AL Direct, April 4, 2012 Contents American Libraries Online | ALA News | Booklist Online Anaheim Update | Division News | Awards & Grants | Libraries in the News Issues | Tech Talk | E-Content | Books & Reading | Tips & Ideas Great Libraries of the World | Digital Library of the Week | Calendar The e-newsletter of the American Library Association | April 4, 2012 American Libraries Online An academic spring? Barbara Fister writes: “On January 21, distinguished British mathematician Timothy Gowers posted to his blog his rationale for no longer submitting manuscripts, reviewing articles, or doing editorial work for journals published by Elsevier. Gowers faulted the a corporation for high prices, bundling subscriptions in ways that made selection prohibitively expensive for libraries, and for supporting the Research Works Act.”... American Libraries feature; Gowers’s Weblog, Jan. 21 April Fools! The year’s best library pranks Thought-provoking Greg Landgraf writes: “April Fools’ pranks and speakers Rebecca librarians have a strong tradition. Here are MacKinnon (above) and some of our favorite hoaxes from the LIS world J. R. Martinez kick off this year. Grilled Unicorn: Professor Brian and close out the Trump of the British Library’s British Medieval Cookbook Project conference, respectively. reported a near-miraculous find of a long-lost 14th-century cookbook MacKinnon, a journalist, with recipes for hedgehog, blackbird, and unicorn. (If you’ve got a internet policy specialist, hungry family full of picky eaters, the book suggests marinating and author, headlines the unicorn in cloves and garlic before roasting. Absolutely delicious.)”... Opening General Session AL: Inside Scoop, Apr. 4; Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts Blog, Apr. 1 June 22. Actor, author, soldier, speaker Martinez On My Mind: Put an end to will help end on a high note as speaker at the socialized intellectual property (satire) Closing General Session June 26, at the ALA Donald A. Barclay writes: “My good friends from Annual Conference. Restore Intellectual Property Protection for Economic Recovery (RIPPER) are gearing up to launch an informational campaign that will set our mistaken average American citizen straight about the true facts of the so-called public domain. Millions of our cultural treasures, among them the greatest, most inspiring works of human genius and http://aldirect.ala.org/sites/default/al_direct/2012/april/040412-2.htm[10/8/2014 11:04:19 AM] AL Direct, April 4, 2012 ingenuity ever created, sit moldering in the public domain void, as ownerless and economically unproductive as the fallow collective farms cooked up by Josef Stalin.”... American Libraries column, Apr. 1 Nominate a Library Star on April 10 Pamela Goodes writes: “National Library Workers Day is right around the corner, on April 10. And in honor of all the unheralded library employees across the country, the ALA–Allied Professional Association is asking those in the profession to nominate “star” library employees for public recognition. ‘Once a year we take time to recognize the hard work of so many who are the very backbone of library service that help these organizations succeed,’ said ALA-APA Director Lorelle Swader.”... AL: Inside Scoop, Apr. 4 Time to dine in Anaheim Laura Daily writes: “Even a decade ago, the area immediately surrounding the Anaheim Convention Center was more culinary wasteland than Shangri-La. How times have changed. These days your greatest quandary may be choosing where to dine, so bountiful are the options. ‘A number of celebrated chefs and restaurateurs are paying attention to Orange County,’ said Booklist’s free local food blogger Marian Bacol-Uba of marianthefoodie.com. ‘And it webinars always hasn’t yet peaked.’”... attract crowds of American Libraries feature attendees. Free Booklist webinars in Catalogers, take this LC survey April include New Technical services librarians are invited to participate in a survey that Graphic Novels, examines the value and use of the Library of Congress’s bibliographic Children’s Reference, data and cataloging products. The library will use the results to guide and Hot Mysteries. All its strategic responses to this constantly changing bibliographic webinars are archived environment, and help it to effectively define its future role, adopt a for future review. Get sustainable financial model, and better serve its mission in the years more details at the ahead. User: catalog. Password: survey.... Booklist Online AL: Inside Scoop, Mar. 28 webinars page. NEW! From Booklist. Go back to the Top ALA News Great Libraries of the World ALA voter turnout up from last year As of March 29, 10.23% of eligible members have voted in the ALA elections compared to 8.62% at the same time in 2011. Voting opened on March 19, and the polls will close at 11:59 p.m. Central time on April 27.... Office of ALA Governance, Mar. 30 Committee on Accreditation resignations ALA President Molly Raphael informed the ALA governing Council March 28 of the resignation of Committee on Accreditation Chair Ken Vatican