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Wednesday 28 January 2009

7 days of library news:

Cuddling and ebooks
LISNews, Tuesday 27 January 2009

Unreturned library book leads to woman's arrest
World news. (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 27 January 2009

library use in times of economic downturn
Discussion.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 27 January 2009

Generic Internet Account
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 27 January 2009

The Lost World Read 2009...
City-wide reading initiative.
The Library of Digress, Tuesday 27 January 2009

Author Rosen defends libraries
"Author and children's poet Michael Rosen on why our public libraries are vital."
BBC Audio and Video, Tuesday 27 January 2009

Are libraries still relevant today?
"Fewer people are borrowing from libraries with the internet and access to cheap books offering an attractive alternative."
BBC Audio and Video, Tuesday 27 January 2009

As biblios.net Emerges, a New Opportunity for Catalogers (and Competition with OCLC)?
Library Journal, Tuesday 27 January 2009

More e-books needed says Waterstone's
theBookseller.com, Monday 26 January 2009

Amazon Limiting E-Books to Kindle and Mobipocket Formats
LISNews, Monday 26 January 2009

Funding RNIB Subscriptions
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 26 January 2009

CILIP Council declares Wirral library cuts plan 'a serious concern'
Library and Information Update, Monday 26 January 2009

Library of Congress will run Linked Data service
LOC subject headings.
Panlibus, Monday 26 January 2009

Timeline of Cataloguing Codes
First Person Narrative, Monday 26 January 2009

Twitter - what is it and how can it be used?
Twitter for libraries.
Joeyanne Libraryanne, Monday 26 January 2009

CILIP condemns Wirral closures
theBookseller.com, Monday 26 January 2009

Renewing our Libraries
"case-studies in re-planning and refurbishment" (Via Library Journal Library News From The Web.)
Designing Libraries, Monday 26 January 2009

Websites 'must be saved for history'
"head of the British Library" (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 25 January 2009

E-books - Not all good news
Thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian, Sunday 25 January 2009

British Library warns of ‘black hole’ in history if websites and digital files are not preserved
ResourceShelf, Sunday 25 January 2009

Next Generation Library Interfaces
Notes from presentation. (Via Library Journal Library News From The Web.)
David Lee King, Sunday 25 January 2009

Library and Information Research: New issue published
LIR, Sunday 25 January 2009

Stirring it up
Alan Gibbons. (Via Library Journal Library News From The Web.)
theBookseller.com, Saturday 24 January 2009

The one where we provide lessons learned
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Saturday 24 January 2009

Sony works with OCLC NetLibrary to offer mobile collections for the Reader digital book
Library Technology Guides, Saturday 24 January 2009

Guardian MA Librarianship feature
"So you want to study ... A master's in Librarianship"
Chuukaku.com, Saturday 24 January 2009

Libraries' many benefits rediscovered in hard economic times
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Saturday 24 January 2009

goodreads
"Keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read."
goodreads, Friday 23 January 2009

Announcing biblios.net, the world's largest database of freely-licensed library records
LISWire, Friday 23 January 2009

Will E-Books Really Bring Back Dickensian Lit?
LISNews, Friday 23 January 2009

Google and the Future of Books
LISNews, Friday 23 January 2009

Is 2009 the year of the m-library?
Mobile library applications.
LISNews, Friday 23 January 2009

Top bookmarks for new library 'art project'
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 23 January 2009

Staffing structures
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 23 January 2009

Text alerts
Information request.
LISNews, Friday 23 January 2009

1000 Novels Everyone Must Read
Guardian newspaper.
iLibrarian, Friday 23 January 2009

biblios.net - Free Cataloguing. Josh Ferraro Talks with Talis
Panlibus, Friday 23 January 2009

What do you think? Check out the newest web-based cataloguing tool!
(Via HotStuff 2.0.)
The Cataloguing Librarian, Thursday 22 January 2009

Library Energy Conservation Benchmarks / Primary Research Group
The Green Library, Thursday 22 January 2009

Obama on Libraries and Librarians in 2005 at ALA
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 22 January 2009

US public library borrowing requirements rise again
"the number of novels borrowed from US libraries is the highest it's been for 25 years"
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 January 2009

3rd-party PCs on Local Authority Software
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 22 January 2009

Author predicts 'the end of the culture of the book'
"Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry"
Library and Information Update, Thursday 22 January 2009

Guardian on OCLC records
"the records ownership controversy"
Tom Roper's Weblog, Thursday 22 January 2009

LJ Talks to Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do?
"An unabashed fan talks about the advantages of the networked world, why the Google Book Search settlement is a good thing, and how libraries could be Googlier."
Library Journal, Thursday 22 January 2009

Adult Social Network Users Quadruples Over Four Years
iLibrarian, Wednesday 21 January 2009

New From ALA: Online Resource Focuses on Children and Teens
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 21 January 2009

Libraries sow urban peace in Colombia
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
ComunidadeSegura.org, Wednesday 21 January 2009

The Role of Libraries in Economic Hard Times
(Via AL Direct.)
WAMU 88.5 FM, Wednesday 21 January 2009

lib.rario.us
"cataloging and community site" (Via 100 Terrific Websites to Celebrate National Library Week.)
lib.rario.us, Wednesday 21 January 2009

GuruLib
Organize Your Home Library. (Via 100 Terrific Websites to Celebrate National Library Week.)
GuruLib, Wednesday 21 January 2009