[LISNews] The LISNews For September 15th 2010

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It's Wednesday and time to highlight the most popular LISNews user blog posts from the past week. 
Everyone gets a blog @LISNews.org!

-[1] - At the E-book Burning.
   http://lisnews.org/node/37576/
-[2] - Author Spotlight: Charles Yu
   http://lisnews.org/node/37566/
-[3] - DAILY SHOW Appearance Trumps NYT BR
   http://lisnews.org/node/37564/
-[4] - The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes
   http://lisnews.org/node/37585/
-[5] - In Bookstore’s End, No Joy for Sidewalk Seller
   http://lisnews.org/node/37600/


And here's the latest from LISNews:


--Meet Adele Mundy, Badass Space Librarian 
- http://lisnews.org/node/37605/
-Front Page Story by birdie Posted Wednesday September 15th at 12:06 PM
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Even fantasy librarians can be awesome.     For conspiring against the government of Cinnabar, her family was massacred;
she is the sole survivor. She's a scholar, a librarian turned Signals Officer who has joined Daniel Leary, a lieutenant in
the Republic of Cinnabar Navy (RCN) to battle against treacherous politicians, the Alliance, rebels, and all manner of
galactic grief and peril. She is a master of information technology and spy craft. She likes weapons and knows how to use
them.  Don't mess with Adele Mundy, sharpshooting librarian in space.  More on this title, "Some Golden Harbor" by David
Drake at BookTryst.


--Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books
- http://lisnews.org/node/37604/
-Front Page Story by Bibliofuture Posted Wednesday September 15th at 10:51 AM
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Lawyers have played both fictional and real-life roles in the 80-year history of the comic book industry. Their story is
told in an exhibition, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books," now on display in the Yale Law School's Lillian
Goldman Law Library.  Yale library webpage about exhibit.    NYT article about exhibit: Superheroes in Court at Yale Show 


--HS Librarian Helps Solve Long Lost Class Ring Mystery
- http://lisnews.org/node/37603/
-Front Page Story by birdie Posted Tuesday September 14th at 5:39 PM
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Ranee Ellefson-Jones, of Monroe, WI found a class ring recently while cleaning out her deceased mother’s jewelry box. It
was in a bag with other rings, but the one with the big blue stone stood out. It was a class ring. The thing was, it wasn’t
her mother’s class.  Her mother Joan Ellefson was a 1960 graduate of Monroe High School, and while Ranee at first thought
the tiny date on the ring said 1960, the ring also had a big “S” in the middle of it.  “I thought maybe an old boyfriend had
given it to her,” Ranee said this week.  It was a week or two later, she said, when she got a chance to ask her dad about
the ring. He didn’t recognize it, or have any idea where it came from.  Still curious, Ellefson-Jones examined the ring more
closely, eventually using a magnifying class.  The mystery continues to unravel  in the pages of the Wisconsin State
Journal.


--The Value of Academic Libraries
- http://lisnews.org/node/37602/
-Blog Entry by Martin Posted Tuesday September 14th at 3:39 PM
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A new report from the Association of College and Research Libraries seeks to help academic librarians do a better job of
responding to the swelling tide of accountability.  It reviews the research that has been done on how to measure libraries’
value.  It offers a long list of next steps that librarians can take to demonstrate their institutional worth, and
identifies a research agenda that focuses on specific areas in which more data would be useful to help libraries make the
case for themselves.  The report emphasizes the usefulness of collecting data on what specific groups of users get from the
library, and spells out areas in which there is more room for libraries to make a campuswide impact.  It includes a “value
checklist” to help librarians plan their strategies.  The phrase “collect data” turns up again and again:  “Collect data
demonstrating the library’s role in retaining students until graduation,” “Collect data demonstrating the library’s role in
enriching faculty teaching,” and so on.   Here is a link to the 172-page report.  The executive summary alone is nine pages
long.  http://www.acrl.ala.org/value/ 


--The Boy Who Loved Free Books
- http://lisnews.org/node/37601/
-Front Page Story by birdie Posted Tuesday September 14th at 2:14 PM
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Commentary from Jeff Klima of the Huffington Post about how he 'augmented' the number of books he read as a kid to win the
free books contest in a library reading program.    Klima is the author of "The Dead Janitor's Club". 


--In Bookstore’s End, No Joy for Sidewalk Seller
- http://lisnews.org/node/37600/
-Blog Entry by Bibliofuture Posted Tuesday September 14th at 2:17 PM
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 Charles Mysak sees a decline in the life of the mind from his perch selling used books along Columbus Avenue.  Full
article in the NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/nyregion/15about.html?hp  


--Library Para Wants to Win 'Millionaire' To Pay for Library School
- http://lisnews.org/node/37599/
-Front Page Story by birdie Posted Tuesday September 14th at 11:47 AM
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 Kate Jovin, a library professional from Somerville, MA will appear on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" on Wednesday and
Thursday September 15 and 16.  Hosted by Meredith Vieira, Millionaire can be seen  on the ABC network.  Go Kate!!


--US library seeks arrest of Taiwanese man for $2,500 in unreturned music books, DVDs
- http://lisnews.org/node/37598/
-Front Page Story by Bibliofuture Posted Tuesday September 14th at 10:49 AM
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Authorities issued an arrest warrant for a Taiwanese man accused of failing to return nearly $2,500 worth of DVDs, videos
and music books to a library in northern New Jersey.  Hsian Kao borrowed the materials from the Randolph Township Public
Library in 2008.  Full story


--It's Book Bloggers Appreciation Week, and You Are Appreciated
- http://lisnews.org/node/37597/
-Blog Entry by birdie Posted Tuesday September 14th at 8:51 AM
-Read 205 times - 0 Comments
International giveaway at Beth Fish Reads...eight In My Book® cards...anywhere in the world  Enter this week, contest ends
Monday September 20.   




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