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Goodbye, Orlando? Heat and Hot Issues, Theme Parks, and a Busy Show Floor
Berry, John; Blumenstein, Lynn; DiMattia, Susan; Kenney, Brian; Oder, Norman; Rogers, Michael – Library Journal, 2004
The American Library Association's (ALA) Annual Conference, June 24?30, in steamy Orlando, drew 19,575 people, including 5,739 exhibitors, the lowest total since Miami in 1994, not counting the SARS-shadowed conference in Toronto last year (see statistics, p. 15). Although this years conference was filled with exciting events, this abstract is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Public Libraries, Library Associations, Librarians
No Mickey Mouse Operation: Despite Cutting-Edge Technology, Free Book Delivery, and Bilingual Programming, Luring Users Is the Orange County Library's Greatest Challenge
Rogers, Michael – Library Journal, 2004
Living in the vast shadow cast by the spires of the Magic Kingdom presents special challenges for Orlando's Orange County Library System (OCLS), the most formidable of which is increasing its relatively small user base. The library additionally faces tension between the administration and staff, political strife on the board, and looming contract…
Descriptors: Library Services, Financial Support, Budgets, Library Role
Networks & Cooperation: An LJ Mini-Symposium
Trezza, Alphonse F.; And Others – Library Journal, 1974
A collection of short essays by Alphonse Trezza, Edwin Beckerman, Albert De Caprio, Marilyn Gell, Ed Sayre, Elizabeth Hage, and Shirley Echelman on the development of library networks and the possible implications of the establishment of metropolitan library authorities.
Descriptors: Administration, Federal Programs, Financial Support, Information Networks