Paula Brehm-Heeger has worked in public libraries for nearly two decades. Currently an administrator with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Paula is professionally active on a local, state and, national level. She has served as President of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, as a member of the Ohio Library Council Board of Directors, and is currently serving as a member of ALA Council. Paula has contributed writings to the Public Library Association’s Public Libraries, VOYA, School Library Journal, and YALSA’S Young Adult Library Services Journal. She is the author of ServingUrban Teens (Libraries Unlimited, 2008), and the 2010 article she co-authored for Public Libraries, “Remaking One of the Nation’s Busiest Main Libraries”, was named a Feature Article of the Year.
Far From The Tree by Andrew Solomon The Round House by Louise Erdrich The Passage of Power by Robert Caro Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg Building Stories by Chris Ware Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore By Blood by Ellen Ullman The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka I Am An Executioner by Rajesh Parameswaran Zona by Geoff Dyer The Lifespan of a Fact by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal The Red Book by Carl Jung Coming in 2013: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk NOS4A2 by Joe Hill Darien Library Staff Top 10: Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel Burn Down the Ground by Kambri Crews Elsewhere by Richard Russo The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe Far From The Tree by Andrew Solomon Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloane Quiet by Susan Cain Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Message To Adolf by Osamu Tezuka Daredevil by Mark Waid & various artists The Graphic Canon by Various A Wrinkle In Time adapted by Hope Larson Drama by Raina Telgemeier Coming in 2013: Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura
Julie Jurgens: The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine Four Mile by Watt Key The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand Long Lankin by Lindsay Barrclough Black Dog by Levi Pinfold It’s a Tiger by David LaRochelle & ills. by Jeremy Tankard A Boy, a Bear and a Boat by Dave Shelton Marching To The Mountaintop : How Poverty, Labor Fights, And Civil Rights Set The Stage For Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Final Hours by Ann Bausum The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins Coming in 2013: The Beatles Were Fab (And They Were Funny) by Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer Seagulls Don’t Eat Pickles by Erica Farber
The Twelve by Justin Cronin At the Mouth of the River of Bees by Kij Johnson Royal Street by Suzanne Johnson Redshirts by John Scalzi Store of the Worlds by Robert Sheckley
Liz Burns: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater FitzOsbornes at War by Michelle CooperComing in 2013:Game by Barry LygaKiki Strike: The Darkness Dwellers by Kirsten MillerQuintana of Charyn by Melina MarchettaPaper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff
Kelly Jensen: Crazy by Amy Reed Me & Earl & The Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews Thumped by Megan McCafferty Something Like Normal by Trish DollerStatistical Probability of Love and First Sight by Jennifer E Smith The Children and the Wolves by Adam Rapp Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers Butter by Erin Jade LangeThe List by Siobhan Vivian The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis The Opposite of Hallelujah by Anna Jarzab 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard Catch & Release by Blythe Woolston Coming in 2013: 17 & Gone by Nova Ren Suma Absent by Katie Williams The Reece Malcolm List by Amy Spalding When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Kristi Chadwick: Cold Days by Jim Butcher Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuireDiscount Armaggeddon by Seanan McGuire Deadline (Newsflesh Trilogy) by Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire) Angel’s Ink: The Asylum Tales by Jocelynn DrakeIronskin by Tina Connolly Wild by Cheryl Strayed Coming in 2013: Chimes at Midnight & Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire Greenlight for Murder by Heywood Gould
Anna Mickelsen: The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks (#2 in the Lightbringer Trilogy)Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas (Fitzhugh Trilogy #2) The Rook by Daniel O’Malley Coming in 2013: A Memory of Light by Brandon Sanderson & Robert Jordan Ever After by Kim Harrison Anything by Sherry Thomas A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent, Marie Brennan
Sarah Statz Cords Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work by Jeanne Marie Laskas Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace by D.T. Max My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf Always Put In a Recipe and Other Tips for Living from Iowa’s Best-Known Homemaker by Evelyn Birkby George Harrison: Living in the Material World by George Harrison Read This! Handpicked Favorites from America’s Indie Bookstores Wild by Cheryl Strayed Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo Reinventing Bach by Paul Elie Quiet: The Power of Introverts In a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain Coming in 2013: American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath by Carl Rollyson Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright My Brother’s Book by Maurice Sendak Detroit by Charlie LeDuff Gun Guys by Dan Baum Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing with Others by Stacy Horn
Becky Spratford The Walking Dead (graphic novel) by Robert Kirkman The Void by Brett Talley The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle. Flesh and Bone (Rot and Ruin trilogy) by Jonathan Maberry A Bad Day for Voodoo by Jeff Strand Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel (Book Two in The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein series) The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater Seed by Ania Ahlborn Coming in 2013: Extinction Machine by Jonathan Maberry NO24A2 by Joe Hill Locke and Key (graphic novel) by Joe Hill Dr. Sleep by Stephen King (sequel to The Shining)
Jason Griffey is an Associate Professor and Head of Library Information Technology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His latest book,Mobile Technology and Libraries, is available as a part of Neal Schuman’s Tech Set, the winner of the ALA 2011 Award for the Best Book in Library Literature. He has also written multiple Library Technology Reports for the American Library Association on topics such as personal electronics in the library, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. Jason was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2009, and speaks internationally on the future of libraries, mobile technology, eBooks, and other technology related issues.
