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Wednesday 12 March 2008

7 days of library news:

Influential YouTubes
"list of YouTubes"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 11 March 2008

British Library event to showcase UK’s top female entrepreneurs
(Via Google News.)
Startups, Tuesday 11 March 2008

Nottingham Library Assistant Speaks Out About Uniforms And Bully Tactics
"uniforms for library staff" (Via Google News.)
UK Indymedia, Tuesday 11 March 2008

Finn returns library book more than a century late
(Via Google News.)
Reuters, Tuesday 11 March 2008

Authors talk about libraries for Ireland's library week
LISNews, Tuesday 11 March 2008

LISWiki: The Original Librarian Wiki, Still Going Strong
LISNews, Tuesday 11 March 2008

Test Website of European Digital Library Europeana Demonstrated
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 11 March 2008

TNT checks out 'Librarian' again
"movie, titled 'The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice,'"
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 11 March 2008

Rebuck: the book will never die
"a time of great challenge but also 'unprecedented opportunity' which will free the book to reach new audiences in new ways"
theBookseller, Tuesday 11 March 2008

World Book Day - in pictures
theBookseller, Tuesday 11 March 2008

16 Social Media Marketing Strategies
iLibrarian, Monday 10 March 2008

UK Culture Secretary: Why Not Try Library Home Delivery?
Library Journal, Monday 10 March 2008

Building 21st century librarians AND libraries
"Meredith Farkas"
LISNews, Monday 10 March 2008

Pulp fact: New study says book production is getting greener
LISNews, Monday 10 March 2008

Fiction for free from Penguin
"first chapter of every fiction title"
theBookseller, Monday 10 March 2008

Espresso POD Machine: A College Store's Introductory Course
Print-On-Demand - "'We will have e-books,' but the book will retain a major place."
Shelf Awareness, Monday 10 March 2008

Amazon's e-reader, the Kindle, reviewed
(Via Google News.)
Times Online, Sunday 9 March 2008

Web-based library service suggested
"Margaret Hodge" (Via Google News.)
Channel 4 - News, Sunday 9 March 2008

Talking Tech Friday - Doodle
"polling application" (Via Library Journal.)
MCLC Library Tech Talk, Sunday 9 March 2008

The two ways of Web 2.0
LISNews, Saturday 8 March 2008

What do you like to read?
"Stock Quality Health Check" (Via Google News.)
Watford Observer, Saturday 8 March 2008

The Queen who Read Too Much
"Queen Elizabeth II"
Rare Book News, Saturday 8 March 2008

Murder by numbers: Deighton Is #1 At "mindless, page-turning bestsellers"
"James Patterson"
LISNews, Saturday 8 March 2008

Ohio Reference Excellence on the Web
"Ohio Library Council in the US runs a really good web based modular staff training program that is not only useful in itself to UK library services as a point of reference, but something of a model of good practice for other library intranets to follow. / The website has three modular programs - on handling reference enquiries, new staff orientation and, importantly, some sound guidance on library marketing. (Via New for Libraries.)
ORE, Saturday 8 March 2008

BIC E4Libraries Project
"The important e4libraries project, aimed at widening the adoption of electronic transactions in the supply chain, has published its scoping report. The project, which emerged out of the aborted Better Stock, Better Libraries review, has not been affected by recent (and continuing) changes at the MLA." (Via New for Libraries.)
BIC, Saturday 8 March 2008

East Renfrewshire uses Facebook to boost its libraries and sports centres
"Build your own library fan club" (Via New for Libraries.)
Scotsman.com News, Saturday 8 March 2008

Information for Social Change - Issue no. 26, Winter 2007- 2008
"Special Issue on 'Libraries and Social Exclusion'."
ISC Journal, Saturday 8 March 2008

Libraries are for books, not adverts
Letter.
LISNews, Friday 7 March 2008

The Department of Silly Ideas
"Maragret Hodge"
The Good Library Blog, Friday 7 March 2008

Digg + Local Library Purchases
Comment. (Via Social Software in Libraries.)
ruk, Friday 7 March 2008

IMLS Announces Results of Study on the Internet's Impact on Museums and Libraries
US research.
ResourceShelf, Friday 7 March 2008

Cash opens up literary treasures
"University of Oxford's Bodleian Library"
BBC News, Friday 7 March 2008

Recycling unwanted stock from public libraries
Questionnaire.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 6 March 2008

Web 2.0 - bottom line
Research request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 6 March 2008

The Battle of the Alamo
"CULTURE MINISTER MARGARET HODGE SPEECH TO ASSOCIATION OF LONDON CHIEF LIBRARIANS, 6 MARCH 2008"
The Good Library Blog, Thursday 6 March 2008

Stunning Library Website Redesign
"Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library"
iLibrarian, Thursday 6 March 2008

World's biggest book goes on show
"National Library of Scotland" (Via Google News.)
BBC News, Thursday 6 March 2008

Moneychangers have set up shop in my temple - a cafe has taken over the library's fiction section
Comment. (Via Google News.)
The Guardian, Thursday 6 March 2008

Public libraries told to innovate or die out
(Via Google News.)
Times Online, Thursday 6 March 2008

LibraryThing Local melds libraries with bookstores
(Via Library Journal.)
LibrarianInBlack.net, Thursday 6 March 2008

A Play on Overdues
"new one man play"
LISNews, Thursday 6 March 2008

Twitter in Plain English
"video"
LISNews, Thursday 6 March 2008

Canada: Chapter on world’s busiest library system closing with departure of chief librarian
ResourceShelf, Thursday 6 March 2008

Books don't need a World Book Day
theBookseller, Thursday 6 March 2008

Boy A is Book to Talk About
"new award conducted for today's World Book Day"
theBookseller, Thursday 6 March 2008

Brown hails Quick Reads
theBookseller, Thursday 6 March 2008

The Story of Toon Books
"comics"
Shelf Awareness, Thursday 6 March 2008

Laura Bush: 'In the Company of Good Books'
"Quotation of the Day"
Shelf Awareness, Thursday 6 March 2008

I'm Down On The Future Of Public Libraries
LISNews, Wednesday 5 March 2008

Essential new books from Facet Publishing
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 5 March 2008

Managing Your Online Reputation
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 5 March 2008

Day in pictures
"A girl at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh holds a small copy of the world's biggest book..." (Via Google News.)
BBC News, Wednesday 5 March 2008

Google vs. reference librarians
(Via Library Journal.)
UIC Library News, Wednesday 5 March 2008

Build Your Library By The Foot: Books As Fashion?
"Strand Book Store"
LISNews, Wednesday 5 March 2008

Build Strong Readers
"youth literacy"
WebJunction, Wednesday 5 March 2008

Citation over library books leads to jail time
US focus. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
JS Online, Wednesday 5 March 2008