The Snacktacular Snackluck is almost upon us!

New and returning members, please join us for our first official meeting of the semester:

Snacktackular Snackluck Snackstravaganza!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
5:00-5:45pm
CDC 361

Papre plates, etc., will be provided, so bring a snack to share if you can, or just bring yourself. We will do some introductions and then get down to business.

Weekly News Roundup

Is Amazon about to move into the book rental business?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/sep/12/amazon-book-rental-ebook

YouTube Founders Revamping a Site for Link Sharing
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/technology/youtube-founders-aim-to-revamp-delicious.html?_r=4&hpw

A video interview with:

ALA President-Elect Maureen Sullivan

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al_focus/ala-president-elect-maureen-sullivan

St. Paul libraries plan would cut hours, lay off workers, hike late fees
http://www.twincities.com/ci_18848014?nclick_check=1

CARLSBAD: Woman pleads not guilty to stealing library books
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/vista/article_e4203968-9ecf-5337-a9f9-ce8271c0ec5d.html

Mystery book sculptor's latest creation found
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Mystery-book-sculptor39s-latest-creation.6827676.jp

Weekly News Roundup

The Weekly News Roundup is back for the new school year. Welcome back everyone!

Michael S. Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, died Tuesday. His obituary can be found below.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart

Unavoidable Disasters and Unfathomable Disconnects
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/inside-scoop/unavoidable-disasters-and-unfathomable-disconnects

Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone in World
http://about.jstor.org/participate-jstor/individuals/early-journal-content

28% of U.S. Adults Use Mobile and Social Location-Based Services
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2096/mobile-social-location-based-services-geosocial-social-media-location-tagging

Librarian in Black has been doing a gadget showcase; below is the link to her most recent post about reading gadgets.
http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2011/09/readinggadgets.html

Ask.com Launches Human-Powered Q&A to All 63 Million Users
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/askcom-launches-human-powered-qa-to-all-63-million-users-128897798.html

And finally, here's a cute library story from my home
Little Free Libraries spread joy of reading, meeting others town

http://www.leadertelegram.com/blogs/julian_emerson/article_75811a30-d8e0-11e0-b9f1-001cc4c002e0.html

As always, please email me with any stories you'd like included in next week's post! My email is naeierman@stkate.edu

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Legislative Action Item

From ALA:

Librarians are on the front lines, helping the American people find the government information they need to find jobs, work effectively, and participate in our democracy. The programs of the Government Printing Office (GPO) are integral in keeping the American people informed.  Unfortunately, funding for the GPO is under attack.

The GPO is the only agency with the mission of ensuring that the American public has access to Congressional, Judicial and Executive branch information in all formats – physical and digital. An unintended consequence of severe cuts to GPO’s budget may be the demise of its access programs.

Please contact your Congressional representatives and ask them to fund the GPO at the President’s Fiscal Year 2012 recommendation. For background information, talking points and contact information for your Congressional representatives please visit: http://capwiz.com/ala/home/