- Atlanta Still Among Nation's 10 "Most Literate Cities"
Posted December 23, 2009
So says an annual report produced by a researcher at Central Connecticut
State University.
One of the components for the scoring of the composite "literacy" ranking is a set of measures for local "library support,
holdings, and utilization." Atlanta's ranking among mid-size and large U.S. cities for that component:
25th.
Found via Stephen's Lighthouse.
- Staff Shortages Result in Unannounced Random Closings Among Philadelphia Libraries
Posted December 15, 2009
Here's the kind of confusion and damaged customer relations
that result from inadequately staffed public libraries whose administrators refuse to make the difficult, unpopular choices
in library staffing (i.e., closing libraries) that library budget cuts should be linked to.
Found via LISNews.
- Selector Alert: Kirkus Reviews is No More
Posted December 15, 2009
One of the mainstays of library selection work in the United States since the 1930s has ceased publication, the latest
victim of the economic downturn in general - preceded by the consolidation of formerly independent companies into sprawling
media conglomerates - and the steady migration of advertising dollars away from printed periodicals in
particular. Details here and commentary
here and here.
Found via LISNews.
- A Day in the Life of the Internet
Posted December 15, 2009
Stephen Abram has posted a nifty graphic that presents some of the stupefying through-put factoids related to the use of
the Internet by computer-owning members of the human species.
All we can think of when confronted with data like this is how amazingly persistent some library systems - including
AFPL - are, when it comes to addressing (with staff and other resources) the consequences of these facts for delivering
public library services.
- Gwinnett's Tax Increase and New Library Fees Will Help Preserve Library Services
Posted December 10, 2009
The first tax increase in many years in the county directly north of Fulton County will keep that county's
libraries operating. Meanwhile, the Gwinnett library system's trustees approved a host of new fees that will generate
income for the system. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported some
details earlier this week.
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