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Wednesday 2 July 2008

7 days of library news:

CRB checks for teenage volunteers for Team Read
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 1 July 2008

The Inscribed List: or, Why Librarians Are Crazy
Book, "Hilarious Real Names of Real People from Library Catalogs" (via a PUBLIB post).
Amazon.com, Tuesday 1 July 2008

Book Groups Wiki
LISNews, Tuesday 1 July 2008

Check out a library book without leaving your car
"drive-up window"
LISNews, Tuesday 1 July 2008

Books for Iraq
LISNews, Tuesday 1 July 2008

What children say about children's books
LISNews, Tuesday 1 July 2008

Private detectives for overdue books
"Norfolk" (Via Google News.)
Evening News 24, Tuesday 1 July 2008

Link: International Children's Digital Library
(Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
ICDL, Tuesday 1 July 2008

At Session on the Future of Libraries, a Sense of Urgency
Library Journal, Tuesday 1 July 2008

Flex and Balance: Exercising Reform in Twenty-First Century Library Work Environments
"flexible scheduling and telecommuting"
Informed Librarian Online, Tuesday 1 July 2008

How Google Used Librarians...and Got Away With It
"Google Librarian Central"
LISNews, Monday 30 June 2008

Is it the end of Libraries as we know them?
"a short essay..."
LISNews, Monday 30 June 2008

10 Books That Were Better Off on Paper
LISNews, Monday 30 June 2008

The Books That Changed Your Lives
"Lifehacker"
iLibrarian, Monday 30 June 2008

The Lying Tongue - Andrew Wilson
Book review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Monday 30 June 2008

The Return - Victoria Hislop
Book review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Monday 30 June 2008

Information Literacy Resources Directory
"The Information Literacy Section of the International Federation of Library Association and Institutions (IFLA) has created this database to record information literacy materials from different parts of the world, on behalf of UNESCO." (Via Internet Resources Newsletter, Issue 163 - July 2008.)
InfoLit Global, Monday 30 June 2008

NATO forces build library near Kabul
"Afghanistan" (Via Librarians World, weekly news letter.)
The Worldly Librarian, Monday 30 June 2008

Happy Birthday, Google Librarian Central!
"We're not leaving you hanging..."
Phil Bradley's weblog, Sunday 29 June 2008

Community-Led Libraries Toolkit. No. 6.28. 2008. 107.
"To be socially excluded can mean..." (Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
Librarian, Sunday 29 June 2008

No Shushing in This Library
US focus. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
San Diego Reader, Sunday 29 June 2008

The Avid Reader: From Binding to Box Office
"books that became great films"
AbeBooks.co.uk, Sunday 29 June 2008

What Would You Like To Know?
"who should you ask..."
LISNews, Saturday 28 June 2008

Carnegie and Greenaway awards announced
Tom Roper's Weblog, Saturday 28 June 2008

Banding together
"age banding"
theBookseller.com, Saturday 28 June 2008

Online service lets blind surf the Internet from any computer, anywhere
LISNews, Friday 27 June 2008

New library link service to be opened
"Dudley" (Via Google News.)
Express and Star, Friday 27 June 2008

Writings about e-book publishing, 2008: update
"the reader business"
info GeoGnostic, Friday 27 June 2008

New Public Library Association Tech Note: Automated Storage/Retrieval and Return/Sorting Systems
ResourceShelf, Friday 27 June 2008

Cool Tools from OCLC
(Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
Library Web Chic, Friday 27 June 2008

At Fairfax Library, Reading Is Truly an Art Form
(Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
Reading Rockets, Friday 27 June 2008

On ISBNs
(Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
LJNDawson, Friday 27 June 2008

Internet access levels for under 16s
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 26 June 2008

BCR's CDP Publishes Digital Imaging Best Practices, Version 2.0
LISWire, Thursday 26 June 2008

ChaCha Promises to Answer Any Reference Question Any Time
"cell phone"
LISNews, Thursday 26 June 2008

Activist librarian made a difference in publishing, literature and the arts
"obituary"
LISNews, Thursday 26 June 2008

The I, Libertine Bestselling Book Hoax
LISNews, Thursday 26 June 2008

Dual-display e-book reader lets you flip pages naturally
LISNews, Thursday 26 June 2008

Librarians censoring children's reading?
LISNews, Thursday 26 June 2008

Library workers to vote on strike action
"Doncaster"
The Star, Thursday 26 June 2008

Public libraries encourage individuals and communities to get 'Fit for Life'!
"the social value of public libraries and their potential to change lives!"
The Library of Digress, Thursday 26 June 2008

InfoTech: DCPL First To Offer MP3 Audio Downloads
Library Journal, Thursday 26 June 2008

LJ Talks to Librarian/Author Scott Douglas
"Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian"
Library Journal, Thursday 26 June 2008

The European Library’s YouTube Channel
ResourceShelf, Thursday 26 June 2008

Sad tales fill soaked libraries
"Iowa's libraries and the floods" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Des Moines Register, Thursday 26 June 2008

DeweyBrowser
OCLC, Wednesday 25 June 2008

Promoting the Summer Reading Scheme
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 25 June 2008

Web services for public libraries
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 25 June 2008

France to push Euro library
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 25 June 2008

100 Useful and Free Library Videos
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 25 June 2008

Birmingham's ugly library gets protected
LISNews, Wednesday 25 June 2008

The Librarian is Dead...Long Live the Librarian
LISNews, Wednesday 25 June 2008

Dancing in the library
"Summer Reading Challenge" (Via Google News.)
Ledbury News, Wednesday 25 June 2008

Recent Library Presentations
iLibrarian, Wednesday 25 June 2008

JacketFlap - Children's book social networking site
Phil Bradley's weblog, Wednesday 25 June 2008

A new way to browse online?
"Zoomii"
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 25 June 2008