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  • Subject: [Libraryweb] Newsletter
  • Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:02 -0400

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Wednesday 10 June 2009

7 days of library news:

Wirral Libraries Public Inquiry Live Blog
Wirral News, Tuesday 9 June 2009

New guide promotes learning through culture for young people
"how children's services and cultural organisations such as museums, libraries and archives can work together as partners and as joint providers"
MLA, Tuesday 9 June 2009

New Swindon library report dubbed 'farcical'
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 9 June 2009

CISAC would 'support' a Google challenge
International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), Google book settlement.
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 9 June 2009

First number one for Sheila O'Flanagan
Book sales.
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 9 June 2009

'Text' Book's
"cell phone written novels"
LISNews, Tuesday 9 June 2009

Terence Blacker: You can't kill off libraries and call it 'creative'
"Creative Britain"
The Independent, Tuesday 9 June 2009

Bloomsbury gives library books a digital wrapper
"...lets users read books via the web just by entering their public library card details" (Via Google News.)
WhatPC?, Tuesday 9 June 2009

more about Better World Books
>From Better World Books.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 9 June 2009

Better World Books
Responses to information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 9 June 2009

Stock Editing Parliamentary Papers
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 9 June 2009

Reservation Charges
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 9 June 2009

Collaboration 2.0
"social networking tools, when used efficiently by a library, are more of a boon to productivity than a drain on it"
iLibrarian, Tuesday 9 June 2009

New pounds 24m library opens its doors
Newcastle.
BBC News, Tuesday 9 June 2009

The Library 2.0 Gang - the vendors view on OCLC Web-scale
Podcast.
Panlibus, Tuesday 9 June 2009

Review of Swindon's library service underway
MLA, Tuesday 9 June 2009

British Library raises copyright lockout fears
IWR, Tuesday 9 June 2009

Library closure inquiry under way
Wirral.
BBC News, Tuesday 9 June 2009

Library closures inquiry starts
Wirral.
BBC Audio and Video, Tuesday 9 June 2009

Good news - anybody can now read Gazette in a digital edition - no need to be a CILIP member
@CILIPGazette, Monday 8 June 2009

Get inside Henry VIII's mind: explore his personal notes...
@britishlibrary, Monday 8 June 2009

Shortlist for 2009 Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year
@MancLibraries, Monday 8 June 2009

Booked Up titles unveiled
theBookseller.com, Monday 8 June 2009

Reading Agency sets out reading guide
Reading in the workplace.
theBookseller.com, Monday 8 June 2009

New pounds 100,000 Fund for Libraries
"self-organised groups of adult learners"
theBookseller.com, Monday 8 June 2009

One myth, one grossly misleading use of language and one mad practice
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Monday 8 June 2009

Toni Morrison defends 'sacredness' of books against censorship
LISNews, Monday 8 June 2009

Mobility, Ubquity and Changing the Way We Do Business
LISNews, Monday 8 June 2009

Digital preservation project LIFE3 granted funding
"collaboration between the British Library and UCL (University College London), supported by the Association of European Research Libraries"
IWR, Monday 8 June 2009

UK National Profile for ISO 28560-2 published
"data elements to be used on RFID tags for library operations"
LIB-RFID-UK, Monday 8 June 2009

A lot of folk are watching in Wirral...
Library and Information Update, Monday 8 June 2009

Wirral inquiry: an inauspicious start
Library and Information Update, Monday 8 June 2009

Rangeview Library District, CO, First System To Fully Drop Dewey
Library Journal, Monday 8 June 2009

Dew Decimal Dies -- maybe....from today's Denver Post
"retail-based system -- called WordThink"
PUBLIB, Monday 8 June 2009

Not all libraries are taking part - is yours? If not, just ask them to register...
People's Book Prize.
@PeoplesBkPrize, Sunday 7 June 2009

