09.29.05
Posted in News at 10:57 pm by Paloma Cruz
Thoughtful Library Design
– The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog
As they renovate old libraries and plan new ones, colleges consider the purpose of the buildings — and how to make them popular.
Thoughtful Design Keeps New Libraries Relevant
Not everything students want and need is online
– reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education
But now librarians increasingly find that administrators, professors, and students see the library building as essential, a romanticized heart of the campus. At the same time, though, libraries have changed radically from the stodgy and stuffy repositories of years past. Some people wonder whether libraries have loosened up too much, and what libraries will look like in the future.
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Posted in News at 10:53 pm by Paloma Cruz
Found via LibrarianInBlack:
Seattle Public Library’s new art installation combines beautiful electronic images with what people are checking out of the library. Artist George Legrady created a piece that notes what is being checked out (not by whom), delays the stream by one hour (for obvious real-time privacy issues), and displays the results in color-coded streams on six huge plasma screens.
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09.18.05
Posted in News at 5:58 pm by Paloma Cruz
ALA Creates ‘Adopt a Library’ Program to assist Gulf region libraries recover and rebuild
While cleanup efforts begin in Louisiana and Mississippi, the American Library Association (ALA) continues its mission to lend support to devastated libraries in the Gulf Coast region. The ALA’s Chapter Relations Office has established an “Adopt a Library” program to provide assistance to libraries damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
The program will provide an opportunity for U.S. libraries of all types to adopt a library in the Gulf Coast. The ALA will collect information from libraries that need assistance, and will connect those libraries with others that can provide relief. Contributing libraries are asked to lend support in the way of books, computers, fundraising and volunteers.
Libraries interested in adopting a library may visit ALA’s Chapter Relations Office Web site at www.ala.org/katrina/adopt and complete a participation form.
Read the news item for complete information.
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09.10.05
Posted in General at 2:56 am by Paloma Cruz
Hurricane Katrina… its aftermath… work involved in responding to that… my back issues… baby brother going away to basic training for the National Guard… all have contributed to light blogging. Sorry. Now, onto the show…
From the Houston Public Library Web site:
Evacuees living at the George R. Brown Convention Center Shelter can visit the Houston Public Library operating at this site. Among the many services provided there are free books, storytimes, computers available with internet access and games for children.
- The Library is located on the 3rd Floor, Ballroom A.
- The hours of operation for this Library are as follows:
Monday, 10 am-8 pm
Tuesday, 10 am-8 pm
Wednesday, 10 am-8 pm
Thursday, 10 am-8 pm
Friday, 10 am-8 pm
Saturday, 10 am-8 pm
Sunday, 1 pm-8 pm
- This library is stocked with approximately 10,000 donated books for children and adults, along with toys and games.
- Ikea donated the colorful furniture at this site and Target donated some of the toys. The Library is currently offering storytime and playtime for children.
- There are 28 computers that provide internet access which allows evacuees to fill out FEMA applications and search for family members. Children have access to 12 computers that are only used for games.
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09.04.05
Posted in News at 2:12 am by Paloma Cruz
From Harris County Public Library:
From the Houston Public Library:
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