His current obsession is the LibraryBox Project, a portable digital file distribution system. He can be stalked obsessively at www.jasongriffey.net andPattern Recognition and is a columnist for the ALA Techsource blog. He spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.
Unglue.it offers a win-win solution to readers, who want to read and share their favorite books conveniently, and rights holders, who want to be rewarded for their work.
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At Unglue.it, book lovers can pledge money to support these campaigns; add books to their wishlist to tell the world about their favorites; discuss their favorite books; share their Unglue.it pages via social media; and find direct links to public domain and unglued ebooks that they can read right away.
Eric Hellman, President of Gluejar, is a technologist, entrepreneur, and writer. After 10 years at Bell Labs in physics research, Eric became interested in technologies surrounding e-journals and libraries. His first business, Openly Informatics, developed OpenURL linking software and knowledgebases, and was acquired by OCLC in 1996. At OCLC, he led the effort to productize and expand the xISBN service, and began the development of OCLC’s Electronic Resource Management offerings. After leaving OCLC, Eric began blogging at Go To Hellman. He covers the intersection of technology, libraries and ebooks, and has written extensively on the Semantic Web and Linked Data. Eric has a B.S.E. from Princeton University, and a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Andromeda Yelton is a former Latin teacher and recent library science graduate (with a background in mathematics) who’s quickly made a name for herself in the library world. She has a BA in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College, an MA in Classics from Tufts, and recently completed her MLS from Simmons. She blogs atAcross Divided Networks and at ALA TechSource, and won the 2010 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award for the article “A Simple Scheme for Book Classification Using Wikipedia”. She is a 2011 American Library AssociationEmerging Leader. Andromeda was one of the leaders of the crowdsourced philanthropy project Buy India a Library. She also has first-hand experience with public broadcasting- she was once a listener contestant on Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.
Recent conferences have highlighted the importance of innovation in libraries, and it is a term often heard in library circles. But what is innovation? Innovation is an incremental process. It is the creation of effective, efficient, and better products, services, technologies, programs or structures to help libraries meet the needs of 21st century library patrons. How does your library engage in an innovation process? What innovations can your library adopt today? Who can suggest, plan, implement and assess ideas?
The Library Innovation Cookbook: Bite-Sized Ideas to Fuel Growth in Your Library is designed to answer those questions with quick morsels that your library can apply immediately.
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Dr. Anthony Molaro is an imaginarian and information activist and is the Associate Dean of Library and Instructional Technology at Prairie State College.
Leah L. White is a Reader Services Librarian and creator of Books on Tap, Northbrook Public Library’s first book club in a pub.
EveryLibrary helps public, school, and college libraries win bonding, tax, and advisory referendum, ensuring stable funding and access to libraries for generations to come.
EveryLibrary will be the first and only national organization dedicated exclusively to political action at a local level to create, renew, and protect public funding for libraries of all types. We will provide tactical and operational support to local voter awareness campaigns, seed and sustaining monies to local ballot committees and PACs, as well as conducting direct voter advocacy in support of library taxing, bonding, and referendum.
EveryLibrary’s founder is John Chrastka, a long time library trustee, supporter, and advocate. Mr. Chrastka is a partner in AssociaDirect, a Chicago-based consultancy focused on supporting associations in membership recrutiment, conference, and goverance activities. He is also president of the Board of Trustees for the Berwyn (IL) Public Library (2006 – present) and is a former president of the Reaching Across Illinois Libraries System (RAILS) multi-type library system. Prior to his work at AssociaDirect, he was Director for Membership Development at the American Library Association (ALA), the world’s oldest and largest organization for librarians, library workers, supporters, and advocates. He is a current trustee member of ALA as well as in the Illinois Library Association (ILA), where he chairs the Fundraising Committee.
Liz Burns blogs about young adult books, TV, and other things that capture her fancy at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy at School Library Journal. By day, she is a Youth Services Librarian for an east coast regional library for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Liz co-authored, with Sophie Brookover, Pop Goes the Library: Using Pop Culture to Connect with Your Whole Community (Information Today, Inc., 2008).Three things to know about her: her favorite television show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she used to be a lawyer (but don’t hold that against her) and she loves to read. Liz lives at the Jersey Shore…. and it’s nothing like the TV show. Really. You can follow her on Twitter @LizB.
Kelly Jensen is a librarian, a reader, a writer, a copy editor, and compulsive consumer of all things books and blogs. She lives in a small town in Wisconsin but grew up near Chicago, spending time in rural Iowa and Austin, Texas in between. She enjoys really bad reality television, cooking, traveling, ice cream, and making art. Two crucial facts: she does not eat red meat and has not read Jane Austen. She’s probably the cruelest person you will ever know. Kelly blogs at Stacked and you can find her on Twitter @catagator.
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