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Wednesday 2 January 2008

7 days of library news:

Closing the libraries
"an article in today's Daily Mail"
The Good Library Blog, Tuesday 1 January 2008

LIS Future:A Library Mentor and Leadership Development Wiki
LISNews, Monday 31 December 2007

Frugality in Practice: Using the Public Library
The Distant Librarian, Monday 31 December 2007

Getting a Grip on Information Overload
iLibrarian, Monday 31 December 2007

Ann's idea taken on by libraries
"baskets to carry books"
This Is Lancashire, Monday 31 December 2007

World’s largest floating library goes to Subic
(Via Librariansworld.)
INQUIRER.net, Monday 31 December 2007

The Library Of Congress In Your Wrist Watch?
(Via Librariansworld.)
Science Daily, Monday 31 December 2007

Working toward a new generation of library automation
(Via Librariansworld.)
Library Technology Guides, Monday 31 December 2007

Anger at library cuts as ministers admit 40 have closed this year
The Independent, Monday 31 December 2007

Parents urged to read to children
"National Year of Reading 2008"
BBC News, Monday 31 December 2007

Post details: Blind and Physically Handicapped Read More than the General Population
US study. (Via Library Journal.)
Literacy News, Sunday 30 December 2007

Survey: Techie Gen Y Is Also Library-Savvy
US study. (Generation Y.)
TechNewsWorld, Sunday 30 December 2007

Iranian Invents Multilingual Talking Book Reader
LISNews, Sunday 30 December 2007

U.S.'s first Carnegie Library in jeopardy
LISNews, Sunday 30 December 2007

InfoTech: OverDrive Supporting IDPF's Epub Ebook Standard
Library Journal, Sunday 30 December 2007

’Tis the season for respecting copyright, fa la la ...
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Times, Sunday 30 December 2007

Library strives to serve homeless
LISNews, Saturday 29 December 2007

Dictionaries: Oxford English Dictionary Adds New Words
(Via Library Journal.)
ResourceShelf, Saturday 29 December 2007

The Physical Library in the 21st Century?
David Lee King, Saturday 29 December 2007

British Library sacks curator for keeping historic book in car boot
TIMESONLINE, Saturday 29 December 2007

Gilbert leads global bestsellers
"bestselling writer in the Nielsen-measured English-speaking book world over Christmas"
theBookseller.com, Friday 28 December 2007

Don't let DRM get between you and a good book
"ebook readers"
LISNews, Thursday 27 December 2007

To Genre Label or Not to Genre Label...
"fiction"
LISNews, Thursday 27 December 2007

Libraries and Social Networking
"Cliff Landis writes about how libraries are utilizing social networking websites"
iLibrarian, Thursday 27 December 2007

11 Top New Web Apps of 2007
LISNews, Thursday 27 December 2007

Befriend your library
"friends of the library" scheme.
Daventry Express, Thursday 27 December 2007

Libraries Continue to lure teens
LISNews, Wednesday 26 December 2007