Valerie Hawkins

May 23rd, 2013 · by spolanka - Valerie Hawkins

Washington, D.C.—Leading library practitioners and experts discuss promises and “Faustian bargains” of ebooks in the new American Libraries digital supplement Digital Content: What’s Next?: http://viewer.zmags.com/publica... - Valerie Hawkins

By Leila Meyer 05/22/13 - Valerie Hawkins

In San Antonio, Mayor Julián Castro is also trying to streamline things for small and new businesses. The Mayor is calling for a library-based one-stop shop where businesses could “get information, and the resources, the market data and the assistance they need to start their business.” Speaking of libraries and small business, Atlantic Cities has details on Arizona State University’s “Alexandria Network.” The program will set-up dedicated co-working spaces and offer entrepreneurship courses and training in public libraries. According to Atlantic Cities’ Emily Badger, libraries are an ideal venue for the effort because “they offer a more familiar entry-point for potential entrepreneurs less likely to walk into a traditional start-up incubator.” The first location, mentioned in the last Latest in Economic Development, will be launching in partnership with the city of Scottsdale, AZ. next month. - Valerie Hawkins

Library Marketing Toolkits How do you remind your user community about the great online resources you offer, when they think all they need is Google? The tools and samples in these free kits will help. Our guides, flyers and press release templates help you promote your library's valuable products and services. - Valerie Hawkins

How CopyrightX managed to convince hundreds of online students to stick with a course on copyright law CopyrightX, an online course run out of Harvard this spring as part of the EdX program, was unusual in a couple of ways. It might not strictly be called a MOOC—a massive open online course—because it wasn’t open. More than four thousand people applied, and enrollment was capped at 500. Half of the selected students were women. There were equal number of students from the United States and from other countries. Students outside the US came from 70 different countries, in total. The youngest student was 13, the oldest 83. Although CopyrightX was a class about copyright law, only thirty of the 500 students were lawyers. And these students stuck with the course. - Valerie Hawkins

May 20, 2013 - Valerie Hawkins

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Interview With Foreword Reviews Editor Matt Sutherland 1. Matt, as the managing editor of Foreword Reviews, how do you feel your magazine can work with authors and publishers to advance their books? We're a book review journal that adamantly refuses to review books from the big corporate publishers. The Random Houses and Simon & Schusters of the world don't need any more help getting coverage for their books. More importantly, high-quality small, independent publishers don't receive near enough review attention. - Valerie Hawkins

By Matt Enis on May 20, 2013 Leave a Comment This spring, BiblioLabs, the Charleston, SC–based developer of the free multimedia anthology production platform BiblioBoard Creator, began offering a subscription service that will allow users to download and view anthologies created by libraries and other third parties. - Valerie Hawkins

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Katie Salo - Valerie Hawkins

Accessible text matched with dynamic illustrations in engaging cartoon-panel layouts help make graphic novels inviting packages for younger readers, struggling or reluctant readers, and comics-loving kids. The following sampling of recommended titles from the spring 2013 issue of The Horn Book Guide includes perennial-favorite characters, debut series, graphic-novel adaptations, and more. —Katrina Hedeen Assistant Editor, The Horn Book Guide - Valerie Hawkins

Annals of Higher Education Laptop U Has the future of college moved online? by Nathan Heller May 20, 2013 - Valerie Hawkins

ALA online community that discusses makerspaces - previously was named the Library Boing Boing community - Valerie Hawkins

May 15, 2013 | DeannaUtroske - Valerie Hawkins

May 16, 2013 | 11:23 am - Valerie Hawkins

Main page at http://www.ifla.org/news... Key Issues for E-Resource Collection Development: A Guide for Libraries By Sharon Johnson, with Ole Gunnar Evensen, Julia Gelfand, Glenda Lammers, Lynn Sipe and Nadia Zilper Edited by members of the Acquisition and Collection Development Committee, including Jérôme Fronty, Joseph Hafner, Judy Mansfield and Regine Schmolling. Acquisition and Collection Development Section August, 2012 ©Copyright in this document belongs to IFLA. - Valerie Hawkins

Reports from libraries on collection development - Valerie Hawkins

E-Books in Libraries: Ownership Versus Access Categories: Expert Publishing Blog October 2, 2012 | Jeremy Greenfield - Valerie Hawkins

By Daniel A. Freeman on April 11, 2012 - Valerie Hawkins

By Nancy Dowd on May 7, 2013 - Valerie Hawkins