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Wednesday 1 October 2008

7 days of library news:

Pullman welcomes US 'challenge'
"most 'challenged' titles of the year"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 30 September 2008

Beckham does kids books
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 30 September 2008

People still do judge a book by its cover, so it better be good
LISNews, Tuesday 30 September 2008

Developing Libraries in Eritrea: A Timely Issue
LISNews, Tuesday 30 September 2008

Grapes Of Wrath' And The Politics of Book Burning
"the American Library Association's annual 'Banned Books Week'"
LISNews, Tuesday 30 September 2008

The Young Library: Two books celebrate joy of libraries
LISNews, Tuesday 30 September 2008

Youth Libraries Group rocks.
"YLG conference"
025.04: Michael's blog, Tuesday 30 September 2008

Prize overdrive
"too many prizes undermining the point"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 30 September 2008

New Image Brochure: "21 Good Reasons for Good Libraries"
"Germany" (Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
Goethe-Institut, Tuesday 30 September 2008

IFLA Journal 1 October 2008; Vol. 34, No. 3
IFLA, Tuesday 30 September 2008

Ranganathan's Laws and Digital Libraries
(Via Librarian's World newsletter.)
Oklahoma Law Librarian Blawg, Tuesday 30 September 2008

There are 25 library authority councils who spend less than 1pc of their library budget on childrens books
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Monday 29 September 2008

Literary oddities
LISNews, Monday 29 September 2008

Book-spines turned into stories
LISNews, Monday 29 September 2008

E-paper tablet race heats up
LISNews, Monday 29 September 2008

Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries
iLibrarian, Monday 29 September 2008

Awards: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
Shelf Awareness, Monday 29 September 2008

The Feminization of Librarianship
ResourceShelf, Monday 29 September 2008

Warwickshire County Library Service
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Sunday 28 September 2008

Why we need to support our public libraries...
US research.
The Library of Digress, Saturday 27 September 2008

Libraries and Social Media
US research.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 27 September 2008

7 Things You Should Know About Zotero
"7 things articles"
iLibrarian, Saturday 27 September 2008

Roy Clare rows in
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Friday 26 September 2008

Library Assistants are under valued
The Good Library blog, Friday 26 September 2008

Wallpaper
"maketing potential"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 26 September 2008

Presentation Inspiration
"Slideshare World's Best Presentation Contest"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 26 September 2008

Competence
...and "change".
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 26 September 2008

Librarianship as a Career
US focus.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 26 September 2008

SOPAC 2 Released. Thesocialopac.net Launched.
Social OPAC.
LISNews, Friday 26 September 2008

West Point's new library: "A repository of lessons learned"
"'I cannot live without books', Thomas Jefferson said..."
LISNews, Friday 26 September 2008

Three Fee-Free Library Webinars from MaintainIT: Laptops, Training, and Gaming
LISNews, Friday 26 September 2008

Librarians: Throw the Book At 'Em
Humour.
LISNews, Friday 26 September 2008

Historical books about librarians
LISNews, Friday 26 September 2008

URL for UKOLN Cultural Heritage Web site
"resources and information to the museum, library and archive sector in the digital context"
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 26 September 2008

Local library choice
"Roy Clare" (Via Google News.)
Times Online, Friday 26 September 2008

The sound of silence is all we want in our libraries
"Sue McKenzie, president of the Association of London Chief Librarians..." (Via Google News.)
Evening Standard, Friday 26 September 2008

Reading the way ahead
"So where do you stand on the great e-book debate..."
IWR Blog, Friday 26 September 2008

Go go gadget
"Less than a month after launching, it's clear that the Sony Reader is a mammoth success..."
theBookseller.com, Friday 26 September 2008

The Secret Story of Seuss
LISNews, Thursday 25 September 2008

Reviews News
The Good Library blog, Thursday 25 September 2008

Git yer Banned Books in One Convenient Location!
LISNews, Thursday 25 September 2008

Toshokan Senso - Library War Episode 8
TangognaT, Thursday 25 September 2008

ALIA SLA Joint Sessions
"Reality 2.0: Transforming Ourselves, Our Associations and Our Enterprises"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 25 September 2008

EuropeanaLocal
"Best Practice Network project" (Via IRN Issue 166 - October 2008.)
EuropeanaLocal, Thursday 25 September 2008

Digital Photo Archives
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 25 September 2008

News update
"Gordon Brown's plan to ensure all family homes have a broadband connected computer"
Paige Turner - Librarian, Thursday 25 September 2008

Public Libraries - what is the point?
"whether libraries should be 'silent and serious' or 'noisy and fun'"
Sintoblog, Thursday 25 September 2008

Missing dark matter found in NLS catalogue
"National Library of Scotland"
Blog of the Digital Library at the NLS, Thursday 25 September 2008

Taking the mic
"humour books"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 25 September 2008

Stories put to the text
"mobile phone"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 25 September 2008

WorldCat tagging debuts
LISNews, Wednesday 24 September 2008

More detail on Irex's larger Reader
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 24 September 2008

More money than the Americans
"film Hollywood Librarian", "In America...", "Society of Chief Librarians".
The Good Library blog, Wednesday 24 September 2008

In A World ... Where Books Are Hyped Like Movies
"book trailers"
LISNews, Wednesday 24 September 2008

Playaways - BBC Digital Audiobooks
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 24 September 2008

Alan Gibbons: 'Libraries are under threat'
(Via Google News.)
Socialist Worker, Wednesday 24 September 2008

A noisy library is a joyful thing
Letters. (Via Google News.)
Times Online, Wednesday 24 September 2008

Libraries are not for fun and noise
Letters. (Via Google News.)
Times Online, Wednesday 24 September 2008

Web Search Strategies in Plain English
"video from Common Craft"
iLibrarian, Wednesday 24 September 2008

Replacing Card Catalogues
"local studies"
Thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian, Wednesday 24 September 2008

Book review of Nancy Courtney (ed) Library 2.0 and beyond
Andrew Eynon's Library Blog, Wednesday 24 September 2008