AL Direct, October 2, 2013 Contents American Libraries Online | ALA News | Booklist Online Philadelphia Update | Division News | Awards & Grants | Libraries in the News Issues | Tech Talk | E-Content | Books & Reading | Tips & Ideas Libraries on Film | Digital Library of the Week | Calendar The e-newsletter of the American Library Association | October 2, 2013 American Libraries Online The government shutdown Because the US Congress failed to pass an appropriations bill on September 30, government offices and services that are deemed nonessential have shut down. Here’s a snapshot of how the library community is affected until the budget situation is resolved. The Library of Congress buildings are closed to the public, and its website is inaccessible, except for THOMAS, Congress.gov, and Cataloger’s Desktop. The Pew Research Center offers a list of data and statistics sites that are shut down. Education Week lists the services and programs that will affect schools. USA Today has an excellent FAQ (and addendum) about all aspects of the shutdown. Don’t forget, you can still use the Wayback Machine to access some content.... American Libraries news, Oct. 1; Pew Research Center, Oct. 2; Education Week, Oct. 1; 2014 Midwinter USA Today, Oct. 1 Meeting and Exhibits, Philadelphia, January 24– Newsmaker: An interview with Skip 28. Registration and Prichard housing are now open. David “Skip” Prichard (right) became president and CEO Gold-standard of OCLC on July 1, succeeding Jay Jordan, who retired networking; updates, after 15 years at the helm of the nonprofit library research, reports, consortium. He had most recently served as president legislation; ebooks, digital and CEO of Ingram Content Group in Nashville, and content, community before that was president and CEO of ProQuest engagement; 450+ Information and Learning.... exhibitors, hundreds of American Libraries column, Sept./Oct. authors; Ishmael Beah, Andrew Slack, Tonya Up next on AL Live: European libraries Bolden, Brian Floca, Kadir Dan Freeman writes: “On the next episode of AL Live, we’ll take a trip Nelson, Steve Sheinkin, overseas for ‘European Libraries: A View from Friends across the Melissa Sweet; ALA Youth Pond.’ Our panel of international experts will discuss how some of Media Awards. Make Europe’s top libraries see the role of the library and the librarian. This your case for attending. 60-minute episode will take place on October 10 at 2 p.m. Eastern #alamw14; Facebook http://aldirect.ala.org/sites/default/al_direct/2013/october/100213-2.htm[7/17/2014 9:14:18 AM] AL Direct, October 2, 2013 time. You can preregister, but preregistration is not required to event; Tumblr; Pinterest. attend.”... AL Live, Sept. 17 Go back to the Top ALA News Registration, housing open for Midwinter Registration and housing are now open for the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Philadelphia, January 24–28. Plan on finding gold-standard networking; updates on research, reports, and legislation; innovators and thought leaders; hundreds of discussions on current key topics including ebooks, digital content, and community engagement; more than 400 exhibitors and hundreds of authors; and pre-Midwinter institutes for in-depth professional development.... Conference Services, Oct. 1 Council candidates ALA has announced that 61 individuals are candidates for positions on the ALA Council. These individuals were selected by the Nominating Committee for the 2014 ALA election. Others who are interested in running for Council may file petitions through January 31. Ballot mailing will begin on March 19; the election will close on April 25.... Office of ALA Governance, Sept. 30 ERT/Booklist Author Forum at Midwinter Five acclaimed children’s book creators— Tonya Bolden, Brian Floca, Kadir Nelson, Steve Sheinkin, and Melissa Sweet—will join fellow author and Booklist Books for Youth Senior Editor Ilene Cooper as she moderates a discussion about award-winning nonfiction for youth at the ERT/Booklist Author Forum at the 2014 Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia on January 24. The authors are appearing thanks to the generous sponsorship of their publishers.... Booklist, Sept. 30 Civil liberties push moves forward with national rally This summer, ALA took a stand to protect civil liberties by joining Stop Watching Us, a political coalition comprised of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies. The coalition—which includes the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union, Mozilla, and the National Libertarian Party—will host a rally October 25–26 to protest unconstitutional surveillance.... District Dispatch, Sept. 30 Free webinar for “Muslim http://aldirect.ala.org/sites/default/al_direct/2013/october/100213-2.htm[7/17/2014 9:14:18 AM] AL Direct, October 2, 2013 Journeys” grantees Librarians participating in the NEH’s Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys initiative and others interested in the topic are invited to attend “Muslim Journeys and Your Community: Managing Controversy, Maximizing Impact,” a free webinar to be held