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Wednesday 7 October 2009

7 days of library news:

Picture book tunnel!
(Via @WallingfordLib.)
Twitpic, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Congratulations to all the Reading Detectives for discovering 200 forgotten or unknown writers
"writers who write about the local area and the people who live there" (Via @readingagency.)
Reading Detectives, Tuesday 6 October 2009

National access to online services
"single card access to all our libraries ... Why not make Manchester the UK hub for all online service provision" (Via @ricaird.)
New Eyes Each Year, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Alistair Black's new book on public library buildings
(Via @bookofdavid.)
Amazon.com, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Browsing the European Library's exhibition space
(Via @britishlibrary.)
The European Library, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Personalisation allows researchers to create online bibliographies
COPAC. (Via @Copac.)
Research Information, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Library ON 4th Plinth, Trafalgar Sq.
@Librarian, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Next Generation Libraries, Today
Newcastle.
ricaird's ramblings, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Hilary Mantel takes home Booker 2009
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Google Book Settlement Roster
LISNews, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Wirral Council leader accuses Tories of "playing political games" over library closures
Wirral News, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Wirral libraries: Furniture was sold prior to decision announcement
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Wirral U-turn on library closures
(Via Google News.)
Socialist Worker, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Web 2.00 business case
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Libraries equals Learning Organisations (pt 2)
Library and Information Update, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Twitter for Public Libraries Presentation
iLibrarian, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Quick update on ISO 28560
RFID.
RFID - Changing libraries for good?, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Knight Commission Says Libraries Crucial to Democracy; Foundation Offers dollars 3.1M in Grants
"communities need a free flow of useful information"
Library Journal, Tuesday 6 October 2009

New Company SkyRiver Sparks Cataloging Competition with OCLC
Library Journal, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Article: Making Web 2.0 Work--From 'Librarian Habilis' to 'Librarian Sapiens'
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Presentation: Music Libraries in the Digital Age
"The annual conference of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres"
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 6 October 2009

Publications in Library and information science
The Free Library.
Free Online Library, Tuesday 6 October 2009

"your predecessor an excellent librarian, savaged three people last week and had to be destroyed", Monty Python
(Via @mattlibrarian.)
YouTube, Monday 5 October 2009

Librarian computer game, oh yes it's great!
(Via @CILIPInfo.)
Librarians on the loose, Monday 5 October 2009

All's Quiet Now, But Don't Be Fooled -- This Battle is Just Beginning
Google, "The settlement, as it was originally conceived, is dead." (Via @internetarchive.)
Open Book Alliance, Monday 5 October 2009

Google Books: Right Goal, Wrong Solution
(Via @internetarchive.)
The Huffington Post, Monday 5 October 2009

Dan Brown pirate copies rife on the internet
theBookseller.com, Monday 5 October 2009

Will Books Be Napsterized?
E-books, e-book readers, and pirates.
LISNews, Monday 5 October 2009

Essay: Advantage Google
LISNews, Monday 5 October 2009

Possibly the smallest library in the world
Birmingham. (Via Google News.)
AboutMyArea, Monday 5 October 2009

Legal delays have blown a hole in UK's digital heritage
British Library. (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 5 October 2009

Learning Festival gets underway
MLA, Monday 5 October 2009

Our Opinion: Libraries help feed our democracy
US focus.
ResourceShelf, Monday 5 October 2009

10 Manga To Make You Think
Flashlight Worthy, Sunday 4 October 2009

London Libraries Change Programme
The Good Library blog, Sunday 4 October 2009

Cites and Insights 9:12 now available
"Web-based journal of libraries, policy, technology, and media"
LISNews, Sunday 4 October 2009

One happy ending for library closures – but not the last chapter
Wirral.
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 4 October 2009

Gavin and Stacey star backs Welsh libraries competition
"write a poem, create a work of art or perform a play that would inspire people to visit their library"
Barry And District News, Sunday 4 October 2009

