It all seems to have started with Fixing the First Job and snowballed from there. In the last few days there have been several posts about the plight of new librarians as they head out into the professional world. For those who like me have gotten lost without a scorecard I’ve compiled the list below [...]

“A Communications Handbook for Libraries” will help libraries preserve and promote their programs-while dealing with the challenges of the USA PATRIOT Act and seemingly endless budget cuts.ALA | Free online handbook will help libraries get the word out This looks to be a great resource, unfortunately, it’s only available in pdf.

LibraryTechtonics: Librarian/information professional temp agencies

Via an email list, a list of open-access, peer-reviewed and indexed library journals. Information Research Library Philosophy and Practice LIBRES Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal

Seven Reasons Why Businesses Should Blog Now The list could have also been called “Why Your Library Should Blog Now”. Actually, since libraries are businesses too (sometimes we forget that), the list should apply to libraries… Library Stuff Read the comments for an interesting point from Walt Crawford. He reminds us that libraries are “commons” [...]

Sony — which recently added MP3 support to its walkman devices — has abandoned publishing music on DRM-laden CDs. They say that it’s because of an “increase in awareness by music consumers,” …they mean that their customers have grown aware of what abad [sic] deal these DRM discs are and don’t want them anymore. IOW, [...]

Yahoo! News – Court strikes down Patriot Act provision Boing Boing: ACLU and EFF strike down part of PATRIOT Act librarian.net : gag orders unconstitutional says federal court. duh, says jessamyn.

…or why you should look at your referrers once in a while. I’ve been blogrolled(!) by lbr(a blog about virtual reference for librarians by request) and browsing through the entries I found “To chat or not to chat”. Anyone who’s participated in an online community for long knows that certain topics tend to come up [...]

The recent growth in information technology has helped push salaries for law librarians at major firms up by nearly a third, according to a new survey. The expansion of knowledge management systems and techniques has also moved law librarians towards the top in their firms, as their research and associated skills have grown in importance [...]

…Viet Dinh (G-town law prof, former AA General for Bush, author of the USA Patriot Act, and poster boy for conservative causes…). Viet made a comment at one point that I think you would like — he said what he had learned from the response to the Patriot Act was ‘Don’t mess with librarians.’” librarian.net [...]