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Library Group Aims to Reeducate Public on Its Profession

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As innovative maker spaces seem to be pushing out book stacks in school libraries, the American Association of School Librarians posits that there’s room for both—and that certified school librarians are the most qualified professionals to give students the best of both worlds. But there’s so much more to today’s libraries.

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Executive Connections: FORO 2007: The Transborder Library Forum

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Prosumers » 16 March 2007. FORO 2007: The Transborder Library Forum. The result, 16 years later, is a volunteer organization that cultivates a venue for the cooperative exchange of ideas, and the discussion of experiences and efforts concerning the provision of library services in the border regions between the U.S.,

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How Racism Plays a Role in Health Inequities with Author Harriet A. Washington

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The book also won the National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Award, a PEN award, 2007 Gustavus Myers Award, and Nonfiction Award of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Medical Apartheid, the first social history of medical research with African Americans, was chosen as one of Publishers’ Weekly Best Books of 2006.

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Lincoln Foundation Turns to Crowdfunding, Auctions to Cover Debt

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The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation has turned to GoFundMe to raise money to help it pay for a large collection of rare items once owned by the president. The foundation took hold of the assets from the Louise and Barry Taper Collection in 2007, soon after the presidential library opened.

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The (Questionable) Value of Being the Authority

Jamie Notter

December 2007 (8). November 2007 (14). October 2007 (12). September 2007 (17). August 2007 (18). July 2007 (13). June 2007 (17). May 2007 (11). April 2007 (13). March 2007 (13). February 2007 (18). January 2007 (14). April 2008 (13). March 2008 (12).

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Blogging Elsewhere: August 2011

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The American Library Association held their first Virtual Town Hall in June. Ravelry, an online community for knitters, crocheters and other lovers of the fiber arts, was launched in January 2007 by a husband-wife team, she’s the knitter and he’s the coder. President Obama held a Twitter town hall that was broadcast via a live webcast.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

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Download a copy of the full report as a PDF file from Imagine Canadas online reference library: Effective knowledge transfer & exchange for nonprofit organizations : a framework (PDF) Fataneh Zarinpoush, Shirley Von Sychowski, Julie Sperling. Toronto : Imagine Canada , 2007. December 2007 (11). November 2007 (12).