100 Ways to Use Twitter In Your Library
iLibrarian, Sunday 4 October 2009

How To Customize Your Library Facebook Page
iLibrarian, Sunday 4 October 2009

Fun! Review at Your Library Logos from Around the World
Campaign for the World's Libraries program.
ResourceShelf, Sunday 4 October 2009

The October, 2009 Issue of the Digital Preservation Newsletter is Now Online from the NDIIPP and Library of Congress
(Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
ResourceShelf, Sunday 4 October 2009

Scanning the Horizon of Books and Libraries
Google. (Via PLGnet−L.)
Truthdig, Sunday 4 October 2009

Bookmarked: The Project Gutenberg eBook of A Library Primer by John Cotton Dana
(Via @ijclark.)
The Project Gutenberg, Saturday 3 October 2009

Is It Better to be British? Some of the Best Books Britain Has to Offer
Flashlight Worthy, Saturday 3 October 2009

A national public library service for all?
"customers of one public library authority being entitled, on production of their home library card, to register as a member of another library service"
Shelf Life, Saturday 3 October 2009

Supporting the information needs of entrepreneurs in South Africa
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
IngentaConnect, Saturday 3 October 2009

Public library closures in England: the need to Act?
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
IngentaConnect, Saturday 3 October 2009

The Merry Librarian: True Stories from a Library Near You...No "Shh"!
LISNews, Saturday 3 October 2009

Plescon CD security cases on offer
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 3 October 2009

Library houses graffiti art show
Lincolnshire.
BBC News, Saturday 3 October 2009

Curling Up With Hybrid Books, Videos Included
'Vooks!' (Free subscription article.)
The New York Times, Saturday 3 October 2009

Flashlight Worthy - handpicked book recommendations on hundreds of topics
Flashlight Worthy, Saturday 3 October 2009

New Mexico
"New Mexico State Library's on-the-road program" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
Star Tribune, Saturday 3 October 2009

CILIP Chief Executive Bob McKee on BBC Radio
(Via @CILIPInfo.)
CILIP, Friday 2 October 2009

All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Libraries, Literacy and Information Mgmt report
(Via @SINTOcarl.)
CILIP, Friday 2 October 2009

Libraries 'woefully' lacking leadership, says report
"the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Libraries has said in a report published today..."
theBookseller.com, Friday 2 October 2009

Government report on Wirral library closures to be delayed
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk, Friday 2 October 2009

Wirral South MP Ben Chapman confirms 21 day extension into libraries inquiry
Wirral Globe, Friday 2 October 2009

Reading groups / events and charging
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 2 October 2009

Inspirational Library-related StoryCorps
"librarian didn’t follow the rules; she understood what he was doing and why, and then went out of her way to encourage the love of reading in someone who was under tremendous peer pressure to avoid it"
Libology Blog, Friday 2 October 2009

The Learning Festival gets underway
"Throughout October museums, libraries and archives across the country will play a major role in demonstrating the value and purpose of learning for personal development and the benefits it brings to individuals, families, businesses and communities." Issue 299, MLA News EBulletin.
MLANEWS Archives , Friday 2 October 2009

The Summer Reading Challenge Conference Friday 13 November 2009
Issue 299, MLA News EBulletin.
MLANEWS Archives , Friday 2 October 2009

Interesting times
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Friday 2 October 2009

Google Search adds more search filters
Phil Bradley's weblog, Friday 2 October 2009

Sergei Lukyanenko - The Night Watch
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 2 October 2009

The Most Downloaded eBooks and Audiobooks From the Library for September, 2009 (via OverDrive)
ResourceShelf, Thursday 1 October 2009

September edition of Teen Librarian Monthly is now available
(Via @mattlibrarian.)
TeenLibrarian, Thursday 1 October 2009

how a library chief discovered the world was a sphere! (Library of Alexandria...)
(Via @CILIPGazette.)
delanceyplace , Thursday 1 October 2009

Would you like to tell Gazette readers about your working week...
@CILIPGazette, Thursday 1 October 2009

Should you be able to use your library card on any library in the country? Vote in the Guardian poll
(Via @ijclark.)
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 October 2009

