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Wednesday 15 April 2009

7 days of library news:

software contest...
OCLC.
@ostephens, Tuesday 14 April 2009

new case studies, featuring innovative projects in Leicester and Camden libraries...
@MLA_gov, Tuesday 14 April 2009

Stoke-on-Trent's new library...
@MLA_gov, Tuesday 14 April 2009

Burnham urged to intervene in Swindon
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 14 April 2009

Six ways your library can save you money
(Via Google News.)
lovemoney.com, Tuesday 14 April 2009

Umbrella 2009 - Early bird rates end 30 April
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 14 April 2009

Public WiFi - Virus Scanning
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 14 April 2009

scanner supplier
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 14 April 2009

Mobile Library laptop
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 14 April 2009

Celebrate National Library Week April 12-18
US focus.
Information Today, Inc., Tuesday 14 April 2009

Library staff 'don't want' new uniforms
Wiltshire. (Via Google News.)
Salisbury Journal, Monday 13 April 2009

Unprecedented funds for county libraries
East Sussex. (Via Google News.)
Rye and Battle Observer, Monday 13 April 2009

UN To Launch World Digital Library
(Via Library Journal Library News From The Web.)
ArtsJournal, Monday 13 April 2009

The Library-Community Convergence Framework for Community Action: Libraries as Catalysts of Social Change
Paper.
ResourceShelf, Monday 13 April 2009

Management of public libraries
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Sunday 12 April 2009

Keep the pressure up over our libraries
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 12 April 2009

Portsmouth city council to stop issuing fines for late books?
@ijclark, Saturday 11 April 2009

If you feel like murdering books
TangognaT, Saturday 11 April 2009

Awesome TV Report
US report.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 11 April 2009

Bookshelves
"book sculptures"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 11 April 2009

6 Reasons that Boys Like Magazines
Getting Boys To Read, Saturday 11 April 2009

Public Libraries Article on Mentally Ill at Libraries Generates Insight, Controversy
US report.
Library Journal, Saturday 11 April 2009

Librarians in movies online filmography
PUBLIB, Saturday 11 April 2009

Swindon
Central overhead charges.
The Good Library blog, Friday 10 April 2009

Lost in the Pixels of a Good Book: The E-book Problem
The iPhone.
LISNews, Friday 10 April 2009

Libraries scrap national papers
Somerset. (Via Google News.)
This is The West Country, Friday 10 April 2009

Union claims win in library staff dispute
Glasgow. (Via Google News.)
Evening Times, Friday 10 April 2009

Juice up your OPAC
Code4lib project.
Panlibus, Friday 10 April 2009

Shaping a modern library service
"MLA Chief Executive Roy Clare sets out the key factors that define a modern public library service."
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council , Friday 10 April 2009

All-New Digital Edition...
"American Libraries showcases the best in library design, construction, and renovation in its first digital supplement on facilities."
American Libraries, Friday 10 April 2009

Manchester Libraries new revamped Facebook boxes!
@SueLawson, Thursday 9 April 2009

New digital library to display world on a website
World Digital Library (WDL). (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 9 April 2009

Cloud computing - morning session from last week's tfpl conference
tfpl blog, Thursday 9 April 2009

The European Library Newsletter, April/May 2009 is Now Online
ResourceShelf, Thursday 9 April 2009

Save UK Public Libraries on Facebook
@SINTOcarl, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Gartner Highlights Four Ways in Which Enterprises Are Using Twitter
UK eInformation Group, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Library of Congress YouTube Channel Up and Running
LISNews, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Wirral libraries: Government orders inquiry into closures
Wirral News, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Residents have their say on library's fate
Swindon. (Via Google News.)
Swindon Advertiser, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Pounds 14m library will help turn Canada Water on its head
(Via Google News.)
Evening Standard, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Free-access World Digital Library set to launch
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Anger at decision to close libraries
Oldham. (Via Google News.)
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Long shot query for Welsh speakers
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Public Access PCs - USB Memory & Virus Scanning
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 8 April 2009

'Alpha Search Buries the Ref Desk' (from LIS News)
"semantic search engine developments"
Library and Information Update, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Recession boosts library visitors
London libraries.
BBC News, Wednesday 8 April 2009

The future of UK public services?
Panlibus, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Jenny White - The Abyssinian Proof
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Virtual Reference Bibliography Online - Now Live
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Library debate continues across the UK
"Libraries of the Future"
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 8 April 2009

World Digital Library Set to Launch on April 21
Library Journal, Wednesday 8 April 2009

Is This the Future of the Digital Book?
Thje 'vook'. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The New York Times, Wednesday 8 April 2009