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Wednesday 27 June 2007

7 days of library news:

Reader Development as a Core Library Function
Library Student Journal, Tuesday 26 June 2007

Attainment: New Books Out Next Week
US publication.
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 26 June 2007

Harry Potter printer turned into fortress
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 26 June 2007

Comics fans, grow up!
"Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean" (via Library Link of the Day).
Salon, Tuesday 26 June 2007

Finally Hitting the Silver Screen...The Hollywood Librarian
The movie.
LISNews, Monday 25 June 2007

Faculty-Librarian Collaboration on Developing Reading Skills in Tertiary Institutions
A quiet revolution is taking place in the Nigerian higher education system. Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), prevailing unemployment, and competition by graduates for limited employment spaces are forcing faculty to rethink the curriculum in most academic disciplines, in terms of content and teaching for functional education and nation building. This paper looks at higher education in Nigeria and the role of academic librarians as partners in promoting skills for entrepreneurial education in Nigeria. It reviews the state of ICT in some Nigerian universities and hindrances to the effective use of university libraries in Nigeria for instructional purposes. The paper concludes that librarians have the challenge to aid in effectively and successfully incorporating reading skills into the academic curriculum for entrepreneurial education.
Library Philosophy and Practice, Monday 25 June 2007

Skeptical Medical Reference: Helping Patrons Find Critical Resources for Consumer Health Issues
With the popularization of the Internet, there has been a vast proliferation of consumer health material available to the public. Unfortunately, this has only accelerated a pre-existing trend- the fact that much of the material made available is unproven, unreliable, or outright fraud. This requires librarians to make a choice: are they passive and uncritical dispensers of information or are they critical educators who help patrons choose the best information available? In this article we examine the issues facing librarians in this matter and presents skeptical materials that may help librarians to answer critical health questions.
Library Philosophy and Practice, Monday 25 June 2007

The Internet gives birth to an 'official' online library
"the Internet Archive is now considered a library"
LISNews, Sunday 24 June 2007

Print-On-Demand for Out-of-Print Books
"Amazon's print-on-demand division 'BookSurge'"
LISNews, Sunday 24 June 2007

Frank Streeter Library Sale
BookTV program.
LISNews, Sunday 24 June 2007

Debut of the Espresso Book Machine
"can print, bind and trim a book, producing a high-quality paperback"
LISNews, Friday 22 June 2007

Competition to find the greatest hidden treasures in UK libraries
"the British Library"
LISNews, Friday 22 June 2007

Youths drive pensioners from libraries
Hampshire.
theBookseller.com, Friday 22 June 2007

New POD machine unveiled
"prints and delivers books on demand"
theBookseller.com, Friday 22 June 2007

Pullman’s first novel tops poll of favourite books for children
TIMESONLINE, Friday 22 June 2007

Pullman tops Carnegie vote
"Philip Pullman has been voted the public’s all-time favourite Carnegie winner, attracting around 40% of the public vote for Northern Lights" (subscription article).
theBookseller.com, Friday 22 June 2007

Virtual book, real money
E-books (via Library Link of the Day).
Business 2.0 Magazine, Friday 22 June 2007

Bridging the LIS-Practitioner Gap: Some Frames for Research
Newly published article.
Library Philosophy and Practice, Friday 22 June 2007

Drug-users force closure of UK library toilets
Swindon.
LISNews, Thursday 21 June 2007

Nigeria: Trade in Secondhand Magazines and Books is Flourishing
LISNews, Thursday 21 June 2007

UK Libraries embrace coffee culture
Ealing.
LISNews, Thursday 21 June 2007

Sorting Books...Differently
"sorting books as an artistic form"
LISNews, Thursday 21 June 2007

Networking of technical libraries emphasised in India
LISNews, Thursday 21 June 2007

Indian Libraries to get boost from Lotteries Department
LISNews, Thursday 21 June 2007

UK: In Search of the Top New Librarians
"Love Libraries campaign"
ResourceShelf, Thursday 21 June 2007

Conference Proceedings: IFLA’s Metropolitan Libraries Section Conference
ResourceShelf, Thursday 21 June 2007

Progress in synthetic classification: towards unique definition of concepts
ResourceShelf, Thursday 21 June 2007

Webcast: LIS Education: LiS ClassCast - International and Comparative Librarian Course
ResourceShelf, Thursday 21 June 2007

Rosoff and Grey win library awards
"CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 21 June 2007

Literary social networks boom
theBookseller.com, Thursday 21 June 2007

The New Metrics of Scholarly Authority
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Thursday 21 June 2007

Papua New Guinea public libraries: Out of touch with the information age
LISNews, Wednesday 20 June 2007

China establishes more than 30,000 rural libraries
LISNews, Wednesday 20 June 2007

Lifehacker Loves Libraries
"personal development site Lifehacker"
LISNews, Wednesday 20 June 2007

Unshelved announces the second PIMP MY BOOKCART Contest
LISNews, Wednesday 20 June 2007