2011 Library Blog Award Winners...

Salem Press’s Annual Blog Awards have been announced — library staff and library blog lovers vote, then judges within the library field make the final decision. Here’s the list and story behind the award, direct from the Salem Press:

General Library Blog Winner
Librarian in Black
She describes herself as “Amazingly informed & therefore properly opinionated.” The tag [...]

YA Fantasy Showdown

Something is going down.  Something big.

How would you like to see Edward duke it out against Hermione? Or Katniss and Katsa?  Well, guess what?  You can, in the first ever YA Fantasy Showdown.  In celebration of Suzanne Collin’s final book in the Hunger Games trilogy, a group of bloggers are pitting some of the best-known [...]

“Using Social Media in the Library” TSL Webinars

from Henry Stokes at the Texas State Library

Heard of Twitter and Facebook – maybe even tried them yourself – but not sure how your library could best use these popular tools? Starting this month, TSL is hosting a series of 3 free webinars on Using Social Media in the Library!  Our presenter, Meg Canada, Senior [...]

Social Media as ROI

This video is about social media and its return on investment for your business. As in, if you’re not doing it, you might not be around in 5 years. Now, this is a little “the sky is falling” in my opinion, but if you’re looking for statistics to take to city council to explain why you need [...]