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Hinchas Press If you have a friend who is a librarian, LIS student or library worker, Librarians with Spines is the perfect gift! You can get it via  Amazon ,  Latin American Book Source , or  Hinchas Press. Some of the Hinchas Press Lineup: Thank you for your support! ✊🏼

in·no·va·tion ˌinəˈvāSH(ə)n/ noun the action or process of innovating. synonyms: change ,  alteration ,  revolution ,  upheaval ,  transformation ,  metamorphosis ,  breakthrough ; More _______________________________________________________________________ When thinking about innovation, make sure you include infusing innovative thinking in your staff. Wirtz Labor Library  Staff Recipients of the John Sessions Memorial Award Presented by the Reference and User Service Association of the American Library Association 2009 Staff should be able to: Feel free to e xperiment,  feel free to fail , feel free to succeed . Analyze failures and celebrate what is learned from them.   Always include those who live in poverty in your "innovative thinking." Outreach to innovative leaders in the communities you are trying to reach.  Work with these community leaders to gain insights to user informa...

Why Librarians Should Care About Skateboarders: A Personal Outreach Project By Matt Allison Mesa Public library in NM has a skatepark!               After Hurricane Sandy until the summer of 2015 the Peninsula Library served the Rockaway Beach community out of temporary spaces. As my staff and I waited for a fully operational library to reopen we had time to plan. I got attached to the community.   Along with the overall rebuilding I enjoyed seeing the surf community build a temporary skate park. I moved nearby in 2014. I got approved at work to have a special skateboard and surf collection. I got the green light to try programming. We reopened in September 2015. Making a connection to the skateboarding and surfing scene has been more difficult than I anticipated.   At work my pet project is to connect public libraries and skateboarders. For my area it’s logical to add surfing. This article will not foc...

Study Finds Illegal Immigrants Pay $11.8B in Taxes BY   ERIC PIANIN ,  The Fiscal Times April 16, 2015 A new nationwide study on the fiscal implications of illegal immigration concludes that millions of undocumented immigrants are paying billions of dollar in taxes into state and local coffers, and that substantially more would be generated if President Obama prevails in imposing a new executive order protecting many of those workers from deportation. The 50-state analysis by the  Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy  released on Thursday found that roughly  8.1 million of 11.4 million undocumented immigrants  who work paid more than $11.8 billion in state and local taxes in 2012, even while they were living illegally in the country. The group’s analysis estimated that illegal immigrants’ combined nationwide state and local tax contributions would increase by $845 million under full implementation of Obama’s 20...

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