing children in a hurdles” in order to get their daughter into the School for the classroom can cause feelings of loneliness, but those feelings Deaf and at each step they were met with a roadblock. Not being able to hear teachers coupled with feelings of isola- typically change when these kids are exposed to Iowa’s Deaf According to the Iowa School for the Deaf website, students’ tion from her classmates caused Nichole Jergens to start strug- community at the School for the Deaf. “individual education family service plans” (IFSP) or “individu- gling socially and academically in high school. Her parents, The Jergens’ 17-year-old daughter is deaf in one ear. Once she alized educational program” (IEP) — the plans that detail what Janet and Matt Jergens, were concerned upon learning their started fifth grade in the Eagle Grove School District, it became services a child should receive — need to state the placement for daughter was barely passing classes and showing signs of de- clear she wasn’t understanding everything being taught in her a student at the School for the Deaf.
    [Show full text]
  • ALA CD 2 ALA Council 2018 Annual Confernce Minutes
    2018-2019 ALA CD#2 (revised) 121418 act 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting ALA COUNCIL MINUTES 2018 ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE New Orleans, LA A M E R I C A N L I B R A R Y A S S O C I A T I O N VOLUME 52 ALA Council Minutes 2018 ALA Annual Conference June 21-26, 2018 New Orleans, Louisiana ALA COUNCIL MINUTES 2018 ALA Annual Conference ALA Council/Executive Board/Membership Information Session Saturday, June 23, 2018 3:00–4:30pm Morial Convention Center (MCC), La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom C New Orleans, LA The customary information session was held in accordance with Policy A.4.2.5.2, which states that at least one joint session of the Membership and Council with the Executive Board shall be held for information only prior to other meetings of Council and Membership. The information session was convened at 3:00pm on Saturday, June 23, 2018, in La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom C of the Morial Convention Center (MCC). INTRODUCTIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. ALA President James (Jim) G. Neal chaired this session. Neal introduced ALA Parliamentarian Eli Mina; ALA President-Elect Loida Garcia-Febo; Mary W. Ghikas, ALA Executive Director and Secretary to Council; JoAnne Kempf, Director of the Office of ALA Governance; Danielle Alderson, Projectionist; Lois Ann Gregory-Wood, Council Secretariat; and Heather Theriaque, Captionist. ALA PRESIDENT-ELECT’S REPORT, ALA CD#21.1 . Neal said his service as ALA President will end at the close of the 2018 Annual Conference. He noted that important progress was made during the past year in several critical areas (e.g.
    [Show full text]
  • Naughty and Nice List, 2020
    North Pole Government NAUGHTY & NICE LIST 2020 NAUGHTY & NICE LIST Naughty and Nice List 2020 This is the Secretary’s This list relates to the people of the world’s performance for 2020 against the measures outlined Naughty and Nice in the Christmas Behaviour Statements. list to the Minister for Christmas Affairs In addition to providing an alphabetised list of all naughty and nice people for the year 2020, this for the financial year document contains details of how to rectify a ended 30 June 2020. naughty reputation. 2 | © Copyright North Pole Government 2020 christmasaffairs.com North Pole Government, Department of Christmas Affairs | Naughty and Nice List, 2020 Contents About this list 04 Official list (in alphabetical order) 05 Disputes 173 Rehabilitation 174 3 | © Copyright North Pole Government 2020 christmasaffairs.com North Pole Government, Department of Christmas Affairs | Naughty and Nice List, 2018-192020 About this list This list relates to the people of the world’s performance for 2020 against the measures outlined in the Christmas Behaviour Statements. In addition to providing an alphabetised list of all naughty and nice people for the 2020 financial year, this document contains details of how to rectify a naughty reputation. 4 | © Copyright North Pole Government 2020 christmasaffairs.com North Pole Government, Department of Christmas Affairs | Naughty and Nice List, 2020 Official list in alphabetical order A.J. Nice Abbott Nice Aaden Nice Abby Nice Aalani Naughty Abbygail Nice Aalia Naughty Abbygale Nice Aalis Nice Abdiel
    [Show full text]
  • Commencement Program 2020
    DECEMBER 2020 Commencement program BUSINESS SCIENCES Stella Abadi Ava Anderson Certificate, Administrative Support Assistant Certificate, Medical Front Office Assistant Invocation ..........................................................Melvin Everson Vice President, Economic Development Jinu Marykutty Abraham Dazha N. Anderson Certificate, Tax Preparation Specialist AAS, Business Management National Anthem ......................................................Jennifer Kelly Robabeh R. Abyar Jasmyn G. Anderson* Coordinator, Dual Enrollment Certificate, Administrative Support Assistant Diploma, Business Technology Robabeh R. Abyar Trey A. Anderson Welcome .............................................................Dr. Julie Post Certificate, Microsoft Office Application Professional Diploma, Photography Vice President, Student Affairs Jesus Acosta Zari Anderson AAS, Accounting AAS, Photography Video ................................................................Faculty/Staff Desiree N. Adjei Julia Antipina Certificate, Marketing Specialist Certificate, Logistics Management President’s Address to Graduates ..................................Dr. D. Glen Cannon President Beatrice Agalaba Kevin J. Aponte Fuentes Diploma, Marketing Management Certificate, Small Business Marketing Manager Recognition of Graduates ..........................................Rebecca Alexander Lesly Y. Agent-Cruz* Martin Aquino Vice President, Academic Affairs AAS, Accounting Certificate, Management and Leadership Specialist Irfan R. Ahmed Michael Auguste Conferring
