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Wednesday 18 March 2009

7 days of library news:

23 Things Summit
"staff development programme designed for library staff"
Joeyanne Libraryanne, Tuesday 17 March 2009

individual library info pages now available
"libraries that contribute records to Copac"
@Copac, Tuesday 17 March 2009

People's Network
(Via @AskALibrarianUK.)
People's Network, Tuesday 17 March 2009

E-book devices 'not' for students
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 17 March 2009

Moving Books Old School
"video from the 1930's"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 17 March 2009

400 Years Of Children's Poetry At The British Library
(Via Google News.)
booktrade.info, Tuesday 17 March 2009

British Library mislays 9,000 books
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 17 March 2009

Libraries to start closing in just three weeks
Wirral. (Via Google News.)
Wirral Globe, Tuesday 17 March 2009

Books you can't put down
"locked in a library" (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 17 March 2009

Home Library Services
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 17 March 2009

Printing Bookmarks
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 17 March 2009

Clever.com
"A growing number of scientists are concerned that we are creating a digital generation, growing up online but unable to think, concentrate and learn in the way that their forebears did..."
Information Literacy Weblog, Tuesday 17 March 2009

The Transparent Library: You Can't Afford Not To Do These Things
(Via Library Journal Library News From The Web.)
Tame The Web, Tuesday 17 March 2009

Win for UK story-telling website
"South by Southwest Web Awards, in Austin, Texas"
BBC News, Tuesday 17 March 2009

Sunday School Libraries in Halifax and Huddersfield before Public Libraries
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service.)
IngentaConnect, Monday 16 March 2009

The Classification of Libraries and the Image of the Librarian in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Germany
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service.)
IngentaConnect, Monday 16 March 2009

Editorial
"from Latest Issue of Library History by Weller, Toni / This article is currently available as a free download on IngentaConnect"
IngentaConnect, Monday 16 March 2009

Hillingdon
Tim Coates.
The Good Library blog, Monday 16 March 2009

Wirral library closure dates revealed
(Via Google News.)
Wirral News, Monday 16 March 2009

Legality of anonymous public users on WiFi in public libraries
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 16 March 2009

Supply of newspapers to branch libraries - summary of responses
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 16 March 2009

Income from AV old and new formats
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 16 March 2009

Open comments on Update's blog plus CILIP open session on Web 2.0
"debate about Web 2.0 and CILIP that has taken place on the blogs of CILIP Chief Executive Bob McKee..."
Library and Information Update, Monday 16 March 2009

Public libraries - have your say!
"All-Party Group on Libraries, Literacy & Information Management"
Library and Information Update, Monday 16 March 2009

7 Things You Should Know About P2P
iLibrarian, Monday 16 March 2009

Libraries to close in three weeks
Wirral.
BBC News, Monday 16 March 2009

The library of Alexandria
BBC radio.
Tom Roper's Weblog, Monday 16 March 2009

The March/April 2009 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available
"digital library research and development"
D-Lib Magazine, Monday 16 March 2009

Hitting the Comic Books
Graphic novels. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Harvard Crimson, Sunday 15 March 2009

Amazon: "OK to Lend Kindles in Libraries"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Sunday 15 March 2009

Mobilemeet 2009: Please let all mobile library staff know about this
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Sunday 15 March 2009

MP to present libraries petition
Wirral.
BBC News, Sunday 15 March 2009

Myebook - get it out there!
"create, publish and share ebook content online"
I want to, Sunday 15 March 2009

Tom, all alone?
CILIP blogs open to all to comment.
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Sunday 15 March 2009

Edinburgh City Libraries really get 2.0
Phil Bradley's weblog, Sunday 15 March 2009

World Book and Copyright Day 23 April 2009
ResourceShelf, Sunday 15 March 2009

'paradox between increased usage & lib closures'
@ijclark, Friday 13 March 2009

Video showing Kindle software on iPod Touch
LISNews, Friday 13 March 2009

Fiction and Recession Books Sales Up
"books that sell well during the recession"
LISNews, Friday 13 March 2009

Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
LISNews, Friday 13 March 2009

British Library puts classical music archive online
(Via Google News.)
PC Advisor, Friday 13 March 2009

How To Develop A Facebook Page That Attracts Millions of Fans
iLibrarian, Friday 13 March 2009

Updated: Library Related Conferences List
ResourceShelf, Friday 13 March 2009

In Wide-Ranging Interview, Google Talks Books
Library Journal, Friday 13 March 2009

'Bibliocausts' through the ages
"burned books" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
globeandmail.com, Friday 13 March 2009

E-Book Week reviews: The Kindle
@ijclark, Thursday 12 March 2009

library "propaganda" posters
@crooneybrowne, Thursday 12 March 2009

Creative Content signs deal with Overdrive
Download digital audiobooks to your MP3 player from Luton and Essex library websites.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 12 March 2009

Library 'ban' attacked
"autocratic, soviet-style totalitarianism of Wirral Borough Council" (Via Google News.)
Wirral Globe, Thursday 12 March 2009

Using Visuals
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 12 March 2009

Free webinar: Producing Webinars for Nonprofits & Libraries
LISNews, Thursday 12 March 2009

Harlequin Celebrates 60 years with free ebooks
"giving away 16 books in pdf format"
LISNews, Thursday 12 March 2009

Comparing Ebook Readers
LISNews, Thursday 12 March 2009

Dysfunctional Reading Quiz
LISNews, Thursday 12 March 2009

Corrections and clarifications
Graham Swift's archive. (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 March 2009

Libraries are under threat
"The underlying strategy which appears to be implicit in the county council library policy is reduce funding, cut back on the book stock so the libraries are less attractive, then use the decline in book borrowing to justify further cuts in the service." (Via Google News.)
This Is Bristol, Thursday 12 March 2009

Library changes reflect modern methods
Letter. (Via Google News.)
The Redditch Standard, Thursday 12 March 2009

Getting Boys to Read - Quick Tips for Parents, Librarians, and Teachers
Getting Boys To Read, Thursday 12 March 2009

Brussels clears way for reduction in VAT on audiobooks
(Via Library Journal Library News From The Web.)
BookBrunch, Thursday 12 March 2009

The Vanishing
"The demise of VHS, and the movies disappearing along with it" (Via AL Direct March 11, 2009.)
Moving Image Source, Thursday 12 March 2009

Complete Beginner's Guide to Information Architecture
iLibrarian, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Umbrella 2009 - call for poster sessions
14-15 July at the De Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire.
LIS-PROFESSION, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Global library group sets up center at National Library of China
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).
LISNews, Wednesday 11 March 2009

RambleCast no. 1
"an essay talking about the world's knowledge ecology"
LISNews, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Final chapter for library
Swindon. (Via Google News.)
Swindon Advertiser, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Dismantled library shipped to Sierra Leone
Bucks Free Press, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Private Press Research
Research request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Code of Connection - implications for library services
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Archive lifts lid on Graham Swift
British Library.
BBC News, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Non-users and Twitter: tutorial outcomes reviewed
"food for thought"
tfpl blog, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Awards: Galaxy British Book Awards
Shelf Awareness, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Twitter Feed from the Business and IP Centre at the British Library
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 11 March 2009

Visit The European Library's YouTube Video Channel
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 11 March 2009