[Web4lib] This Week in Best of PubLib

[Robert Balliot]

This Week in Best of PubLib
11.08.09<http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/this-week-in-best-of-publib-11-08-09/>
Posted on November 8, 2009 by Robert Balliot<http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/>
 Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives

This week  in  Best of Publib covers the week of November 2nd through
November 8th. This week includes questions about collection management,
discussions about language learning systems , library crime,  and the do’s
and don’ts of library work. Some of the topics we will be reviewing include:

   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128451.html>
   *»    Major news regarding Highwood (IL) PL  – Karen Turk brings us
news<http://www.triblocal.com/Highland_Park_-_Highwood/List_View/view.html?type=stories&action=detail&sub_id=113094>of
library board members being dismissed – Does this create a new
precedent?

   - *Topic * <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128455.html>»
   CDs – Cataloging and displaying – Donald Crews in Union, Kentucky
wants
   to know how you organize your CD collections
   <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awrs9/lc_online_catalog.html>-
   - *Topic * <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128457.html>»
   Help finding a website on library legal issues – Elizabeth Fraser
wants
   to locate a website for library legalities – Diedre Conkling recommends
   LibraryLaw <http://www.librarylaw.com/>
   - *Topic  <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128499.html>
   *»    V-ness – In a twist of the discussion on the Oak Brook
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128430.html>incident
   – M. McGrorty in Los Angeles tries to define the nature of vileness – Does
   gender <http://tinyurl.com/mgvile1> weigh heavily or is vileness a universal
   condition<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Hieronymus_Bosch_-_The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_-_Hell.jpg>?

   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128477.html>
   *»    Waiver of Responsibility for Displayed Art – Sue Violino in
   Norwalk, CT is looking for examples of art display waivers – Is public
   art <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_art> a public risk?
   - *Topic  <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128503.html>
   *»    A Spoooky Tale of Shameless Self Promotion -  David Wright
   <http://shelftalk.spl.org/>the Seattle Public Library is telling stories
   on NPR – Listen <http://bit.ly/26tz5q> !
   - *Topic <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128485.html>
   *  »    Social networking policies – PubLib moderator Karen Schneider is
   looking for examples – How do you control in-house
2.o<http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/social-media-policy-musts/>use?
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128513.html>
   *»    50 things [library staff] should never do – Tom Cooper in Webster
   Groves, Missouri is creating a list – Are there more do’s than
don’ts<http://news.google.com/news?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=dos+and+don%27ts&cf=all&output=rss>?

   - *Topic<http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128514.html>
   *»    Language Learning Systems – Natalie Morgan wants to know what you
   are using – Byki <http://www.byki.com/> ,
Mango<http://www.mangolanguages.com/>,
   PowerSpeak<http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=000&titleCode=GALE84&cf=n&type=4&id=252223>and
Tell
   Me More <http://www.tellmemore.com/libraries>  get recommended.
   - *Topic  <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128606.html>
   *»    Library robberies – The 50 things discussion diverged into library
   crime<http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=library+crime&cf=all&output=rss>–
what will they steal next?
   - *Topic  <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128611.html>
   *»    MA Library in trouble – Melissa Mannon gave us the
news<http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=623&cpage=1#comment-67066.>that
the Massachusetts
   State Library <http://mass.gov/lib/>is under the gun – what is the
   governor thinking?
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128546.html>
   *»    Library Jobs – There is a new
tool<http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/libraries/library-jobs.htm>available
– maybe it can help you!
   - *Topic<http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128599.html>
   *»    Helping Friends – Marita Squires in Oregon wants to know your
   policies for staff helping Library Friends
<http://news.google.com/news?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=friends+of+public+libraries&cf=all&output=rss>-
   When is helping friends hurting staff?
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-November/128659.html>
   *»    Trackball Abductions – are trackballs
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackball>being abused or is this a false
   memory<http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/31649-conspiracy-test-aliens-and-false-memories-video.htm>?
   – PubLib members want to know!

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