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Wednesday 8 October 2008

7 days of library news:

BIC in new library scheme
"subject categories that will help public libraries 'support improvements in stock selection, management, discovery and display'"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 7 October 2008

A new minister
"for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism"
The Good Library blog, Tuesday 7 October 2008

Kindle competitor starting in Europe
"Vodafone"
LISNews, Tuesday 7 October 2008

Iannucci to produce library sitcom
"The BBC"
BROADCAST, Tuesday 7 October 2008

Library users test free software
"Open Source"
BBC News, Tuesday 7 October 2008

First Mass Adoption eBook Reader - iPhone?
Panlibus, Tuesday 7 October 2008

Skin and Bones - Tom Bale
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Tuesday 7 October 2008

The Other Queen - Philippa Gregory
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Tuesday 7 October 2008

E-books put to the test
"Librarians at the British Library"
BBC Audio and Video, Tuesday 7 October 2008

Can Reading Help Kids Lose Weight?
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Time, Tuesday 7 October 2008

Rankin and P D James pick up ITV3 awards
"ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards"
theBookseller.com, Monday 6 October 2008

The Future of Reading: Using Video Games as bait to hook Readers
LISNews, Monday 6 October 2008

Flash drives
Summary of responses.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 6 October 2008

Reading's Future: 'Give Teenagers the Benefit of the Doubt'
"Quotation of the Day"
Shelf Awareness, Monday 6 October 2008

Reflections on Library Leadership
(Via Library Journal's Library News from the Web.)
LibraryBytes, Monday 6 October 2008

100 Top Library Sites
(Via Librarian's World newlsetter.)
100.com, Monday 6 October 2008

Libraries and Librarianship in India
Online book. (Via Librarian's World newlsetter.)
Questia, Monday 6 October 2008

The destruction of British public lending libraries
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Saturday 4 October 2008

Local Living Library: report available
"'borrowed' for a conversation".
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 4 October 2008

Facebook and Libraries Survey
Joeyanne Libraryanne, Saturday 4 October 2008

Fringe Meeting in Liverpool
Public Library Authorities Conference 2008.
The Good Library blog, Friday 3 October 2008

Groups push for full color flexible displays
"next generation"
LISNews, Friday 3 October 2008

The World's Best Paid Authors
LISNews, Friday 3 October 2008

Jon performing "The Librarian" at Ruta Maya
LISNews, Friday 3 October 2008

The Bellini Card - Jason Goodwin
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 3 October 2008

Illegally Dead - David Wishart
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 3 October 2008

The Tenderness of Wolves - Stef Penney
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 3 October 2008

The Blood Pit - Kate Ellis
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 3 October 2008

The Enchantress of Florence - Salman Rushdie
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 3 October 2008

The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy - James Anderson
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 3 October 2008

When Will There Be Good News? - Kate Atkinson
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 3 October 2008

Paper -- Free Our Libraries! Why We Need A New Approach to Putting Library Collections Online
ResourceShelf, Friday 3 October 2008

DCPL Picks "Idea Stores" Starchitect To Help Design Two Branches
"London-based architect David Adjaye"
Library Journal, Friday 3 October 2008

Putting the Library in Wikipedia
"Why LIBRARIANS SHOULD Contribute"
Information Today, Inc., Friday 3 October 2008

'Manic' Thursday for bookshops
"dozens of top titles ... released on the same day"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 2 October 2008

Hill Library Trends Newsletter Highlights Trends in Libraries, Business, and Technology
US report.
LISWire, Thursday 2 October 2008

'How can the People of the Book be against books?'
"Israel"
LISNews, Thursday 2 October 2008

'No job cuts' in self-service libraries
"...10 full-time posts would be lost to natural wastage"
EDP24, Thursday 2 October 2008

LAMBETH: Vanishing libraries opened to 'con' inspectors
"librarygate"
This Is Local London, Thursday 2 October 2008

Nearly 6,000 books go missing from libraries in 18 months
"Harrow"
Harrow Observer, Thursday 2 October 2008

Home town visit for Stacey writer
"Ruth Jones"
BBC News, Thursday 2 October 2008

Better Sleep On That
"a simple way to open up our minds to fresh and untried strategies"
Designing Better Libraries, Thursday 2 October 2008

Library's Pounds 20m digitisation plan
"National Library of Wales"
BBC News, Thursday 2 October 2008

Book News: Nobel Judge Dismisses U.S. Literature
"you can't get away from the fact that Europe is the center of the literary world"
Library Journal, Thursday 2 October 2008

Under pressure
"children's and school libraries"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 2 October 2008

LII is now administered by IPL
"Internet Public Library ... Librarians' Internet Index"
ResourceShelf, Thursday 2 October 2008

The Importance and Influence of Philosophical Thinking for Librarians
Library Philosophy and Practice, Thursday 2 October 2008

Gene link to poor reading skills
BBC News, Wednesday 1 October 2008

Coates plans fringe meeting at PLA Conference
"Public Library Authorities Conference in Liverpool (8-10th October)"
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 1 October 2008

Team Read medals
Request for help.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 1 October 2008

Essential New Titles from Facet Publishing
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 1 October 2008

REDBRIDGE: Anger as books replaced by web
East London and West Essex Guardian Series, Wednesday 1 October 2008

LIDA 2009
"Libraries in the Digital Age conference"
Information Literacy Weblog, Wednesday 1 October 2008

Author's Campaign for the Book
"Alan Gibbons"
Scottish Libraries, Wednesday 1 October 2008

Amazing Facts about the World of Public Libraries - by Godfrey Oswald
Book review.
Evidence, Wednesday 1 October 2008