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Wednesday 20 August 2008

7 days of library news:

Simplest Way to Explain 2.0
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 19 August 2008

20 Websites for Free E-Books
iLibrarian, Tuesday 19 August 2008

Semantic Future for Libraries – Martin Malmsten Talks with Talis
Panlibus, Tuesday 19 August 2008

Overdue debate in the Guardian
"...continues at the Guardian books blog"
Information and Libraries Scotland, Tuesday 19 August 2008

Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries
Book. (Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
Second Life Library Project, Tuesday 19 August 2008

IFLA 2008 (part 9): Revised guidelines for library services for young adults
(Via Librarian's World newsletter.)
Rambling Librarian, Tuesday 19 August 2008

Consortial collaborative virtual reference in Second Life
(Via Librarian's World newsletter.)
Second Life Library Project, Tuesday 19 August 2008

Librarians admit to fiddling the figures-- er, you just fiddle the figures, its easy.
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Monday 18 August 2008

Libraries need love
LISNews, Monday 18 August 2008

I'm lost without a book - and lost in one- The steps I take to avoid being without a good read would shame a hardened alcoholic
LISNews, Monday 18 August 2008

You cannot be serious?
Post, "how to inflate and massage usage statistics".
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 18 August 2008

Into the Bowels of the British Library
(Via Google News.)
Londonist, Monday 18 August 2008

Is Web 3.0 coming?
"the semantic web"
IWR Blog, Monday 18 August 2008

100 Ways to Improve Usability in Your Library
iLibrarian, Monday 18 August 2008

Last hurrah or new beginning?
"Richard and Judy"
theBookseller.com, Monday 18 August 2008

Austria: World's largest monastery library restored to its baroque splendour
ResourceShelf, Monday 18 August 2008

Happy Library Week in New Zealand!!!
ResourceShelf, Monday 18 August 2008

Cites and Insights 8:9 (September 2008) available
PUBLIB, Monday 18 August 2008

Good sense at last
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Sunday 17 August 2008

Au revoir, Quebec
"Le Congres de l'IFLA"
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Sunday 17 August 2008

RIP Mairin O'Byrne, Dublin city librarian
(Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
librarian.net, Sunday 17 August 2008

InfoIsland supports audio stream for PLCMC's Technology Summit
"teens use of technology and how library's can support them" (Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
Second Life Library Project, Sunday 17 August 2008

Newborn girl could be youngest library member
"two days" (Via Google News.)
Basingstoke Gazette, Saturday 16 August 2008

Decline in adult non-fiction
Information request.
PUBLIB, Saturday 16 August 2008

UK tops the list of literary tourism destinations worldwide
(Via Google News.)
holidaylettings.co.uk, Friday 15 August 2008

Oh dear- have library authorities been fiddling their performance figures for years?
The Good Library blog, Friday 15 August 2008

Web Security Words Help Digitize Old Books
LISNews, Friday 15 August 2008

No Time to Think?
"if you think you just don’t have time..."
iLibrarian, Friday 15 August 2008

Not quite the end
"IFLA Congress"
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Friday 15 August 2008

Noisy row breaks out in libraries over fines
(Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 15 August 2008

The Transparent Library: Let's All Lighten Up
"Making libraries fun"
Library Journal, Thursday 14 August 2008

Muslim Writers awards deny censorship
theBookseller.com, Thursday 14 August 2008

November launch for Euro library
theBookseller.com, Thursday 14 August 2008

Games in Libraries Podcast
LISNews, Thursday 14 August 2008

Future-Proof Your Library: LJ's Movers and Shakers strategize about how to secure a vital future
LISNews, Thursday 14 August 2008

Books Can Control Your Mind as Powerfully as Television
LISNews, Thursday 14 August 2008

Member states drag feet on European digital library
ResourceShelf, Thursday 14 August 2008

All because the lady loves a foreign accent
"Mills and Boon"
BBC News, Thursday 14 August 2008

Roy is rowing up the Ribble
"library fines" (cont.).
The Good Library blog, Wednesday 13 August 2008

An offer that should not be refused
"library fines"
The Good Library blog, Wednesday 13 August 2008

IFLA Main Conference 2008
"I did three sessions..."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 13 August 2008

Social networking sites
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 13 August 2008

Best Practice
"Roy Clare"
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 13 August 2008

Woodchurch Library launches Wirral's first reading garden
(Via Google News.)
Wirral News, Wednesday 13 August 2008

Headlines from Quebec
"IFLA Congress"
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Wednesday 13 August 2008

Library closure plans protest
"Belfast"
BBC Audio and Video, Wednesday 13 August 2008