on October 24 and sponsored by the Public Programs Office, Programming Librarian, and the Office for Intellectual Freedom. Register online.... Public Programs Office, Oct. 1 ALA collaborates with Sharjah Book Fair A new collaboration between ALA and the Sharjah International Book Fair will offer the opportunity to establish improved delivery of ALA’s face-to-face, digital, and print products and services to the region in locally and culturally appropriate formats. Activities carried out together will also help raise the visibility and use of libraries in Sharjah and the region. The book fair will be held November 6–16 in Sharjah, the third largest of the United Arab Emirates.... International Relations Office, Sept. 27 Registration open for IFLA’s 2014 conference in Lyon Registration is now open for the 2014 IFLA World Library and Information Congress to be held August 16– 22, 2014, in Lyon, France. If you registered for IFLA WLIC 2013 through the online registration system, you can use the same username and password for IFLA WLIC 2014. Early registration lasts through May 15.... International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Katharine L. Sharp and the first “Lady Librarians” Denise Rayman writes: “For an educated woman at the turn of the century, there were few options for an intellectually satisfying career, as Katharine L. Sharp (third in the lineup) discovered as a newly minted college graduate in 1885. She taught foreign languages at a high school in Illinois for two years, but then she took a position as assistant librarian at the Scoville Institute in Oak Park, Illinois, and seems to have found her calling. Believing strongly in the new field of professional librarianship, she enrolled in the New York State Library School in 1889, where she studied under Melvil Dewey.”... American Library Association Archives, Sept. 30 Getting started with evaluation With the publication of Getting Started with Evaluation, published by ALA Editions, managers at academic and public libraries, as well as library trustees and others interested in assessing service quality, have a workbook to help them master key concepts of assessment. Authors Peter Hernon, Robert E. Dugan, and Joseph R. Matthews offer directed Libraries exercises and worksheets for guidance alongside a on Film http://aldirect.ala.org/sites/default/al_direct/2013/october/100213-2.htm[7/17/2014 9:14:18 AM] AL Direct, October 2, 2013 detailed list of sources for metrics and concrete examples of evaluation in practice.... ALA Editions, Oct. 1 We stand stronger together Marge Loch-Wouters writes: “I get a lot of out my memberships in the Wisconsin Library Association, PLA, and ALA, including mentorship, leadership, CE opportunities, and a chance to work together to strengthen libraries. All of this standing up costs money. I have paid for my dues with very little help from my library employers for over 35 years. I need our associations strong so they can advocate The Unnamable II: for me and for all libraries and our services. We stand together far The Statement of more strongly than when we stand alone. Will you join me?”... Randolph Carter Tiny Tips for Library Fun, Sept. 26 (1992). Randolph Carter (Mark Kinsey Go back to the Top Stephenson) and Eliot Howard (Charles Klausmeyer) look for missing pages of the Necronomicon in the rare book room of the Miskatonic University library in order to defeat a demon that is chasing them. Featured review: Adult nonfiction Garrett, Bradley L. Explore Everything: Place- Hacking the City. Oct. 2013. 320p. Illustrated. Verso, hardcover (978-1-78168- 129-5). “Dr. Garrett?” asked the British police officer who boarded the plane as soon as it landed at Heathrow. The American-expat Oxford researcher was about to be arrested for his trespassing exploits. He meant no harm. The Unquiet Library Quite the opposite. Garrett and his fellow (1986). This urban explorers celebrate forgotten places and protest limits documentary looks at on access. In this unique and electrifying travelogue, Garrett, the decades-long a scholar with a background in anthropology and archeology, involvement of the thoughtfully explicates their dangerous, exhilarating, and illegal Library of Congress in explorations. We picture hackers as loners slouched anemically the making, in the sickly light of a computer screen, but Garrett and his performing, recording, fellow travelers are as fit, agile, and fearless as ninja. Sharing and preservation of an ethos with street artists, their mission is to “exploit music. The retired fractures in the architecture of the city in an effort to find chief of the Music deeper meaning in the spaces we pass through every day.”... Division, Donald Leavitt, tells of his Top 10 literary travel books: activities. 2013 Brad Hooper writes: “Armchair travel always offers an enticing alternative to the middle seat in coach. We’re not advocating abandoning actual travel and substituting it exclusively with travel reading, but there is a time and place for simply sitting back and living vicariously through someone else’s adventures.