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Wednesday 14 November 2007

7 days of library news:

Wigan artist gets library date
wigantoday.net, Tuesday 13 November 2007

Former librarian fears for library
"Ealing"
Ealing TIMES, Tuesday 13 November 2007

Fun Book of the Day
LISNews, Tuesday 13 November 2007

Secret librarian handshake revealed!
"Mr. Library Man"
LISNews, Tuesday 13 November 2007

Conference Presentations
iLibrarian, Monday 12 November 2007

We’re leaving libraries to rot in Capital of Culture
"Liverpool"
LIVERPOOL ECHO.co.uk, Monday 12 November 2007

Jiang Rong wins Man Asian Prize
"best of new Asian literature that has not yet been published"
theBookseller.com, Monday 12 November 2007

Virtual Cleveland Public Library
"online world Second Life"
LISNews, Monday 12 November 2007

T-shirt of the week: Library Genius 2.0
(Via This Week in LibraryBlogLand (November 12, 2007).)
LISNews, Monday 12 November 2007

Cllr Mike Cox - Gazette Article November 2007
"Hillingdon Council"
Hillingdon Liberal Democrats, Sunday 11 November 2007

Much Loved, Now Much Used
Libraries "re-evaluate their purpose".
LISNews, Saturday 10 November 2007

New library for kids
"state-of the art centre for children"
Slough and Windsor Observer, Saturday 10 November 2007

Funding for British library to rise to 100 million in 2010
Public Technoloogy.net, Friday 9 November 2007

Library wins prestigious award
"UK and Ireland Public Library Building Awards 2007"
Worthing Herald, Friday 9 November 2007

Doctors set to prescribe books
"Forth Valley"
BBC News, Friday 9 November 2007

Why Not Catch 21?: The Stories Behind the Titles
"Catch-22"
Shelf Awareness, Friday 9 November 2007

Library plans still up in the air
"Cofton Hackett"
Bromsgrove Standard, Thursday 8 November 2007

Libraries: Taster sessions planned
"family history"
Lynn News, Thursday 8 November 2007

Is Infotopia coming, or not?
"Google's digitization efforts"
LISNews, Thursday 8 November 2007

Strabane Library Celebrates National Bookstart Day and Parenting Week
"young children who share books with adults learn about 70 new words a week..."
StrabaneChronicle, Thursday 8 November 2007

Briefs: YouTube Tools & Gobs of Other Services to Host & Share Video Content on the Internet
ResourceShelf, Thursday 8 November 2007

Interview With Beth Jefferson, BiblioCommons Founder
"environments for social discovery of resources that are cataloged not only by librarians, but also by patrons..."
LISNews, Thursday 8 November 2007

NELINET & PALINET combine resources to create online “Technology Sandbox” for libraries
"PALINET and NELINET, two multi-state, multi-type library networks, announce a cooperative venture, the Technology Sandbox, to offer their members access to a combined online testbed for emerging technologies. From sampling a wide array of open source software to exploring selected commercial applications, participants are able to keep up with new products and functionality in library software. Additionally, participants can evaluate the best applications for their specific needs."
Biblio Tech, Wednesday 7 November 2007

Historic library set for £250,000 revamp
"BIRKENHEAD"
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST.co.uk, Wednesday 7 November 2007

Library 'looks like cold war bunker'
"Haringey"
Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal, Wednesday 7 November 2007

A new chapter for library
"Redcar and Cleveland Council"
gazettelive.co.uk, Wednesday 7 November 2007

Lottery boost for library plans
"Hertfordshire"
BBC News, Wednesday 7 November 2007

Booking a place as top librarian
"Top Ten New Librarians"
BBC News, Wednesday 7 November 2007

Cutting edge IT system for county libraries
"library-goers will be notified electronically when items are available for collection or due for renewal..."
NORTH-WEST Evening Mail, Wednesday 7 November 2007

Merthyr Tydfil is first Welsh library to implement 2CQR's new Baby selfservice unit
"Merthyr Tydfil public library is the latest to benefit from the collaboration between Talis and self-service provider 2CQR. Merthyr Tydfil was the first Welsh library to adopt 2CQR's new self-service Baby units and has now extended this to Dowlais Community Library. This new implementation will benefit everyone by speeding up transactions, enabling staff to concentrate on inquiries and progress the development of 'self-service' access times for customers. Serving almost 260,000 visitors annually, this new RFID based implementation enables greater efficiencies across their static and mobile libraries."
Biblio Tech, Wednesday 7 November 2007

Alchemists of British Library preserve heritage
LISNews, Wednesday 7 November 2007