Librarybug is just a fancy front end to this dataset circa 2001 from the National Center for Education Statistics. Check out the number of ways you can search it. Looks like there’s just over a thousand public libraries that have a service population of 1,000 or less. Interesting. [thanks rteeter]
Author: jessamyn
lisnews too liberal? too conservative?
Interesting article by Rory over at this week’s Library Juice talking about what he perceives to be a conservative shift in LISNews’ content and membership. update: LISNews responds.
Librarians for Peace petition
Also in the libr.org universe, a newish petition to urge the US Government to end the occupation of Iraq.
can you say “proactive”? The state of Maine can.
The State of Maine will provide compensatory funds to public libraries that lose e-rate funding due to not complying with CIPA. [thanks andrea]
save LISNews, pass it on!
Blake over at LISNews is asking for donations to defray his costs. You know how useful LISNews is. How about helping him out? In response to Steven’s challenge, I have created a “save LISNews” button. Feel free to copy it and use it freely on your sites.
