InfoPeople2: Business Resources: Non-Profit Entities

After I've done the obvious, like perform a keyword search for "nonprofit," the following may be useful to consult:

The Executive Director's Survival Guide: thriving as a non-profit leader, by Mim Carlson. We don't have this book, so I looked it up on WorldCat and found the following subject headings that may be useful to find similar books:

• Nonprofit organizations -- Management.
• Organizations, Nonprofit -- organization & administration. 
• Financial Management.
• Decision Making, Organizational.

To find out whether an organization is a non-profit try referencing:

• The Foundation Directory, by David G. Jacobs, also available at Foundation Center (fdncenter.org)
• Guidestar- from the about page: "we gather and disseminate information about every single IRS-registered nonprofit organization. We provide as much information as we can about each nonprofit's mission, legitimacy, impact, reputation, finances, programs, transparency, governance, and so much more."
• Associations Unlimited - My current system carries the print reference Encyclopedia of Associations, published by AU/ Gale. (as well as the International Organizations set and the Regional, State and Local Organizations set) It is a three volume set, volume one being so large, it is divided into three separate books. Entries include contact info, when founded, number of members, staff, languages for conducting business, a description, awards they give, price to join and more.
• v. 1. pt. 1-2. National Organizations of the U.S. -- Descriptive listings: 
1. Trade, Business and Commercial;
2. Environmental and Ag;
3. Legal, Gov'tal, Public Admin, & Military;
4. Engineering,Tech & Natural and Social Sciences;
5. Educational; 
6. Cultural;
7. Social Welfare;
8. Health and Medical;
9. Public Affairs;
10. Fraternal, Nationality, & Ethnic;
11. Religious;
12. Veterans', Hereditary, & Patriotic;
13. Hobby and Avocational;
14. Athletic and Sports;
15. Labor Unions, Associations, and Federations
16. Chambers of Commerce, Trade and Tourism
17. Greek and Non-Greek Letter Societies, Associations and Federations
18. Fan Clubs
•  v. 1. pt. 3. Name index (I'm disappointed b/c the Name index is pre-sorted into the various keywords and then the org.s are listed alphabetically. I would have liked a straight alphabetical list of the Names, with the page number of where to find it in the main parts 1 or 2) and keyword index. --
•  v. 2. Geographic and executive indexes. - Organizations listed by their location and a listing of the execs and the organization they work for.
• v. 3. Supplement - updates of v.1 parts 1& 2, printed between editions.

For those seeking funds on behalf of the organization there's

• The Annual Register of Grant Support, a print publication published by Information Today
• And while there's no end of books helping people to write a grant proposal, the PDF Writing a Successful Grant Proposal by Barbara Davis for the Minnesota Council on Foundations comes recommended.

And if someone is looking up nonprofits because s/he wants to work for one, recommend searching:

• Opportunity Knocks - I'm not terribly impressed with this site. Basic keyword searches for "librarian" found nothing, for "information" brought up many director positions, for "research" other director positions, as well as chief exec officer. This kind of site I would think would be more used by lower level workers. People in the upper levels have other types of recruitment sources, so there's a mismatch in the type of simple search query to the upper job positions. There are some useful filters on the left-hand side, so you can weed out the jobs by salary or education, geographic location, etc.
  
  My preferred job search strategy is to identify organizations that I would be interested in working for and then contact them directly for their job openings. This way there's more of a connection of employee to employer. It is way more work, but is also more focused. A site like this one is such a shotgun in the barrel and though you never know what gems may come floating up, those gems are obscured by the trash.
• Idealist.org

Learning the RC: More Reader's Advisory Resources

The Reader's Adviser (028 REA 14th ED. v.1-5) covers:

