Boards Approve Recommendation For NELINET To Join Lyrasis

The Boards of Directors of NELINET and Lyrasis approved a resolution to recommend that NELINET join Lyrasis. Together, Lyrasis and NELINET will comprise the largest membership collaborative of its kind serving more than 4,500 libraries and cultural heritage institutions in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Southeastern United States.

If approved by the NELINET membership, the effective date of the merger will be Fall 2009.

From:
http://www3.nelinet.net/node/535 and
http://www3.nelinet.net/merger-FAQ#G9

Time to Celebrate--It's National Library Workers Day!

Tuesday April 14th, 2009

http://www.ala-apa.org/about/nlwd.html

Rick Anderson's ppt slides (JSC 2009)

Several people have written to me asking for Rick Anderson's slides from his April 2nd presentation at the 2009 Joint Spring Conference. Rick has graciously agreed to share them. His speaking notes are also included in the link below.

Five Sacred Cows of Librarianship: Why They No Longer Matter, and Why Two of Them Never Did