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Wednesday 17 June 2009

7 days of library news:

I'm always asking what I should read next - this new app could come in handy...
@calire, Tuesday 16 June 2009

Short story collection clinches Wales Book Prize
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 16 June 2009

What People Were Reading During The Depression
LISNews, Tuesday 16 June 2009

Talking your way out of library fines
"As a chronic late returner, I'm a huge fan of San Francisco public library's fines amnesty for interesting excuses"
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 16 June 2009

People Counter
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 16 June 2009

The old ones are the best
Book humour.
Paige Turner - Librarian, Tuesday 16 June 2009

UK public libraries on twitter, listed at TwitterLeague
@Philbradley, Monday 15 June 2009

"We no longer stock DVDs in our libraries but instead we are now in partnership with Blockbuster"
Havering Libraries (London Borough).
@swashford, Monday 15 June 2009

@questseekers' website launched today ready for Summer Reading Challange 2009
@readingagency, Monday 15 June 2009

Suffolk Libraries' 'Sunday Experience'
@swashford, Monday 15 June 2009

Libraries of the future
US report from 1965.
LISNews, Monday 15 June 2009

Public access to health information and resources
Research request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 15 June 2009

Libraries using Twitter update
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 15 June 2009

Stuart Neville - The Twelve
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Monday 15 June 2009

Jasper Fforde - The Well of Lost PLots
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Monday 15 June 2009

Wirral Report
The Library Campaign, Monday 15 June 2009

Reading Dickens Four Ways
"paperback, audiobook, Kindle, and iPhone" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Monday 15 June 2009

Rising to the challenge: a look at the role of public libraries in times of recession
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Sunday 14 June 2009

Radio Silence
Library Show at the NEC.
RFID - Changing libraries for good?, Sunday 14 June 2009

The Bibliothèque Nationale de France to Add Records to WorldCat; OCLC and National Library of France sign Agreement
ResourceShelf, Saturday 13 June 2009

The Accidental Library Marketer: New Book Fills Gaps In "True Marketing" Knowledge; Already Being Used In Grad School Course
LISWire, Friday 12 June 2009

Do you love books, or do you love reading?
"the iPhone"
LISNews, Friday 12 June 2009

The E-Book Challenge: Amazon Versus Google
LISNews, Friday 12 June 2009

AN AEROSOL E-BOOK ENHANCER
"new book smell"
LISNews, Friday 12 June 2009

E-Books and Non-E Books Across the Pond
LISNews, Friday 12 June 2009

The Library at Night, By Alberto Manguel
(Via Google News.)
The Independent, Friday 12 June 2009

Wirral library closures "not an inherently bad thing", inquiry told
(Via Google News.)
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk, Friday 12 June 2009

Wirral Libraries Inquiry: Lib-Dem councillors face further disciplinary action in Wirral
(Via Google News.)
Wirral News, Friday 12 June 2009

Wirral Council facing pounds 20k legal bill for two-day libraries inquiry
(Via Google News.)
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk, Friday 12 June 2009

Petition re school libraries
Alan Gibbons.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 12 June 2009

Wirral inquiry: fix for news junkies
Library and Information Update, Friday 12 June 2009

Wirral inquiry: good luck to them!
Library and Information Update, Friday 12 June 2009

Wirral inquiry: how do you know that?
Library and Information Update, Friday 12 June 2009

Wirral inquiry: comprehensive & efficient
Library and Information Update, Friday 12 June 2009

Wirral inquiry: heart of the community?
Library and Information Update, Friday 12 June 2009

On the Wirral
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Friday 12 June 2009

Public flock to Newcastle's new library
MLA, Friday 12 June 2009

Verdict of public inquiry into Wirral library provision should be available by the end of July
Wirral News, Thursday 11 June 2009

Library & information Show
@Fiona_Leslie, Thursday 11 June 2009

Wirral inquiry to report in July
theBookseller.com, Thursday 11 June 2009

Adco Library: Goodbye Dewey Decimal System
WordThink.
LISNews, Thursday 11 June 2009

Google book-deal boils up
New Media and Search, Thursday 11 June 2009

Independent RFID Maintenance
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 11 June 2009

MA Dissertation- Social Inclusion
Research request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 11 June 2009

projector wall mounts
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 11 June 2009

Printing charges - colour and b/w
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 11 June 2009

The Library Show 2009
Sintoblog, Thursday 11 June 2009

Jasper FForde - Lost in a good book
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Thursday 11 June 2009

Full Text Document Now Online: Guidelines for a Collection Development Policy using the Conspectus Model
IFLA.
ResourceShelf, Thursday 11 June 2009

Why E-Books Are Stuck in a Black-and-White World
(Via AL Direct.)
Gadget Lab, Thursday 11 June 2009

Wirral library inquiry: 'Control should go to another authority'
Wirral News, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Don't throw out the ACL
Advisory Council on Libraries.
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Wirral 'not competent' to look after libraries
Tim Coates.
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Playground Games Get 21st Century Revamp
British Library.
Sky News, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Public inquiry on Wirral libraries' future comes to a close
Wirral Globe, Wednesday 10 June 2009

PRESS RELEASE - MLA to complete integration with creation of London team
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Plasma screens/Digital signage
Information request summary of responses.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Wirral inquiry: holy grail or old tin can?
Library and Information Update, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Wirral inquiry: stuck in the middle?
Library and Information Update, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Wirral inquiry: Bob did the job
Library and Information Update, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Face the paradoxes
Library Show in Birmingham.
IWR Blog, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Motivating Teenage Boys to Read
Getting Boys To Read, Wednesday 10 June 2009

New Children's Laureate - Anthony Browne
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Wednesday 10 June 2009

Is Google's MyLibrary an Also-Ran?
Library Journal, Wednesday 10 June 2009

New Children's Laureate
MLA, Wednesday 10 June 2009