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By Will Van Sant, Times Staff Writer Librarians have an image problem — stern face, thick round glasses, “shush!” —- which they parody with Web sites like Warrior Librarian, Macho Librarians with Guns, Librarian Avengers. Now, harsh reality has swept aside self-mocking pretensions to comic book greatness and turned librarians into real, if largely unsung, […]
Florida libraries are going through a time of transition, and many of you are taking on more responsibilities in your job, or even taking on completely new roles that may require targeted training. Or perhaps budget restraints in your library have caused high tension among coworkers. This is where TBLC comes in. Over the past […]
Attention public librarians! YALSA and World Wrestling Entertainment® have joined forces for the SummerSlam Reading Jam, a pilot project with two great prizes: your library could win $1,000 for teen and tween materials for your library’s collection and two of your tween and teen library patrons can win a free trip for two to WWE’s […]
Applications are now being accepted for the 2009-10 Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute. The deadline for applications is Friday, June 26, 2009. Visit the Leadership Institute website for the application forms and detailed information about this program. Contact Brad Ward at brad@neflin.org or 904-278-5620 with questions. The Leadership Institute is open to individuals from all types […]
TBLC maintains a collection of free videos that are available to all our members, and we’ve just added a new title. Supervisory Solutions: 6 skills you need to succeed in management Do you often feel a little overwhelmed in your role as manager or supervisor? Do you feel that others have unreasonable expectations of you now that […]
This post is courtesy of Information Today, Inc. On May 7, just three months after introducing the second-generation Kindle, Amazon officially announced its rumored third-generation ebook reader, the Kindle DX, expected for release this summer (http://amazon.com/kindledx). The announcement of the product, still in early beta, was made at Manhattan’s Pace University by Amazon’s Founder and CEO Jeff […]
Kent Holle, formally with Professional Movers, is now with a library relocation company called Flood Brothers. Many of our members have used the services of Professional Movers to assemble and prepare collections for relocation, for long-term storage, for painting and recarpeting projects, and much more. Now Flood Brothers is available for all your moving needs. […]
Thorndike Press offers the following discounts to TBLC members. If you are interested, email sherry.cookson@cengage.com. Use promo code L2790 and mention that you are a TBLC member. *** Thorndike Press, part of Gale/Cengage Learning, is the World’s Largest Publisher of Large Print Books. We offer over 1,200 individual titles a year to choose from, at […]
On May 3, the House and Senate agreed to fund Florida’s State Aid to Public Libraries program at $21,253,978. Throughout Florida, folks stepped up, got engaged, and made this happen. We will never know just how extensive this effort was, but we have seen signs of extensive networks and efforts in Florida’s smallest towns. There are […]
The April 2009 issue of Wavelinks is now available for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!