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Wednesday 13 May 2009

7 days of library news:

Cheap energy for North Yorkshire's library users
"Smart Meters"
Darlington & Stockton Times, Tuesday 12 May 2009

Nintendo Wii Games
Information request results.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 12 May 2009

Print only once, then eat it with your lunch
"The Economist is currently running an interesting debate on copyright..."
The Disruptive Searcher, Tuesday 12 May 2009

New Search Tool Aims at Answering Tough Queries, but Not at Taking on Google
WolframAlpha. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The New York Times, Tuesday 12 May 2009

AMAZING young people's library called Mindspot
Denmark.
@calire, Monday 11 May 2009

Another 3 libraries have benefited from the pounds 80m Community Libraries programme
@MLA_gov, Monday 11 May 2009

Swindon library boss removed
theBookseller.com, Monday 11 May 2009

Children's books gets library Spotlight
The Reading Agency.
theBookseller.com, Monday 11 May 2009

Photo booths
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 11 May 2009

Facebook Book Clubs
Application.
iLibrarian, Monday 11 May 2009

The Pros and Cons of the Google Book Deal
iLibrarian, Monday 11 May 2009

Steven Carroll - Twilight in Venice
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Monday 11 May 2009

Digging for treasure at book sales - electronically
"Peter VonSien calls himself a book scout. He uses an electronic scanner, here at the Eden Prairie Library book sale last week, to find valuable books..." (Via Library Link of the Day.)
Star Tribune, Monday 11 May 2009

Britain's libraries - the final chapter?
(Via Google News.)
Tribune, Sunday 10 May 2009

O, Vienna
"conference on A Library Policy for Europe"
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Sunday 10 May 2009

Busy libraries as downturn bites
Darlington.
BBC News, Saturday 9 May 2009

The Next Age of Discovery
"In a 21st-century version of the age of discovery, teams of computer scientists, conservationists and scholars are fanning out across the globe in a race to digitize crumbling literary treasures."
The Wall Street Journal, Saturday 9 May 2009

Richard & Judy show cancelled
theBookseller.com, Friday 8 May 2009

George Harrison unpublished lyrics on show at British Library
(Via Google News.)
Times Online, Friday 8 May 2009

The Library Cart
"extraordinary individuals" (Via Google News.)
BBC World Service, Friday 8 May 2009

RFID Stock and Prison Libraries
Information request.
LIB-RFID-UK, Friday 8 May 2009

Better World Books
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 8 May 2009

Publishers & Librarians: Two Cultures, One Goal
iLibrarian, Friday 8 May 2009

Three Ways Libraries Can Be Different
Designing Better Libraries, Friday 8 May 2009

OCLC's Andrew Pace Talks with Talis about Web-Scale ILS
Panlibus, Friday 8 May 2009

Swindon: MLA put out a call for consultants
Tom Roper's Weblog, Friday 8 May 2009

Scottish Children's Books Awards
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Friday 8 May 2009

American Libraries (Volume 40, Issue 5, May 2009)
'The Freedom to Read'
American Libraries, Friday 8 May 2009

New Issue Published of Collaborative Librarianship
Collaborative Librarianship, Friday 8 May 2009

2ask y we need libraries...
@ijclark, Thursday 7 May 2009

Librarians: Reactionaries or Revolutionaries?
@CILIPGazette, Thursday 7 May 2009

Library group and Yahoo Answers work together
@calire, Thursday 7 May 2009

The DX debut
"third iteration of the 'Kindle family': the DX."
theBookseller.com, Thursday 7 May 2009

Barry double at Irish Book Awards
theBookseller.com, Thursday 7 May 2009

MLA's actions 'improper'
"complaint made by library campaigner Tim Coates"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 7 May 2009

Finding Books at Google Book Search
"debate on the inherent utility of Google Book Search"
LISNews, Thursday 7 May 2009

Date set for inquiry into Wirral's library closure plans
(Via Google News.)
Wirral News, Thursday 7 May 2009

Literacies strategy
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 7 May 2009

The Wisdom of Community
iLibrarian, Thursday 7 May 2009

Introducing Amazon's Kindle DX
iLibrarian, Thursday 7 May 2009

Redefining Literacy - Interview with David Warlick by Mike McQueen
Getting Boys To Read, Thursday 7 May 2009

The Library 2.0 Gang on Cloud Computing Libraries and OCLC
Panlibus, Thursday 7 May 2009

Good idea for use of digital photo frame in libraries
@calire, Wednesday 6 May 2009

Awards
Free tool.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 6 May 2009

Why Learning About Emerging Technologies is part of every librarian's job - Educause Australasia 2009 presentation
Paper. (Via HotStuff 2.0.)
Librarians Matter, Wednesday 6 May 2009

New Mill Library in Kirklees
Closure.
The Good Library blog, Wednesday 6 May 2009

A Closer Look at the New York Public Library
LISNews, Wednesday 6 May 2009

Cites & Insights 9:7, June 2009, available
LISNews, Wednesday 6 May 2009

A Sefton working group is looking at potential of opening library facilities in empty shops
Southport Visitor, Wednesday 6 May 2009

Ombudsman 'pulls out of Wirral library inquiry'
Wirral Globe, Wednesday 6 May 2009

UK National Profile
ISO 28560.
LIB-RFID-UK, Wednesday 6 May 2009

The UK National ID scheme - good or bad news for libraries?
RFID - Changing libraries for good?, Wednesday 6 May 2009

Children's literature updates
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Wednesday 6 May 2009

Up and coming: 2 new search engines
The Disruptive Searcher, Wednesday 6 May 2009

Amazon Launches Kindle DX
"features larger display"
Library Journal, Wednesday 6 May 2009

Is Your Library a Learning Organization?
Free webinar (first article of newsletter).
WebJunction, Wednesday 6 May 2009

60-Second Survey - Libraries and the Economic Recession - Last Call
PUBLIB, Wednesday 6 May 2009

Games in Libraries Podcast, May 2009
PUBLIB, Wednesday 6 May 2009