Wednesday, August 14, 2002

Legislation that impacts libraries: It looks like there might be some action on S.2395 by Senators this session, according to a recent AALL Action Alert I just received.   Librarians are being encouraged to take time to educate senators that represent them on how libraries may be affected by this anti-counterfeiting legislation. For more information on recent legislation that impacts libraries, check out the American Library Association's Washington Office web site. 4:09:01 PM

- "Academic libraries, experiencing a wave of reti .... - "Academic libraries, experiencing a wave of retirements, are finding they have more job openings than qualified candidates to fill them." "The seller's market for academic librarians is a result of a few trends: the graying of the profession, the stagnant number of graduates from schools of library and information science, and the fact that many of those graduates shun academe to take higher-paying jobs in the private sector." "According to the American Library Association, more than 27,000 academic librarians work in the country's colleges, universities, community colleges, and research libraries. In 2000, the average age of the ALA's roughly 65,000 members was 49. And according to a 2000 survey of library directors by Library Journal, 40 percent of the respondents said they planned to retire in 9 years or less, and 68 percent in 14 years or less. (from The Chronicle of Higher Education) [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen] Its nice to see that the recruitment crisis is getting press.  Mitch Friedman, the current ALA president, has made it one of his campaign priorities.  His site also has a collection of recent interviews on the topic. 2:17:29 PM

PDA Wristwatch? I've heard about the PDA vendors working on a combination PDA --wrist watch. Fossil has them now for both the Palm OS and Pocket PC devices. posted by Teri Embrey | 8:45 AM [The Handheld Librarian] 2:12:17 PM

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