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Wednesday 12 August 2009

7 days of library news:

Seminars aim to build culture into regeneration
"Living Places"
MLA, Tuesday 11 August 2009

Burnham makes MLA 'censorship' complaint
Swindon library campaigner Shirley Burnham.
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 11 August 2009

Astak's dollars 199 EZ Reader Pocket PRO wants to give Kindle 'a run for its money'
LISNews, Tuesday 11 August 2009

100 Best Blogs for Library Science Students
iLibrarian, Tuesday 11 August 2009

Setting the Pace new grants now open
"Family Storytelling Disability Stories has grants of pounds 1,500 for family storytelling events across the English regions."
MLA, Tuesday 11 August 2009

New Publication: National Bibliographies in the Digital Age: Guidance and New Directions
(Via ifla-l)
IFLA, Tuesday 11 August 2009

UK Public Library TwitterLeague
@mstores, Monday 10 August 2009

Public art at new pounds 1.4m Ipswich library
Community Libraries programme.
@MLA_gov, Monday 10 August 2009

Sitting Down To Read
The Good Library blog, Monday 10 August 2009

KIndle facing 'Betamax danger' (e-books)
Library and Information Update, Monday 10 August 2009

Library book returned 70 years on
BBC News, Monday 10 August 2009

Stieg Larsson - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Monday 10 August 2009

Leadership development opportunities
"MLA invests pounds 119,000 to develop successful leaders"
MLA, Monday 10 August 2009

Full Text: The Public Library Service: the IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines for Development
ResourceShelf, Monday 10 August 2009

Time to clean up your digital closet
Storing your digital data.
ResourceShelf, Monday 10 August 2009

IFLA Presidential Newsletter No. 6 June/July 2009
(Via ifla-l)
IFLA, Monday 10 August 2009

New Entry in E-Books Is a Paper Tiger
Barnes & Noble. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The New York Times, Sunday 9 August 2009

Quote of the day...
@leedscentlib, Saturday 8 August 2009

Library 2.0 Gang 08/09: Social OPACs
Podcast.
The Library 2.0 Gang, Saturday 8 August 2009

Internet Librarian International Conference...
15/16 October 2009 (Workshops 14 October), Novotel London West, London, UK.
The Library of Digress, Saturday 8 August 2009

Is Google playing by the book?
"digitized books" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Christian Science Monitor, Saturday 8 August 2009

This online Library conference is open to EVERYONE!! And it's FREE!!
@crooneybrowne, Friday 7 August 2009

Overdrive Interactive Social Media Map
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 7 August 2009

Library reform squad don't use book service, survey reveals
Camden. (Via Google News.)
Camden News, Friday 7 August 2009

Library of Congress Talks Digital Initiatives
iLibrarian, Friday 7 August 2009

Public libraries & social media...
The Library of Digress, Friday 7 August 2009

OLE Project Report Sketches a Flexible Future for Library Software
Open Library Environment (OLE).
Library Journal, Friday 7 August 2009

Library Organizations Urge DoJ To Take Proactive Role in Google Book Search Settlement
Library Journal, Friday 7 August 2009

There's a UK local studies libraries Flickr group just starting up...
@Philbradley, Thursday 6 August 2009

Finished 'The Book Thief'...
@paulakeogh, Thursday 6 August 2009

Row over closure threat to Lambeth libraries
theBookseller.com, Thursday 6 August 2009

Librarian Futurists
"100 Best Blogs for Librarians of the Future"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 6 August 2009

The one where the intern gets lost
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Thursday 6 August 2009

As eBook Readers Heat Up, Standardization Will Be Critical
PC World.
LISNews, Thursday 6 August 2009

What's Your EBS?
"Experiential Brand Statement"
Designing Better Libraries, Thursday 6 August 2009

Ebooks and publishing
Guardian article.
librarytwopointzero, Thursday 6 August 2009

Open Library Environment Project Draft Final Report Available
"The goal is to produce a design document to inform open source library system development efforts, to guide future library system implementations, and to influence current ILS vendor products."
Information Today, Inc., Thursday 6 August 2009

Free JISC Digital Media Seminars in Bristol, UK
(Via ifla-l)
JISC Digital Media, Thursday 6 August 2009

Librarians head to US
"ABC TV show The Librarian" (Via American Libraries Direct 8/05/2009.)
smh.com.au, Thursday 6 August 2009

Welsh novel set in a library has won a prize at the Eisteddfod
@AnneWelsh, Wednesday 5 August 2009

Sony aims for "affordability" with new e-readers
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 5 August 2009

New Chief for the New Library of Alexandria, Egypt
LISNews, Wednesday 5 August 2009

Report: Public Libraries, Archives and Museums: Trends in Collaboration and Cooperation
IFLA.
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 5 August 2009

Reference Desk: Tips on Using Your Wits
FUMSI, Wednesday 5 August 2009