Librarians working in school, academic, special, and public libraries may be interested in the newest Field Initiated Study (FIS). This study includes two documents, compiling resources about the responsible disposal of library materials. The Recycling in Libraries document includes a summary of the responses from three Libnet inquiries regarding weeding and disposal policies at public, […]
Preliminary statistics from the 2007 Colorado Public Library Report are now available. Most libraries have completed the report, and more edit checks will be run on the data in the next few months, but you can access the data now at http://www.lrs.org/public/stats.php?year=2007. Enjoy! Zeth lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
National Library Week is observed each year in April, generally the second full week. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of National Library Week. The 2008 theme for National Library Week is “Join the circle of knowledge @ your library.” Julie Andrews is the official voice for National Library Week 2008. Check out her Public […]
The United States Library of Congress is in charge of appointing the national Poet Laureate. This tradition began in the U.S. in 1937. The current Poet Laureate is Charles Simic. You can read his poem “At the Library” here. Literacy Thrhttps://poetryarchive.org/poem/library/ough Poetry gives graduate students and elementary students an opportunity to communicate and learn together […]
Wondering how many people are looking at that job you posted to LibraryJobline.org? Or how many others are checking out the positions you are applying to? Now you can easily find out that the Young Adult Information Services job at JCPL has been viewed over 400 times in the last week, or that people have […]
The latest Fast Facts from LRS looks at data from the 2005 NCES Public Libraries in the United States survey report. Released in November 2007, this report shows that Colorado public libraries have responded positively to changing information needs. The data suggests a positive relationship between new media and technology acquisitions and library use in […]
Have you ever looked at an hourly salary on a job posting and wanted to quickly know how it translated to an annual wage? Or vice versa? The Library Research Service now provides a simple wage calculator which allows you to provide hours worked per week and an hourly, weekly, monthly, or annual salary, and […]
In the spirit of this weekend’s Super Bowl, we have collected resources relating how football is being used to promote literacy around the globe. The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) reports that enterprising librarians at the University of Dubuque (Iowa) are using fantasy football to teach information literacy. “Fantasy football sessions created the […]
One year ago today, on January 16, 2007, the Colorado State Library Jobline moved to a new, more interactive home — www.LibraryJobline.org. In the year it’s been up, it has been a huge success — 680 job positions have been posted in nearly all types of libraries. Almost 500 job seekers have signed up for […]
