Library News
Calculating Patron savings
Posted by Jennifer on 13 August, 2008 in Library News
Tired of hearing about BOGO’s offers from places like Barnes and Noble, Borders and Netflix subscriptions as low as $6.99 to “checkout” 2 movies a month when the library, a several hundred year old establishment and business has offered savings since it’s birth? I know I am but how do we get the word out [...]
Many SOLINET libraries among the Best College Libraries for 2009
Posted by Jennifer on 31 July, 2008 in Academic Libraries, Awards
The Princeton Review has posted its rankings for “Best College Library” for 2009. Our congratulations to Duke, William & Mary, Emory, and U-Virginia for making the grade!
Among other rankings:
* Clemson, Tulane, and UNC-Chapel Hill were ranked for “Happiest Students.”
* Chapel Hill, U-Georgia, U-Florida, LSU, Duke, and Ole Miss were all ranked as [...]
NCSU Special Collections Staff Member Wins Several Prestigious Awards
Posted by Jennifer on 19 June, 2008 in Awards, Library News, Preservation
Judy Allen Dodson, the Administrative Support Associate in the NCSU Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, has been awarded the Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Minority Students by the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC). The scholarship provides financial assistance to students pursuing graduate education in archival administration and encourages ethnic diversification of the profession. The award is [...]
Tennessee budget cuts impacts public and academic universities
Posted by Jennifer on 20 May, 2008 in Library News
Southeastern Libraries are feeling more budget cuts, this time in Tennessee. According to a May 2, 2008 article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press, “for the budget year beginning July 1, the board estimated there will be $468 million to $585 million less than called for in Gov. Bredesen’s original spending plan.
Gov. Bredesen already has [...]
Legislation that affects libraries, archives and museums
Posted by Jennifer on 19 May, 2008 in Library News, Preservation
“Preserving the American Historical Record” Act Introduced in House of Representatives!
May 14, 2008—H.R. 6056, new legislation to preserve the American historical record, was introduced in Congress today and referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. You can help ensure its adoption! Read more.
National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Reauthorization
H.R. 5582 [...]
NC Health Info Portal
Posted by Max on 31 March, 2008 in Library News
My co-worker Rusty pointed me to this great health portal.
NC Health Info is an online guide to Web sites of quality health and medical information and local health services throughout North Carolina. Designed to meet the needs and interests of North Carolinians, NC Health Info leads users to resources that are reliable and easy to [...]
Turning dirt into libraries
Posted by David on 31 March, 2008 in Library News
The Sublette County (Wyoming) library is building a new wing using rammed-earth construction—it will be the first rammed-earth public building in the country.
Rammed earth is an ancient building technique that’s regaining popularity because it’s environmentally fabulous. It’s done by compressing dirt mixed with a stabilizer (lime, cement or the like) into a mold to form [...]
Bough Named to Territorial Director of Libraries, Archives and Museums in Virgin Islands
Posted by Max on 31 March, 2008 in Library News
March 23, 2008 — Gov. John deJongh Jr. has appointed St. Croix native Ingrid A. Bough as territorial director of libraries, archives and museums. The appointment took effect March 12.
Bough, an attorney, returns home to St. Croix and the Virgin Islands after serving for 20 years at the Library [...]
Learn more about Copyright!
Posted by Max on 27 February, 2008 in Library News
COPYRIGHT: Are you stuck on your next move? Join the Center for Intellectual Property, a trusted source of accessible professional development programming, and learn how to create a winning strategy for managing your creations and the use of third party copyrighted works. Sit down with noted scholars and practitioners exploring the relationship between the U.S. [...]
Very Green Things
Posted by Max on 22 February, 2008 in Library News, Upcoming Classes
SOLINET is going green. We have already taken steps to be more environmentally friendly, like:
discontinuing our print schedule of classes
offering more classes online so no one has to travel and cause more pollution
cutting back drastically on the amount of paper we use for handouts
eliminating print class evaluation forms (electronic evaluation [...]