• v1: Best in Reference Works, British Literature & American Literature (different time periods, including up to the mid-20th century genre writers)
• v2: Best in World Literature (General Reference, Hebrew, Yiddish, Middle Eastern, African, Indian Subcontinent, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian (ex. Burma, Lao), Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Netherlandic, Scandinavian, Russian, East European (ex. Czech, Estonian, Polish), Latin American, Canadian, Caribbean, Australian, New Zealand)
• v3: Best in Social Sciences, History and the Arts (Gen Ref, Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Education, History: World, Ancient, European, African, Middle Eastern, Asia and Pacific, US, Canadian, Latin American; Music & Dance, Art & Architecture, Mass Media (Journalism, Radio & TV, Film,), Folklore, Humor, Pop Culture, Travel & Exploration.
• v4: Best in Philosophy and Religion (Gen Ref, Philosophy: Greek/Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Modern Western, 20th Cen, Asian & African, Contemporary Issues; Religion: Ancient, Eastern, Islam, Judaism, Early & Medieval Christian, Late Christianity (1500-present), Bible & Related, Minority Religions, Contemporary Issues in Religious Thought
• v5: Best in Science, Technology and Medicine [STM] (History of STM, Philosophy of STM, Ethics in STM, S&T and Society, Special Issues in S&T and Society, Engineering & Tech (Design, Inventors, Patents, Flight, etc), Ag and Food Tech, Energy (aka Fuels), Communications Tech, Medicine & Health (Aging, Dentistry, Gynecology, Radiology, etc), Illness & Disease, Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry, Mathematics, Statistics & Probability, Info Science & Computer Science, Astronomy & Space Science, Earth Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Ecology & Environmental Science
• v6: the Indexes (author, title, subject)

This looks like the sort of reference work you'd consult for when you are exploring a subject area, or taking a survey class, and you need to draw up a list of "canon" books that you might be expected to read in that class. Or if someone were writing a research paper and needed some titles to get them started, this would be a good book to consult for ideas. Probably, we wouldn't have most of the titles for subjects not on the US or Europe (and maybe not many of them either), but we could find things via ILL or send the person with their list of titles on to a research library like an academic or major city library. The emphasis is on the West, especially Europe and I don't know how specialized it would be (such as wanting books about women in a particular topic, like Vietnam, or women Asian artists of the Chang dynasty (I made that up)). Unfortunately, this text is from the early 1990s, so many of the titles are old. A quick check online and on WorldCat shows there are no new print editions.

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We have a huge collection of two volume editions of a series titled Magill's Literary Annual (028.1 MAG YEAR V1,2). I eyed it askance, wondering how this 60 book, gold cover thing could be of use and easily referenced. In a nutshell, 200 books of "interest to general readers, that reflect publishing trends, that add to the careers of authors being taught and researched in literature programs and that will stand the test of time." It's like a yearly, if you can only read 200 books, this is the list!

At first I was very excited. (To be honest, I still am.) A selection of the thousands of books being published and reviewed in BookList and Publisher's Weekly and Book Page and a myriad of other weekly and monthly review columns, a selection of the most literary, thought to stand the test of time. Then I was sad, because by necessity, the list is a year old. Then I returned to suspicious. "Wait a minute! Who is Magill, and why does he get to pick?" And it turns out he's an actual dude who founded Salem Press and, yeah, we just have to take his word for it. But I like the idea of having the selection for when someone comes along and asks if we can recommend anything for their book club. Something literary, but that people will actually want to read. I also like that the description of the book is about four pages long, giving the book club representative (or the librarian) enough information to get a feel for the book. At the back of the 2nd volume of each annual is a subject index and a category index, which allows you to browse for genres and subjects, when you are just open to serendipity. Also, the beginning of each volume has a complete annotated list for quickly browsing (alphabetically) the list of titles for the year. My one beef with this selection is that we are not told how the books are selected in the first place. What is the criteria? Are they only adult books? Are they only books published in the United States? Are there any translated works? With that aside, the collection provides a focused way to browse for something interesting, educating and entertaining to read.

