Librarian's Corner

Welcome to the brand new Librarian's Corner launched July 14th, 2007. This section features articles written by our librarian contributors to raise awareness of important issues facing our library system. If you are a librarian and have an original piece that you would like to share with members of our librarian community, please email us at librarians@education-portal.com and we will gladly publish it.

Most Recent

• The Martin Luther King Library in Washington, DC

  Aug 20, 2007 DC's MLK library is well known as being a classic work of modernist architecture, designed by Mies Van Der Rohe. It also houses an extensive collection of resources, some of them unique to this library - most notable the Black Studies and Washingtoniana collections.

• Diversity in Librarianship...NOT

  Aug 07, 2007 Survey says...yep, we're still pretty much white, middle-aged women. (The survey didn't say anything about buns, granny glasses, owning more than 5 cats, or a penchant for saying 'shhhhhh', though.)

• Library Theft

  Aug 06, 2007 Public libraries are great - you get to fill your arms full of the latest bestsellers, even DVDs, and sometimes even video games...But you are supposed to bring it all back, you know! Read about a few people who didn't quite grasp this concept.

• Library Closures and Their Impact on the Community

  Aug 01, 2007 Library closures are something most library staff (and patrons) dread, and yet each year communities large and small face the threat of having their public library shut down. Could it happen in your town, and, if so, what impact might it have?

• Where Are All the Library Jobs for New Graduates?

  Jul 23, 2007 Newly-graduated MLS holders have an uphill struggle ahead of them when it comes to landing new jobs. What is the job outlook in some of the different areas within the field of librarianship?

• The Not-So-Hip Librarian

  Jul 20, 2007 Recently the New York Times wrote an article profiling a younger, hipper crowd of new librarians. Could it be true that the library profession is really ditching old stereotypes - or will it really play in the heartland?

• The Telecommuting Library Worker

  Jul 17, 2007 Could it be possible to work for a library...and yet telecommute? Seems impossible, and yet maybe it's not as far out as you might think.

August 2007

• The Martin Luther King Library in Washington, DC

  Aug 20, 2007 DC's MLK library is well known as being a classic work of modernist architecture, designed by Mies Van Der Rohe. It also houses an extensive collection of resources, some of them unique to this library - most notable the Black Studies and Washingtoniana collections.

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July 2007

• Where Are All the Library Jobs for New Graduates?

  Jul 23, 2007 Newly-graduated MLS holders have an uphill struggle ahead of them when it comes to landing new jobs. What is the job outlook in some of the different areas within the field of librarianship?

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