Dramatic Growth in ebooks at libraries, says Library Journal survey

No real surprise, but the article has some interesting graphics, including what devices patrons are reading ebooks on and changes in patron statistics due to ebooks. The graphics also show the different ways that ebooks have impacted public libraries versus academic libraries. Part of this is that academics have been buying ebooks for a while. [...]

Survey: What do you need to know to do your job better?

It’s that time of year when we begin to think about next year’s offerings for Continuing Education, and we want your input.  Please take a moment to fill out the blessedly brief CE Survey for 2012. Thank you!



Children's Collection Development How-To...

The Marble Falls Public Library recently asked me to talk to them about collection development for children – especially what I learned at the April 24, 2010 state library workshop on the same topic.  To get ready, I asked our members how they managed their own children’s collection.

You guys never fail to impress me.  We [...]

Continuing Education Survey for 2011

We’d like your help planning our fall and spring workshops.  Here’s how: 

Take our Continuing Education survey
Invite your whole staff to respond
Invite your Board, Friends and volunteers to respond also

 The deadline is Monday, May 24.  We will report the results here in June. Thanks so very much for your time.

Good news about our public access computers

Thanks to Dick Lavine for sending this article from the Gates Foundation our way:  

First-Ever National Study: Millions of People Rely on Library Computers for Employment, Health, and Education
 
Seventy-seven million people—roughly one-third of the U.S. population over the age of 14—used a public library computer or wireless network to access the Internet in the past year, according [...]