Alaskan Librarian has moved!- December 23, 2007 Hi Fellow Newzters! My standalone blog, Alaskan Librarian, is now at http:alaskanlibrarian.wordpress.com.http://www.lisnews.org/node/28663 In Praise of OPAL Casualness- December 22, 2007 The library programming site OPAL recently initiated a series called Casual Conversations. So far, moderator Tom Peters has talked with Aaron Schmidt and Meredith Farkas. The series lives up to its name going from big picture library issues, to nuts-and-bolts tech tips to tatoos within minutes. I've found them very enjoyable so far and hope the series has a long life. I couldn't find a way to subscribe just to the casual conversation series, but you can subscribe to all OPAL produced podcasts..http://www.lisnews.org/node/28657 Book Review: Three Cups of Tea- December 21, 2007 I finished the book Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin in two late nights reading. This story about how a failed mountain climb in 1993 turned into a lifetime of school building is as gripping as any novel I've read. It weaves a personal narrative with a story of how grassroots development can improve lives in what we consider impossible places while warding off extremism. The title Three Cups of Tea refers to a...http://www.lisnews.org/node/28619 One Stop Shopping for State History Materials- December 15, 2007 The 50-State Agency Databases Registry, which I coordinate, has launched a new set of subject-focused database collections under the heading of history: Biographical Databases - Databases that provide biographical sketches of authors, state officials, famous state residents, etc. http:wikis.ala.orggodortindex.phpBiographical_Databases Historical Media Databases - Databases that provide online access to photographs, video, or audio. http:wikis.ala.orggodortindex.phpHistorical_Media_Databases ..http://www.lisnews.org/node/28562 Book Review: Battleground Iraq (Army Pub)- December 9, 2007 Last night I finished the book: Battleground Iraq : journal of a company commander by Todd S Brown; United States. Dept. of the Army. This book isn't available online, but you can find it in many Federal Depository Libraries under the SuDoc number D 114.2:IR1. You can also purchase it from the GPO Bookstore. If you work in a library that has a significant number of high school students, I highly recommend this book. The author, Major Todd Brown, has done a great job logging his...http://www.lisnews.org/node/28489 50-State subject database guides - what next- December 1, 2007 Recently, the 50-State Agency Database Registry produced an annotated list of searchable inmate locaters. Many states have databases on many given subjects, so the volunteer staff of the Database Register is interested in expanding the offerings on our subject-focused databases page. We (the Registry volunteers) would like to do this with subjects of interest to the community. So tell us what we should do next, either by leaving comments here or by participating in a brief poll on the main page.http://www.lisnews.org/node/28407 |