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Wednesday 14 October 2009

7 days of library news:

Complete Guide to Video Blogging
iLibrarian, Thursday 10 December 2009

Top Technology Trends - For The Twentieth Century!
(Via @CILIPInfo.)
UK Web Focus, Tuesday 13 October 2009

New book: 50 benefits of ebooks
(Via @MancLibraries.)
Manchester Lit List, Tuesday 13 October 2009

European Commission to investigate copyright
"bid to build Europe's answer to the Google Books Settlement"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 13 October 2009

BA accuses Hodge of promoting "unfair competition"
Booksellers Association.
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 13 October 2009

Plinth project to have online archive
The British Library. (Via Google News.)
London Evening Standard, Tuesday 13 October 2009

Wirral libraries inquiry: Tories quiz borough solicitor over access to confidential report
(Via Google News.)
Wirral Globe, Tuesday 13 October 2009

Wirral libraries council meeting ends without answers over closure plan change
(Via Google News.)
Liverpool Echo.co.uk, Tuesday 13 October 2009

Library grant of pounds 830,000 awarded
Wirral. (Via Google News.)
BBC News, Tuesday 13 October 2009

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Libraries, Literacy and Information Management Report: a review
Panlibus, Tuesday 13 October 2009

Linked Data Needs Links
Web 3.0.
Library Journal, Tuesday 13 October 2009

Google's Clancy Wonders: What Happens To Libraries When Ebooks Predominate?
Library Journal, Tuesday 13 October 2009

Kindle Killers? The Boom in New E-Readers
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Time, Tuesday 13 October 2009

How to build a Facebook community
(Via @MancLibraries.)
Socialbrite, Monday 12 October 2009

BA concerned by library bookselling plan
"Margaret Hodge's suggestion that libraries should start selling books"
theBookseller.com, Monday 12 October 2009

Panlibus Issue 14 now available online
"In this issue, Sara Windgate Gray reaches parts of the world other libraries have yet to reach as the ‘Itinerant Librarian’ (page 14-15), we are introduced to the virtual book club as ITN launches their new book channel on YouTube (page 6-7) and we celebrate Talis’ 40th anniversary (page 10-11) ... Also this issue, South Tyneside Libraries explore whether efficiency savings are limited to large authorities only (page 22) and Bournemouth University talk us through their methods to improve procurement workflow (page 20)."
Talis, Monday 12 October 2009

Equinox Software, Inc. and Biblibre Announce Partnership for Evergreen Support in Europe
Opensource.
Library Technology Guides, Monday 12 October 2009

Calls for cabinet to stand down
Wirral.
BBC News, Monday 12 October 2009

American Libraries (Volume 40, Issue 10, October 2009)
ALA, Monday 12 October 2009

Google Co-Founder Defends Book Search Settlement, Draws Criticism
Library Journal, Monday 12 October 2009

Institutional Subscriptions to Google Books with Advertising? Google Won’t Rule It Out
Library Journal, Monday 12 October 2009

IMLS Boosts Open Source ILS Project for Large Public Libraries
US focus.
Library Journal, Monday 12 October 2009

Free Booklist Webinar: Sweet Talk: Romance Fiction in the Library
ALA, Monday 12 October 2009

Petition to reduce VAT on ebooks and audiobooks
(Via @ijclark.)
Number10.gov.uk, Sunday 11 October 2009

Unshelved, Sunday, October 11, 2009
Sir John Hargrave's Mischief Maker's Manual.
Unshelved, Sunday 11 October 2009

Barnes & Noble E-Reader Could Come Oct. 20 With Lending Options
"hopes to make e-book lending a centerpiece of its device"
LISNews, Sunday 11 October 2009

Google digital library plan opposed by Angela Merkel
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 11 October 2009

Preservation at the Library of Congress: Stabilizing Special Collections for High-Density Storage
ResourceShelf, Sunday 11 October 2009

Discoverability
"ways to make relevant resources more visible and easier to find, particularly within the user's workflow"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Sunday 11 October 2009

India: Is it the End of Road for Conventional Libraries?
ResourceShelf, Sunday 11 October 2009

Ebook economics: Are libraries screwed?
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 10 October 2009

Amazon Kindle 2: Centuries of evolved beauty rinsed away
"despite the hype, the Kindle 2 is still no match for the book" (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 10 October 2009

A case for quiet libraries
Rob Westwood, Saturday 10 October 2009

PLA - Day 3 and final thoughts
"Public Library Association conference 2009"
Panlibus, Saturday 10 October 2009

The Library of Congress and its 700 Terabytes of Data (and Growing Fast)
ResourceShelf, Saturday 10 October 2009

New issue of Gazette out
CILIP, Friday 9 October 2009

Making e-books available through public libraries
Abstract only. (Via @ijclark.)
SAGE publications, Friday 9 October 2009

Cambridge Central Library transformed
"refurbishment has made Cambridge Central Library, in Cambridgeshire, one of the most modern in the country"
MLA, Friday 9 October 2009

E-book pricing
theBookseller.com, Friday 9 October 2009

Google founder hits out at critics of its book plan
theBookseller.com, Friday 9 October 2009

Will budget-conscious libraries embrace a lower-cost alternative for their bibliographic services?
SkyRiver.
LISNews, Friday 9 October 2009

Google plan to scan forgotten books divides world publishing - Feature
(Via Google News.)
Earth Times, Friday 9 October 2009

CABE: Mecanoo's Birmingham Library 'not fully convincing'
(Via Google News.)
AJ, Friday 9 October 2009

