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To report on New York Public Library's implementation of the Learning in Libraries initiative, which has the goal of serving New York City's children and teens more effectively.

Breaks the initiative down into phases, describing each phase with its goals and outcomes. Includes descriptions of what was needed for the project, and how initiatives were vetted for implementation.

Overall, youth participation at the library increased between 4 and 15 percent, with the number of books read increasing between 1 and 34 percent. The greatest increase in participation was with teens, who had not been included in previous outreach initiatives.

Documents the process of developing a new library initiative and implementing it system‐wide.

To preview new titles showcased at Book Expo 2007 held in June in New York City.

The review is based on selecting for review that which was displayed by both mainstream and small presses.

Some predominant themes were leadership, management and business development.

These new titles provide a way to understand how the thinking in these areas is changing and how as a result the workplace is changing.

This is a tool that librarians can use to update their collections in these areas.

A report on the Charleston Conference, November 2009.

Summarizes the presentations, reports, plenary sessions and panels.

Both collection development and acquisitions are changing rapidly as a result of the libraries trying to meet the needs of their users. Libraries now own less material and subscribe to many more. E‐resources provide both problems and solutions forcing a new level of cooperation between librarians and vendors. Ways to describe materials such as the semantic web are being discussed. The Google settlement also has many implications for libraries.

Libraries must keep current as to changes in the materials available, especially e‐resources and be prepared to negotiate with their vendors in order to agree on prices and conditions of licensing. The proliferation of e‐resources by subscription is changing the way libraries acquire and provide materials.

This paper provides as up‐to‐date review of a conference which focuses on acquisitions and collection development issues.