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Wednesday 21 January 2009

7 days of library news:

Wirral campaigners ask Burnham for help
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 20 January 2009

3 offers Books on the Go
Books on mobiles.
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 20 January 2009

Encouraging people to use libraries
"proof of address"
The Good Library blog, Tuesday 20 January 2009

Please write to Andy Burnham, the Minister
Wirral.
The Good Library blog, Tuesday 20 January 2009

Failure?
Words of wisdom.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 20 January 2009

How Does A Book Get Published
Video.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 20 January 2009

Historical Photos in Web Archives Gain Vivid New Lives
Library of Congress Flickr project.
LISNews, Tuesday 20 January 2009

Car maintenance websites
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 20 January 2009

PRS again
Performing Right Society.
LISNews, Tuesday 20 January 2009

Joining procedures for travellers, homeless people etc
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 20 January 2009

Perceptions 2008: an International Survey of Library Automation
Tom Roper's Weblog, Tuesday 20 January 2009

Teens and social networks
Dissertation.
Information and Libraries Scotland, Tuesday 20 January 2009

The Book: 'Still the Best Transportation Device'
Quotation of the Day.
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 20 January 2009

Gamey Librarians Ruin Our Country
Annoyed Librarian.
Information Today, Inc., Tuesday 20 January 2009

Cleveland Public Library First to Offer EPUB Ebook Downloads
Information Today, Inc., Tuesday 20 January 2009

When in the red, libraries are the new black
Seattle.
theBookseller.com, Monday 19 January 2009

LibraryThing Calls for New Cataloguing Scheme
Open Shelves Classification.
LISNews, Monday 19 January 2009

Sunday opening - research report available from LISU
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 19 January 2009

Pew Report on Adults and Social Networking
US report.
ALA TechSource, Sunday 18 January 2009

What are the eBook formats?
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 17 January 2009

Wirral Council: 11 libraries and a leisure centre to close
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 17 January 2009

Wii games - summary of responses
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 17 January 2009

Sunday opening
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 17 January 2009

Presentation: Libraries and the new information ecosystem
ResourceShelf, Saturday 17 January 2009

Covers Worth Judging
Bookbindings.
AbeBooks.co.uk, Saturday 17 January 2009

Wirral library cuts confirmed
theBookseller.com, Friday 16 January 2009

How Google Is Making Us Smarter
LISNews, Friday 16 January 2009

Getting Librarians Out From Behind their Desks and Turning Them Into 'Roving Librarians'
US focus.
LISNews, Friday 16 January 2009

Music CD categories
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 16 January 2009

7 Reasons Your Social Media Marketing Failed (and how to fix it!)
iLibrarian, Friday 16 January 2009

Man jailed over book page thefts
BBC News, Friday 16 January 2009

More evidence of the value of public libraries in times of recession...
The Library of Digress, Friday 16 January 2009

Revolutionary Innovation
"talking to our users to find out how they think, what they want, when and how they want it, etc., ... is only a good start.
Library Journal, Friday 16 January 2009

U-turn over Wirral cuts 'doesn’t go far enough'
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk, Friday 16 January 2009

Wirral goes ahead with cuts
BBC Audio and Video, Friday 16 January 2009

The January/February 2009 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available
"digital library research and development"
D-Lib Magazine, Friday 16 January 2009

Sports centres saved from closure
Wirral.
BBC News, Thursday 15 January 2009

Decision over Wirral libraries looms
theBookseller.com, Thursday 15 January 2009

Books in public libraries
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Thursday 15 January 2009

Uncontrolled Vocabulary no. 67 - Policy-driven DRM
OCLC, "Librarians to be renamed 'audience development officers'".
Uncontrolled Vocabulary, Thursday 15 January 2009

Living Library
"The Living Library is an innovative project designed to promote dialogue, reduce prejudices and thereby encourage integration." (Via Internet Resources Newsletter Issue 169.)
Living Library, Thursday 15 January 2009

A Look at Recessions and their Impact on Librarianship
US report.
LISNews, Thursday 15 January 2009

Chances to stop and think about the future of library catalogs
LISNews, Thursday 15 January 2009

biblios.net and the future of cataloging
LISNews, Thursday 15 January 2009

Move on up...
Social mobility.
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Thursday 15 January 2009

OCLC is listening.
Panlibus, Thursday 15 January 2009

Cataloguing is ...
Quotation.
First Person Narrative, Thursday 15 January 2009

OCLC Delays New Records Policy and Convenes Review Board
Library Journal, Thursday 15 January 2009

Article: Cooperation or Control? Web 2.0 and the Digital Library
ResourceShelf, Thursday 15 January 2009

Clarke calls for 'strong and imaginative leadership' for libraries
"Desmond Clarke ... libraries campaigner, a former Director of Faber and former President and CEO of International Thomson" (Via Library Journal Library News From The Web.)
BookBrunch, Thursday 15 January 2009

Cabinet drops hints of rethink in battle to cut cultural losses
Wirral: "...allowing some libraries to be run by 'Friends' groups and transferred into community ownership".
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk, Thursday 15 January 2009

Social Network: The 'Green Library' In Top Five Green Facebook Groups
The Green Library, Wednesday 14 January 2009

No More Librarians?
"soon there will no longer be librarians in the Scottish community of Edinburgh as they will be re-styled 'audience development officers'"
LISNews, Wednesday 14 January 2009

OCLC to convene Review Board of Shared Data
LISNews, Wednesday 14 January 2009

Public access Wi-Fi
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 14 January 2009

Dyslexia a 'cruel fiction' - to cover up bad teaching of reading, says MP
Library and Information Update, Wednesday 14 January 2009