May 2–8 is Choose Privacy Week

"May 2–8 is Choose Privacy Week, a new ALA initiative from the Office for Intellectual Freedom that invites library users into a national conversation about privacy rights in a digital age. "

Watch this video regarding privacy in a digital age.

Choose Privacy Week Video from 20K Films on Vimeo.

Free "Jazz in the Stacks" concert featuring the WWHM Quartet!

To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month the WWHM Quartet, featuring Kevin Wilder (keyboard); Johnny White (Trumpet); Pat Horgan (Bass); and Chad Mairn (Drums), will be performing at the West St. Petersburg Community Library @ St. Petersburg College on Wednesday, April 28th at 7:00 PM. The WWHM Quartet (pronounced 'whim') will perform improvisational free jazz, fusion, and will reinterpret some classic R&B tunes. This free concert is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Refreshments will be served!

For more information regarding Jazz Appreciation Month visit: http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/jam or call 727.341.7177

Free Concert Tonight in the Library! 'Jazz in the Stacks' with the Helios Jazz Orchestra

Come join us at the library and celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month!

The Helios Jazz Orchestra, directed by David Manson, presents an evening of big band jazz at the West St. Petersburg Community Library @ St. Petersburg College tonight (Tuesday, April 20th) at 7:30 PM. The 20-piece professional jazz big band will perform Swing, Pop, Latin, Bebop and will feature jazz vocalists Rita Wilson ...and Joseph Ephraim. This free concert is sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the EMIT series.

St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6605 5th Ave N, St. Petersburg (727) 341.7177

A video of last year's performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3GJyahilL8&feature=related

Important changes to the OCLC NetLibrary Service and to the FirstSearch Service.

OCLC and EBSCO Publishing have announced that EBSCO has acquired the NetLibrary Division. The purchase includes the NetLibrary eBook and eAudiobook platform as well as operations and infrastructure in Boulder, Colorado. As eBooks become mainstream components of a library's eContent collections, there is increasing value to libraries to be able to integrate eBook acquisitions and delivery with other electronic databases and eJournals. EBSCO will maintain and enhance the NetLibrary platform and will also work to integrate NetLibrary eBooks into the EBSCOhost platform. There will be no interruption in service to libraries.

We are also announcing an important change to our FirstSearch content services. OCLC is transitioning out of our role as reseller of vendor-owned content. Therefore we will transfer or discontinue sale of the vendor-owned databases on FirstSearch when subscriptions have ended. We will instead increase our focus for both FirstSearch and WorldCat.org on providing libraries with access to a rich set of library-owned content and increasing visibility and access to the full scope of a library's collection. We will work with libraries, publishers and other information providers to expand WorldCat.org as a comprehensive platform for eContent. As a part of this migration, EBSCO has acquired the rights to license a select number of vendor-owned databases that we currently offer on FirstSearch. Our long-term relationship with H.W. Wilson is also changing as we will work together to transition from reselling Wilson databases on FirstSearch to indexing Wilson databases in WorldCat Local over the coming months. There will be no interruption in service to libraries.

Please see our letter to members and news releases for more information.

• Letter to members
• EBSCO news release
• H.W. Wilson news release

Elimination of State Aid to Libraries. Don't let it happen!!!

To the Florida Library Community,

On Wednesday, March 10, 2010, the House and Senate Transportation and Economic Development Committees both adopted preliminary positions eliminating State Aid to Public Libraries.

Most legislators want to fund state aid, and it is up to us to generate enough contacts and pressure to give them the justification to restore it. Both Committees are expected to report out their bills in the next week or so - the Senate has set Friday, March 19^th as the date they will report out their bill. This means that the best time for us to act is right now.


For more information, visit http://capwiz.com/ala/fl/issues/alert/?alertid=14792616&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]

Announcing SPC’s mobile library Web site!

With your phone take a quick photo of this code
to go directly to our mobile site. For the software, visit http://www.neoreader.com.

The mobile library site is designed for those on the go and includes library hours & locations, contact information, directions using Google Maps for Mobile, and it also has the ability to find books, articles, and other resources. For more information visit:http://www.spcollege.edu/central/libonline/mobile/MobileSiteFlyer.pdf.

The mobile site can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/spcmobile.

RefWorks -- online research management, writing and collaboration tool!

SPC Libraries now have access to RefWorks -- an "online research management, writing and collaboration tool" that generates citations and bibliographies! Ask a librarian today for help setting up your free account and for a quick start guide.

For more information visit http://refworks.com/.