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Wednesday 28 March 2007

7 days of library news:

Plain Jane is no fox
Jane Austen.
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 27 March 2007

Libraries close their books
"...electronic texts may never totally replace books, particularly fiction, but school libraries will continue to steadily reduce their printed material" (via Library Link of the Day).
The Age, Monday 26 March 2007

Huge investment in Canada Water library
"a new, £8.5m flagship public library" (subscription article, subscribe cost free).
theBookseller.com, Monday 26 March 2007

A guide to book towns
theBookseller.com, Monday 26 March 2007

The No Asshole Rule
Book, "Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't."
LISNews, Sunday 25 March 2007

New Book: Librarianship and Human Rights
LISNews, Sunday 25 March 2007

Digital bookmarks
"for paper books." (Broken link fixed.)
LISNews, Saturday 24 March 2007

'Digital dark ages' haunt archivists
"Archives ... are sources of memory, information and action. They play an essential role in the development of society... "
LISNews, Friday 23 March 2007

Library is heaven for book sellers
"Cherry Hill Library's March sale"
LISNews, Friday 23 March 2007

Potential Partnership between Netflix and Brooklyn PL
"movies that Netflix would provide for library patrons for free"
LISNews, Friday 23 March 2007

ABC in Australia: New Show "The Librarians"
LISNews, Friday 23 March 2007

How Google Books is Changing Academic History
"a new age of scholarship"
LISNews, Friday 23 March 2007

Strike brings chaos to UK libraries
Hampshire County Council.
LISNews, Friday 23 March 2007

Library theft and police involvement
US article.
LISNews, Friday 23 March 2007

Top Ten Best Sellers of 2027
Humour.
LISNews, Friday 23 March 2007

Meet Jeremy John, the first curator of digital manuscripts, at the British Library.
"they [digital manuscripts] constitute an increasingly large part of our cultural record"
ResourceShelf, Friday 23 March 2007

Web revolution for books
"Far from being killed off by the web, books have been reinvented on a bigger scale."
theBookseller.com, Thursday 22 March 2007

UK Schools refuse gifts of 'boring' classics
The Millennium Library Trust.
LISNews, Wednesday 21 March 2007

Libraries tackle child porn risk
Scottish Borders Council.
LISNews, Wednesday 21 March 2007