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Wednesday 18 July 2007

7 days of library news:

Amazon as primary catalogue
Firefox extension.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 17 July 2007

Attainment: New Books Out Next Week
US publication.
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 17 July 2007

A Long Look @ Service Oriented Library Systems
LISNews, Monday 16 July 2007

W. Somerset Maugham Question
LISNews, Monday 16 July 2007

Libraries facilitate open access to information with open source software
(Via Librariansworld.com.)
linux.com, Monday 16 July 2007

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs
(Via Librariansworld.com.)
CLIR, Monday 16 July 2007

Free audiobooks by people you've heard of
LISNews, Sunday 15 July 2007

Dewey? At This Library With a Very Different Outlook, They Don't
Library is "one of the first in the nation to have abandoned the Dewey Decimal System of classifying books" (via Library Link of the Day).
The New York Times, Sunday 15 July 2007

The End User: Byte-sized e-books
Books by email.
LISNews, Friday 13 July 2007

Read Responsibly: The Book
"The newest Unshelved collection"
LISNews, Friday 13 July 2007

Random plans Patterson blitz
"James Patterson will nearly double his annual output to eight books a year when he moves to the Random House Group next February, adding non-fiction, a graphic novel and more romance and teen fiction to his mainstay of thrillers.In a..." (subscription article).
theBookseller.com, Friday 13 July 2007

Librarians: Stereotype 2.0
Librarians and image (blog post).
My Library World, Thursday 12 July 2007

Automated phone renewals
Request for information.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 12 July 2007

WiFi in libraries
Request for information.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 12 July 2007

“Gray Literature” One of Several New Words and Senses Added to 2007 Update of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition
ResourceShelf, Thursday 12 July 2007

Librarian of Congress, James Billington, Interviewed on C-SPAN
ResourceShelf, Thursday 12 July 2007

Libraries let you borrow online
"digital-media collections from which patrons download materials to their home computers" (via Library Link of the Day).
The Wichita Eagle, Thursday 12 July 2007

Haines PL Offers RSS and More through OPAC
LISNews, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Survey About 4th Edition of Connecting Young Adults & Libraries
LISNews, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Librarian Serves Up Manga Seminar for Adults
"comic books"
LISNews, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Shelfari joins Facebook
"Social media site Shelfari has joined with Facebook, another social networking site, to launch the new Shelfari Facebook application, which will allow users to put all their books on a virtual bookshelf and feature them on a Facebook..." (subscription article).
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 11 July 2007

TRA plots website for teens
The Reading Agency.
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Library loans online
An interesting idea, request for input also.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Web Treasure Hunt (Westminster Libraries)
"staff-training tool"
Westminster Libraries, Wednesday 11 July 2007

The Westminster Libraries Gateway to Websites
Westminster Libraries, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals
Book review.
FreePint, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Crossroads July 2007
Newsletter.
WebJunction, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Libraries without books?
"The library of the future"
LISNews, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Medical Information for the Patient
"information therapy"
LISNews, Wednesday 11 July 2007

From the Mouth of Harry's Creator...a few Choice Tidbits
LISNews, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Beirut selected as World Book Capital 2009
UNESCO.
LISNews, Wednesday 11 July 2007

Embracing Intangible Law Libraries
The evolution of libraries.
LISNews, Wednesday 11 July 2007