User:	libraries (posted by idwoman)
	Date:	Jul. 24, '08 10:01 am
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Hello all!

I am a librarian trainee in the public library system of a very large city. My boss is in the process of sitting down and planning out the programming for the upcoming months, and she has told me that she wants me to come up with a list of programs I would like to do in our branch. I'm excited but a little blocked. I (of course) want to come up with the best programs w/in the parameters I have to work with.

As a bit of background, I work in an urban library system but my branch is possibly the smallest in the system. It is left over from an earlier time and was originally just supposed to be a children's library instead of a neighborhood branch. Think "Little Red Schoolhouse" only urban and library. As a result I'm going to be cramped for space and it can't get too noisy or else I'll be disturbing the other library patrons. We also don't have a particularly large budget for the branch.

My boss and I would like to focus our programming mostly on YA and children, since they are the majority of our users and her background is in YA/childrens. Does anyone have suggestions for kid's programming that works in a really small setting?? Any good programs that pull in YA

	User:	libraries (posted by petzipellepingo)
	Date:	Jul. 24, '08 4:01 am
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7 Ways Your Public Library Can Help You During A Bad Economy

Reader MG is a fan of the site and a public librarian and has written a list of 7 ways that your library can help you during a bad economy. Libraries are an excellent resource and they're pretty easy to use. Don't worry if you're not a big reader, there's lots more stuff to do at the library besides just checking out books.( Read more... )

	User:	libraries (posted by purplelev)
	Date:	Jul. 24, '08 12:46 am
	Subject:	Oooooooo
	Security:	Public
	Mood:	impressed
	Music:	Sixx am

This is a really neat. Ive seen something similar to this done before but never this well thought out or presented in such an appealing way. I think that while the central purpose and theme of a Library shouldn't change making them more user friendly is not a bad thing. Also look at all the pretty colors.

http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/valeriemadill/index.php?/project/looking-at-libraries/

	User:	libraries (posted by velvetmouse)
	Date:	Jul. 22, '08 1:50 pm
	Subject:	New York Historical Society
	Security:	Public

This might be a bit of a stretch, but I'm hoping someone might know something -

Does anyone know anything (good, bad, stay the hell away) about working at the New York Historical Society?

There is a job posting on their website that I'm pretty interested in, but... I interned in a department there (not the same one as the job I'm interested in) about 6 years ago, and I remember it being a somewhat uncomfortable work environment - there seemed to be a lot of politicking and in-fighting going on among the various aspects of the place. I'm no longer in touch with the person I interned with, and I don't even know if she's still there.

Anyone know anything about the way things are now? Direct experience, hearsay, rumors from your third cousin's step-brother's pet chihuahua?

If you're not comfortable posting a response here, my email is available in my profile...

Thanks!

	User:	libraries (posted by meijhen)
	Date:	Jul. 21, '08 12:07 pm
	Subject:	EB White, Anne Carroll Moore, The New York Public Library, and Stuart Little
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Interesting article up at The New Yorker about Anne Carroll Moore, EB White, the New York Public Library, the publication of Stuart Little, and the development of children's libraries, as well as children's literature as a genre.

Lives and Letters

	User:	libraries (posted by petzipellepingo)
	Date:	Jul. 20, '08 4:50 am
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Missing-girl case tests library privacy
Petite librarian stood her ground, and police settled for access to PCs

The Associated Press

RANDOLPH, Vt. - Children's librarian Judith Flint was getting ready for the monthly book discussion group for 8- and 9-year-olds on "Love That Dog" when police showed up.

They weren't kidding around: Five state police detectives wanted to seize Kimball Public Library's public access computers as they frantically searched for a 12-year-old girl, acting on a tip that she sometimes used the terminals.( Read more... )

	User:	libraries (posted by chinodoxia)
	Date:	Jul. 19, '08 10:10 pm
	Subject:	Willing to answer a few quick questions about your library?
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Hello!

I'm a library school student, and I'm doing a research project on intellectual freedom in public libraries. I'm looking for a public librarian who might be willing to answer four brief (I promise!) questions about his/her library or library system's intellectual freedom policies. I think this is a really interesting topic--especially right now--and I would love to hear what your library's approach is to the issue. If any of you all would be interested, I would be so appreciative!

Thank you in advance for any help.


 (Please excuse the cross-posting! I'm really hoping to find someone to help, so I've also posted to librarians and librarygrads. Let me know if this is inappropriate/a nuisance. Thanks again.)

	User:	libraries (posted by themichaelwells)
	Date:	Jul. 16, '08 7:39 pm
	Subject:	New LJ user and public library employee
	Security:	Public

So I'm relatively new to the ol' Livejournal and looking to amass a cluster of swells, chums, and general e-compatriots to correspond with regarding this & that, the quirks of library employment, or anything else that comes to mind.  

Let's see.  I live in a suburb of Kansas City, MO and work the audio-visual counter.  Due to proximity my main interest seems to be film, but I don't hold any grudge against books.  Mostly I read history, cooking, and various how-to books, but have been trying to advance my knowledge of Science Fiction as of late.  

I don't know.  I have some other interests that I enjoy.

	User:	anotherway (posted by megabuzz101)
	Date:	Jul. 16, '08 4:20 pm
	Subject:	Friends of Ishmael!
	Security:	Public
	Mood:	anxious
	Music:	Ignorance is Bliss ~ C2B3

I'm a new reader of Ishmael and I've got to admit, I'm quite overwhelmed with how much of this I didn't already know. I knew a great majority of what Ishmael and the protagonist speaks of, but there was also so much I didn't really think about before. It's getting to be quite a great read and I'm rather riveted.

(  Whoops, I spilled my mind on your webpage.. )
Wow, this turned out to be longer than it thought it would when I started typing.

	User:	libraries (posted by tbeannn)
	Date:	Jul. 14, '08 2:32 pm
	Subject:	Job Search Advice
	Security:	Public

I have an upcoming interview for a Library Associate position at a public library, but have about 4 years of experience as a part-time academic reference librarian. The open position does not require my MLS, but I would kind of like to check it out since there are not many other suitable openings right now in my area and I'd also like to introduce myself in case there are any future reference openings there. Would a position like this be bad for my resume? The description seems to include more than circulation duties. How do I handle the interview without making them think I'm overqualified or not really interested in the job?