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What’s it like to be poor in America? (a game for developing empathy)
Over 14 million Americans are unemployed. Now imagine you’re one of them. Your savings are gone. You’ve lost your house. You’re a single parent. You’re down to your last $1,000. Can you make it through the month? Spent is a simulation designed to introduce young people to what it means to truly be down on […]
Child of the Library: Sing out and share!
Piers Cawley (programmer, photographer, singer, cook, geek) presented this moving protest song about the importance of reading and libraries in childhood at the OSCON 2011 conference back in July. He wrote it back in February when he discovered his own public library was under threat of closure and had only a few months left. When […]
CLSA Bookstore
Jane Lofton, librarian at Mira Costa High School, asked me share Jackie Siminitus’ new promotional flyer for the Cafe Press Library Store (cafepress.com/csla). The online store features art donated by book illustrators in support of the new California Campaign for Strong School Libraries. You don’t have to be from California to appreciate and use these […]
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Six tools to simplify cataloging
Over the past year, I’ve discovered a number of handy, free tools for cataloging those materials we receive that do not come pre-cataloged. Here are a handful of tools that could save you lots of time. 1. Classify offers automated advice for assigning classification numbers and subject headings. Searchable by standard numbers, author, title, and […]
TL Tips for Tight Times (Part 1: Rethinking Collection)
The vendors I do business with each year are beginning to call looking for commitments for next year and I don’t know what to tell them. We live in uncertain times. Some of the best of us are losing positions. Some of us are covering multiple libraries. For those of us lucky enough to be […]
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