MetroBriefs: New Libraires, A Lot of Cat News, Tech Trends

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Volume 7 No. 13
2016

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History at Hand. American Craft Magazine, June/July 2016.

Sarah Park Dahlen (MS '09, PhD '09), professor i St. Kate's MLIS program, is the recipient of the University of Illinois iSchool Leadership Award, which is given to an alum who has graduated in the past ten years and shown leadership in the field.

U's new digital platform makes black history archives accessible. Star Tribune, Jun 27. Website: umbrasearch.org

Shoreview's new library construction coming along 'under budget & ahead of schedule'. LillieNews.com, Jun 29.

Doug Johnson, Director of Technology for the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage (MN) Public Schools, has written a series Library Ethics for Non-Librarians on his The Blue Skunk Blog that has been widely reference. Find the entries here.

Brooklyn Park, Columbia Heights open new libraries. Star Tribune, Jun 24.

When the Lone Ranger and Gracie Allen Pitched Their Sponsors' Products. NYT, Jun 13.

Edwin Schenk, student at St. Catherine University, received a travel award to attend the 2016 National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC '16).

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CE, Events, Resources, Opportunities

Share your most memorable MLA event? Share it with a video selfie for MLA's 125th Anniversary Celebration! #MNLib16.

During the first annual Indie Author Day on Oct 8, 2016, libraries from all over North America will host their own local author events with the support of the Indie Author Day team. In addition to these local programs, each library's indie community will come together for an hour-long digital gathering at 2 pm ET featuring Q&A with writers, agents and other industry leaders.

Registration Open for 2016 ALSC Virtual Institute. ALA News, Jun 6.

Nominations are open through Sep 19 for the 2016 I Love My Librarian Award.

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Things We've Heard, Seen, or Read

What do modern libraries loan? Human books. CNN Money, Jul 1.

Librarians fear for what's being lost as they transition. Kansas City Star, Jul 1.

Life Behind the Stacks: The Secret Apartments of New York Libraries. 6sqft, Jun 28.

These Libraries Built In Old Big-Box Stores Will Blow Your Mind. [Mentions Eden Prairie Library.] Bustle, Jun 28.

LITA's Top Tech Trends. American Libraries, Jun 12.

Trend Alert: More School Libraries Staying Open all Summer. SLJ, Jun 24.

Bell's [whiskey advert] South Africa TV Ad -- The Reader. YouTube.

Amazon Unveils Online Education Service for Teachers. NYT, Jun 27.

Amazon Inspire Removes Some Content Over Copyright Issues. NYT, Jun 29.

R-rated movies are hard to find at the Mid-Continent Public Library. Pitch Weekly (blog), Jun 28.

Library of Congress needs help identifying these movies. We'll take any help or leads we can get. Reddit Thread submitted Jun 24. [Many are identified, but a few still needed.]

Books are dangerous. Aeon, Nov 6, 2015.

Pop-Up Book Lets You Animate Its Illustrations With A Vintage Technique (video). The Digital Reader, Jun 26.

Dark History: Librarians share the lurid and macabre of downtown La Crosse. LaCrosse Tribune, Jun 20.

Browse Free Or Die? New Hampshire Library Is At Privacy Fore. AP, Jun 26.

US Dept of Education & Alliance for Excellent Education Announce Launch of "Future Ready Librarians" Initiative. InfoDocket, Jun 17. Future Ready site.

The Washington Post is launching a crowdsourced Black history project on Tumblr. Poynter, Jun 24.

A Fight Over 'Aliens'. The New York Times, Jun 20

Save Browser: White Settlement council fur-loughs library cat. Star-Telegram, Jun 23.

Library Cat's Job Is Saved. NPR, Jul 2.

Take it from me: Your local library needs a cat. Washington Post, Jul 1.

The New Censorship. U.S. News & World Report, Jun 222.

Libraries May Have Gotten the Privacy Thing All Wrong.
The Scholarly Kitchen, Jun 23.

Pulp Friction. New Republic. Jun 20.

The Biggest Bookworms in the World: INFOGRAPHIC. GallyCat, Jun 21.

Houston library Wi-Fi shut down after porn downloads. The Telegraph, Jun 17.

ALA 2016: Field Notes: PW talks with R. David Lankes. PW, Jun 10.

New ALA report highlights libraries as engines of entrepreneurship. ALA News, Jun 20.

14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries. Knight Blog, Jun 23.

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