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We randomly have this booklet called Books Change Lives, Quotes to Treasure. I don't like it. There's no index to search for a quote by a particular author, nor is there an index to search for a quote by subject. Sometimes I like serendipity, but it's not even inspired. Bleh. I'm not even going to include the call number.

Two more genre specific advisory guides:

• Strictly Science Fiction: A guide to Reading Interests (028.9 HER). The chapter titles don't tell me much, but the subject index will start you off looking for those titles specifically about dystopian societies. The edition we have is 2002, so of course the Hunger Games, et al aren't in here, but this would be good for back list titles, the oldies, but goodies for when someone has read everything. Lists of types of Awards and books awarded are included in the resources and appendix.
• The Horror Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses (028.9 SPR). It is slim, but very informative on describing the sub-genres to draw out what people are thinking when they say horror. Is horror for the reader vampires? Or is it mad science gone awry? Every good RA book includes the obligatory lists, for which I'm grateful. I only wish there were one for children, too.

Infopeople Core2: Business Resources: Company and Industry Information Notes

I like that this section opens with a few business questions to give an idea why patrons would want information on businesses and the sorts of details, from company info in preparation for a job interview, to contact info on manufactured products to business research in comparing revenue for businesses in a given market.

Important: Try to learn how the user intends to use the information, as that will inevitably affect which resources you consult to answer the question.

Online resources:

• Of course, the company website. Be aware that information is "what the company wants you to know." Clever to remember that the website tells a crafted tale, so if you're looking to dig up dirt, the company website may not be the place to start. If you can't find a company on a search engine or web directory like Anywho.com, you may try searching for the local...
• ...Chamber of Commerce (ex. the East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce would be a good place to try to track down info of small businesses in that specific area of Sacramento).
• If a patron wants a toll free number, try searching Go Toll Free: http://inter800.com/ (the search domain name that came up in the status bar was yakfree.com!). It is as simple as inputting a "product, service or company name," selecting the state (optional) and indicating the maximum number of results you want. The results will list the full name of matching companies, the state the listed 800 number call and the categories that the particular company covers.

Keyword searches in a catalog should include the terms like:

• corporations
• industry
• sub-keywords to narrow the search such as:
• geographic location: ex. california
• size of business: ex. small
• special characteristics: ex. minority

Then try looking at the subject headings of titles that best match the search for links to other titles in the same subject heading. I also like to go from the OPAC interface to the staff interface in order to browse the subject headings (I have yet to see an OPAC provide a list of subject headings to browse.)(I do this anyway, but thought I'd add it as a reminder.)

Directory resources for searching for companies:
Domestic:

• Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives (332.67 STA 2012 V 1 & 2) V1: Alphabetical listing of over 50K corporations along with contact info, officers names, stock exchange info, description of products/services, NAICS codes, annual sales where available. V2: Alphabetical list of over 77K directors/executives along with business affiliation, titles, addresses, brief biography where available; also Indices: NAICS index, list of corporations by NAICS code, by geography, and Obit section.
• Hoover's Online (hoovers.com) 
• ThomasNet (thomasnet.com)
• Forbes Magazine Lists (forbes.com/lists)
• Inc Magazine's 500 (inc.com/inc500)

International:

• Hoover's Handbook of World Business (338.7 HOO 2013) Profiles of 300 of the "largest, most influential, and [in their opinion] most interesting companies[, private, public and governmental,] based outside the" U.S. Profiles are listed alphabetically and include an overview, history, execs, locations, products, competitors, historical financials. Indices (Companies by Industry, by Headquarters, and list of Execs) and lists of lists (ex. 100 largest by sales) included. This would be a great resource for when someone asks, "what are the top most profitable companies outside of the US."
• Kompass (kompass.com)
• Europages: The European Business Directory (www.europages.com)
• World Business Directory (worldbusinessdir.com)  *community contributed content

Annual Reports and Other Financial Information
Public companies are required to publish an annual report. It may be found on their website, or filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s EDGAR (sec.gov/edgar.shtml) database. If this database is too difficult to use (and it's a government one, so why should it be easy?), try Annualreports.com where you can search by "name, ticker symbol, stock exchange, industry or sector." Private companies are not required to publish an AR (though they may- look to company's website or PR office.)

