Reading for the Future

RFF's site is prefaced with this quote: "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

Reading for the Future Encouraging literacy through Speculative Fiction A teachers and librarian resource site

The enthusiasm and purpose of this group -to turn young people on to reading and thinking by introducing them to and supporting their reading of speculative fiction, is a compelling force for change.

This group is working toward introducing more speculative fiction to the popular accelerated reader program, but there is much more here than that: SF bibliographies, resources, events, and more. Great if you are a children's, teen, or school librarian -Great if you are a K-12 teacher -Great if you are parent who wants to turn your child on to reading, great if you are a SF enthusiast like me, who believes that sharing the love of ideas happens when you read books like these.

Mexico City Subway Starts Lending Books

"When People Read, People Change"Mexico City Subway Starts Lending Books

Infopeople: Workshop Getting Started with Open Source Software (online learning course) - 2004

Open Source for Libraries, Info People Workshop: Infopeople: Workshop Getting Started with Open Source Software (online learning course) - 2004

Koha: a Gift to Libraries from New Zealand

Open Source Software for libraries: Koha: a Gift to Libraries from New Zealand

Carolyn Corbin

Carolyn Corbin

See this page for more about Carolyn Corbin, socio-economic future issues, and the Center for the 21st Century.

Advocating for Better Salaries & Pay Equity for All Library Workers

Now is the Time: Advocating for Better Salaries & Pay Equity for All Library Workers*
By Maurice J. Freedman, MLS, PhD is a thought provoking article in ALA-APA Newsletter (Volume 1 • No. 1 ).

Yes, the race for equity is still on and we're still behind. Why? It's not just a gender equity issue.

It's also a "ThirdWave/New Economy" issue. As we leave behind an industrial economy, legacy institutions like public and academic libraries are going to be forced to reinvent their governance and management structures and traditions. The crunch is on: we want to continue providing and having access to the materials and services provided by libraries - But, as a society we are no longer supporting the funding levels that are necessary for sustaining the expenditures of libraries as they were conceived of and run in the past.

The intersection between these two economies creates anomalous catch-22 situations at both ends of the spectrum: like professionals offering to work for free, like libraries boasting of having "no layoffs" while severely curtailing hours and services . . .