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Wednesday 16 January 2008

7 days of library news:

Intellectual literacy hour
"libraries will have to change what they do or risk becoming redundant"
Guardian Unlimited, Tuesday 15 January 2008

Librarians Trivia Screensaver from Elsevier
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 15 January 2008

Campaign to save WindowsXP
LISNews, Monday 14 January 2008

The LISNews 10 Blogs To Read In 2008
iLibrarian, Monday 14 January 2008

Bits Debate: Is Copy Protection Needed or Futile?
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The New York Times, Monday 14 January 2008

Library t-shirt of the week (that someone needs to make)
(Via This Week in LibraryBlogLand - January 14, 2008.)
LibraryStream, Monday 14 January 2008

Prime Minister launches National Year of Reading
(Via This Week in LibraryBlogLand - January 14, 2008.)
10 Downing Street, Monday 14 January 2008

The Code4Lib Journal - Issue 1
"This mission of the Code4Lib Journal is to cover 'the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future.'" (Via This Week in LibraryBlogLand - January 14, 2008.)
The Code4Lib Journal, Monday 14 January 2008

Learn More
"self-paced discovery entries for library staff interested in venturing out on the social web" (Via This Week in LibraryBlogLand - January 14, 2008.)
LibraryStream, Monday 14 January 2008

31 Careers With Bright Futures 2008: Librarian
US library careers. (Via This Week in LibraryBlogLand - January 14, 2008.)
U.S. News and World Report's, Monday 14 January 2008

Booth says the great novel is finished
"...the future, when most books are sold on the net as downloads, spells the end of the novel"
theBookseller, Monday 14 January 2008

CIPFA report: book spend decline slows
theBookseller, Monday 14 January 2008

Why we're a city of bookworms
"Norwich ... Millennium library is the busiest in England."
Norwich Evening News, Monday 14 January 2008

LIBRARY VISITS UP AS MLA CHALLENGES LIBRARIES TO DO EVEN BETTER
24 Hour Museum, Monday 14 January 2008

Peruse the world's best public library
"Project Gutenberg"
Guardian Unlimited, Monday 14 January 2008

Book: Information Tomorrow
"Moving away from the 'library 2.0' and 'web 2.0' type books, Rachel Singer Gordon has pulled together a number of essays on different types of technologies and their effect on libraries." (Via Librariansworld.)
Library Technology in Texas, Monday 14 January 2008

UK: IPO looks at copyright change
ResourceShelf, Saturday 12 January 2008

Friday Fun: Just Read It!
"parody of Michael Jackson's 'Beat It', except in our case it's called 'Read It'" (Via Library Journal.)
Confessions of a Science Librarian, Saturday 12 January 2008

US U-turn over Scottish authors
"Library of Congress"
BBC News, Saturday 12 January 2008

Modern librarians are hip, tech-saavy
LISNews, Friday 11 January 2008

One Minute Critic
"60-second book review videos"
iLibrarian, Friday 11 January 2008

8 LinkedIn Tips for a more productive 2008
"professional relationships"
iLibrarian, Friday 11 January 2008

Creating Online Historical Scrapbooks with a User-Friendly Interface
(Via Library Journal.)
D-Lib Magazine, Thursday 10 January 2008

Creative Uses for RSS Feeds
iLibrarian, Thursday 10 January 2008

Do you need to read books to be clever?
BBC News, Thursday 10 January 2008

Evaluating Web Content in the 2.0 Era
(Via Library Journal.)
Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective, Wednesday 9 January 2008

Online Photo Sharing in Plain English
iLibrarian, Wednesday 9 January 2008

Forbes Director of Knowledge Management, Anne Mintz, Chats About Misinformation
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 9 January 2008

You, too, read in the loo?
The Arizona Republic, Wednesday 9 January 2008