Reputation of a Company
Need to track down a company that closed (to find old manuals or see if warranty is still good) or research it before you engage in a transaction? You can try reading about it in the news (Lexis Nexis has a good companies-appearing-in-newspapers database.) or contact the Better Business Bureau (locate your local one by searching http://www.bbb.org/us/find-a-bbb) or local Chamber of Commerce, but be aware that they only tell you if there are any outstanding disputes ("unsettled"). They don't certify as "in good standing" any business.

To track down the address of the owners of a business that has closed, contact the Secretary of State for the state in which the headquarters of a business was located.

• (The Texas Secretary of State has an online form to search businesses by "entity name, name of person listed as a registered agent, officer or director of a corporation." It requires requesting an account ahead of time and paying for all searches. 
• State of California has a free online business search, but only for Corporations or LLCs. Search by sole proprietors is not available.)

Referring Company Questions
Essentially a best practice list of pointers, such as being as specific as possible and using statements like "net and gross sales for the past two fiscal years," instead of "financial information" when referring questions to subject specialist.

Industry Information
When researching an industry (as compared to a specific business), knowing the NAICS codes and/or the SIC codes is the way to go. Use US Census Bureau's NAICS page (www.census.gov/epcd/naics02) to convert between the two. Other research tools:

• Current Industrial Reports from the U.S. Census Bureau (www.census.gov/manufacturing/cir/index.html)  
• International Trade Administration (ita.doc.gov)
• Industry Association webpages
• Subscription Databases: ex. LexisNexis database allows you to search for info by NAICS code. 

Assignment: Compare the reports as found on Edgar and Annualreports.com.
Annual Reports was way easier, however they only had the 2011 report in your choice of PDF or HTML. The EDGAR interface was harder to interpret, (there were instructions that I decided not to read), however they had 2012 and 2013 filings, including quarterly reports and so much more! 

Lake Cities Montessori Storytime: the Sea

I'm scheduled to read about 8 times at the school. It just so happens that the summer program is divided into themed days. On the first day that I'll be attending the theme is "The Sea" (cue Disney Mania, Under the Sea, which if I were doing a musical chairs or craft activity, I could play in accompaniment.)

Sea Theme Storytime

Introduce myself – Bring out my visuals (sea shell, camera, sea puppets, boat) and ask if the children can guess what the books I'll be sharing are about. Give my expectations- they listen, but when I ask a question or point to them, it means I'd love to hear their thoughts.

Opening Song as needed: "We are here for storytime." *from Simply Super Storytimes (JR 372.4 CAS)

First book: I'm the biggest thing in the ocean! by Sherry, Kevin – get the sea puppets or make flannel board characters.

Counting rhyme as needed

5 Little Sea Creatures *use flannel board or sea puppets as needed

*from The Big Book of Reading, Rhyming, and Resources by Maddigan and Drennan (JR 027.625 MAD)

Song: The Sharks in the Sea (Tune: The Wheels on the Bus) *from The Big Book of Reading, Rhyming, and Resources by Maddigan and Drennan (JR 027.625 MAD)

Fingerplay as needed: "Open, Shut Them" (I'm ending the above song with a line about the clams in the sea open and shut and this is a good way to transition back to quiet sitting.)

Second book: Flotsam by Wiesner – bring digital camera and film camera to show the difference between the two; bring film in canister and off roll; This is a book that has no words and I’ll need your help in telling the story.

Fingerplay as needed
"Ocean Shell" & "Two Little Fishes"

*from I’m a Little Teapot by Cobb (JR 027.6251 COB)

Final book as needed: The sea house by Zagwyn, Deborah Turney; Show knots in a rope

Craft to hand out: Origami boats and boats for kids to color. 

