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Wednesday 25 July 2007

7 days of library news:

What Boomers Want
US focus. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
Library Journal, Tuesday 24 July 2007

Hey, Another Collaborative Librarian Blog...on Google
"eighth issue of Google's newsletter ... Librarian Central"
LISNews, Monday 23 July 2007

Cyber-Bullying Facebook Group Targets Librarian
LISNews, Monday 23 July 2007

Cyberbooks
"predicting ebooks"
LISNews, Monday 23 July 2007

Cites & Insights 7:9 available
PUBLIB, Monday 23 July 2007

Surprise Edwardian bestseller
"25th place in Amazon's top 100"
theBookseller.com, Monday 23 July 2007

Ex-Navy man to head MLA
theBookseller.com, Monday 23 July 2007

Guantanamo's Library: Adding Insult to Injury
LISNews, Monday 23 July 2007

A Librarian's Work: Intellectual and Physical
"injuries ... while emptying a book-return bin", "partial tear of ... left bicep".
LISNews, Saturday 21 July 2007

You're Not A CEO But You Could Read Like One
"the reading of the CEOs"
LISNews, Saturday 21 July 2007

Final Potter does not disappoint
Review.
BBC News, Saturday 21 July 2007

Discord Over Dewey
More on Perry Branch Library, Gilbert, Arizona
LISNews, Friday 20 July 2007

Audio Visual Supplier Selection
David McMenemy suggests some issues for debate on the topic of supplier selection (be sure to take a look at the rest of the thread).
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 20 July 2007

LAMPOST: LISU’s New Statistical Compilation for the Information Economy (UK)
ResourceShelf, Friday 20 July 2007

Your Potter stories in 100 words
"the entire story of the six books so far in 100 words"
BBC News, Friday 20 July 2007

The Complete List Of Library Related Conferences
LISNews, Thursday 19 July 2007

Librarians Sound Off About 'Hipness'
Comment on the story A Hipper Crowd of Shushers.
LISNews, Thursday 19 July 2007

California Educators Help a Village Library in Burkina Faso
LISNews, Thursday 19 July 2007

Vatican Library closure irks scholars
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
BBC News, Wednesday 18 July 2007

Harry Potter Spoilers Spread Story on Internet
LISNews, Wednesday 18 July 2007

Newman wins first novel prize
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 18 July 2007

Young poet shortlisted for Forward Prize
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 18 July 2007

Alastair Campbell misses top spot
"Alastair Campbell's much talked-about diaries sold 23,956 copies last week--the highest hardback non-fiction weekly sale..." (subscription article).
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 18 July 2007

Supplier Selection-summary of responses
Mini survey.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 18 July 2007

The Open Library
"The Open Library website was created by the Internet Archive to demonstrate a way that books can be represented online." (Via lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries.)
Internet Archive, Wednesday 18 July 2007

Demise of the Local Catalog
"People generally want to find everything they can on a topic..." (via Library Link of the Day).
Library Journal, Wednesday 18 July 2007