    [Show full text]
  • Program & Exhibit Directory
    #ALAAC19 WALTER E. WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER Program & Exhibit Directory alaannual.org/scheduler MEET OUR STARS at the Candlewick Press Booth, #1448! H SATURDAY, JUNE 22 H H SUNDAY, JUNE 23 H 9:30–10:30 AM 10:00–11:00 AM MEG MEDINA KATE DiCAMILLO Signing Merci Suárez Changes Gears Signing advance reading copies WINNER OF THE 2019 NEWBERY MEDAL of Beverly, Right Here Photo by Petite Shards Productions Shards Petite by Photo Photo by Catherine Smith Photography Catherine by Photo 11:00 AM–12:00 PM 12:00–1:00 PM TAMI CHARLES GARETH HINDS Signing advance reading copies Signing The Iliad of Freedom Soup Photo by Ashley Lynn Photography Ashley by Photo Photo by Scott LaPierre by Photo 12:00–1:00 PM 1:00–2:00 PM M. T. ANDERSON WINNER OF THE 2019 CECE BELL MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD Signing advance reading Signing Feed and other titles copies of Chick and Brain: Sones Sonya by Photo Smell My Foot! 1:00–2:00 PM EKUA HOLMES WINNER OF THE 2019 CORETTA 2:00–3:00 PM SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR AWARD Signing The Stuff of Stars MAC BARNETT Jr. Charles Walker by Photo Signing Circle 2:00–3:00 PM Photo by Carson Ellis Carson by Photo JUANA MARTINEZ-NEAL 3:00–4:00 PM Signing Alma and How JESSICA KENSKY, Jade Beall by Photo She Got Her Name PATRICK DOWNES, A 2019 CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK and SCOTT MAGOON 3:00–4:00 PM Photo by Kyla Dunlavey by Photo Signing Rescue and Jessica: SHANNON HALE, A Life-Changing Friendship DEAN HALE, and A 2019 SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD WINNER LeUYEN PHAM Photo by Jenn Florence by Photo Signing The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare Photo by Anouk Kluyskens by Photo H MONDAY, JUNE 24 H 9:00–10:00 AM 10:00–11:00 AM JESSICA LOVE MEG MEDINA Signing Julián Is a Mermaid Signing Merci Suárez Changes Gears WINNER OF A 2019 WINNER OF THE 2019 NEWBERY MEDAL STONEWALL BOOK AWARD Photo by Petite Shards Productions Shards Petite by Photo C ANDLEWICK P RESS H www.candlewick.com MEET OUR STARS at the Candlewick Press Booth, #1448! TABLE OF CONTENTS H H H H SATURDAY, JUNE 22 SUNDAY, JUNE 23 138th Annual Conference & Exhibition ALA President’s Welcome ............
    [Show full text]
  • Warm Outreach to Spanish-Speakers A
    OPINION Info Activism n NEWSMAKER Prince Claus Fund n BUDGETS Academic & Public DECEMBER 2009 THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SERVICE WITH SINCERITY Warm Outreach to Spanish-Speakers A Bridge between Students and Instructors Leadership Learned in Iraq as a Soldier Untitled-1 1 08/12/2009 10:37:23 AM CONTENTS AMERICAN LIBRARIES | December 2009 Features BE THE BRIDGE 38 Librarians can span the gap between students and their instructors BY MONTY L. MCADOO BUENA CASA, BUENA BRASA 41 A program of rhymes and songs draws Spanish-speaking families to the library BY BETSY DIAMANT-COHEN AND ANNE CALDERÓN 44 41 BEYOND BOOKS AND BULLETS 44 One librarian’s personal account of learning new leadership skills during a deployment in Iraq with the Army National Guard BY GEORGE J. FOWLER Cover design by Taína Lagodzinski CONTENTS AMERICAN LIBRARIES | DECEMBER 2009 | VOLUME 40 #12 | ISSN 0002-9769 Departments 5 ALA.ORG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 30 TECH NEWS 33 DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD Opening Up Library Systems BY MARSHALL BREEDING 34 INTERNET LIBRARIAN To Boldly Go BY JOSEPH JANES 35 IN PRACTICE Governing Social Media BY MEREDITH FARKAS 23 PEOPLE 52 CURRENTS News PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 53 YOUTH MATTERS 10 ALA Patterns of Best Practice 18 U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE 29 NEWSMAKER: Els van der Plas 54 Librarian’s LIBRARY Bibliomania BY MARY ELLEN QUINN Special News Reports 55 ROUSING READS Singing the Midlist Blues BY BILL OTT 48 ALA TEEN READ WEEK 56 SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES 49 AASL CONFERENCE WRAPUP New Products 50 ALA EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT OPINION AND COMMENTARY 4 FROM THE EDITOR Service with a Personal Touch BY LEONARD KNIFFEL 6 President’s MESSAGE Gaming and Literacy BY CAMILA ALIRE 8 READER FORUM Letters and Comments 36 PUBLIC PERCEPTION 36 How the World Sees Us 37 ON MY MIND Who’s an Info Activist? BY ANTHONY MOLARO 64 WILL’s WORLD The Buck Stops There BY WILL MANLEY JOBS 58 CAREER LEADS FROM JOBLIST Your #1 Source for Job Openings 48 31 New 16th Edition Fiction Core Collection Fiction Catalog is now Fiction Core Collection.
