BlogJunction Maine
A weblog for the WebJunction Maine library community
From the Economic Impact of Public Libraries on South Carolina, January 2005:
59% of personal investors said they obtained the information they need for making investments from their public library.
This video has been making the rounds for a while because it is fascinating, short, and to the point. Don’t miss it!
World Changes
What are national “experts” predicting about the future of libraries?
One of the most exciting conferences I’ve ever attended took place in Atlantic City, N.J. in May of this year. Experts from across the U.S. described their views about the future of libraries. I truly wish everyone of you could have been there with me. The best [...]
I was perusing the May 2007 AARP Bulletin addressed to me (I’ll pause while you recover from your astonishment) and found the following predictions: “We won’t have laptops or cell phones. We’ll wear a communications center/intelligent assistant as a headband. Instead of a screen, it will have direct coupling into the right side of the brain.” Stuart Wolf, physicist and [...]
“A study in South Carolina showed that 78% of businesses said that information obtained at their public libraries contributed to the success of their businesses.” (The Economic Impact of Public Libraries on South Carolina, January 2005)
Do your local businesses know about MARVEL and its business-related contents such as Value Line, Business Source Premier, and Business [...]
The Sunday New York Times of July 7 ran a Styles section article on young, tatooed, hip librarians getting together at a bar in Brooklyn (ok, ok, I hate to admit that I even read that section). It was not only refreshing to read about a new generation of librarians but that they actually have a social life to [...]