[Publib] This Week on Best of Publib

[Robert L. Balliot]

Sorry for any duplication


Best of Publib Current Topics and Tag List


This week in Best of Publib <http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com/>  includes
some interesting discussions on the profitability of book sales and nuances
of weeding along with some interesting revelations about Amazon and Kindle.
Topics we will be reviewing include:

*	Non-resident fees
*	Amazon and Kindle - the disappearance of 1984
<http://www.librarything.com/work/1472> 
*	H1N1 - don't call it pig flu!
*	CCTV and who is watching the watchers

Phalbe Henriksen - library director from the great state of North Carolina -
has also notified us of her new Hurricane Hints blog :  Hurricane Hints
<http://hurricanehints.blogspot.com/> 

Elisa Babel Adult Librarian at  the Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Library
in DC - has joined BestofPublib as a contributing editor.

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Tag List


The following tag list/ header list is proposed as the final organization
structure for BestofPublib.
Recommendations for exclusion and inclusion from editors or the readership
should be completed by July 24th:

About

*Technical Services

Acquisitions
Donations
Exchanges
Cataloging
Centralized processing
Collection management
Collection development
- Book lists
- Book selection
- Media selection
- Archives
- Special Collections
- Genealogy
- Local History
- Children's Collections
- YA Collections
Favorite Books 2003
Favorite Books 2004
Favorite Books 2005
Favorite Books 2006
Favorite Books 2007
Favorite Books 2008
Favorite Books 2009
Serials control systems

*Public services

Circulation
Interlibrary Loan
Outreach programs
Multimedia services
On-line services
Photocopying services
Public access computers
Readers' advisory services
Reference services
Activity programs
- Childrens
- Adult
- YA
- Seniors
Cultural programs

*Library organization

Community-school
Regional libraries
Rural libraries
Mobile libraries
Virtual libraries
Government libraries
Urban libraries
Special libraries
Public-academic
Health libraries

*Administration

Buildings & Grounds
- Landscaping
- Architecture
- Plumbing
- HVAC
- Electrical
- Interior
- Furnishings
Centralization
Contracting out
Departments
Employment
Finance
Friends Groups
Government policy
Personnel
Proposal writing
Public relations
Trustees
Welfare administration

*Library Profession

Research
Humor
Scholarships, fellowships, etc.
Societies, etc.
Sociological aspects
Terminology
Mentoring
Minorities
Women
Moral and ethical aspects
Data processing
Web librarianship

*Technology

Databases
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