A designer's take on school libraries

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662144/how-designers-banded-together-to-remake-new-yorks-libraries

"In 2001, the Association of Librarians signed on to a new project to help define the needs and solutions for the libraries of the future. They thought that the word "library" was too old-fashioned and wanted something more snappy to compete with the “media lab” down the hall. They said that librarians of the future weren't going to “shush” their students, which inspired the designer of their new logo--Pentagram's Michael Bierut--to place an exclamation mark inside the word: The L!brary Initative was born."

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Dewey Need to Get Organized?

I came across these articles on time management for TLs.

(We also have the author's book at DRC: Dewey need to get organized? : a time management and organization guide for school librarians   ISL 640.43 FOU    Foust, J'aime L.  2002)

Dewey Need to Get Organized?

Focuses on time management and organization. Exercise for assessing what things are wanted to be done and what is thought of being done; Creation of the master list; Setting of priorities; Finding a daily planner that works.

Part I: Book Report; Sep/Oct2000, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p20, 4p

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lih&AN=3497139&site=ehost-live

Part II: Book Report; Nov/Dec2000, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p23, 4p

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lih&AN=3720565&site=ehost-live

A timely article from Jamie McKenzie

Why We Still Need Libraries and Librarians

By Jamie McKenzie, ©2010,

http://fno.org/mar2010/still.html

"Given the literacy and comprehension challenges facing schools in this decade — especially those presented by the new information landscape — we need libraries and librarians now more than ever."

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"How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All"

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Salon.com has an article/interview with Marilyn Johnson who recently published a book about librarianship:  "This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All,

The interview can be found at:

http://www.salon.com/books/nonfiction/index.html?story=/books/feature/2010/02/21/interview_marilyn_johnson_librarians

The Amazon link will let you read the first few pages:

http://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Overdue-Librarians-Cybrarians/dp/0061431605

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"You Are the Future of Libraries: No Pressure"

"You Are the Future of Libraries: No Pressure" by David Lankes
Path to the Future, a University of Maryland Libraries Speaker Series, College Park, MD.

Abstract: If libraries are obsolete in 10 years, it's your fault. It's my fault too. As Alan Kay once said "the best way to predict the future is to invent it." So since we are the people ultimately responsible for creating the future, we are the future of the library. Assume for a moment "they" are right ... you know, them. The ones who say that the Internet/ Mass Digitalization /Search Engines/ Wikipedia/Document Right Management/ Whatever is going to put libraries out of business. Assume that the stacks are bare, the coffee bars are empty, and the ivy is left to run riot over the columns. Is there still a library? If that strikes you as an odd question, let me ask you another one. Is the future of the library a question of stacks, coffee bars or ivy?