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Wednesday 27 May 2009

7 days of library news:

Swindon libraries: an alphabet soup
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 26 May 2009

Emmy Winning Library Video
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 26 May 2009

The one where we benefit from bureaucracy
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Tuesday 26 May 2009

EFF weighs in on Google Books Settlement
Electronic Frontier Foundation.
LISNews, Tuesday 26 May 2009

Safe transit of CDs & DVDs
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 26 May 2009

Leisure Centre Libraries
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 26 May 2009

Biographies: Another Non-fiction Genre for Boys!
Getting Boys To Read, Tuesday 26 May 2009

From IFLA: Guidelines for Children's Library Services
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 26 May 2009

Kid Running "Banned Books" Library Out of School Locker
LISNews, Monday 25 May 2009

Teenagers take a fresh look at their library
Hartcliffe. (Via Google News.)
This Is Bristol, Monday 25 May 2009

Wirral library cuts come under scrutiny
(Via Google News.)
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk, Monday 25 May 2009

AudioBoo is new talk of the net
British Library using net service to capture "dialects, accents, oral histories and neighbourhood soundscapes". (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 25 May 2009

FREE PANCAKES IN THE LIBRARY! We do it and so can you!
Getting Boys To Read, Monday 25 May 2009

Google's Good Deal For Libraries & A Book Grab by Google
ResourceShelf, Monday 25 May 2009

The future of books and electronic reading - Times Online
@ijclark, Sunday 24 May 2009

Design for sustainability
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Sunday 24 May 2009

Politics: the art of the possible
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Sunday 24 May 2009

Library texts
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.) "text messaging"
Emerald, Sunday 24 May 2009

Resource management: people: Gaining buy-in
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Sunday 24 May 2009

Dark times
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.) "what a hierarchy of library needs might look like"
Emerald, Sunday 24 May 2009

Social Networking Literacy Competencies for Librarians
Stephen's Lighthouse, Sunday 24 May 2009

Librarianship and Entrepreneurialism
Stephen's Lighthouse, Sunday 24 May 2009

GLOBE ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: 'My everlasting shame' voting for library closures - Seacombe Cllr Denis Knowles explains why he defected from Labour to the Conservatives
(Via Google News.)
Wirral Globe, Sunday 24 May 2009

Library visitor celebrating
"free music and film loans for life" (Via Google News.)
Teletext, Sunday 24 May 2009

Collaborating in Second Life
Presentation.
Information Literacy Weblog, Sunday 24 May 2009

Australian Library and Information week
Information Literacy Weblog, Sunday 24 May 2009

SINGER'S LITERACY BID FLOPS
Dolly Parton.
Daily Express, Saturday 23 May 2009

Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Step inside Barcelona's Secret Library
"In an age of games consoles and YouTube, nothing can tell a story with the power of a novel"
Times Online, Saturday 23 May 2009

Key chapter in Wirral library probe
Liverpool Echo.co.uk, Saturday 23 May 2009

ANTS
"repository of library, research, and information literacy tutorials"
Information Literacy Weblog, Saturday 23 May 2009

Why Games?
@leedscentlib, Friday 22 May 2009

Tim Coates named alongside ...100 most influential publishing ppl
@crooneybrowne, Friday 22 May 2009

Try out 3 e-readers at British Library
@britishlibrary, Friday 22 May 2009

Expenses row could undermine library reviews
theBookseller.com, Friday 22 May 2009

100 Ways to Make Your Library a Little Greener
The Green Library, Friday 22 May 2009

Relevancy of Libraries in the Future
LISNews, Friday 22 May 2009

Consultant starts asking questions over Wirral library closures
Wirral Globe, Friday 22 May 2009

Community Information Databases
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 22 May 2009

BIC launches e4libraries accreditation scheme to reward efficiency in the library supply chain
RFID - Changing libraries for good?, Friday 22 May 2009

Jasper Fforde - The Eyre Afffair
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 22 May 2009

Maxim Chattam - The Cairo Diary
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 22 May 2009

The May/June 2009 Issue of D-Lib Magazine is Now Available Online
"digital library research and development"
ResourceShelf, Friday 22 May 2009

Old Catalogue Cards
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 21 May 2009

National Library of Wales purchases AquaBrowser
Library Technology Guides, Thursday 21 May 2009

Inspector visits Wirral's libraries ahead of inquiry next month
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk, Thursday 21 May 2009

Blu-Ray discs - results
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 21 May 2009

Experience of quality assurance and assessment schemes in libraries?
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 21 May 2009

Reading to Your Baby
Getting Boys To Read, Thursday 21 May 2009

New chapter as books go digital
BBC News, Thursday 21 May 2009

'At risk' libraries are inspected
Wirral.
BBC News, Thursday 21 May 2009

Google Book-Scanning Pact to Give Libraries Input on Price
The New York Times, Thursday 21 May 2009

Libraries and the Future of Search
Paper.
Library Philosophy and Practice, Thursday 21 May 2009

A new e-book competitor?
@ostephens, Wednesday 20 May 2009

The nature and role of empathy in public librarianship
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Sage Journals Online, Wednesday 20 May 2009

The Failure of E-Book Devices
Failure for libraries, comment.
LISNews, Wednesday 20 May 2009

Tips on Reading Aloud for Parents
Getting Boys To Read, Wednesday 20 May 2009

Protest over mobile library cut
Denbighshire.
BBC News, Wednesday 20 May 2009

LibroSpot - Save, Share, & Explore Favorite Books
I want to, Wednesday 20 May 2009

OCLC Dumps New Record Reuse Policy
Panlibus, Wednesday 20 May 2009

Judith Martin - No Vulgar Hotel
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Wednesday 20 May 2009

Julian Fellowes - Past Imperfect
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Wednesday 20 May 2009

Deanna Raybourn - Silent in the Grave
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Wednesday 20 May 2009

Reconvened Campaign AGM 11 July 2009
The Library Campaign, Wednesday 20 May 2009

Exclusive - Lyn Brown's speech to the May Campaign AGM.
The Library Campaign, Wednesday 20 May 2009

Victorian PM's library legacy
BBC News, Wednesday 20 May 2009