Kindle-time
theBookseller.com, Thursday 1 October 2009

Wirral libraries saved after Council u-turn
theBookseller.com, Thursday 1 October 2009

Is It Time for Vooks (Books with Video)?
LISNews, Thursday 1 October 2009

Gay penguins book is most banned
BBC News, Thursday 1 October 2009

Praise for Wirral council for scrapping library closures
(Via Google News.)
Wirral Globe, Thursday 1 October 2009

Do you remember Adult Sequels?
Survey.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 1 October 2009

Public libraries: Wirral shocker!
Library and Information Update, Thursday 1 October 2009

CILIP welcomes Wirral re-think
Library and Information Update, Thursday 1 October 2009

Should Your Library Have a Social Media Policy?
iLibrarian, Thursday 1 October 2009

Library Routes
"how I got into librarianship"
Joeyanne Libraryanne, Thursday 1 October 2009

Library Groups: DOJ Filing "Completely" Changed Landscape for Google Settlement
Library Journal, Thursday 1 October 2009

The Google Wars
Library Journal, Thursday 1 October 2009

The Dewey Dilemma
Library Journal, Thursday 1 October 2009

The Elusive eBook
Guest forum.
Informed Librarian Online, Thursday 1 October 2009

Public Library ToolKit
"guides, flyers and press release templates help you promote your library's valuable products and services"
ProQuest, Thursday 1 October 2009

Bibliomysteries and The Private Library (Part I)
(Via AL Direct, September 30, 2009.)
The Private Library, Thursday 1 October 2009

Libraries and Librarians in Children's Books
(Via AL Direct, September 30, 2009.)
Library History Buff Blog, Thursday 1 October 2009

Guide to eBook Readers
(Via AL Direct, September 30, 2009.)
ebook-reader-guide.com, Thursday 1 October 2009

After Losing Users in Catalogs, Libraries Find Better Search Software
(Via AL Direct, September 30, 2009.)
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Thursday 1 October 2009

Banned Books Week: Still Needed in the U.S.
(Via AL Direct, September 30, 2009.)
The Huffington Post, Thursday 1 October 2009

Denver Bibliophile's Bedbugs Take a Bite Out of ILL
(Via AL Direct, September 30, 2009.)
AL Direct, Thursday 1 October 2009

BREAKING NEWS: All of Wirral's closure-threatened libraries to stay open, council leader confirms
Wirral Globe, Wednesday 30 September 2009

"Every library is a local library"...
Scotland's National Entitlement Card.
ricaird's ramblings, Wednesday 30 September 2009

Marketing the Library, staff training from Ohio Library Council
(Via @ijclark.)
Ohio Library Council, Wednesday 30 September 2009

See our BRAND NEW children's library card, designed by Catherine Rayner...
(Via @libr8.)
West Dunbartonshire Libraries, Wednesday 30 September 2009

Are you listening?
Audiobooks.
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 30 September 2009

Publishers 'completely divided' over e-book pricing
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 30 September 2009

Kindle prepared for pre-Frankfurt UK launch
"from authoritative sources that Amazon.com will finally announce the arrival of its e-book device the Kindle in the UK next week"
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 30 September 2009

French culture minister calls for single digital platform
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 30 September 2009

Campaigners save Wirral libraries
The Good Library blog, Wednesday 30 September 2009

Community is all-important -- if only Whitehall would listen
Camden.
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 30 September 2009

European project creating the library of all digital libraries
(Via Google News.)
bjhcim, Wednesday 30 September 2009

Wirral Council overturns plans to shut 11 libraries
(Via Google News.)
Liverpool Echo.co.uk, Wednesday 30 September 2009

RFID and 'the Internet of things'
"A library I've been working with now spends close to 90 percent of its resources (stock) budget on e-resources rather than 'things'"
LIB-RFID-UK, Wednesday 30 September 2009

Council in U-turn on library cuts
Wirral.
BBC News, Wednesday 30 September 2009

Join every public library authority and win a bottle of champagne
"I have never tried while abroad"
Tom Roper's Weblog, Wednesday 30 September 2009