Talk About a Breach of Patron Privacy

Link to May 8 LoHud.com (Lower Hudson Valley, NY) article, "Pelham library declines to discuss calling school on a teen's book choice".

Excerpt: "It is not our procedure to notify somebody," about the books people order, library Director Patricia Perito said Wednesday, the day after the incident. But, she said, she had to look into it. [RG's big "WHOA!!" emphasis.] Since then, Perito has declined to provide any explanation of the incident or information on the instructions the library has regarding notifying authorities about questionable book choices.

Pelham teens might want to be careful what titles in the Opposing Viewpoints series they check out.

Reference Librarians Try Speed Dating

Link to Indiana Library Federation Reference UnConference 2009

Included on the program:
Lightning talks. These last 5 to 10 minutes with 5 minutes for questions and feedback. These are about finite ideas can be about a cool project you think others will be interested or mini inquiry sessions where you have an idea that would benefit from audience feedback.

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Survey says..........more Americans know the current unemployment rate than the current level of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

And a poor showing it is.

Link to failing grades at Pew Research for the People & the Press report.

Excerpt: In both cases, when respondents answered incorrectly they were far more likely to be overly negative than overly positive.