[LISNews] The LISNews For November 15th 2011

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On Tuesdays we take a look at the stories that got the most comments in the last week.



And here's the latest from LISNews:


--Libraries must find way to draw teens
- http://lisnews.org/node/39967/
Libraries must find way to draw teens, she says "As a general rule, libraries focus on little children but don't offer teens that much in the way of programming," she said. "We usually think they're too
busy with gym, soccer, football and other activities," she said.  "They usually come back when they're older adults, but we usually miss serving those in their teen years." 


--What we learned from 5 million books
- http://lisnews.org/node/39966/
Blake posted a link to this video in early October. I missed it then so I wanted to repost for any others that may not have caught it the first time.              


--New Mobile Application launched at the New York Law School
- http://lisnews.org/node/39965/
New York Law School's Mendik Library is proud to announce the release of Mendik Mobile, a smartphone app that gives library users mobile access to some of our key services.  The app enables users to
search the library catalog for books and course reserve materials.  It provides channels for following the library’s blogs, and for contacting reference staff by phone, email or text.  Users may review a
list of books they’ve borrowed, and renew loans with just a click.  Another channel links to the library’s popular DRAGNET feature, offering Google custom searching in free and reliable law-related
Websites.  We created Mendik Mobile in conjunction with Boopsie, Inc., a major developer of library mobile applications.  The app is a free download on all major smartphone platforms, including Apple,
Android and Blackberry.  Visit your app store, or point your smartphone’s browser to http://www.bit.ly/mendikmobile, and you will be automatically routed to the correct app store.  We believe that we are
the first law school in the nation to launch a fully featured library app for smartphones.  


--Whether public and/or academic
- http://lisnews.org/node/39964/
One of the most confusing impacts of the surge in access to e-books is whether academic library interests should be more or less bound together with public libraries. The issue has a wide range of
ramifications, from acquisitions, to collections, to the responses to the shifting commercial marketplace. At conferences that I have attended with mixed audiences, each of these “together” and “apart”
strands surface; I suspect both are correct, but more through overlay than union.  Full article in Publisher's Weekly


--When Sites Drag the Unwitting Across the Web
- http://lisnews.org/node/39963/
The social media site Klout has caused a stir with its culling of information about individuals, including children, from publicly available sources online.  Full article




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