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Wednesday 24 October 2007

7 days of library news:

Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web
"The Open Content Alliance" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The New York Times, Tuesday 23 October 2007

"three library comic strips"
(Via This Week in LibraryBlogLand (October 22, 2007).)
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 23 October 2007

Personal Branding for Professional Development
"Weekly Tips" - web presence.
WebJunction, Tuesday 23 October 2007

Dudley and Dorset
The Good Library Blog, Tuesday 23 October 2007

Coates ends library blog
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 23 October 2007

Attainment: New Books Next Week, Vol. 1
US publication.
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 23 October 2007

Library of Congress joins UNESCO for online global library
"World Digital Library" (Via Librarians world.)
AFP, Tuesday 23 October 2007

World Digital Library's prototype unveiled
(Via Librarians world.)
International Herald Tribune, Tuesday 23 October 2007

Google and Microsoft Rebuffed In Favor of the Open Content Alliance
LISNews, Monday 22 October 2007

Traffic has a fan in 'books on tape' publisher
An unusual angle on marketing. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Monday 22 October 2007

Library Book Scanning: Not an Open-and-Shut Case
"Quotation of the Day"
Shelf Awareness, Monday 22 October 2007

Directory of Experimental Library Tools
iLibrarian, Monday 22 October 2007

Mashable’s Best Resources Online
Formulated as a Squidoo lens.
iLibrarian, Monday 22 October 2007

New Show Down Under...The Librarians
LISNews, Sunday 21 October 2007

Man Booker Novels Will Be Available to All Online
LISNews, Sunday 21 October 2007

LibVibe: The Librarian Newscast
LISNews, Sunday 21 October 2007

'Little Mistakes' Let You Pick Plot
Novel "allows readers to choose which plot lines to follow".
LISNews, Sunday 21 October 2007

Banned Books Week honors freedom, diversity of ideas
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday 21 October 2007

Your Guide to Virtual Worlds
iLibrarian, Sunday 21 October 2007

E-books multiply, but who's reading them?
LISNews, Saturday 20 October 2007

Surprise! Internet actually a boon for books
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Reuters, Friday 19 October 2007

What's in the Vatican Secret Archives?
LISNews, Friday 19 October 2007

Open Source OPAC Market Penetration-beta 2
US libraries.
LISNews, Friday 19 October 2007

Famed German Library Restored After Fire
LISNews, Friday 19 October 2007

Dr. Librarian: Physician adds literacy to health care mix
LISNews, Friday 19 October 2007

RO: Romanian public libraries to use Open Source
LISNews, Friday 19 October 2007

How to be a public servant
Tim Coates' blog comes to an end.
The Good Library Blog, Friday 19 October 2007

Lean Years for the British novel, Publishers Say
LISNews, Thursday 18 October 2007

Information Re/Evolution
"This video deals with the search for information and has some relevance for libraries and librarians."
LISNews, Thursday 18 October 2007

UNESCO and LoC will build World Digital Library
LISNews, Thursday 18 October 2007

Resources of the Week: AudioBooksForFree
ResourceShelf, Thursday 18 October 2007

ResourceShelf’s Sunday Best (RSB) #4: The Online Books Page
ResourceShelf, Thursday 18 October 2007

New Fact Sheet: Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage at a click of a mouse
ResourceShelf, Thursday 18 October 2007

The latest edition of LIBRES (Volume 17, Issue 2) is now available
LIBRES, Thursday 18 October 2007

Positive Uses of Social Networking in Libraries
(Via Neat New Stuff.)
YALSA, Thursday 18 October 2007

Booker shortlist 'will not be free'
"electronic editions of Man Booker Prize shortlisted novels"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 18 October 2007

Is 'out of print' outdated?
theBookseller.com, Thursday 18 October 2007

The Future of Electronic Paper
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Future of Things, Thursday 18 October 2007

Anne Enright wins the Booker
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 17 October 2007

Polish and Spit
"The Bookseller today reports that the Government is about to finish off the public library service..."
The Good Library Blog, Wednesday 17 October 2007

Libraries Using Facebook Flyers
iLibrarian, Wednesday 17 October 2007

Web 2.0 & Libraries Part 2
"new Library Technology Report"
iLibrarian, Wednesday 17 October 2007

Photos of the Minsk library at night
LISNews, Wednesday 17 October 2007

An overview of the first fifteen years of PUBLIB
LISNews, Wednesday 17 October 2007

Anne Enright Wins the Booker
LISNews, Wednesday 17 October 2007

Library Collections in Swahili
"the British Library"
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 17 October 2007

Budget fallout: libraries at risk
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 17 October 2007

Attainment: New Books Out Next Week
US publication.
Shelf Awareness, Wednesday 17 October 2007

UK Man Banned from Library for Refusing the Help of a Homosexual Librarian
LISNews, Wednesday 17 October 2007

National Dictionary Day - Free OLDO Access!
LISNews, Wednesday 17 October 2007

Booker winner's tragic tale
BBC News, Wednesday 17 October 2007

Outsider Enright wins Booker race
BBC News, Wednesday 17 October 2007