Dagger in the Library 2009 Shortlist - CORRECTION
LIS-PROFESSION, Sunday 7 June 2009

Dagger in the Library 2009 Shortlist Announced
The Crime Writers' Association.
LIS-PROFESSION, Sunday 7 June 2009

"Skulduggery" at the British Library Incident in 2005 involved 35 items
"the Tyldesley Diary"
LISNews, Sunday 7 June 2009

How to Host a Book Club for Boys
Getting Boys To Read, Sunday 7 June 2009

Video: Library services
"Library services in Northumberland under threat."
BBC Audio and Video, Sunday 7 June 2009

979 ISBN prefix makes first appearance
@SueLawson, Saturday 6 June 2009

The one where we plan a budget meeting
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Saturday 6 June 2009

Ben Bradshaw is the new Secretary of State for Culture
@HelenDahlke, Friday 5 June 2009

Looks like Google finally caught up to what @LibraryTHing has known for ages
"Barcode your bookshelf with Google Books"
@ijclark, Friday 5 June 2009

In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians
Book.
@Femmalex, Friday 5 June 2009

Pounds 10,000 to be spent on another library consultation
Swindon. (Via Google News.)
Swindon Advertiser, Friday 5 June 2009

Dealing with "Borrower says returned" items
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 5 June 2009

Issuing pre-overdue reminders
Information request.
LISNews, Friday 5 June 2009

ENQUIRE
Comment, on the enquiry service.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 5 June 2009

A retail model we can depend on
Comment.
Rob Westwood, Friday 5 June 2009

Morrison: 'This Book Is so Powerful'
Quotation of the Day.
Shelf Awareness, Friday 5 June 2009

International Conference on Children's Libraries, New De lhi, India
(Via IFLA-L.)
AWIC, Friday 5 June 2009

Just launched our improved business website
@britishlibrary, Thursday 4 June 2009

Authors call for better PLR guidance
Public Lending Right.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 4 June 2009

Swindon and other library services
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Thursday 4 June 2009

BOOK REVIEW: 'Raised by Librarians' will warm your heart
Picture book.
LISNews, Thursday 4 June 2009

Deaf library assistant sues
(Via Google News.)
Manchester Evening News, Thursday 4 June 2009

Anger over teenage library plans
(Via Google News.)
Ilford Recorder, Thursday 4 June 2009

Council's library design on show at RA
Canada Wharf library. (Via Google News.)
LGC, Thursday 4 June 2009

Who's twittering?
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 4 June 2009

Withdrawn stock!?
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 4 June 2009

UX: Strategy, Flow & Affordance
"user experience"
Designing Better Libraries, Thursday 4 June 2009

Renewed City Library opens
Newcastle City library.
BBC Audio and Video, Thursday 4 June 2009

New From IFLA: "10 ways to make a public library work / Update your libraries"
ResourceShelf, Thursday 4 June 2009

A Review of Mosio's "Text a Librarian" Service
ResourceShelf, Thursday 4 June 2009

Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians)
ResourceShelf, Thursday 4 June 2009

Search is too important to leave to one company - even Google
"It may seem as unlikely as a publicly edited encyclopedia, but the internet needs publicly controlled search" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 4 June 2009

Living To Tell the Tale Again: Getting the Most Out of Your Library Screencasts
Informed Librarian Online, Thursday 4 June 2009

Extra time for libraries inquiry
Wirral.
LGC, Wednesday 3 June 2009

Galliford secures PFI deal to build showpiece library in Worcester
"pounds 60 million PFI project"
Birmingham Post, Wednesday 3 June 2009

Encourage Boys to Explore New Interests
Getting Boys To Read, Wednesday 3 June 2009

Manuscripts join the digital age
"Mark Holland describes a new online service which gives easy access to historical literary works."
BBC Audio and Video , Wednesday 3 June 2009

Technology Stewardship at Your Library
Free webinar.
WebJunction, Wednesday 3 June 2009




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