• Knot tying for the older kids; Need instruction sheets and rope for them to practice.
• Origami boat crafts (http://www.freeprintable.com/view/print-body.html?id=3465 & http://www.origami-instructions.com/easy-origami-boat.html)

Ending Song as needed: Raffi's "The More We Get Together"

As much of the above is in copyrighted texts, I don't have the full program typed up here. I did prepare it for me to have on hand and if I were doing a storytime with parents, I'd hand it out for them so they could sing along.

Infopeople Core2: Business Resources: Overview Notes

I signed up for Infopeople's online, self-paced tutorial Core2: Subject Area Mini Courses. It covers as many or as few of the following choices:

• Business resources and job hunting
• Consumer information
• Legal resources
• Medical information
• Genealogy
• Poems, songs, and quotations
• Homework help

I didn't take these classes in school because I was focused on doing digital library related stuff. I'm also very familiar with some of the resources, such as the homework help, having recommended them to patrons when I worked at Sacramento Public. However, I expect to still learn lots that I haven't been exposed to through the course of work, so I'm just going to work my way down the list, spending about 1-2 weeks per subject.

Notes:
Business Resources and Job Hunting
Overview Section

• If people ask for you to define a business term you could use a print resources like The American Heritage Dictionary of Business Terms or an online one such as Investopedia.com: Financial Dictionary
• These two print resources look as though they would be very useful:
• Strauss's Handbook of Business Information: a guide for librarians, students, and researchers, by Rita W. Moss (Libraries Unlimited, 2004)- a 400 page guide, sort of like the directory of public information. It tells you what sort of resources to consult for to locate different types of business info, such as company information and statistics. There is a 2013, 3rd edition.
• Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources (20th edition, Gale, 2009), (print and Gale Cengage ebook) From the WorldCat abstract: "comprehensive listing of business related finding aids including abstracting and indexing services, almanacs and yearbooks, bibliographies, biographical sources, directories, encyclopedias and dictionaries, financial ratios, handbooks and manuals, online databases, periodicals and newsletters, price sources, research centers and institutes, statistical sources trade associations and professional societies, and other related sources of information on each topic."
•   These two online resources were part of the "Time to Explore" section:
• The Library of Congress' Business Reference section (lcweb.loc.gov/rr/business). Like, hello, this is the LOC! I'm amazed that they provide business reference service to the general public, but the do. From the "about" page, "...business reference librarians thoroughly familiar with the indexes, online catalogs, computerized databases, CD-ROMs, and reference sources available in the Division, other locations in the Library of Congress, the Washington area, and indeed, throughout the world, are ready to assist readers with their inquiries and searches." It's interesting to me that the FAQs they have are not so exotic. People consult the LOC Biz Ref Division to learn how to find old stock certificate values, acquire sample business plans, SIC (and NAICS) Codes (more about that later), performance of companies and info on starting a business. This FAQ page provides both online and print recommendations pointing the user in a direction to begin their research. Other links bring the visitor to pages that describe the Biz Division collection. Bibliographies and Guides (if someone were to ask me to come up with Biz Bib List, I'd stop here first), a subject list to internet resources, links to historical information and current information. My mind is boggling as to what subjects and resources these librarians are required to know how to find.
• Internet Public Library's business page (ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=13&tid=6607&parent=0) As of this blog post, clicking on this link will take you to a list of over 500 online resources, sorted in no particular order (possibly in entry order?). Since nobody wants to browse through a list of 500+ links, in the left hand column there are sub-headings such as "Labor and Workplace" and "History of Business and Economics."
• The two terms on the overview page that I have difficultly remembering or even thinking about are the SIC Codes (Standard Industrial Classification) and NAICS Codes (North American Industry Classification System). Businesses are given these codes to classify the industry in which they work so that businesses in the same classification may be compared to each other. I remember using this we I was searching Reference USA to locate the businesses around my zip code.
• The overview sections lists these databases as some of the more popular:
• Business & Company Resource Center (Cengage/Infotrac)(being transformed into Business Insights: Essentials)- more than journal articles- for analyzing businesses and data research
• D&B Million Dollar Database- more than journal articles- for analyzing businesses and data research
• EBSCOHost Business Source (Complete, Primier, Elite and Corporate, depending on the institution subscribing and their level of needs)- Indexing of Biz Journal Articles
• Mergent Online (formerly Moody's)- company data, insider reports, fact sheets, annual reports, bond info, corporate family trees, etc.
• Poor's NetAdvantage- from the site, "source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to S&P's independent research, data and commentary on stocks, bonds, funds, and industries."
• Reference USA- business and residential directories with corporate family trees. "create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, etc.
• Finally, there's IP's Resources Listing of Business Resources and Job Hunting

