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Wednesday 28 February 2007

7 days of library news:

Camel Book Drive
"...the camel-borne library actually exists. It operates in Kenya's isolated Northeastern Province near the unstable border with Somalia"
LISNews, Wednesday 21 February 2007

Unshelved Hits 5!
"the popular daily comic strip about a library"
LISNews, Wednesday 21 February 2007

Tokyo librarians to vanish by attrition
"In many ways, 'a librarian is like an artisan'". (Library Link of the Day, 22/02/07.)
The Japan Times, Wednesday 21 February 2007

MLA to decide library purpose
"The Museums, Libraries & Archives Council (MLA) is launching a public consultation to help decide on an 'unequivocal statement of purpose' for public libraries."
theBookseller.com, Thursday 22 February 2007

ResourceShelf weekly Archive for Libraries and Librarianship
Current edition now online.
ResourceShelf, Thursday 22 February 2007

Britain's greatest living author. Not.
theBookseller.com, Friday 23 February 2007

Shift Happens
"slideshow which summarizes some of the changes taking place around the globe these days"
LISNews, Friday 23 February 2007

Bradbury Spent $9.80 To Write Fahrenheit 451 @ the UCLA Library
LISNews, Friday 23 February 2007

Millions of Videos, and Now a Way to Search Inside Them
(Library Link of the Day, 25/02/07.)
The New York Times, Sunday 25 February 2007

Attainment: New Books Out Next Week
US publication.
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 27 February 2007