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Wednesday 26 November 2008

7 days of library news:

Peter Suber Talks with Talis about Open Access
Podcast. (Via cilip podcasts.)
Talis, Tuesday 25 November 2008

"Perfect Weeding Music"--a CD Swap for Library Folk
LISNews, Tuesday 25 November 2008

Does the Web help or hamper research?
LISNews, Tuesday 25 November 2008

Border libraries get smarter
"National Entitlement cards (NEC)" (Via Google News.)
Border Telegraph, Tuesday 25 November 2008

Libraries earmarked for axe
"Wirral"
Liverpool Echo.co.uk, Tuesday 25 November 2008

Overcoming Resistance to Technological Change
iLibrarian, Tuesday 25 November 2008

Writing On The Walls Of The Nation's Library
"Library of Congress" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
NPR.org, Tuesday 25 November 2008

CILIP Yearbook 2009
Book review.
Facet Publishing, Tuesday 25 November 2008

The Public Library
Book review.
Facet Publishing, Tuesday 25 November 2008

Better by Design
Book review, "An introduction to planning and designing a new library building".
Facet Publishing, Tuesday 25 November 2008

Why Google Must Die
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 24 November 2008

Podcast: An interview with Lynne Brindley
"CEO of the British Library" (Via cilip podcasts.)
JISC, Monday 24 November 2008

Librarians and Bibliophiles Cuba Tour
"18th Havana International Book Fair"
LISNews, Monday 24 November 2008

The Mobile Computer Lab
"netbooks"
LISNews, Monday 24 November 2008

Allow age-banding - or risk confining child-readers to a middle class ghetto
"Age-ranging"
Library and Information Update, Monday 24 November 2008

Leaked report slams Norfolk libraries
"library louts" (Via Google News.)
EDP24, Monday 24 November 2008

Library Book
Overdue tales.
BBC Audio and Video, Monday 24 November 2008

European library site crashes hours after launch
"will be back by mid-December" (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 23 November 2008

Toshokan Senso - Library War 10 and 11
Graphic novel.
TangognaT, Saturday 22 November 2008

New MacArthur Foundation Study on Youth and New Media
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 21 November 2008

The one where we benefit from outsourcing
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Friday 21 November 2008

Pimp My Bookcart 2008: Pimp my Bookcart
Unshelved.
LISNews, Friday 21 November 2008

FW: enquiry management systems
Summary of responses.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 21 November 2008

Library fines hit pounds 100,000
"Wandsworth" (Via Google News.)
Wandsworth and Putney Guardian, Friday 21 November 2008

Top 20 things librarians wish patrons knew
iLibrarian, Friday 21 November 2008

OCLC - Questions Answers and an Open Letter
"the new OCLC Record Use Policy"
Panlibus, Friday 21 November 2008

Reading 'Will Never Do Any Harm'
"Quotation of the Day"
Shelf Awareness, Friday 21 November 2008

European online library launches
BBC Audio and Video , Friday 21 November 2008

Readers Overwhelm Europe's New Digital Library
(Via Library Journal Library News From The Web.)
Information Today, Inc., Friday 21 November 2008

Google Book Deal Gets "Preliminary" Court Approval; More Boosters Emerge
Library Journal, Friday 21 November 2008

Teenagers' Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The New York Times, Friday 21 November 2008

Full draft of RDA
Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA, Thursday 20 November 2008

RDA: A New International Standard
October 2006.
Ariadne, Thursday 20 November 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary No 63 - AACR3, now with FRBR
Podcast, "Full draft of RDA" and "the OCLC Policy Change".
Uncontrolled Vocabulary, Thursday 20 November 2008

Leaked List of British National Party Shows Some Members Librarians
LISNews, Thursday 20 November 2008

Dress code
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 20 November 2008

Books On Prescription - First Way Forward self help CD collection.
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 20 November 2008

Free European online library launches, crashes
(Via Google News.)
Macworld UK, Thursday 20 November 2008

Multi-millionaire thief cut pages from rare British Library books to store in personal collection
(Via Google News.)
Mail Online, Thursday 20 November 2008

Libraries should have huge role in NEET agenda!
"Young people not in education, employment or training ('NEET')"
Library and Information Update, Thursday 20 November 2008

ALA/ARL Issues Guide to Google Settlement
"practical terms of the settlement’s complex provisions, with an emphasis on those that apply directly to libraries n the Internet"
Library Journal, Thursday 20 November 2008

France takes lead in digital library
"European digital library" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
International Herald Tribune, Thursday 20 November 2008

European online library launches
BBC News, Thursday 20 November 2008

Saving the Story at MIT
"the next quantum leap in storytelling"
LISNews, Wednesday 19 November 2008

New way to pay library charges
"through the county council's contact centre Call Derbyshire using a credit or debit card. And from January they will also be able to pay through the website" (Via Google News.)
Belper Today, Wednesday 19 November 2008

Man pointed gun at librarian's head
"imitation firearm" (Via Google News.)
Blackpool Today, Wednesday 19 November 2008

Row over Norfolk library report
"hard-hitting report on anti-social behaviour"
EDP24, Wednesday 19 November 2008

Google book search deal is good news for copyright law
Times Online, Wednesday 19 November 2008

Library 2.0 Gang 10/08: Policy - OCLC and Google Book Search
Podcast.
Talis, Wednesday 19 November 2008

New Approaches for Libraries - Jenny Levine in Conversation
Podcast.
Panlibus, Wednesday 19 November 2008

LARIA/ALGIS Presentation: Web 2.0 in the Public Sector
Karen Blakeman's Blog, Wednesday 19 November 2008

One of The Best Parts of Libraries
"Google Book Settlement"
Library Journal, Wednesday 19 November 2008

Library of Congress, National Library of China Sign World Digital Library Agreement
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 19 November 2008

The November/December 2008 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available
"digital library research and development"
D-Lib Magazine, Wednesday 19 November 2008