Library, Haycock and the appointment of Brian L. Andrew to serve the Vatican City, Rome, remainder of his term. Haycock had accepted a new position at the Italy. Pope Nicholas V http://aldirect.ala.org/sites/default/al_direct/2012/april/040412-2.htm[10/8/2014 11:04:19 AM] AL Direct, April 4, 2012 University of Southern California that, he said, might be perceived as established the current unduly influencing his role as COA chair. Meanwhile, COA member collection in 1448 by Dan O’Connor submitted his resignation April 2, charging that ALA combining some 350 leadership was unable to provide for a transparent and coherent set Greek, Latin, and of ethical policy guidelines to address potential conflicts of interest.... Hebrew codices AL: Inside Scoop, Apr. 3 inherited from his predecessors with his New Office for Research and Statistics own library, as well as director manuscripts from the Kathy Rosa (right) will become the new director of the imperial library of Office for Research and Statistics, effective May 21. Constantinople. The Rosa currently serves as an assistant professor of Biblioteca Apostolica library, information, and media studies in the College Vaticana was of Education at Chicago State University. Prior to her established in 1475; teaching position, Rosa held positions in public, its first librarian, academic, school, and special libraries.... Bartolomeo Platina, Office for Research and Statistics, Apr. 2 produced the first catalog list of 3,498 National Library Week, April 8–14 items in 1481. Around Communities across the US will celebrate the 1587, Pope Sixtus V valuable contributions of our nation’s libraries during hired Domenico National Library Week, April 8–14. This year’s theme Fontana to construct is “You Belong @ your library,” and libraries will the library building offer programs and services that showcase that is still in use technology and educational resources. First today. One of its sponsored in 1958, National Library Week events treasures is the Codex include the release of the State of America’s Libraries Report on April Vaticanus, one of the 9, one of the most comprehensive reports on library trends.... oldest extant Public Information Office, Apr. 4 manuscripts of the Greek Bible written by Why patrons belong @ your library hand in the 4th Invite your library users to share their stories on why century. Another is the they belong at your library during National Library Bodmer Papyrus XIV- Week with atyourlibrary.org’s six-word story contest. XV; written in the Through April 11, library users can submit their stories early 3rd century, it is through Twitter using the #nlw6words tag. Stories will one of the very be complied and available for judging through earliest surviving atyourlibrary.org. Six-word stories should reflect the witnesses to the text 2012 National Library Week theme, “You belong @ of the New Testament. your library.” Winners will receive Season 1 of Brad Meltzer’s Decoded The library was closed on DVD. Meltzer is NLW Honorary Chair.... to scholars in 2007– Public Information Office, Apr. 4 2010 for a major renovation and Peeps take part in National installation of a new Library Week security system. With National Library Week close on the heels of Easter, many libraries are linking the two efforts in marshmallow Peeps programming. The Ida Rupp Public Library in Port Clinton, Ohio, is having a Peeps Diorama contest. The Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington is sponsoring a Peepshow Contest. To get in the mood, reread Millikin University Library’s famous 2003 paper on “small fluffy creatures and library research.”... Ida Rupp Public Library; Gallagher Law Library; Susan Avery and Jennifer Masciadrelli, “Peep Research,” Millikin University, Apr. 25, 2003 Celebrate bookmobiles April 11 Vilnius University As many Americans continue to pinch pennies Library, Vilnius, during this difficult economic time, bookmobile use Lithuania. The library http://aldirect.ala.org/sites/default/al_direct/2012/april/040412-2.htm[10/8/2014 11:04:19 AM] AL Direct, April 4, 2012 has become more popular than ever. Bookmobiles has been located in bring a wealth of resources to users wherever they the old university are, and on April 11 communities across America building since its will celebrate our nation’s bookmobiles and the vital services they establishment in 1570 provide during National Bookmobile Day @ your library.... as a Jesuit college. Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, Mar. 29 Pranciškus Smuglevičius Hall, 2011 legislative scorecards available named after the National Library Legislative Day is April 23–24, and Lithuanian painter who to help prepare for your advocacy efforts, the ALA decorated it in 1803, is Washington Office has created 2011 ALA one of the oldest parts scorecards. Did your representative support school of the library and libraries in the Senate or the House? Did your today is used by the senator cosponsor a bill that would help school Department of Rare libraries? Did your representative sign onto a key letter requesting Books.