April 2012
20 posts
For Your Reading and Viewing Pleasure
The Biggest Myth in Time Management - Harvard Business Review
Voldemort’s Got Nothing on Jeff Bezos - TechCrunch
Studies in the News - a weekly compilation of policy-related articles and reports produced by the California Research Bureau
California State Library Offers Library Support...
The American Library Association’s Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program offers library employees a new career path in the library profession.
The California State Library will be offering up to 10 Registration Assistance Awards, each for $175, one-half of the LSSC registration/application fee. Successful award recipients will be asked to pay the remainder of the registration...
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Take a look at IMLS' web page for its Museums,...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has revamped the web page for its Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative. Museums and libraries visiting the page will now be able to access practitioner videos, a PowerPoint presentation, an updated resource list, and a toolkit that will help them organize 21st century skills workshops in their communities.
For Your Reading and Viewing Pleasure
The ‘Archive Team’ Rescues User Content from Doomed Sites - PC Magazine
The Coming Book Wars: Apple vs. Amazon vs. Google vs. the U.S. - The Atlantic
The Future of Money in a Mobile Age - Pew Internet and American Life Project
If Darth Vader Actually Raised Luke Skywalker - Brain Pickings
OverDrive Study on How Readers Use Libraries to Find Books - Publishers Weekly
The 25...
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World Book Night - Spreading the love of reading,...
April 23 is World Book Night when thousands of volunteers will share books with others in their communities to promote the joy and value of reading by giving out free World Book Night paperbacks.
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Preservation Week - Pass It On! April 22 - 28.
Are you the family historian? Want to know how to preserve all the memorabilia you’ve been collecting for years? Then take advantage of the Preservation Week!
Libraries around the country are celebrating the week with workshops, webinars, seminars, and more. Check out what’s going on during the week to help preserve your treasures!
For Your Reading Pleasure
Digital Differences - Pew Internet and American Life Project
Facing the Future,Think Like a Start-Up: A White Paper to Inspire Library Entrepreneurialism - Virginia Tech University Libraries, VTechWorks
The Gamification of Education (Infographic) - Knewton
National Emergency Alert System Goes Live - Government Technology
New York Public Library Digitizes Early American History - New York...
The Easy Voter Guide is back for the June 5, 2012...
Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean, this nonpartisan guide makes a handy educational tool for new and busy voters.
Starting today, local Leagues and libraries can order up to 500 free copies
(Please disregard the “price” column; copies ordered through this section of the website are free to you).
As an aid to the ordering process, you can access a...
Spread the word about the Earned Income Tax...
As the countdown to tax day begins, WE Connect wants to help individuals and families determine whether they are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a federal tax credit that can boost your federal refund up to $5,751.
The WEb Connector EZ, developed by the Intuit Financial Freedom Foundation, is free and easy to use. It is our online calculator that can help people quickly and...
For your reading and viewing pleasure
The Alan Lomax Sound Archive Now Online: Features 17,000 Recordings - Open Culture
Behind the Scenes of the Milstein Suspense Trailer - New York Public Library (Video)
Birth of a Book - Wimp (Video)
Do E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read? - Time
Restoring Contemplation: How Disconnecting Bolsters the Knowledge Economy - American Library Association, Office for...
Sacramento Public Library unveils award-winning...
As the winner of the 2012 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week grant, the library received $3,000 to develop its public awareness campaign using the National Library Week theme, You belong @ your library.
The campaign’s target audience is the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community. Posters, window clings and print and electronic ads that have been placed in...
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NCSL Notable Documents Awards
It’s that time of year when the National Conference of State Legislature’s Legislative Research Librarian section is looking for nominations for the Notable Documents Awards.
To submit documents, please use the electronic or printable Notable Documents Awards forms available on the website. The deadline for submitting nominations is May 18, 2012.
Salinas Public Library Receives National Award...
Salinas Public Library has won one of three national $10,000 awards from the annual Better World Books/NCFL Libraries and Families Award!
The Salinas Public Library will create a new program that leverages the popularity of its bilingual mascot, Snappy the Library Tortoise. A family literacy mobile called the SnappyMobile will provide services to 2,500 families a year.
Congratulations!
Act to change definition of homeless youth →
cahomelessyouth:
Currently children who are living in motels and couch surfing are not classified as homeless within HUD’s definition. Meanwhile the Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services do classify those youth to be homeless. The Homeless Children and Youth Act, HR 32 would amend HUD’s definition of homeless children and youth to include many that qualify for services...
Day 2 on our photographic journey
Take a look at where we are on our second day traveling around California.
