Blogs

 Home » Blogs

Blogs

A blog (short for weblog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally in reverse chronological order).  Most blogs, including these, are syndicated using RSS.  You can find more blogs on Technorati or Google's Blog Search (still in beta).  LIS Feeds maintains a list of library-related RSS feeds. You can also read our article about blogs and RSS.

NSLS is experimenting with this technology as a means to get fast, focused content to our members, as well, to reflect on ongoing issues facing libraries. Below are the most recent posts. See all NSLS blogs here.

 

Recent Posts

Sales call turns into “love my Ela Area PL” chat

A printer rep was in the area and asked to stop by and make my acquaintance.  I had nothing to bid on right now, so our discussion was brief. He had picked up some of our brochures at his home town library - Ela Area Public Library District... [More]

From Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, December 3, 4:31 PM

 

Finding NSLS Membership Awards just got easier.

We’ve added a link to the Membership Awards area of our site. Here’s a bit about the awards: The awards honor many things including dedicated service, innovative ideas, and a strong spirit of collaboration... [More]

From Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, November 20, 12:23 PM

 

This blog needs some color!

      I need to post more photos here. It’s so NOT cheery and fun without them. It’ll give you a break from my ceaseless blah, blah, blah, too. Oh, by the way, as long as we’re talking about me,.. [More]

From The Book's The Thing, November 20, 12:02 PM

 

Posts on NBAs, and a whole lot more book news

Color me lazy, but rather than copying and pasting articles I’ve posted on my “Librarian, Uncensored” blog I’m going to use Mr. Linky to do that for me. Click on him and he’ll take you over. Swing on over and check ‘em out!.. [More]

From The Book's The Thing, November 20, 11:17 AM

 

Battle Brewing Over Freedom of Religion v. Speech

From TheStar.com (Canada): (Full text) November 16, 2008 Haroon Siddiqui A Somali Canadian mosque in Toronto is being condemned, rightly so, for carrying anti-Semitic and anti-Western messages on its website... [More]

From The Book's The Thing, November 18, 1:34 PM

 

Negotiations Commence Over Librarian Salaries

From UC - San Diego: By Deepak Seeni Staff Writer    Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 The American Federation of Teachers, on behalf of University of California librarians, began talks Nov. 5 over librarian salaries and the availability of professional development funds... [More]

From The Book's The Thing, November 18, 1:26 PM

 

Area Library System Facing Cuts of $ 350,000 in Books, Services

From Watertown Daily Times.com (New York): By KELLY L. REYNOLDS TIMES STAFF WRITER TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 North country libraries are on the chopping block under the governor’s proposed budget cuts,.. [More]

From The Book's The Thing, November 18, 1:21 PM

 

Galveston Library Collecting Residents’ Memories of Hurricane Ike

From Star-Telegram.org: (Full Text) GALVESTON — The Rosenberg Library, Galveston County’s main public library, is collecting stories of Galveston residents who rode out Hurricane Ike on the island and those who fled... [More]

From The Book's The Thing, November 18, 1:15 PM

 

NSLS Twitter

We’ve just set up an NSLS Twitter account: twitter.com/nsls If you use Twitter, please “follow” us! [More]

From Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, November 17, 9:04 AM

 

A change to posting library newsletters.

We know that with everything else you have to do, remembering to delete older newsletters that your library has previously uploaded to the NSLS site can be difficult. This area of the website isn’t intended to archive library newsletters,.. [More]

From Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, November 13, 3:41 PM

 

Women slighted in publishing world?

From Guardian.co.uk (full text): I tell this story tediously often, but as we’re not married, it’ll be new to you. When I was a university undergraduate, a female friend of mine got an invitation to tea from Professor Miri Rubin,.. [More]

From The Book's The Thing, November 13, 11:00 AM

 

More in the inexhaustible debate of the Library v. Google

From PeopletoPeoplenet.com: US Librarians are taking Google on. ” But there’s a difference. They’re aiming at providing a vehicle through which users will find information rather than a user exploitation platform created solely to suck in advertising dollars... [More]

From The Book's The Thing, November 12, 10:59 AM

 

What does NSLS do for you?

I have worked at NSLS for over 9 years and I still have trouble answering the question “What do you do?” Depending on my audience I either say “A little bit of everything” or I start my laundry list of jobs and things I am responsible for... [More]

From Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, November 10, 4:38 PM

 

National Book Award Finalists

From Wellesley Free Library: This year, 271 works of fiction were submitted to the National Book Foundation to be considered for the National Book Award. The five finalists for this award were announced October 15... [More]

From The Book's The Thing, November 10, 11:03 AM

 

Library Ghosts International

Do you pish posh the idea of ghosts, or are you a believer? Either way, here’s  a fantastic link on haunted libraries, written by a staff member at Encyclopedia Brittanica: ” The United States does not have a monopoly on the paranormal... [More]

From The Book's The Thing, November 10, 11:01 AM