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Wednesday 9 September 2009

7 days of library news:

The Guardian: Brussels tries to fight Google book plan by overhauling EU copyright law.
@MLA_gov, Tuesday 8 September 2009

LIRG recently published this useful directory of people researching LIS in the UK and Ireland...
@crooneybrowne, Tuesday 8 September 2009

Asus Eee Reader: Asus to blow ebook market wide open?
@ricaird, Tuesday 8 September 2009

E-book users want better content and new devices
theBookseller, Tuesday 8 September 2009

Lesbrarians: At The intersection of Librarianship And...
LISNews, Tuesday 8 September 2009

Google facing European challenge to digital library
(Via Google News.)
TimesOnline, Tuesday 8 September 2009

Google modifies Europe book plans
BBC Bews, Tuesday 8 September 2009

Poster Sessions at IFLA 2009...
"three posters highlighted"
The Library of Digress, Tuesday 8 September 2009

New to Reference Online - Go Citizen, a study resource for anyone preparing for the British citizenship test.
@plymlibraries, Monday 7 September 2009

song of the library staff (1906)
Poem.
@AnneWelsh, Monday 7 September 2009

Google agrees to Euro concessions, says FT
theBookseller.com, Monday 7 September 2009

Publishers Association welcomes Google concession
theBookseller.com, Monday 7 September 2009

Digital futures- adapting to new e-environments: the 9th Annual E-books Conference, Mitchell Library, Glasgow, 22nd October 2009
LIS-PROFESSION, Monday 7 September 2009

Google searches for EU book deal
(Via Google News.)
FT.com, Monday 7 September 2009

How do we prevent Google from turning into Hal?
(Via Google News.)
Herald Scotland, Monday 7 September 2009

Google's library digitisation project: philanthropy or piracy?
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 September 2009

The Decayed Book
@AnneWelsh, Sunday 6 September 2009

Your Library ticket gives you free access to:Naxos Music Library,from home,work or library...
@leedslibraries, Sunday 6 September 2009

Levels of meaning and children: An exploratory study of picture books' illustrations
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
ScienceDirect, Sunday 6 September 2009

Today's Librarian: Hip, Delusional, and Doomed
LISNews, Sunday 6 September 2009

I'm booking a seat for Google's battle to buy our literary heritage
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 6 September 2009

Summer, surveys and statistics
RFID.
LIB-RFID-UK, Sunday 6 September 2009

Queen's last letter to go on show
National Library of Scotland.
BBC News, Sunday 6 September 2009

Going Green at Your Library: Lean, Green, Clean Ideas Online Conference - October 7 2009
The Green Library, Saturday 5 September 2009

Alliance Library System - Going Green Blog
The Green Library, Saturday 5 September 2009

Google brought to book over digital library
(Via Google News.)
Times Online, Saturday 5 September 2009

Turning the page on Google books
BBC News, Saturday 5 September 2009

Google aims towards online library
BBC Audio and Video, Saturday 5 September 2009

M'cr Lit List: Homeless Book Club
@MancLibraries, Friday 4 September 2009

From Open Source to Open Libraries
LISNews, Friday 4 September 2009

Publishers showing spine in the ebook battle
IWR Blog, Friday 4 September 2009

Google books deal battle heats up
BBC News, Friday 4 September 2009

British Library opens music vault
BBC News, Friday 4 September 2009

When Every Student Has a Kindle - From the Bell Tower
"just-in-time rather than our traditional just-in-case model of collection building"
Library Journal, Friday 4 September 2009

Library 2.0: The future of libraries, with or without books
ResourceShelf, Friday 4 September 2009

WorldCat Search API Updates How do I love thee
(Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
Library Web Chic, Friday 4 September 2009

Clues About Europe's Digital Library Future in Europeana Report
Library Journal, Friday 4 September 2009

The Last Library Is Greater than Google - Peer to Peer Review
Library Journal, Friday 4 September 2009

Library Groups Step Up Criticism of Google Settlement; Some Academic Institutions Support It
"one library supporter suggested that GBS could essentially replace inter-library loan"
Library Journal, Friday 4 September 2009

Google, "The Last Library," and Millions of Metadata Mistakes
Library Journal, Thursday 3 September 2009

ebooks on phones
@Copac, Thursday 3 September 2009

Google's Book Search: A Disaster for Scholars
LISNews, Thursday 3 September 2009

Sussex library fines run top pounds 3 million mark
(Via Google News.)
The Argos, Thursday 3 September 2009

New chapter: the 'growing' library payroll shrinks by 14
Camden, "'de-layering' at senior level". (Via Google News.)
Camden New Journal, Thursday 3 September 2009

Sound archive of the British Library goes online, free of charge
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 3 September 2009

Calling Open Galaxy users!
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 3 September 2009

'People Finder' CD Rom
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 3 September 2009

HealthBase, continued
Libology Blog, Thursday 3 September 2009

Libraries to lend energy meters
Edinburgh.
BBC News, Thursday 3 September 2009

Staff key to rise in library use
BBC News, Thursday 3 September 2009

Google Book Scanning Project - Issues and Updates
Panlibus, Thursday 3 September 2009

Learning Revolution Festival
"the real benefits of learning for enjoyment"
MLA, Thursday 3 September 2009

Digital ways of reading at British Library
"New Ways of Reading display".
IWR, Thursday 3 September 2009

POW magazine re-published online
National Library of Wales.
BBC Audio and Video, Thursday 3 September 2009

Article: Open Access e-Books
ResourceShelf, Thursday 3 September 2009

Should a legal settlement appoint Google the world's librarian?
(Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
BookBrunch, Thursday 3 September 2009

World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
"the Congress in photos, videos and words (blogs)" (Via ifla-l.)
IFLA, Thursday 3 September 2009

Open source: More than just a cheap date
"open-source adoption is increasingly a matter of flexibility and innovation" (Via AL Direct.)
CNET News, Thursday 3 September 2009

BIG Architects Unveil Massive Mobius Strip Library for Kazakhstan
(Via AL Direct.)
Inhabitat, Thursday 3 September 2009

Copenhagen's Living Library
"A Danish initiative to discourage prejudice has had a global impact." (Via AL Direct.)
SPIEGEL ONLINE, Thursday 3 September 2009

Ebook readers greener than books, study says
@ricaird, Wednesday 2 September 2009

Giants Collide: Amazon v. Google Books Settlement
LISNews, Wednesday 2 September 2009

Fragment from world's oldest Bible found hidden in Egyptian monastery
British Library. (Via Google News.)
The Independent, Wednesday 2 September 2009

An automatic library - but no jobs will be lost
Cambridge. (Via Google News.)
Cambridge News, Wednesday 2 September 2009

COOL-ER tries to make e-readers sexy, gets Google in to help
British Library. (Via Google News.)
T3 magazine, Wednesday 2 September 2009

HealthBase
Libology Blog, Wednesday 2 September 2009

Keeping Google out of libraries
BBC News, Wednesday 2 September 2009

Retrofitting RFID
RFID - Changing libraries for good?, Wednesday 2 September 2009

About libraries
MLA, Wednesday 2 September 2009

What Is a Digital Branch, Anyway?
Free chapter from 'Building the Digital Branch: Guidelines for Transforming Your Library Website'. (Via Crossroads.)
WebJunction, Wednesday 2 September 2009