Fall Conference Update

Come join us for the 2008 Midwest MLA/MHSLA Conference, Vital Signs:
Keeping You and Your Library Vibrant and Healthy from October 17th to
21st at the Troy Marriott in Troy, Michigan. Print registration packets
will not be mailed. Register online at
http://www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?459908
Some updates:
New Plenary Speaker: M.J. Tooey, Executive Director of the Health
Science and Human Services Library [...]

Library roles in disaster (or everyday service)

The Emerging Technologies Librarian’s recent post, Assumptions about Library’s Role in Disasters, raises some interesting points about disaster planning, and library roles in general, as it compares public vs. library administrators’ assumptions about what materials public and academic libraries hold/retain, and in what format that material should be available.
The contrast between the patrons’ assumption that [...]