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!

Weekly news roundup

Did you spot librarianship in the news?

Is there a local activity (talk, training, bookfest) you think we should know about?

Want to share a job opportunity?

Email Natalie and she'll compile them into a weekly blog post of awesomeness.

Agenda for June 2 meeting

Please add comments as you see fit!

• Summer meeting dates (see list to the right): how/which do we want to use? Let's plan when/how we're making our swag.
• Updates on things we were looking into during the break: caves, MLA, speakers, etc.
• Have Mondays been set for the fall?

See you soon!