[Web4lib] This Week in Best of PubLib

[Robert Balliot]

This Week in Best of PubLib<http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/530/>
Posted on October 25, 2009 by Robert Balliot
 Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives This week  in  Best of
Publib covers the week of October 19th through October 25th. This
week includes discussions about collection development, thought provoking
discussions about Blue-ray vs DVD and overdue fines , unanswerable
questions,  and irksome library phrases. Some of the topics we will be
reviewing include:

   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128065.html>  *»
   All Star Line-Up for PLA 2010 – Kathleen Hughes reports on the authors
   coming to Portland, OR <http://www.placonference.org/>  in March 2010.
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128086.html>
 *» Jane
   Austen<http://www.easthants.gov.uk/edo/tourism.nsf/TPix/JaneAustenPix/$File/HI08_JaneAusten_1.jpg>read
alike - Director Mamie Ney in Maine wants your recommendations for her
   book group.
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128110.html>*
   »  Non-resident use - Steve Benson and others continue the discussion on
   Charging for Internet Access – what is your
philosophy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_library>?

   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128138.html>*
   » Uses for catalog cards - Pat Kaufman in New York asks how you use catalog
   cards<http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/cataloging/cards/>–
Are you displaying them
   artistically <http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/pr/cartalog/home.htm>?
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128154.html>*
   » Internet home pages –  Melissa Davidson wants to know your homepage – is
   your library homepage a local portal?
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128170.html>
 *»  Shelving
   test – How do you test shelvers’ knowledge of classification systems
   <http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/using/how/readcallnumbers.html>- software?
   – algorithms? - Sue Kamm and others came up with some simple solutions.
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128178.html>  *»
   H1N1 Plans – Elizabeth Fraser in West Virginia is planning for the worst –
   What system do you have in place for a large
outbreak<http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5254704n>?

   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128181.html>  *»
   Blue-ray vs. DVD – Marla in Montana wants to know collection development
   guidelines for Blue-ray <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc> and
   standard DVD – Who collects what and why?
   - *Topic <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128183.html>
   *  » Pros and cons of charging overdue fines – Do you charge fines?  If you
   don’t <http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0525/p13s01-lign.html> – why not?
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128219.html>  *»
   Unanswerable questions – Catherine Wiggins in Myrtle Beach, SC
   <http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4GGIR_enUS214US214&q=myrtle+beach+sc&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Myrtle+Beach,+SC&gl=us&ei=n9vkSsCBD43kMIC06K8B&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA>is
   putting together  a list of unanswerable questions - How many are there?
   - *Topic  <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128218.html>
   *» Library Journal released Placements & Salaries Survey
2009<http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6699218.html> -
   What are the new career trends for the recession?
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128202.html>  *»
   Career databases – Ashely Biggs in LA is looking for career
databases<http://subjectguides.esc.edu/content.php?pid=24669&sid=378702>to
serve the needs of high school students – Who has the best articles?
   - *Topic
   <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128245.html>  *»
   Point of order – Michael McGorty wants to know what is off topic for PubLib
   – Are intellectual discussions
<http://librarian.lishost.org/?p=2820>affecting
   collection development allowed?
   - *Topic  <http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/2009-October/128233.html>
   *» Friday rant – Joe Schallan would like to
know<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrpiby-piB4>what library
words/phrases should
   be retired <http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php> – What phrase irks
   you the most?

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