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Wednesday 16 May 2007

7 days of library news:

Attainment: New Books Out Next Week
US publication.
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 15 May 2007

LG Philips Launches Bendable E-Paper Color Monitor
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
PC World, Tuesday 15 May 2007

Amazon launches podcast network
"Amazon.com launched its new podcasting network, with four channels of free content: Amazon BookClips, Music You Should Hear, Significant Seven and Amazon Wire. The company plans to launch several more channels in the coming months." Amazon Podcasts (Subscription article.)
theBookseller.com, Monday 14 May 2007

Letter: Wake Libraries Wrong To Ban MySpace
"Public libraries are a place where people should be able to access whatever information they want, not a place where the right to information is held back from the public." (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Raleigh Chronicle, Sunday 13 May 2007

Book Burning Memorial in Berlin
LISNews, Saturday 12 May 2007

"Cunning Librarians" Save Muslim Library
LISNews, Friday 11 May 2007

Meet Dionne Mack-Harvin, Director of the Brooklyn Public Library
"when you work in a library, 'at the end of the day you can go home knowing you've done something good.'"
LISNews, Friday 11 May 2007

Definitely Punny, Maybe Funny?
Humour.
LISNews, Friday 11 May 2007

Jessamyn Installs Ubuntu Linux on Her Computers, To a Zydeco Tune
That's Linux pronounced Lyn-ux btw.
LISNews, Friday 11 May 2007

Librarian title dropped
"Hampshire County Council is to drop the title 'librarian' and downgrade the position's requirements so that staff no longer need to be qualified with a librarianship degree" (subscription article).
theBookseller.com, Friday 11 May 2007

Southern California Library Focuses on Immediate Needs
"Is your library 'Deteriorated. Outdated. Ill-kept. Dilapidated. Tired. Shoddy. Threadbare.'?"
LISNews, Thursday 10 May 2007

US-based nonprofit builds libraries for street children in Africa
LISNews, Thursday 10 May 2007

More than Books
"the ways supporting your local library can be good for your wallet"
LISNews, Wednesday 9 May 2007

On this day, Dewey first classified
LISNews, Wednesday 9 May 2007

CA Librarians Remain Committed to Free Access
"Free access of information is more valuable than the chance that somebody would see porn"
LISNews, Wednesday 9 May 2007