Download Kindle Format in OverDrive

Here's a great video from the Orange County Library System in Florida on how to download Kindle format eBooks in OverDrive...

We Will Survive

Libraries are definitely taking a hit, but who isn't these days. I love the attitude behind this video from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in VA. I think many in libraryland would agree this is exactly what every library out there is doing, We Will Survive!

Keith Richards... Please Have Sympathy for America's Public Libraries

Good job Shiela Redcay from the Matthews Library in Fredericksburg PA. She's doing everything she can to get Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards to come and visit her library. She got the idea after reading a preview of his autobiography, Life, in which he mentions his thoughts at one time of becoming a librarian.

Join her Facebook Group to support the cause and take a shot at winning a $50 gift to Amazon in this video contest:

Management Development Program at ACPL

My hat's off to Allen County Public Library for

1. Seeing a need
2. Addressing a need
3. Being transparent while doing so

Jeffrey Krull states "...improve our management skills so we can have a better organization". Well said!

Library Advocacy Day Contest

The American Library Association is hold a video contest. Check out the rules and go for it like Springfield Township (PA) High School did:

Imagine (Library Advocacy Day) from Joyce Valenza on Vimeo.