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Wednesday 8 August 2007

7 days of library news:

Current issue of LIBRES
New research in Library and Information Science.
LIBRES, Tuesday 7 August 2007

Indies shine on Booker's dozen
"2007 Man Booker Prize for Fiction"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 7 August 2007

Research request: questionnaire
"attitudes of public librarians and library assistants regarding ethical issues"
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 7 August 2007

Research request: questionnaire: Importance of Journals
"the importance and usage of journals, particularly Public Library Journal, among public librarians"
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 7 August 2007

Attainment: New Books Out Next Week
US publication.
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 7 August 2007

August issue of Biblio Tech Review
OpenGalaxy 3, Staffordshire, Wadsworth, Library of Scotland, Liverpool, British Library.
Biblio Tech, Tuesday 7 August 2007

WA Teen Librarian Promises To Dye Her Hair
"summer reading program"
LISNews, Monday 6 August 2007

The Highs and the Lows of Rankings on Amazon
"Amazon.com sales rankings"
LISNews, Monday 6 August 2007

Library Cutbacks are Shortsighted Solution
"Tribute to libraries..."
LISNews, Monday 6 August 2007

Poole Libraries (UK) integrate Intellident’s RFID-based sce solution with Talis’ Library Management System
"Poole is the first Talis customer to take advantage of the self-payment facility provided by Intellident’s Paragon self-service product. This allows library users to pay for items on their account as they issue to return without the inconvenience of further queuing."
Biblio Tech Review, Monday 6 August 2007

Current issue of ASSOCIATES
"a forum for and about library support staff issues"
ASSOCIATES, Monday 6 August 2007

Hague top read for MPs
"survey of MPs' summer reading habits, released by Waterstone's"
theBookseller.com, Monday 6 August 2007

Spacecraft To Carry Library To Mars
(Via Librariansworld.com.)
CBS News, Monday 6 August 2007

Evaluating the Impact of Your Library
Book review. (Via Librariansworld.com.)
Ariadne, Monday 6 August 2007

Next Time Buy a 'Withdrawn' Stamp.
Library thefts.
LISNews, Sunday 5 August 2007

Recycling Library...A Fresh Idea Down the Jersey Shore
LISNews, Sunday 5 August 2007

Venezuela's four-legged mobile libraries
"A university in Venezuela is using a novel method to take books into remote communities..."
BBC News, Saturday 4 August 2007

Market review of Local Government Library IT
"Ken Chad Consulting"
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 3 August 2007

Library books for migrant workers
Scotland.
theBookseller.com, Friday 3 August 2007

The Future of Library Science (Podcast)
"president of the American Library Association"
ResourceShelf, Friday 3 August 2007

Research Paper: Rethinking the catalogue
ResourceShelf, Friday 3 August 2007

Simon Edwards appointed consultant to BIC’s e4libraries project
"project funded by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council"
ResourceShelf, Friday 3 August 2007

WikiMindMap
(Via Internet Resources Newsletter, August 2007.)
WikiMindMap, Friday 3 August 2007

Information management guru - Roddy MacLeod
Interview (via Internet Resources Newsletter, August 2007, requires registration).
Emerald, Friday 3 August 2007

Good circulation . . .
"Internet helps libraries, despite predictions it would spell the end" (via Library Link of the Day).
The Boston Globe, Thursday 2 August 2007

Times Savors Taste of the Espresso Book Machine
"...the 'far end of the back list,' those books that are out of print or for which there is so little demand that it would be too costly to print a few hundred copies, let alone one"
Shelf Awareness, Thursday 2 August 2007

Getting Ready to Open: The Open Library
"an 'online catalogue of every book ever published...'"
LISNews, Wednesday 1 August 2007

Self service available in libraries
"the first authority to announce the mass deployment of the technology across a whole county from day one" (via a blog post from deargreenplace).
eGov monitor, Wednesday 1 August 2007

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About HP7 /If You Don't Want To Know, Skip It
LISNews, Wednesday 1 August 2007

Librarians Hottie Calendar
>From The Spoof.
LISNews, Wednesday 1 August 2007