California State Library Blog

February 2008 - Posts

• Library-a-Go-Go coming to California this spring, story in Library Journal

  In her February 26, 2008 article, Library Journal reporter Lynn Blumenstein writes that “thanks to” the Contra Costa County Library , a northern California Bay Area Rapid Transit ( BART ) station will boast “the nation’s first Read More... Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 10:13 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: LSTA, California public libraries, Emerging technologies

• Deputy State Librarian Stacey Aldrich to attend, report on, Emergent Technology Conference

  Next week Deputy State Librarian Stacey Aldrich will be traveling to the O'Reilly's Emergent Technology Conference in San Diego. For the latest reports on the conference and interesting technologies, check-out Stacey's blog at http://ideablah.blogspot.com Read More... Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 9:21 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: Emerging technologies, Conferences

• Braille and Talking Book Library to celebrate 77th anniversary of the Pratt-Smoot Act, festivities open to public

  In honor of the 77th anniversary of the Pratt-Smoot Act, legislation passed in 1931 inaugurating the "Books for the Blind" program (now called the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped ) within the Library of Congress, Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:40 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: Sacramento events, BTBL, US libraries

• New publication, Understanding the Basics of County and City Revenues, useful for California's public libraries

  Understanding the Basics of County and City Revenues , a new publication of the Institute for Local Government (ILG), offers an overview of county and city revenue sources, useful information for public library managers, as well as for anyone interested Read More... Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 9:39 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: California public libraries

• 16 California libraries among 851 Museums, Libraries, and Archives selected to receive IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf

  Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Director Anne-Imelda Radice announced yesterday that 851 museums, libraries, and archives have been selected to receive the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. Of the 851 recipients, 16 were California Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:37 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: IMLS, California public libraries, US libraries

• “2007 California Library Ballot Measures” now available on CSL website

  Which were the seven California communities to have library related measures on their ballot in 2007? Which ones passed? Library Facilities Consultant Richard Hall of the California State Library has just compiled a list of the "2007 California Library Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:20 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL publications, CSL website, LDS

• Palos Verdes Library District Director praises CRB actuarial report

  In a prior life I was responsible for a large pension fund, so had more exposure than I would have liked to actuarial analysis and the complexities of pension funding. Now I am responsible for managing total employment costs for our special library district, Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:59 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL publications, CRB reports, California public libraries

• New CRB report highlights concerns about actuarial practices for public employee benefits

  Actuarially Speaking: A Plain Language Summary of Actuarial Methods and Practices for Public Employee Pension and Other Post-Employment Benefits Grant Boyken (CRB-08-003, February, 2008) In January 2008, the California Public Employee Post-Employment Read More... Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 3:32 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL publications, CSL website, CRB reports

• Fire burns Cathedral City Library, $2 million in damage

  The Cathedral City Library , a branch of the Riverside County Library System , has suffered $2 million in damage from a fire that ripped through the building late Friday night. The fire, the cause of which is being investigated, activated sprinklers inside Read More... Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 8:49 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: California public libraries