Volunteering at my son's Montessori School

I'm not a Children's Librarian by training, however, I enjoy reading to my son. I enjoy reading to him using all the voices and inflection I can muster because my dad used to read to me that way when I was a child. (I have loving memories of his re-enactment of the creation story in Geneses, flashing lights and all.) As a reward for getting to school on time, I read to my son in the lobby area on the couches. A 3-5 minute him and me time before starting out day.

I was unaware that the director of the school was listening in. To Captain Underpants and Ook and Gluk: Kung-fu Cavemen from the Future, and any other assortment of books that the school had on display from which my son would select. So imagine my surprise when he asked if I would be willing to talk about being a librarian and read books to the kids and then let slip that he was looking forward to it. What a great compliment! Now what do I do?

The Children's Librarians with whom I work have been very helpful in making suggestions, even encouraging me to take what they have planned for the summer to use. So I'll do a little bit of that, because I am not for re-inventing the wheel. I also found the following resources:

• A Storytime Year: A month-to-month kit for preschool programming by Dailey and illustrated by Wagner.
• Silly Books to Read Aloud by Reid
• The Storytime Sourcebook I & II by Cullum
• The Storyteller's Sourcebook: A Subject, Title and Motif Index to Folklore Collections for Children: 1983-1999 by Read MacDonald and Sturm
• Books Kids Sit Still For (3): A Read Aloud Guide by Freeman (apparently there's a 1 & 2 as well)
• Storytimes for Two Year Olds by Nichols
• A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books

Essentially the structure of a storytime at my institution is :

1. Start with a song (the same one each time) so the kids know it's time to get down to business.
2. Read a book or two along the theme.
3. Have an activity such as a felt board or physical activity that is interactive.
4. Read another book.
5. Have a craft.
6. End with a song (the same one each time).

The school has themes for each of their days. And I plan to use them where appropriate, but I also have many favorite books that I've shared with my son that I think I want to revisit:

• Paper Bag Princess or The Fire Station by Munsch (this man is pure genius and the narrator on TumbleCloud is also genius for getting Munsch's pacing down perfectly).
• Flotsam by Wiesner, David (really any of his "wordless" stories) - great for the Sea theme
• Anansi and the moss-covered rock by Kimmel and illustrated by Stevens (actually I really like this trickster and I may want to do a recurring storytelling of Kimmel's Anansi series)
• The Quiet Place by Stewart, Sarah (themes: culture (shock), language acquisition, private spaces)
• The Rooster Who Went to His Uncle's Wedding by Ada, Alma Flor (I also love her poems, especially the collection Pio Peep! traditional nursery rhymes)
• My Asian favs: The Real Story of Stone Soup by Compestine, Ming Lo Moves the Mountain by Lobel and Three Samurai Cats by (lo and behold) Kimmel
• Someone Bigger by Emmett, Jonathan

I'm all over the place with these. There are so many elements that I want to choose from, from funny stories to strong (female) characters, to exposing kids to different cultures. I guess really this is just an opportunity to share my favorite books with the kids with whom my son attends school.

