September 29, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Introducing the Shanachies of the library world: Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer. They work at a DOK, Delft Public Library and they are rock stars.

Last year, they left houses, family and jobs to drive across America to interview librarians. “The real motivation for the tour was based on earlier travels and a genuine concern about the future of libraries,” said Erik. Before that trip across the USA they were commissioned to make a documentary on gaming.   While working on this assignment, they stayed at Michael Stephen's with whom they had long conv...Read More

September 25, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Tribal Libraries have joined the technology revolution and have established a presence on the World Wide Web via blogs. On these, librarians connect with the community and share information about laws that might affect their users and news of interest to all.  Libraries are truly the heart of the community and librarians embrace their social role within the communities they serve. Libraries also link to their catalogs, calendars, special collections and services.

I looked at a few blogs and they were fantastic to learn about library services for Native Americans. Some of the libraries hosting blogs are:

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September 14, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

November 15 is National Gaming Day @ your library! Reserve the date and plan to engage your customers with cool gaming programs. 

Gaming is not only the latest trend in libraries, it is one of the most effective ways to impact the lives of our young customers while they are developing new strategies, predicting possible outcomes, managing multiple resources, reading and deciphering maps, tracking complex statistics, and adapting ...Read More

September 11, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

The REFORMA National Conference III is quickly approaching. Next week from September 18-21 librarians serving Latinos and the Spanish speaking meet in El Paso to discuss ideas on how to continue providing access to information to this population. 

There are many programs on the agenda. All good and interesting. I thought of highlighting two of them to pique your curiosity. I look forward to see many of you next week!

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Friday, September 19, 2008

September 9, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

Is your library looking at ways to better serve LGBT communities? I'd say that every library is.  Adan has been thinking of us. Take a look at a very useful Guide developed by Adan Griego, Past President of SALALM and Curator for Latin American, Mexican American & Iberian Collections at Green Library/ Stanford University. 

Adan who has compiled resources such as a Bibliography of Works on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Chicanos/as and Latinos/as, now give us a Guide to Latin Americ...Read More