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Wednesday 20 May 2009

7 days of library news:

London's first low carbon library
@MLA_gov, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Colour e-paper to go on show
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Amazon prepares for 'textbook e-reader wars'
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Self-publishing takes the lead in US
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Making Sense of an Information World: The Everyday‐Life Information Behavior of Preteens
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Chicago Journals, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Brewster Kahle - How Google Threatens Books
LISNews, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Books Born Digital
iLibrarian, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Boys Need to MOVE IT: How to Use Movement to Help Boys Become Better Readers
Getting Boys To Read, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Using the Internet to Motivate Writing
Getting Boys To Read, Tuesday 19 May 2009

A summer of library conferences to look forward to...
The Library of Digress, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Breaking the Open Source Barriers 2009
Panlibus, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Mash oop north Areas of interest to explore on the day
librarytwopointzero, Tuesday 19 May 2009

WolframAlpha - computational is the key word!
Phil Bradley's weblog, Tuesday 19 May 2009

New on IFLA Site: Guidelines: Education for Digital Librarianship
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 19 May 2009

Why E-Books Look So Ugly
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Wired, Tuesday 19 May 2009

AZ library's 'Deweyless' program wins award
LISNews, Monday 18 May 2009

Awful Library Books blog
@calire, Monday 18 May 2009

"Enticing teenagers into the library"
@crooneybrowne, Monday 18 May 2009

Ross launches Twitter book club
@AnneWelsh, Monday 18 May 2009

In conversation with Martin Palmer [Facet Publishing podcast]
'Making the Most of RFID in Libraries'
cilip podcasts, Monday 18 May 2009

Birmingham Cultural services chief left out of library project
Birmingham Post, Monday 18 May 2009

Blu-Ray discs
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 18 May 2009

Wolfram Alpha Knowledge Engine Launches
iLibrarian, Monday 18 May 2009

The Gruffalo ten years on.
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Monday 18 May 2009

UCLA Settles with Student Tasered at Library for dollars 220,000, Silence
Library Journal, Monday 18 May 2009

Informal adult learning grants
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council , Monday 18 May 2009

Library communication outside a library context: instant messaging as library service
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Sunday 17 May 2009

Putting the public in the public domain: The public library's role in the re-conceptualization of the public domain
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Sunday 17 May 2009

Professional education, development and training in a Web 2.0 environment: A case study of the UK
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Sunday 17 May 2009

Theory, research, and practice in library management 6: Managing uncertainty through scenario planning
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Sunday 17 May 2009

Librarian interrupted! Ur-librarian to un-librarian, or ur-librarian to uber-librarian?
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Sunday 17 May 2009

newsletter of CILIP West Midlands online now
@davidviner, Saturday 16 May 2009

What is a Group of Librarians?
Trivia.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 16 May 2009

The one where we take a day off
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Saturday 16 May 2009

Wolfram Alpha is out - hmmm...
Karen Blakeman's Blog, Saturday 16 May 2009

Fast Facts Anyone? A Brief Users Guide to WolframAlpha
ResourceShelf, Saturday 16 May 2009

When love is harder to show than hate
"Copyright law is set up to protect critics, while leaving fans of creative works out in the cold" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 16 May 2009

Speaking of Information: The Library Juice Quotation Book
New publication. (Via PLGnet−L.)
Library Juice Press, Saturday 16 May 2009

Wolfram Alpha
Goes live (if you can get on the site!).
PUBLIB, Saturday 16 May 2009

Burnham refuses Swindon intervention
theBookseller.com, Friday 15 May 2009

Pounds 10m paid to Birmingham Library architects - and the design could still change
(Via Google News.)
Birmingham Post, Friday 15 May 2009

Public libraries - surprise!
"modernisation review"
Library and Information Update, Friday 15 May 2009

Public libraries: plenty's wrong...
Lyn Brown.
Library and Information Update, Friday 15 May 2009

Videos from Code4lib 2009 published
Panlibus, Friday 15 May 2009

ALA Warns Libraries: Google's Calling, So Here Are Questions
Library Journal, Friday 15 May 2009

The May/June 2009 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available
"digital library research and development"
D-Lib Magazine, Friday 15 May 2009

beta version of new British Library catalogue
@swashford, Thursday 14 May 2009

Libraries review sneak preview
theBookseller.com, Thursday 14 May 2009

Head in the clouds
"national reviews"
The Good Library blog, Thursday 14 May 2009

Cheeseburgers versus I Can Haz Cheezburger?
Carbon footprint.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 14 May 2009

The Library Show 2009
LIS-PROFESSION, Thursday 14 May 2009

Informed Librarian Online 5th anniversary special offer
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 14 May 2009

New Book Series Shakes Up Traditional Publishing
Manga.
LISNews, Thursday 14 May 2009

CILIP membership
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 14 May 2009

What Companies Should Know About Digital Natives
iLibrarian, Thursday 14 May 2009

Capturing the Impact of Libraries
Report.
Sintoblog, Thursday 14 May 2009

Acrobat export from PDF to ePub?
@ijclark, Wednesday 13 May 2009

Against Reading
Humour.
The Good Library blog, Wednesday 13 May 2009

Journal of Collaborative Librarianship
Second issue.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 13 May 2009

charging for childrens and teens events
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 13 May 2009

Plasma screens / Digital signage
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 13 May 2009

Will the eBook make it across the chasm
Panlibus, Wednesday 13 May 2009

Books for Keeps
May edition now in the library.
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Wednesday 13 May 2009

Information R/evolution
Video.
When I grow up I want to be a Librarian!, Wednesday 13 May 2009

Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The New York Times, Wednesday 13 May 2009

EBooks and Traditional Texts: Complementary or Mutually Exclusive?
FUMSI, Wednesday 13 May 2009