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Mar
18
0 comments Tags: Boston Public Library, funding, professional development, public libraries
This is a guest blog post from Elissa C. Cadillic, the Training Coordinator at Boston Public Library. Elissa received a professional development award to attend the Public Library Association (PLA) Meeting in Nashville, TN February 25-29, 2020. Thanks to a professional development grant from NNLM, I was able to attend PLA 2020. While I’ve been… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Funded Project
Jan
28
0 comments Tags: Data, data_science, eScience, public libraries
On Friday January 17th,2020 NEASIS&T held it’s annual winter conference aptly titled, The Privacy Puzzle: Piecing Together Patron Privacy, Data Efficiency, and the Modern Web. The theme was privacy and protecting personal information. The first keynote – Callan Bignoli, the Library Director at Olin College, was very thought provoking. Her talk was titled “Troublesome Tech… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Oct
29
0 comments Tags: hospital librarians, MedlinePlus, public libraries, publishing, science librarians
Since October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this week’s blog features an interview with the author Karen Iverson. She is the author of, ‘Winning the Breast Cancer Battle: Empowering Warriors and Guiding Loved Ones.” It is a hopeful and inspiring story that keeps you wanting to know more. I had the pleasure of… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Sep
24
0 comments Tags: censorship, Health Literacy, open science, public libraries, science librarians
This week, September 22, through September 28, is Banned Books Week. It is an annual event celebrating the freedom to not be in the dark and read. It brings attention to both current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. According to the American Library Association (ALA), banned books week was launched… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Apr
08
Libraries Closed! Painful Decisions in Response to COVID-19
Posted by Margot M on April 8th, 2020 0 comments Tags: COVID-19, hospital librarians, public libraries
I subscribe to multiple listservs for library staff, with a focus on issues affecting hospital libraries and public libraries. My inbox exploded in March. Librarians were frantically seeking support and guidance during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. At first, the emails were related to spring conferences. Many institutions started restricting travel, and this cascaded… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary