54 Library Stories You May Have Missed in May

Updated on June 19, 2017

The upcoming summer break did nothing to slow the activity of library writers last month and actually the number of articles, blog posts, and videos increased significantly over previous months! This past month's offerings include stories on Twitter applications, the Vatican library digital collection, eBooks, and more. Be sure to scan these 54 library stories to get caught up on your LIS reading!

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  1. 8 Tips for Libraries to Incorporate Tech into their Summer Reading Programs

  2. Responding to the second wave of the Digital Divide

  3. Library social media resources

  4. 5 Ways Libraries Can Use Vine for Marketing

  5. NYPL abandons controversial renovation plan

  6. 34 Library Stories You May Have Missed in April

  7. 10 Finance Hacks for College Students

  8. Librarians reimagine book clubs with the Help of Technology

  9. 7 Astonishing Objects Made with 3D Printers

  10. 5 Great Sites for 30,000+ Free 3D Printing Models

  11. The practical librarian's guide to collection development

  12. What you need to know to take a librarian job abroad

  13. Vatican Library moves into the 21st century

  14. Surviving cataloging class

  15. How to create a gorgeous planter from an old hardcover book

  16. Secret libraries of New York City

  17. Ebooks and early reading skills

  18. How to identify Book Club editions

  19. Why reading aloud to students is valuable

  20. Metadata games

  21. Eight ways to jump into ebooks

  22. Why aren't teens reading like they used to?

  23. 10 best free historical newspaper sites

  24. Minecraft programming for tweens

  25. University of Michigan's napping stations

  26. Libraries find success in crowdfunding

  27. Farmington librarian rediscovers letters from students in 1967

  28. Brewster Kahle, the librarian of 404 billion websites

  29. How to cull your e-bookshelf

  30. Tales of a jailhouse librarian

  31. Best practices for adult financial literacy services

  32. LC plans improvements to Cataloger's Desktop

  33. Connecting Latinos with libraries

  34. The lost desert libraries of Chinguetti

  35. Hoopla digital and Boopsie in partnership

  36. Four ways to display and curate Twitter

  37. The first children's picture book

  38. Libraries Now: A Day in the Life (video)

  39. MOOCs: Pros and cons

  40. Future-proofing the research library

  41. Free tech learning resources

  42. Making books social

  43. You're a book nerd if . . .

  44. Evidence-based decision-making in academic libraries

  45. Five reasons we still need school libraries

  46. Duke's most popular digital item

  47. Can non-librarians easily acquire librarian expertise?

  48. Pinterest boards for academic libraries to follow

  49. Top Twitter hashtags for librarians

  50. How to run a gay-straight alliance in your library

  51. Library analyst helped to launch NASA

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