48 Library Stories You May Have Missed in August

Updated on June 10, 2016

The last month of the summer was chock-full of library and information stories ranging from articles about special collections, eBooks, library robots, and Legos to digital citizinship, makerspaces, and gamified instruction! Check out these 48 posts, infographics, and articles to get you caught up on what's happening in the LIS world.

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  1. 10 books about libraries and librarians

  2. 15 incredibly specific special collections

  3. All the Big Five now offer ebooks to libraries

  4. 10 Things to do with QR Codes On Back to School Night

  5. The secret libraries of London

  6. IFLA report on worldwide ebook lending

  7. Vintage book reviews by NYPL librarians

  8. Check out a robot from Peters Township Library

  9. Assessing flipped and gamified instruction

  10. 200 years ago: The burning of the Library of Congress

  11. 62 of the world's most beautiful libraries

  12. Giant medieval manuscripts

  13. The public library wants to be your office

  14. This Librarian Is Not Impressed With Your Digital, No-Books Library

  15. Volunteers needed for Smithsonian transcription project

  16. What belongs in the children's library?

  17. Teen services in a rural library

  18. 10 people the library can't live without

  19. Lego week at Homer Public Library

  20. Working abroad as a librarian

  21. Bigger programs are not always better

  22. Ferguson library becomes a refuge

  23. Digital citizenship and public libraries

  24. The first audiobooks

  25. Services and programs for children with disabilities

  26. 10 libraries to visit with Google Street View

  27. How to conference like a champ

  28. Brooklyn launches personal recommendation service

  29. Streaming media and the future of libraries

  30. Contracts and copyright

  31. Librarianship unplugged

  32. Twitter feeds for job seekers

  33. So you want to be a corporate librarian?

  34. Deciphering the Next Big Thing | Leading From the Library

  35. NMC Horizon Report > 2014 Library Edition

  36. Take the Library Disaster Readiness Test

  37. 7 Things You Should Know About Badging for Professional Development

  38. Common Core 101 for Academic Librarians | From the Bell Tower

  39. O'Reilly: Five trends signaling a bright future for ebooks

  40. Timeline of the history of information: 2,500,000 BCE through 2014 AD…!

Many of these articles and blog posts came from the amazingAL Direct electronic newsletter.