    [Show full text]
  • IUPUI Celebration 2020
    IUPUI CELEBRATION 2020 CELEBRATION IUPUI HAIL TO OLD I.U. Come and join in song together, Greetings and congratulations! As a spring 2020 degree candidate at IUPUI, you deserve Shout with might and main; to be recognized for all the work that has brought you to this moment. The celebration Our beloved Alma Mater, website offers numerous activities to help you enjoy this day with family and friends near Sound her praise again. and far. So now’s the time to connect with them online via your favorite phone app or a webcam and then take part in all of these activities that honor you, a member of the Chorus Bicentennial Class: Gloriana, Frangipana, E’er to her be true; WATCH THE HAIL TO OLD I.U. VIDEO, FEATURING MUSICIANS IN THE CLASS OF 2020 She’s the pride of Indiana, FROM ALL CAMPUSES Hail to old I.U.! LISTEN TO CURATED PLAYLISTS THAT CAPTURE THE JOY OF THIS OCCASION —Joe T. Giles, Class of 1894 WATCH VIDEO MESSAGES FROM UNIVERSITY LEADERS DOWNLOAD YOUR PERSONALIZED CAMPUS-BASED IMAGE PURDUE HYMN Close by the Wabash, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GRADUATION PHOTO OP In famed Hoosier land, Stands old Purdue, Many other opportunities are also available on the celebration website, so we hope you’ll Serene and grand. explore them all with the most heartfelt good wishes from IUPUI. Cherished in memory, By all her sons and daughters true, Fair alma mater, All hail Purdue. Chorus Fairest in all the land, Our own Purdue. Fairest in all the land, Our own Purdue.
    [Show full text]
  • Archiving Home Movies If ICE Shows Up
    JaJanuary/Februarynuara y/Febbruaryy 20202020 THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MIDWINTER PREVIEW + PHILADELPHIA DINING GUIDE p. 50 Archiving Home Movies p. 40 If ICE Shows Up p. 46 PLUS: 2019 Year in Review, Referenda Roundup, Longest Table Conversations MLA More than 1,000 full-text ΖQWHUQDWLRQDO journals ready to explore %LEOLRJUDSK\ ZLWK)XOO7H[W From the Modern Language Association (MLA) and EBSCO, this new database FRPELQHVWKHGHȴQLWLYHLQGH[IRUWKHVWXG\RIODQJXDJHOLWHUDWXUHOLQJXLVWLFV UKHWRULFDQGFRPSRVLWLRQIRONORUHDQGȴOPZLWKIXOOWH[WIRUPRUHWKDQ MRXUQDOVLQFOXGLQJPDQ\RIWKHPRVWXVHGMRXUQDOVLQWKH MLA International Bibliography([SHUWUHVXOWVDUHJXDUDQWHHG To set up a Free Trial, please contact Request a your EBSCO representative or visit: Free Trial exploremla.is/26 January/February 2020 American Libraries | Volume 51 #1/2 | ISSN 0002-9769 COVER STORY 50 2020 Midwinter Preview Prepare for a knockout meeting in the City of Brotherly Love EDITED BY Greg Landgraf 58 The Philly Food Scene Where to dine during Midwinter BY Reid Bramblett FEATURES 28 2019 Year in Review A look back at the stories that affected libraries 32 Referenda Roundup How states performed on library measures in 2019 BY Anne Ford 28 40 Uncovering the Past With digitization, libraries bring treasures to light BY Lauren Emily Whalen 46 Know Your Rights— and Theirs 40 How libraries prepare for possible ICE activity BY Claire Zulkey 32 46 ON THE COVER: Photo ©F11Photo/Adobe Stock 22 72 16 UP FRONT TRENDS PERSPECTIVES IN PRACTICE 3 From the 16 Tables of Content Editor
    [Show full text]