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Wither Collection Development?

Perhaps the whole argument against centralized ordering is like beating a dead horse.  But I’m new and naive, so here goes. Do any branch-level librarians in large systems still do collection...

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Book Review: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb, July 2009) In Rebecca Stead’s first novel, First Light (2008), readers were introduced to a hidden world buried deep under the ice in Greenland when the...

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Book Review: Ophelia by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert

You know those weird picture books?  You know the ones I mean- bizarre storyline, esoteric illustrations, unrelatable characters, not kid-friendly at all?  Usually it only takes a few pages in to...

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Talking about eBook Collection Development…..

….. over on the ALSC Blog.  Join in !                 photo courtesy of Flickr user Mike Licht, NotionsCaptial.com

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Takeaways from Trendspotting Ebooks Symposium

Highlights from CLC’s Trendspotting Symposium, Ebooks: Collections at the Crossroads, included a fiery, funny, and provoking talk by keynote speaker and library super geek, Eli Neiburger, and continued...

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Understanding Sam and other books explaining autism to siblings

If you don’t already have a family member or close friend affected by autism, chances are you will in your lifetime.  Autism now affects 1 in 110 children (and 1 in 70 boys). One issue that can often...

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Between Dick & Jane and Dr. Seuss: The Easy Reader Missing Link

   Sparked by the photograph on the left, an investigation into Snoozey and the possible discovery of an easy reader missing link. Getting all Nancy Drew-like over on the AlSC blog.

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