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Wednesday 12 November 2008

7 days of library news:

Palgrave launches e-book platform
"e-book platform for libraries"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 11 November 2008

2007 a Big Year for Japanese Library Thefts
LISNews, Tuesday 11 November 2008

E-Books
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 11 November 2008

REDBRIDGE: Thousands of library books 'vanish'
"ALMOST 175,000 books have disappeared from Redbridge's libraries over the past five years..." (Via Google News.)
East London and West Essex Guardian Series, Tuesday 11 November 2008

Cory Doctorow: Why I Copyfight
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Locus Online Features, Tuesday 11 November 2008

Familiar and Fruitful? Evaluating Your Search Options
"federated search"
Informed Librarian Online, Tuesday 11 November 2008

Universal Library Symbol
Information request.
PUBLIB, Tuesday 11 November 2008

E-books in UK public libraries and the MLA
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Monday 10 November 2008

The Internet vs. books: Peaceful coexistence
LISNews, Monday 10 November 2008

Malaysian Libraries at risk of being obsolete
"may be forced to close down for lack of visitors or users"
LISNews, Monday 10 November 2008

The Google library
"Google's goal of creating a giant literary database may not fit the traditional model of free public libraries"
LISNews, Monday 10 November 2008

Self service machines without RFID??
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 10 November 2008

Libraries about much more than just books
"Edinburgh Library Week"
Edinburgh Evening News, Monday 10 November 2008

How to Drive Traffic to Your Website
"the latest issue of Marketing Library Services"
iLibrarian, Monday 10 November 2008

Clay Shirky in Conversation - Here Comes Everybody - the social effects of the Internet
"the way that the Internet and social software has enabled groups to interact and work together in ways that were never previously possible"
Panlibus, Monday 10 November 2008

'The Library Has Always Been a Window to a Larger World'
"Quotation of the Day"
Shelf Awareness, Monday 10 November 2008

Reference Extract: The Librarian-Recommendation-Weighted Search Engine
"If a librarian recommends a Web site, you can be pretty sure that it's credible." (Via Library Journal Library News From The Web.)
DigitalKoans, Monday 10 November 2008

America's Most Dangerous Librarians
US focus. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
Mother Jones, Monday 10 November 2008

The Famous Five take on the PC gang
"Blyton renaissance" (Via Google News.)
FT.com, Sunday 9 November 2008

Grim for grown ups
"lending figures"
The Good Library blog, Sunday 9 November 2008

Scotland's Information
"a service for identifying, locating, and accessing the content of Scotland's archive, library and museum collections" (Via Issue 167, Internet resources newsletter.)
SLIC, Saturday 8 November 2008

Opening soon: a digital library for Europe
(Via Issue 167, Internet resources newsletter.)
EUROPA, Saturday 8 November 2008

PLR doubt over library e-book plans
"up to 20 library authorities planning e-book programmes next year"
theBookseller.com, Friday 7 November 2008

Bookaboo lifts lid on TV show books
"forthcoming book-based television programme"
theBookseller.com, Friday 7 November 2008

The Ministers, Andy Burnham and Barbara Follett are not listening
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Friday 7 November 2008

From CILIP
"Iain Sinclair"
The Good Library blog, Friday 7 November 2008

Google Settlement Has A Few Unseen Wrinkles for Authors
LISNews, Friday 7 November 2008

Artist in Bootle will have her work displayed on library cards
icseftonandwestlancs, Friday 7 November 2008

Go With the Flow: Selling Social Networking
"Selling Social Networking in your library"
iLibrarian, Friday 7 November 2008

The horror of Hackney
"Iain Sinclair"
The Good Library blog, Thursday 6 November 2008

Obama and Libraries
US focus.
LISNews, Thursday 6 November 2008

Muungano's Psychedelic Library Bus
"Swedish Library Bus of the Year award" (Via Google News.)
PSFK, Thursday 6 November 2008

Library Facebook page - what to put on it?
Phil Bradley's weblog, Thursday 6 November 2008

Media's last diehard?
"digitalisation"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 6 November 2008

Office Politics
"A guide for the politically challenged librarian" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
Library Journal, Thursday 6 November 2008

Barnsley: e-book has "real future"
"HarperCollins' UK c.e.o. Victoria Barnsley"
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 5 November 2008

You might be a librarian if . . .
Humour.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 5 November 2008

Librarian Death Gives Gift of Life
Obituary.
LISNews, Wednesday 5 November 2008

Detailed Amazon Kindle Review
LISNews, Wednesday 5 November 2008

Experiencing work experience?
"organisations running work experience for Years 10 and 11 school children"
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 5 November 2008

Libraries on the Go Presentation and Slides
"Mobile Tech in Libraries"
iLibrarian, Wednesday 5 November 2008

Tardy readers in pounds 11,000 let off
"Leicester"
BBC News, Wednesday 5 November 2008

Wordie
"Words you love, words you hate, words on a given topic..."
I want to, Wednesday 5 November 2008

Libraries of the future
"This month's Library and Information Update..."
Tom Roper's Weblog, Wednesday 5 November 2008

Questions and answers
"But be warned..."
Ed Mitchell: Platform neutral, Wednesday 5 November 2008

Awards: World Fantasy Winners
"World Fantasy Convention"
Shelf Awareness, Wednesday 5 November 2008