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Wednesday 18 February 2009

7 days of library news:

MLA wants Swindon background
Library closures.
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 17 February 2009

Famous Librarians
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 17 February 2009

The E-Resources Management Handbook
"UK Serials Group project"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 17 February 2009

Kapow! Fifties Britain verses the comics mence
"In the mid 1950s Britain woke up to the threat of an invasion. 'American style' comics were accused of ruining the reading habits of vulnerable children across the country and even inciting racism and violence. Could Captain Marvel cause crime?"
The National Archives Podcast Series, Tuesday 17 February 2009

The Hollywood Librarian Documentary Now Available on DVD
LISNews, Tuesday 17 February 2009

Technology Services for Children: Free Webinar
LISNews, Tuesday 17 February 2009

Fiction for adults with learning difficulties
Response summary.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 17 February 2009

Online, immediate customer joining
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 17 February 2009

OPAC survey
Research request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 17 February 2009

Mental Health Resources for Teenagers
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 17 February 2009

Free monitors to cut power bills
Derbyshire.
BBC News, Tuesday 17 February 2009

What do you think of your OPAC?
Surveys.
Joeyanne Libraryanne, Tuesday 17 February 2009

Librarians are HyperSocials
"the first step to dealing with our problem is to admit we have one"
Library Journal, Tuesday 17 February 2009

Controversial material
"Guidance on the Management of Controversial Material in Public Libraries has been issued by the MLA."
MLA, Tuesday 17 February 2009

MLA's Clare rejects Swindon plea
"threatened cuts to four local libraries"
theBookseller.com, Monday 16 February 2009

A Lesson From My Father About Objectionable Books
Censorship.
LISNews, Monday 16 February 2009

Teen charged following disruption in library
"abusive and insulting behavior" (Via Google News.)
Your Canterbury News, Monday 16 February 2009

Henry VIII love letter to go on display at British Library
(Via Google News.)
Best Western, Monday 16 February 2009

Nielsen Libscan trial
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 16 February 2009

Selling Spoken Word Sets
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 16 February 2009

Self-censorship is rampant and lethal
Self-censorship in libraries. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
School Library Journal, Monday 16 February 2009

Kindle And Beyond: 15 E-Reading Devices, Apps You Need to Know
LISNews, Sunday 15 February 2009

We'll get councillors voted out
Wirral. (Via Google News.)
Liverpool Echo.co.uk, Sunday 15 February 2009

RDA Update
Library Journal, Sunday 15 February 2009

Google and the Future of Books
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 14 February 2009

Public consultation launched by MLA
"Local people are being invited to get involved in the planning and delivery of libraries, museums and archives." (Via Google News.)
LGC, Saturday 14 February 2009

Library preparing for centenary
Kendal.
BBC News, Saturday 14 February 2009

E is for e-magination
"the future of books"
theBookseller.com, Friday 13 February 2009

Authors Guild slams Kindle 2
Audio rights.
theBookseller.com, Friday 13 February 2009

Council wields the axe over libraries
Swindon. (Via Google News.)
This Is Wiltshire, Friday 13 February 2009

Fiction for adults with learning difficulties
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 13 February 2009

A User Experience Is Like A First Date
"another resource worth exploring"
Designing Better Libraries, Friday 13 February 2009

Never Mind the Bollocks, Librarians Invented Sex, Stupid
Valentine's Day.
Library Journal, Friday 13 February 2009

A Compendium of Sexy Librarianness
Valentine's Day.
Library Journal, Friday 13 February 2009

Review of the Year 2008 and Trends Watch—Part 2
Information Today, Inc., Friday 13 February 2009

Open Solutions for Libraries Gain Momentum
Information Today, Inc., Friday 13 February 2009

High school was wrong. It's good to be a Bookworm
Open-source ePub reader.
Webware, Thursday 12 February 2009

Selling readers short
"There is a widening social divide in England between those who can get hold of good books and those who can't."
theBookseller.com, Thursday 12 February 2009

Reading for Life's web focus
Building on the work of the National Year of Reading.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 12 February 2009

Libraries' dip for R and J titles
Richard and Judy bookclub.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 12 February 2009

BBC to put downloads into libraries
Audiobooks.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 12 February 2009

Uncontrolled Vocabulary no. 70 - The Galaxy’s Brightest Stars and Guiding Lights
Kindle 2’s text-to-speech software, Sony's Reader, eBook standards.
Uncontrolled Vocabulary, Thursday 12 February 2009

How to write Chinese words related to libraries
LISNews, Thursday 12 February 2009

The Greenest Library, In Your Hands
LISNews, Thursday 12 February 2009

Battle Brewing Over Electronic Books
LISNews, Thursday 12 February 2009

Community Driven RFID spec
"Open RFID In Libraries Specification (ORILS)"
LIB-RFID-UK, Thursday 12 February 2009

OwnerIQ: Product user manuals
Phil Bradley's weblog, Thursday 12 February 2009

What will the library of the future look like?
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Los Angeles Times, Thursday 12 February 2009

Open letter to Andy Burnham
Campaign for the Book.
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Burnham stalls on Wirral
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Kindle will be launched in UK
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Ah Lambeth!
Audit Commission inspection.
The Good Library blog, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Interview with yours truly
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Author's Guild Claims Kindle 2 Copyright Infringement
"audio right"
LISNews, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Save our libraries
"Wirral council's decision to close 11 public libraries is a bad one - in a recession, we need them more than ever" (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Blogs and Wikis - Shiny Toys or Useful Tools?
Walt Crawford.
iLibrarian, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Library 2.0 Gang 02/09: Google books and libraries
"Frances Haugen product manager from the team behind Google Book Search"
Panlibus, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Extending the OPAC
Panlibus, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Library 2.0 Gang on Google, Books, Libraries and an Open Catalogue Crawling Protocol
Panlibus, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Reading ebooks on your iPhone/iPod Touch
Joeyanne Libraryanne, Wednesday 11 February 2009

Awards: Romantic Novel of the Year
"Julia Gregson's East of the Sun"
Shelf Awareness, Wednesday 11 February 2009