Weekly News Roundup

Summer stole me away for a week, but I'm (almost) back on schedule!

Librarians in the U.S. from 1880-2009
Click through to see the whole study!
http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/06/21/librarians-in-the-u-s-from-1880-2009/

A local example of innovative librarianship.
Meet Meg, our new coworking librarian
http://cocomsp.com/2011/06/meet-meg-our-new-coworking-librarian/
Check out her blog too:
http://workwithmeg.com/

More social networking statistics:
Social Networking Sites and Our Lives
http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/64511

I’m interested in this because I use Goodreads. Do you?
Reader Ratings and Book Reviews from Goodreads Being Added to NoveList Products
http://www.prweb.com/releases/NoveList/Goodreads/prweb8586334.htm

And for something a little less serious:
5 Reasons Why Lady Gaga is NOT a Librarian
http://www.mandikaye.com/2011/05/18/5-reasons-why-lady-gaga-is-not-a-librarian/

Finally, this isn’t really library related but I know quite a few of us like Neil Gaiman and Public Radio. Here’s a link to a recent show involving both!
http://www.livestream.com/minnesotapublicradio/video?clipId=pla_cb848b78-e077-416b-83bb-c8aeabaf368e

As always, please let me know if you find any interesting library news articles. Also, if you have any feedback about these posts, or if you have a certain area of library news you would like me to include more, email me at naeierman@stkate.edu

MLA/MEMO Library Legislative Forum

Free for MLA/MEMO members including food! $25 for anyone else (but I think the student MLA annual fee is $25, so you might as well join).

I'm already registered and would be happy to give anyone else a ride.

Library Legislative Forum
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
9:30am-3:00pm
St. Cloud, MN
"A forum to discuss what happened in 2011 and what should happen in 2012"

Weekly News Roundup

The Merger of the Century: EBSCO Acquires H. W. Wilson
http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/06032011/merger-century-ebsco-publishing-acquires-h-w-wilson

Digital Textbooks slow to catch on
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/business/media/06iht-EDUCSIDE06.html?_r=2&ref=technology

Learning to Read on Zero Dollars a Day
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/opinion/05doerr.html?ref=librariesandlibrarians
(This isn’t news to us librarians but it is libraries in the new)

Epub really IS a Container

By Eric Hellman
http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/epub-really-is-a-container-by-eric-hellman
(A somewhat technical article about ebooks)

New Pew Report on Twitter Usage
http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/64419

The Smartest Readers
http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/06062011/smartest-readers

As always, email me with any exciting stories you find at naeierman@stkate.edu

Weekly News Roundup

Hello everyone and welcome to the first weekly news roundup!

Just a few stories for your perusal this week. Please drop me a line at naeierman@stkate.edu if you have any articles or events you think should be included.

Patriot Act Renewal Renews Reformers’ Determination

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/05302011/patriot-act-renewal-renews-reformers-determination

Keeping Our Message Simple

By James LaRue

Here's the fundamentally different approach to advocacy we need to adopt—yesterday.

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/06082011/keeping-our-message-simple

Amazon e-books now outselling print books

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/05/19/kindle.outsells.books/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Enjoy, and I'll see you next week!