Hodge's vision for tomorrow's libraries
LGC, Friday 9 October 2009

Cost-cutting plan for Aberdeen's libraries moves one step closer
(Via Google News.)
Evening Express, Friday 9 October 2009

Feuding Wirral council leaders now reconciled over date for library closures debate
Wirral Globe, Friday 9 October 2009

Cabe concerned over Birmingham library plans
(Via Google News.)
Regen.net, Friday 9 October 2009

Booksellers hit back at plans for libraries to sell books
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 9 October 2009

New EDI Guides available for download
BIC (Book Industry Communication).
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 9 October 2009

A plea to Margaret Hodge from CILIP's Update (PLA conference)
Library and Information Update, Friday 9 October 2009

Hot news! Absolutely nothing is happening!
Public Library Authorities conference.
Library and Information Update, Friday 9 October 2009

Google hits back at book critics
BBC News, Friday 9 October 2009

Librarians mistakenly given pounds 357k
BBC News, Friday 9 October 2009

Library 2.0 Gang 10/09: Can the Open Source ILS Business Scale?
Podcast.
The Library 2.0 Gang, Friday 9 October 2009

PLA 2009 - Day 2
Public Library Authorities conference.
Panlibus, Friday 9 October 2009

Satan and public libraries
"'Closing libraries is not in itself the work of Satan', said Margaret Hodge"
Tom Roper's Weblog, Friday 9 October 2009

In Canada Government Librarians Utilize Social Media to Stay Relevant
ResourceShelf, Friday 9 October 2009

UK: Libraries Could Join Forces with Amazon and Deliver Books Homes
ResourceShelf, Friday 9 October 2009

OCLC and SWRLS announce major collaboration using WorldCat Local
"seven public library authorities in the South West of England using WorldCat Local as their shared end user discovery service" (Via @Fiona_Leslie.)
OCLC, Thursday 8 October 2009

Libraries must innovate and work together to get through tough times ahead
PLA Conference.
The Reading Agency, Thursday 8 October 2009

Libraries Must Innovate And Work Together
The Reading Agency.
booktrade.info, Thursday 8 October 2009

Libraries for iPod generation: Culture Minister Margaret Hodge's radical proposals to address modern book consumption.
The Press Association, Thursday 8 October 2009

A Google group has been launched to discuss eBook in libraries
(Via @MancLibraries.)
Google Groups, Thursday 8 October 2009

CILIP offers library guidelines
theBookseller.com, Thursday 8 October 2009

T S Eliot is 'Nation's Favourite Poet'
BBC Poetry Season.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 8 October 2009

Google Settlement to be revised by 9th November
theBookseller.com, Thursday 8 October 2009

Hodge delays DCMS Library Review
Public Library Authorities (PLA) conference.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 8 October 2009

The Status Conference re: Google Books
LISNews, Thursday 8 October 2009

The relationship between public libraries and Google: too much information
LISNews, Thursday 8 October 2009

Shorter copyright would free creativity
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 8 October 2009

Miranda McKearney: Never have our libraries been better suited to the public's needs
Reader development. (Via Google News.)
The Independent, Thursday 8 October 2009

Arts Council Chair Calls For Libraries To Become 'Champions of Reading'
Public Library Authorities (PLA) conference. (Via Google News.)
booktrade.info, Thursday 8 October 2009

PLA 2009 - Day 1
Panlibus, Thursday 8 October 2009

Stand up Margaret
"Libraries Minister Margaret Hodge to the PLA Conference"
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Thursday 8 October 2009

In Canada Government Librarians Utilize Social Media to Stay Relevant
ResourceShelf, Thursday 8 October 2009

Should the British Library's Business and IP centre be duplicated in six cities?
(Via @SINTOcarl.)
In through the outfield, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Supporting information: What makes a good libary service?
(Via @JeanetteCastle.)
CILIP, Wednesday 7 October 2009

The Kindle goes abroad
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 7 October 2009

The Kindle has landed
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Amazon launches the Kindle worldwide, UK store to follow
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Publishers welcome 'serious' Kindle, DX to follow in 2010
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 7 October 2009

The one where we have fun during a reorganization
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Kindle Goes International -- With a Little Help From AT&T
LISNews, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Kindle in the UK
LISNews, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Wirral libraries: Council deputy leader's stinging attack on mayor
(Via Google News.)
Wirral News, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Calls for council to replace library's chairs after closure plan revoked
(Via Google News.)
Wirral News, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Closure-threatened libraries stay open - special report
Wirral News, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Librarians fight back against cuts with 'good library guidelines'
"public library authorities conference" (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Boys Make the Choice with Interactive Stories
"One reason we lose boys as readers when they get older is because their interests change and they have a hard time finding books at their level that they want to read."
Getting Boys To Read, Wednesday 7 October 2009

US soldier returns looted books
BBC News, Wednesday 7 October 2009

In a Google Planet far, far away........
librarytwopointzero, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Yes, Minister?
Public Library Building Awards, Report of the Inquiry into the Governance and Leadership of the Public Library Service in England.
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Digitization on the Cheap
Library Journal, Wednesday 7 October 2009

HuffPost Books: 'Why a New Books Section' Now?
Quotation of the Day.
Shelf Awareness, Wednesday 7 October 2009

Revised Google Agreement Due in Court November 9
Library Journal, Wednesday 7 October 2009

In the search for better browsability, librarians are putting Dewey in a different class
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Library Journal, Wednesday 7 October 2009