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Wednesday 15 August 2007

7 days of library news:

Attainment: New Books Next Week, Vol. 1
US publication.
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 14 August 2007

CILIP lambasts library 'spin doctoring'
theBookseller.com, Monday 13 August 2007

Full-text Searching in Books
LISNews, Monday 13 August 2007

Computers Are a Path to the New Literacy for Poor
LISNews, Monday 13 August 2007

Open Library
Interview with the founder (via Library Link of the Day).
insidehighered.com, Monday 13 August 2007

Library Stacks and Shelving
Article. (Via Librariansworld.com.)
Libris Design Project, Monday 13 August 2007

10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library
(Via Librariansworld.com.)
ALA, Monday 13 August 2007

World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council
(Via Librariansworld.com.)
IFLA, Monday 13 August 2007

The Romance of Romance Novels
LISNews, Sunday 12 August 2007

What's the Coolest Place to Hang Out? The SFPL
LISNews, Sunday 12 August 2007

Coming to A Town Near You? The Itinerant Poetry Librarian
LISNews, Saturday 11 August 2007

Love Libraries Award finalists announced
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 11 August 2007

Patron saint of librarians and archivists
"August 10 is the feast day of St. Lawrence the Librarian"
PUBLIB, Friday 10 August 2007

Follow-up On That Colorado Library Theft
"while there are many problems in the world, people using the library too much really isn't one of them"
LISNews, Friday 10 August 2007

Why are libraries homeless shelters?
LISNews, Friday 10 August 2007

Libraries live on
"changing with the times"
LISNews, Friday 10 August 2007

Iraq library 'under threat'
theBookseller.com, Friday 10 August 2007

Two Library History Timelines
ResourceShelf, Friday 10 August 2007

Library Automation Survey
PUBLIB, Thursday 9 August 2007

A city built on books
"Edinburgh International Book Festival"
LISNews, Thursday 9 August 2007

Library to Become Candy Land
"the library is supposed to be a fun place"
LISNews, Thursday 9 August 2007

New Zealand Toy libraries offer families huge savings
LISNews, Thursday 9 August 2007

21 Tips to Deal with Info Overload
LISNews, Thursday 9 August 2007

SC library awaits nation change to abandon Dewey Decimal
LISNews, Thursday 9 August 2007

REVIEW: THE READERS' ADVISORY GUIDE TO NONFICTION
Ex Libris, Thursday 9 August 2007

Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication and Community Online
Book review.
FreePint, Thursday 9 August 2007

An Entire Bookshelf, in Your Hands
"virtual bookshelf"
LISNews, Wednesday 8 August 2007

Algeria: Nuns' Library a Valuable Resource for Scholars in Muslim Nation
LISNews, Wednesday 8 August 2007

Canadian builds libraries a world away
"mountain rural areas of Tanzania"
LISNews, Wednesday 8 August 2007

Rain makes libraries a hit
Wales.
LISNews, Wednesday 8 August 2007

Linux-based e-book boasts "brightest and fastest" e-paper
LISNews, Wednesday 8 August 2007

Am I a 2.0 Librarian and the Library 2.0 Spectrum (blog post)
Libraries and emerging technologies (via a blog post from deargreenplace).
davidleeking.com, Wednesday 8 August 2007

Crossroads Newsletter
Includes an article on a library using Twitter to "connect with peers and keep their patrons informed of their goings-on".
Webjunction, Wednesday 8 August 2007

Booker's 'low-key' dozen
"Man Booker prize"
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 8 August 2007

Timbuktu Hopes Ancient Texts Spark a Revival
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The New York Times, Wednesday 8 August 2007

From Dowdy to Hip
"Technology turns library science from spinster to suddenly sexy"
LISNews, Wednesday 8 August 2007

Mobile library leaves trail of bookworms
Hindustan Times.
LISNews, Wednesday 8 August 2007