And of course, no list would be complete without recommendations from Jennifer:

• Author Mo Willems's stuff in general, but specifically the Piggie and Elephant books and Edwina, the dinosaur who didn't know she was extinct
• I want my hat back by Klassen, J.

Learning the RC: Public Information and Resources for Libraries

When I first started working for a public library in Sacramento, I had a supervisor who made it a hobby to do background checks on people. It might be about a person she read about in the new, or some gossip she was digging up on a disgraced staff member. But the stuff she found was always in the public record. I've always wondered how a person could perform a background check on someone else. The Sourcebook to Public Record Information (026.973 SOU 2008) is probably how. The first section basically tells you how "public" information is organized, such as how info gets into the public record in the first place, where it is held (government or business databases), and your rights to access it. The second section is the breakdown of the agencies that hold the information by state. A very handy book. I had a patron who was interested to learn which house his mother owned back in 1940s. It wasn't online and I wasn't sure where to point him. This book would be that resource to try to find those older records.

Now, I love libraries. And when I plan my trips, if there is a cool library where I'm going, then for sure I'm gonna check it out. But read a "guiness" record book on libraries? Pass. The Library World Records (027 OSW) book by Oswald is just that. It has lists on movies featuring libraries and the biggest and smallest books and the most "fascinating" libraries. (Seriously, can that really be a list?) But while it may tell me what the first book written in Dutch is, it doesn't tell me which library holds said book. Thanks Oswald, but no thanks.

Margaret A. Edwards's The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts: The Library and the Young Adult (027.626 EDW) is a book of ideas on developing the "people in their teens who have outgrown the role of children and have become the eager, anxious understudies of adults" into readers. Edwards collected a selection of her articles, written through out her career in order to define her philosophy of why are how to serve this population, the most notable in the second article being, they are looking to define themselves and they will soon be the ones leading the nation. What better time to turn them into "thoughtful readers"? While this collection may not be modern, I recognize the title as canon within the YA field. Edwards's writing is clear and humorous and I think I will read this book.

I'm thinking of moving to Colorado. I'm a librarian. I want to get a job in libraries. Other than public libraries, what other library institutions might I work in? I open the American Library Directory 2012-2013 (027.073 AME 2012-2013 v. 1 & v.2) and turn to the Colorado section and I see in alphabetical order by name of city the libraries I may apply to for work, such as the USDA Agricultural Research Service (if I perhaps had a specialty in Agronomy). Should I wish to work for an Armed Forces Library, I can quickly turn through the pages and scan for the appropriate letter designation (A) to see that Fort Carson has one. Volume two also has information about networks and consortia, training courses, libraries in Canada and the US territories and military libraries overseas. A very handy directory.

The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (of the ALA) drew together a selection of documents related to the Americans with Disabilities Act to help libraries "implement the law." Titled The ADA Library Kit : sample ADA-related documents to help you implement the law (027.663 ADA ), it looks as though they surveyed their member libraries to see what they were doing to obey the law and how they were going about it and then asked, very nicely, if they could reproduce their documents in one book. The chapters tell you the titles of the documents, grouped according to subject. The index in the back lets you quickly see what topics are addressed (such as accessibility in the book stacks). I think I'd rather just call my lawyer, but for small libraries I could see how borrowing a ready made document could quickly speed the institution through the process and demonstrate intention to comply.

Video Librarian May June 2013

Nothing more than another list of movies I'd like to see someday.

  

• Ghastly Love of Johnny X
• Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (ordered by NMLS)
• Silent Souls (Russian w/ English subtitles)
• No Way Out But One (bummer of a documentary, but, maybe if I'm in the mood for it.)
• Sousa on the Rez: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum (pbs special)
• The Suicide Plan
• Invoking Justice (documentary re: women's abuse rights in South India Muslim community)
• Waiting for Lightning (extreme sports doc)
• The Last Flight of Petr Ginz - this one looks really cool. Documentary about teen artist in concentration camps.