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Wednesday 8 July 2009

7 days of library news:

Historic Battle Library, in west Reading, reopens: Grade-II listed Carnegie building given revamp
@MLA_gov, Tuesday 7 July 2009

designers of High Wycombe's new state-of-the-art library have won a prestigious award
@MLA_gov, Tuesday 7 July 2009

Big Town Read
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 7 July 2009

Web 2.0 Technologies and Public Libraries
Thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian, Tuesday 7 July 2009

Delivering local priorities
"A research study provides evidence of the role museums, libraries and archives can play in meeting Local Area Agreement (LAA) targets"
MLA, Tuesday 7 July 2009

Awful Library Books
LISNews, Monday 6 July 2009

Chat While Reading: The Future Of Books?
Web site.
LISNews, Monday 6 July 2009

Oh My Librarian, She Showed It To Me, and then She Did It With Me
"the Librarian Song".
LISNews, Monday 6 July 2009

WorldCat Mobile pilot extended to Europe
Library Technology Guides, Monday 6 July 2009

Internet safety policies for children
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 6 July 2009

Evaluation of Online Sources
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 6 July 2009

Libraries act to stop young people becoming 'NEET'
Library and Information Update, Monday 6 July 2009

Houses of Learning
MLA.
MLA, Monday 6 July 2009

OCLC report: Online Catalogs : what users and librarians want
Report.
Anna Martin's medical library spiel, Monday 6 July 2009

Historic Bible pages put online
British Library.
BBC Audio and Video, Monday 6 July 2009

IFLA Information Technology Section Newsletter - July 2009
IFLA, Monday 6 July 2009

Rise and demise of neoliberalism: time to reassess the impact on public libraries
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Sunday 5 July 2009

Cutting through the hype to make a confident future library and information profession
"what skills and knowledge library and information professionals needed to meet the needs of young people"
Information Literacy Weblog, Sunday 5 July 2009

Building better world a book at a time
Better World Books. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
CNN, Sunday 5 July 2009

What is being done for public libraries in London?
The Good Library blog, Saturday 4 July 2009

More about Nominet Best Practice Awards
"British Library is winner of Open Internet category at Nominet Awards 2009"
@britishlibrary, Friday 3 July 2009

Presentations from yesterday's CILIPS Web2.0 course are now available
@scotlibraries, Friday 3 July 2009

getting people reading and/or libraries onto Anthony Gormley's plinth
@readingagency, Friday 3 July 2009

Library campaigners doubt Clare on 'mixed economy'
theBookseller.com, Friday 3 July 2009

The Future of Library User Experience
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 3 July 2009

The one where we take ethics, compliancy and diversity training
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Friday 3 July 2009

New Mill Library given stay of execution
Kirklees.
Huddersfield Examiner, Friday 3 July 2009

Reading & Language Disabilities
Getting Boys To Read, Friday 3 July 2009

Digital Gazette is up for you to read
@CILIPGazette, Thursday 2 July 2009

Everywhere is here!
"What is the future of the library?"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 2 July 2009

Libraries are a Vital Community Resource in the Information Age
US report.
LISNews, Thursday 2 July 2009

Let e-Readers Be e-Readers
LISNews, Thursday 2 July 2009

Oops! How Wirral Council misplaced Eastham library on inquiry map
(Via Google News.)
Wirral Globe, Thursday 2 July 2009

Publication of readers/users own novels
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 2 July 2009

Best Library Ad campaign
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 2 July 2009

Children's Events
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 2 July 2009

Reserve Stock Policies
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 2 July 2009

Should Boys be Bribed into Reading?
Getting Boys To Read, Thursday 2 July 2009

What's happening across the pond?
ISO 28560.
RFID - Changing libraries for good?, Thursday 2 July 2009

Something to shout about
Newcastle.
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Thursday 2 July 2009

Libraries 'should be like church'
"Writer Beryl Bainbridge says libraries are so awful, no one would want to go back."
BBC Audio and Video, Thursday 2 July 2009

Full Text Article: Librarians as Writers
ResourceShelf, Thursday 2 July 2009

The library that never closes
"The Open Library". (Via Library Link of the Day.)
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 July 2009

E-Government Needs Public Libraries
US report.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 1 July 2009

New pounds 193m library will be finished by 2013 insists Birmingham City Council
Birmingham Post, Wednesday 1 July 2009

eBooks
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 1 July 2009

Social networking on public access computers
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 1 July 2009

Book Donors
Vs. "better world books", information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 1 July 2009

e-book version of Library World Record is now available from NetLibrary
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 1 July 2009

A Competency Index for the Library Field
"a carefully synthesized and reviewed compilation of competency statements for library practice"
WebJunction, Wednesday 1 July 2009