September was back-to-school and back to writing for many librarians. Blogs, journals, and news outlets were jam-packed with library and information stories ranging from articles about makerspaces, digital collections, 3D printing, and free technology for libraries as well as some offbeat topics such as medieval selfies and snapchats from Harry Potter! Check out these 50 posts, infographics, and articles to get you caught up on what's happening in the LIS world.
- 15 Geeky Back-to-School Supplies
- 28 Snapchats From Harry Potter
- Stay Focused! 5 Tools to Avoid Distractions
- Polling the Classroom: 4 Free Polling Tools to Keep Students Engaged
- 25 Great Resources for Breaking into Academic Publishing
- 15 Free Technologies for Libraries
- New OverDrive app eliminates Adobe authorization step
- (Rethinking) Makerspaces
- Engaging Adventures with Gamification
- Rosa Parks papers go to Library of Congress
- Librarianship: A philosophical investigation
- 6 Ways To Become a Power User of the Public Library
- The Case for 3D Printing
- 9 great books on library marketing
- For library web developers: Performance and austerity
- Collect library fines with an online payment app
- Long Nights build library use
- Digitize old slides on the cheap
- Collaborating with your public librarian
- Makerspaces can make new patrons
- Libraries balk at OverDrive changes
- 48 Library Stories You May Have Missed in August
- Getting into schools for booktalks
- Eight fun children's libraries
- Self-service library technology
- New Austin Public Library will have food demos
- Seed libraries: Challenges and opportunities
- Teaser for new series, The Librarians
- Artist uses LC images to animate his GIFs
- Utica woman organizes refugee library in Thailand
- Czech National Library digitizes rare collections
- Younger Americans and public libraries
- Checking out America's libraries
- Getting staff and patrons to accept RFID tags
- Serving adults with special needs in the children's library
- Libraries that lend tools
- OSU seeks help transcribing Cold War letters
- Library jobs math
- Massachusetts librarians work to ensure privacy
- The Loeb Classical Library goes digital
- Jane Austen fans break world record
- The Value of Information Professionals
- Five best language translation tools
- New York insists on more school librarians
- Library student helps create Ebola tracking site
- Create an online catalog with Google Drive
- ProQuest digitizes Thomas Edison
- Famous historical book bannings
- Art painted on discarded library books
- Medieval selfies