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Wednesday 25 March 2009

7 days of library news:

Ombudsman to quiz Wirral Council
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 24 March 2009

Nassau Library System
Slides, "Provocations: Leadership in Transformational Times".
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 24 March 2009

Women more avid readers of books than men, survey says
LISNews, Tuesday 24 March 2009

Peyton and Byrne reveals details of British Library contract
Catering. (Via Google News.)
caterersearch, Tuesday 24 March 2009

Last chapter for local library committee
Northern Ireland. (Via Google News.)
Derry Today, Tuesday 24 March 2009

Editorial: No Content? No Way!
"A slew of responses to Aaron Schmidt's post, 'Libraries Might Not Provide Content in the Future & It's Okay,' reinforces the idea that ceding content delivery to the marketplace is not an option."
Library Journal, Tuesday 24 March 2009

Videos from the 2009 IMLS WebWise Conference Now Available Online
Washington DC.
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 24 March 2009

The great library emergency
Guardian Books Blog.
@ijclark, Monday 23 March 2009

Planned or actual Public Library closures
Google map.
@ijclark, Monday 23 March 2009

Stop talking to each other, start talking to the media, or expect more bad headlines
Comment.
Library and Information Update, Monday 23 March 2009

MLA and DCMS 'increasingly anti-book'
"library campaigner Tim Coates"
theBookseller.com, Monday 23 March 2009

Conference: ACURIL XXXIX: The Future of Libraries Within The Framework Of Sustainable Development
The Green Library, Monday 23 March 2009

Outrage!- Something must be done
"Rachel Cooke's piece in Sundays Observer"
The Good Library blog, Monday 23 March 2009

"I can't find any failing library authorities"
"says Roy Clare, chief executive of the MLA"
The Good Library blog, Monday 23 March 2009

Kindle e-reader: A Trojan horse for free thought
LISNews, Monday 23 March 2009

Registering children via schools
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 23 March 2009

Blu-ray comes to library
Salisbury. (Via Google News.)
Salisbury Journal, Monday 23 March 2009

Libraries see 13% more visitors
Leicestershire. (Via Google News.)
Buxton Today, Monday 23 March 2009

Rare children's pictures on display
British Library.
BBC News, Monday 23 March 2009

American Libraries (Volume 40, Issue 3, March 2009)
American Libraries, Monday 23 March 2009

in The Observer about public libaries today...
@ijclark, Sunday 22 March 2009

The efficiency of Estonian central public libraries
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service.)
Emerald, Sunday 22 March 2009

The one where "good enough" just doesn't do it for me
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Sunday 22 March 2009

Green Library: Solar panels to power library storage facility
ResourceShelf, Sunday 22 March 2009

Music Education Can Help Children Improve Reading Skills
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
ScienceDaily, Sunday 22 March 2009

What the Government wrote to the Observer
Council overhead expenses.
The Good Library blog, Saturday 21 March 2009

Public Library Makes a Great Place for Bookstore
LISNews, Saturday 21 March 2009

Double manning in branches
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 21 March 2009

Rare Books and Special Collections
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 21 March 2009

Using laptops in libraries
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 21 March 2009

Public libraries: what did Ed say, anyway?
Tory culture spokesman Ed Vaizey.
Library and Information Update, Saturday 21 March 2009

Public libraries: Lyn Brown talks to Unison
Library and Information Update, Saturday 21 March 2009

Very Hungry Google Doodle
Telegraph article also.
First Person Narrative, Saturday 21 March 2009

At ACRL, One Librarian Looks to the Very, Very, Distant Future
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
Library Journal, Saturday 21 March 2009

Intentional Upheaval: ACRL Report Says Libraries Must Turn Crisis into Opportunity
US report.
Library Journal, Saturday 21 March 2009

'TILE' project explores challenges facing libraries in the changing environment
Briefing paper.
ResourceShelf, Saturday 21 March 2009

Swindon libraries in firing line
theBookseller.com, Friday 20 March 2009

Illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar creates Google logo
LISNews, Friday 20 March 2009

The Post Office library
Ashton under Lyne. (Via Google News.)
Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 March 2009

MP's last-minute appeal to save libraries
Wirral. (Via Google News.)
Wirral Globe, Friday 20 March 2009

Ebooks - It's All Going On.....
"There have been a few interesting developments of late regarding ebooks..."
Thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian, Friday 20 March 2009

movers and shakers - UK version?
Clari's blog, Friday 20 March 2009

Is it check-out time for libraries?
Toronto.
LISNews, Thursday 19 March 2009

Whose checking out non-fiction books from your library?
Library survey.
LISNews, Thursday 19 March 2009

Cites & Insights 9:5 available
LISNews, Thursday 19 March 2009

Free Libraries Still Justified?
"column in the Irish Independent"
LISNews, Thursday 19 March 2009

1,000 New Mill residents join fight to save library
Kirklees. (Via Google News.)
Huddersfield Examiner, Thursday 19 March 2009

Piers Morgan's The Insider tops library's list of most-hated books
"A Cornish library's list of books they loathe..." (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 March 2009

Computer charges upset library users
"Warwickshire County Council intends to start charging for the use of library computers in order to raise around pounds 200,000 a year." (Via Google News.)
Leamington Spa Today, Thursday 19 March 2009

Half of town libraries put in firing line
"LEAKED document from Swindon Council officers suggested replacing more than half of Swindon's libraries with mobile services" (Via Google News.)
Swindon Advertiser, Thursday 19 March 2009

Fidelity equals The Totality Of The Experience
Designing Better Libraries, Thursday 19 March 2009

"The Vanishing" and the Role of Libraries
"I recently came across this post which decried the disappearance of such classic films as Costa-Gavras' State of Siege..."
Library Journal, Thursday 19 March 2009

ART SPIEGELMAN WANTS A BLOOD TEST
Comics. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Economist, Thursday 19 March 2009

ASSOCIATES March 2009 is now available on the web
"journal written for and about library support staff"
Associates, Thursday 19 March 2009

Annual National Mobilemeet
News from CILIP: March 2009, issue 3.
CILIP, Thursday 19 March 2009

CILIP supports public libraries
News from CILIP: March 2009, issue 3.
CILIP, Thursday 19 March 2009

More libraries look to ebooks
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 18 March 2009

First colour e-book reader ready
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 18 March 2009

Why ALA is bad on ethics, part 2
LISNews, Wednesday 18 March 2009

Final chapter as closure dates are set for Wirral libraries
(Via Google News.)
Wirral News, Wednesday 18 March 2009

Library 2.0 Gang 03/09: Open Library Environment (OLE)
"Mellon funded Open Library Environment (OLE) Project"
The Library 2.0 Gang, Wednesday 18 March 2009

"On the fly" conversion from Bibliotheca
"unburden libraries from the amount of time, labor and cost needed to convert entire collections from barcodes to RFID"
RFID - Changing libraries for good?, Wednesday 18 March 2009

(Highly) Condensed Guide to Library RFID
RFID - Changing libraries for good?, Wednesday 18 March 2009

UK: Historic archive of Kodak Ltd donated to the British Library and De Montfort University
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 18 March 2009

Library Journal Goes Mobile
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 18 March 2009

Library column: children's books show the way
"number of children's books borrowed has risen in each of the last four years" (Via Library Journal Library News From The Web.)
BookBrunch, Wednesday 18 March 2009

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Vol 4, No 1 (2009)
New issue published.
EBLIP, Wednesday 18 March 2009

Library humor
(Via PUBLIB.)
Frank and Ernest, Wednesday 18 March 2009