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Wednesday 11 June 2008

7 days of library news:

Doctor Who and libraries
(Note the two recent episodes of Dr Who are still available to view on BBC's iPlayer catchup service.)
scottishlibraries, Tuesday 10 June 2008

Bezos: why books are like horses
"Physical books won't completely go away..."
theBookseller, Tuesday 10 June 2008

Nobody wants to believe it
Comment.
The Good Library Blog, Tuesday 10 June 2008

Latest SirsiDynix OneSource Article
"So You Say Your Library is Really about Books, so 'Who needs anything 2.0?'"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 10 June 2008

A Future for Writers in an Age of E-Books?
LISNews, Tuesday 10 June 2008

6 Productivity Tips for MS Word
iLibrarian, Tuesday 10 June 2008

Library 2.0 Gang 06/08: Bolt-on OPACs
Podcast.
The Library 2.0 Gang, Tuesday 10 June 2008

A necessary change in reading?
"new forms of 'reading'"
Info NeoGnostic, Tuesday 10 June 2008

Prediction: The Kindle Goes Down in FLAMES
Library Journal, Tuesday 10 June 2008

'Hanging' library inspires students to read more
Vietnam. (Via Librarians World, weekly news letter.)
Thanh Nien Daily, Tuesday 10 June 2008

2m free books for kids
"independent charity Booktrust"
theBookseller, Monday 9 June 2008

UK buyers snap up Kindle
theBookseller, Monday 9 June 2008

Radio 4 defends 'Book at Bedtime'
theBookseller, Monday 9 June 2008

CBC to save libraries money
"Central Buying Consortium"
theBookseller, Monday 9 June 2008

Book knowledge is not a necessary quality
The Good Library Blog, Monday 9 June 2008

OC Register Investigates if Games Are Good for Libraries
LISNews, Monday 9 June 2008

A passion for libraries
"Andrew Carnegie"
LISNews, Monday 9 June 2008

Books, tears and blood
"Saad Eskander, director of Baghdad's national library"
The Guardian, Monday 9 June 2008

50 Tips for Implementing User-Generated Content in Your Library
iLibrarian, Monday 9 June 2008

Google Book Search - not so free with their jacket images
"a free source of book jackets"
Panlibus, Monday 9 June 2008

Is Bluster over Google Book Search ... Shame that publishers didn't get there first?
"A book publisher’s manifesto for the 21st century"
Info NeoGnostic, Monday 9 June 2008

The Road Home - Rose Tremain
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Monday 9 June 2008

City of Culture - City of (Mobile) Libraries
"Branch and Mobile Group's Annual MobileMeet"
Ian Snowley's blog, Monday 9 June 2008

iRex Iliad: Don't throw your books away just yet
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Telegraph, Monday 9 June 2008

A sensible plan for the public library service
"As a contrast to vague aspirations of the MLA document..."
The Good Library Blog, Sunday 8 June 2008

Passionate about books
"As one of the ex-librarians removed from Kent..."
The Good Library Blog, Sunday 8 June 2008

TV Review: Doctor Who: Forest of the Dead, BBC One, Saturday 7 June, 7pm
"Silence in the Library", part 2. (Via Google News.)
TV Scoop, Sunday 8 June 2008

Wi-Fi, video games all part of public libraries version 2.0
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Capital Times, Sunday 8 June 2008

Keeping Within the Law (KWtL): minimize your risk of legal infringement
"new copyright and information law website"
lis-pub-libs, Saturday 7 June 2008

Public Wifi access
Information request.
lis-pub-libs, Saturday 7 June 2008

Antony and Cleopatra - Colleen McCullough
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Saturday 7 June 2008

Serendipity casts a very wide net
"browsing books in libraries" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
BBC News, Saturday 7 June 2008

Pro-Loc CD security cases
Information request.
lis-pub-libs, Friday 6 June 2008

Publishing is increasingly fragile
"the e-book"
theBookseller, Friday 6 June 2008

Is the time up for Orange?
theBookseller, Friday 6 June 2008

Bloomsday in Ireland
"Joyce"
LISNews, Friday 6 June 2008

Letter: With computers, why spend big on libraries?
LISNews, Friday 6 June 2008

Bits, Bands and Books
"the digitization of everything and how this will change the economics of publishing"
LISNews, Friday 6 June 2008

"Peak Information": Libraries and the End of Oil
LISNews, Friday 6 June 2008

Managing digital lives
"survey"
Tom Roper's Weblog, Friday 6 June 2008

Age banding for children's books
Phil Bradley's weblog, Friday 6 June 2008

Britannica surrenders to Wikipedia model
Phil Bradley's weblog, Friday 6 June 2008

Tutorial: DOHM: Digitisation of Heritage Matrials
"includes software and workflows tailored specifically for groups with limited budgets"
ResourceShelf, Friday 6 June 2008

Borrow a Muslim? A 'living library' to prick stereotypes
csmonitor.com, Friday 6 June 2008

Web precautions for children in Library
Information request.
lis-pub-libs, Thursday 5 June 2008

Don't give up on the book yet
"the Telegraph"
theBookseller, Thursday 5 June 2008

UK Study on Children and Social Networks
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 5 June 2008

Library-Themed Short Stories andBook
LISNews, Thursday 5 June 2008

Mobile Picture Books
iLibrarian, Thursday 5 June 2008

The Bibliographic Ontology 1.0 - published.
"the Semantic Web"
Panlibus, Thursday 5 June 2008

Revolution in the Stacks
ResourceShelf, Thursday 5 June 2008

Libraries are about Stories
(Via Library Journal: News From The Web.)
LibraryBytes, Thursday 5 June 2008

Hypertextual Library Manifesto Version 1.0
Library Philosophy and Practice, Thursday 5 June 2008

Author Tremain wins Orange prize
BBC News, Wednesday 4 June 2008

New 007 book breaks sales record
BBC News, Wednesday 4 June 2008

Coming soon from Facet Publishing
lis-pub-libs, Wednesday 4 June 2008

Libraries switch off wi-fi internet
"Paris"
LISNews, Wednesday 4 June 2008

Paper vs. paperless: Which makes reading greener?
"e-books"
LISNews, Wednesday 4 June 2008

Novel scheme for bus passengers
"Norwich"
BBC News, Wednesday 4 June 2008