Using Books to Help Patients Cope

Books that help kids understand a birth defect, a serious illness or psychological trauma are an obscure part of the publishing world. But at Children's Hospital Los Angeles a "Biblio-therapist" is working to change that.


from KPCC (NPR) 89.3, Dec. 19, 2006

Closure of 6 federal libraries angers scientists

Fugitive Traced Via MySpace Page, Caught at Philadelphia Library

Ohio Study Says Library Use Worth Four Times the Public Support

New York Times Librarian Awards Announced; Academic Librarians Included

Books sought for new jail library in Yulee

Students armed with books

Starting Pay Breaks $40K—Placements and Salaries 2005


Charles Darwin Archive Launched

Two Graphic Novels Removed (Temporarily) from MO PL Collection

Blind Web surfers sue for accessibility

New Rule: We Don't Need Drug Tests for Librarians

Reference and User Services Quarterly now has an online version

At the "Unconference," a Chance To Talk Freely

Welcome to Textbook Revolution!

Textbooks Enter the Digital Era

Trying Again to Make Books Obsolete

RUSA issues redesigned journal and new journal website

Turkish Writer Wins Nobel in Literature

American Library Association and Bowker announce the launch
of the new Resources for College Libraries (RCL) web site


Library volunteers just say no to drug testing

Library Workout

1987 - Betty Glover Library Workout Tape Ad

The Library at Guantanamo: 4200 Titles Under High Security

Are Libraries Limited, Obsolete? A Furious Debate in Kansas (and Beyond)

Show Your Librarian Some Love

When Religion Is Worse Than Internet Porn

Don't forget about the ALA Student Chapter meeting in the IS Department on Tuesday at 12:30 PM

Learn about upcoming events and find out about available leadership opportunities in the ALA Student Chapter.

Most reliable search tool could be your librarian

Teens join protest against library privatization

Map Thief Sentenced in Federal Court

Reading is Fundamental Program turns 40!

A catalogue of errors

Library 2.0

Drafted: I Want You to Deliver E-Government

California Passes Bill to Safeguard RFID Privacy

UCLA ALA Student Chapter Bookstore
Purchase your books, school supplies and more through Amazon.com!

I'm broke: please ban my book

Program will celebrate First Amendment Champions

ALA supports congressional effort to investigate closure of EPA libraries

New Study: Today’s Public Libraries Are Thriving Technology Hubs That Millions Rely on for First or Only Choice for Internet Access

Archives open up centuries of British sex

On Banned Books, Our View -- The opposite effect of intent

British Library calls for digital copyright action

Not-so-local lunar library


Vast library, thoughts of John Adams displayed

ALA's 25th annual celebration of intellectual freedom, Banned Books Week, starts tomorrow, September 23rd!

More information here:

http://ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm

SJSU library students involved with LISSTEN (Library and Information Science Students to Encourage Networking) have organized events for Oct. 1st at Cal State Fullerton.

Directions and a schedule of events that day are available here:

http://slisgroups.sjsu.edu/alasc/wordpress/?p=51

Have fun reading those challenged books!

Calif. library can bar worship, court says
The freedom to read is a basic human right

Harry Potter tops list of most challenged books of 21st Century

Vatican Opens Secret Archives from Pre-WWII Period

Make all your Amazon purchases with this link and support the UCLA ALA student chapter

The war over one book at a prestigious private school

Books To Be Removed From School Reading List

Harry Potter a hit at Guantanamo

Will it matter if people can’t read in the future?

Homeless Patrons Win in Worcester

Prison Uncovers Library Book Drug-Smuggling Scam

Australian University Library Removes Alleged Jihad Books

Google: Banning Books In The US Is Bad; Censorship In China, Not So Much

Librarians from Around the Nation Meet in Salt Lake City

Rethinking Google's system
Human-powered search premieres

Libraries are more security conscious

Library security boosted

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awards ALA grant to improve Internet connectivity in public libraries

Library upgrade bridges digital divide

No Glove No Love (Links to a paper about the problems with using gloves in archives)

The price is right for a library card

Libraries in the War on Terrorism

Do the crime, do the time in the library

Challenged books drop to all-time low

Librarians at the Gates

Google, UC, disclose library scan terms

WorldCat Launches With 10,000 Libraries Worldwide Searchable

EPA Enforcement Threatened by Library Closures
Prosecutions at Risk from Loss of Timely Access to Key Documents

The Books Google Could Open

EPA BEGINS CLOSING LIBRARIES BEFORE CONGRESS ACTS ON PLAN

Gay book pulled off reading list

UCLA ALA Student Chapter

Korean Librarians Invigorate IFLA in Seoul

UCLA ALA Student Chapter

Miami Schools Try to Ban Cuba Book http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5695374