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From The President, Joellen Ostendorf
From The President, Joellen Ostendorf
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article discusses GLA (Georgia Library Association) and the benefits of membership.
Twenty Professionals Selected For Pinnacle Class Of 2008
Twenty Professionals Selected For Pinnacle Class Of 2008
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article lists the selected participants for PINNACLE, the Public Library Institute for New and Creative Leadership Education, a new training program run by Georgia Public Library Service. The Carl Vinson Institute of Government helped design the curriculum and will lead the training.
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Elizabeth Leslie Bagley
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Elizabeth Leslie Bagley
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article discusses the personal library of the author. Her collection falls into one of three categories: children's books, books related to her college experience, and books with a personal connection.
Ask A Librarian, Silvia Bunn
Ask A Librarian, Silvia Bunn
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article discusses how a library should treat its patrons and work with its community to best serve its needs.
Falling In Line: Curricular Alignment In A Library Credit Course, Michael Aldrich
Falling In Line: Curricular Alignment In A Library Credit Course, Michael Aldrich
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article discusses the usefulness of curricular alignment and how it can be achieved in teaching a library & information science course.
Mala Members Meet, Tour Gsu’S Library Renovations, Louise S. White
Mala Members Meet, Tour Gsu’S Library Renovations, Louise S. White
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article discusses the May 2007 spring meeting of MALA (Metro-Atlanta Library Association). The meeting highlights included an overview of the recent renovations of the Georgia State University and a tour of the facility.
Emory Chemistry Library Renovation Showcases Flexible Design
Emory Chemistry Library Renovation Showcases Flexible Design
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article discusses the physical renovation of the James Samuel Guy Chemistry Library at Emory University.
Five New Staff Members Join Georgia Southwestern State
Five New Staff Members Join Georgia Southwestern State
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article lists the five new library hires at Georgia Southwestern State.
I Wonder Who's Using Us Now: Hurricane Katrina's Influence On Use Of Special Collections At The University Of New Orleans Library, Florence M. Jumonville
I Wonder Who's Using Us Now: Hurricane Katrina's Influence On Use Of Special Collections At The University Of New Orleans Library, Florence M. Jumonville
The Southeastern Librarian
On the afternoon of Friday, August 26, 2005, a student approached the reference desk at the University of New Orleans (UNO) library’s Louisiana and Special Collections Reading Room and returned the book from the UNO Faculty Authors Collection that he had been perusing. It was a routine transaction, and department personnel had no inkling that this one would be the last that their department would make for more than four months. Weatherwatchers, however, already were aware of the threat posed by Hurricane Katrina, which was then churning in the Gulf of Mexico. Television broadcasts that evening brought alarming forecasts which …
Web 2.0 In Libraries: Assessing New Services, Jean Vollrath
Web 2.0 In Libraries: Assessing New Services, Jean Vollrath
The Southeastern Librarian
Each morning’s work at the Center for Creative Leadership library involves scanning the internet news sources for stories that affect company clients, particularly new business trends and innovations. Two such trends are Web 2.0 and the idea of “third place.” The term “third place” refers to an open, neutral, creative haven for social interaction and collaboration, such as a library or coffee shop. Web 2.0 refers to those new internet technologies that can be used to create virtual “third place” communities through synchronous and asynchronous communication. So it was not surprising to see a new column in the January 2007 …
Katrina: The Storm – The Aftermath, Elizabeth M. Doolittle
Katrina: The Storm – The Aftermath, Elizabeth M. Doolittle
The Southeastern Librarian
Katrina, the most horrendous hurricane to strike the Gulf Coast affected lives, communities, and business, everything in its path. The impact of the hurricane was strongest on Monday August 29, 2005 when it came ashore at Bay St. Louis, MS. The enormous eye of the storm actually struck several communities including Waveland and Pass Christian. Gulfport and Biloxi suffered the effect of the tremendous winds surrounding the eye. Both the preparation for and the aftermath of the storm produced widespread disruption to lives and activities throughout a large part of the Gulf Coast region.
