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Wednesday 9 January 2008

7 days of library news:

Offensive contempt for Parliament
"Gerald Kaufman's Select Committee report of March 2005"
The Good Library Blog, Tuesday 8 January 2008

"Tech Tips for Every Librarian" Articles
iLibrarian, Tuesday 8 January 2008

Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks
iLibrarian, Tuesday 8 January 2008

Government launches National Year of Reading
eGov monitor, Tuesday 8 January 2008

Targeted Killings
"They have turned our national archive into a military target"
Asharq Alawsat, Tuesday 8 January 2008

LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP DRIVE LAUNCHED IN WALES
"Wales, which already has the highest proportion of active members of public libraries in the UK..."
PublicNet, Tuesday 8 January 2008

The Baghdad librarian's story
BBC News, Tuesday 8 January 2008

Brown launches Year of Reading
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 8 January 2008

How Much is a Free Public Library Worth in Cash?
LISNews, Monday 7 January 2008

ROY HATTERSLEY: Why closing local libraries is a tragedy for us all
Daily Mail, Monday 7 January 2008

The Well-Wired Use Libraries More
US study. (Via Library Journal.)
Reading Rockets, Monday 7 January 2008

Study: Young adults heavy library users
US study. (Via Library Journal.)
Yahoo! News, Monday 7 January 2008

Baghdad Booksellers: 'What Matters Is that They're Here'
Quotation of the Day
Shelf Awareness, Monday 7 January 2008

Annotated list of things not to forget (in the 2.0 craze)…
(Via Library Journal.)
Library Juice, Sunday 6 January 2008

Book Bound. No. 1.5.2008.7
"trimming my book collection..." (Via Library Journal.)
Librarian, Sunday 6 January 2008

It's big, it's bold - but are the citizens of the Czech capital ready for this?
"a national library ... [for] Prague"
Guardian Unlimited, Sunday 6 January 2008

Every Kind of Web Marketing
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 5 January 2008

Reading Group support in public libraries
Research request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 5 January 2008

The growing value of old books
LISNews, Friday 4 January 2008

Letters in the Independent: Libraries pandering to the fashionable cult of ignorance
The Good Library Blog, Friday 4 January 2008

Blended Learning: Tools for Teaching & Training
Book review.
Internet Resources Newsletter, Friday 4 January 2008

Collaborative Collection Management
"the management of traditional library collections and the additional value which working collaboratively can bring to this activity" (Via Internet Resources Newsletter, Issue 158.)
CCM, Friday 4 January 2008

Code4Lib Journal
"the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future" (Via Internet Resources Newsletter, Issue 158.)
The Code4Lib Journal, Friday 4 January 2008

Book Aid International
Charity. (Via Internet Resources Newsletter, Issue 158.)
Book Aid International, Friday 4 January 2008

The Accidental Technology Trainer
Book.
Information Today, Inc., Friday 4 January 2008

SirsiDynix Symphony 3.2 Is Now Available
Information Today, Inc., Friday 4 January 2008

Got a manuscript? Publishing now a snap
"on-demand publishing"
The Boston Globe, Friday 4 January 2008

A New Look From the European Library
ResourceShelf, Friday 4 January 2008

Whaddya do with LibraryThing?
(Via Library Journal.)
LibrarianInBlack.net, Thursday 3 January 2008

A Diet Book Serves Up a Side Order of Attitude
"Victoria Beckham"
LISNews, Wednesday 2 January 2008

Ode to the Lowly Paperback
LISNews, Wednesday 2 January 2008

Lookybook
Picture books. (Via Library Journal.)
SELCO/SELS, Wednesday 2 January 2008

Survey Challenges Belief that the Internet Reduces Library Use
US study. (Via Library Journal.)
IMLS, Wednesday 2 January 2008

O'Flynn a Costa winner
"Costa First Novel Award 2007"
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 2 January 2008

Pirates ahoy!
The book industry.
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 2 January 2008

A Time of Change
"Weekly Tips"
WebJunction, Wednesday 2 January 2008

The Race to the Shelf Continues
"book digitization" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
Searcher, Wednesday 2 January 2008