From The President, Joellen Ostendorf
From The President, Joellen Ostendorf
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article provides information on the conference of the Georgia Council of Media Organization (COMO) to be held in October 2007 at Jekyll Island in Georgia.
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Bill Richards
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Bill Richards
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article offers information about the author's library, which consists of 3,500 volumes. The library is a systematic collection and an accumulation that reflects the changes in the author's personal and professional interests. The collection includes books dealing with politics, philosophy, literature and psychology which depicts the number of times the author has changed majors in college. The library also includes almost all of the Library of America titles such as "Great Books of the Western World," as well as history titles. It also includes children's collection like the books of Robert Sabuda.
State News
The Southeastern Librarian
Recent developments from SELA member institutions.
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Dusty Gres
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Dusty Gres
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article focuses on the personal library collection of the author. She states that her first personal library collection included the books "Alice in Wonderland," "Little Women," and "Tom Sawyer." She mentions that her library has grown over the years which now houses reference collection and those from her husband's.
From The President, Joellen Ostendorf
From The President, Joellen Ostendorf
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article focuses on legislative issues concerning libraries in Georgia. The author stated the need for vigilance regarding pending legislation and its effects on librarians. It is mentioned that the HB 226 replacement bill for the obscenity code that was struck down by the court has added lending to its wording.
Getting On Your Community's Leadership Team, Ellen G. Miller, Patricia H. Fisher
Getting On Your Community's Leadership Team, Ellen G. Miller, Patricia H. Fisher
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article focuses on several factors to be considered in getting the director-board team of librarians to be part of the local community's leadership team. It states that economic development is the most important aspect involved in community building that must be taken into account by the librarians. It mentions that partnerships can also serve as a vital factor in positioning a library with decision-makers.
Rfid Technology In The Library Environment, Linda Howard, Max Anderson
Rfid Technology In The Library Environment, Linda Howard, Max Anderson
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article focuses on the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in libraries. It states that RFID offers libraries many advantages and disadvantages such as the benefit of saving time and money, nonprovision of fail-safe security, high cost, and lack of standards. It enumerates the factors that must be considered by librarians about RFID including workflow issues and return on investment (ROI).
Translating The Libraries: A Multilingual Information Page For International Students, Jennifer Mcclure, Mangala Krishnamurthy
Translating The Libraries: A Multilingual Information Page For International Students, Jennifer Mcclure, Mangala Krishnamurthy
The Southeastern Librarian
University libraries have long recognized the special needs of international students on campus, but have struggled to find the best ways to bridge the cultural and linguistic barriers and thereby demystify the library experience. The University of Alabama’s online Information Page for International Students (http://www.lib.ua.edu/international/), which was first mounted on the Libraries’ website in 2004, was an attempt to meet this need; however, only when the page was translated into Spanish and Chinese, two of the campus’s most prominent languages, did the advantages of library information in students’ native languages become fully apparent.
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Betsy Griffies
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Betsy Griffies
Georgia Library Quarterly
The author describes her personal library and collection of books. She mentions that her parents enjoyed reading when they had time. She reveals that she collects fiction books by Robert Jordan, David Eddings, Juliet Marillier and Jack McDevitt, among others. Due to her interest in books about English writer Beatrix Potter, she spent a week at the Lindeth House in the Lake District, England where the Potter family had stayed.
A New Story To Tell: The East Commons At The Georgia Tech Library, Charlie Bennett
A New Story To Tell: The East Commons At The Georgia Tech Library, Charlie Bennett
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article focuses on the renovations made in the East Commons mixed-used space at the Georgia Tech Library in Atlanta. The area consists of collaborative computer stations, study tables and modular lighting systems. The rearrangements were made to encourage students to use the library more often and to refresh their minds and bodies. The remodeled area features group-study tables where students can turn it into a small theater or presentation space that can seat a maximum of 100 people.