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Wednesday 21 October 2009

7 days of library news:

LoC & UNESCO's World Digital Library
(Via @Copac.)
America.gov, Tuesday 20 October 2009

How to run a city; Radio 4. About councils. Discussion on how to run their libraries.
6 days left to listen. (Via @CILIPGazette.)
BBC Radio 4, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Children's books 'ousted by DVDs'
Booktrust. (Via @ScottHibberson.)
BBC News, Tuesday 20 October 2009

New research into children's reading habits
(Via @CILIPGazette.)
Booktrust, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Public Library Journal Online
(Via @CILIPInfo/.)
CILIP, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Research report commissioned by Arts Council "The future of reading: a public value project"
(Via @LISResearch.)
Arts Council, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Autumn 2009 REFERplus
(Via @joeyanne.)
REFERplus, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Internet Archive's BookServer could 'dominate' Amazon
(Via @internetarchive.)
cnet, Tuesday 20 October 2009

...Internet Archive expanded the availability of books to millions of people who never had access before
"BookServer" project. (Via @internetarchive.)
Follow the Reader, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Children distracted from reading by TV and computers
Booktrust.
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Alex and Que to face off against Kindle
"e-reader ... the size of an 8-by-11-inch sheet of paper"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 20 October 2009

The Knight Commission
US publication, "the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Librarians' Christian Fellowship
(Via LIS-PROFESSION.)
Librarians' Christian Fellowship, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Internet Archive uncloaks open ebook dream machine
(Via Google News.)
The Register, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Tens of thousands of wills online
National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.
BBC News, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Middlemash is open
Library mash up event.
librarytwopointzero, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Library Survey
Research request.
librarytwopointzero, Tuesday 20 October 2009

BBC and book piracy
librarytwopointzero, Tuesday 20 October 2009

What can libraries learn from retail?
Joeyanne Libraryanne, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Peep into past with online wills
National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.
BBC Audio and Video, Tuesday 20 October 2009

European Commission Puts Challenges of Books Digitisation for Authors, Libraries and Consumers on EU's Agenda
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 20 October 2009

Uploaded our presentation from the 'ILI2009' conference: 'A Joined Up Approach to Social Media'
(Via @crooneybrowne.)
slideshare, Monday 19 October 2009

Interesting & comprehensive Kindle review ... comments thread makes interesting reading too!
(Via @ricaird.)
BBC News, Monday 19 October 2009

AnabelChildLitBlog Where the wild things are...
"debate on whether it is still acceptable to frighten young readers"
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Monday 19 October 2009

The Halloween edition of Teen Librarian Monthly is available
TeenLibrarian, Monday 19 October 2009

AnabelChildLitBlog Reader development: looked after children.: See the article by Stella Ther...
(Via @CILIPInfo.)
Public Library Journal, Monday 19 October 2009

Don't confuse the issue
"Margaret Hodge, the minister responsible for libraries, has floated the idea--during a recession--that they should sell books..."
theBookseller.com, Monday 19 October 2009

EU launches digital library at Frankfurt
theBookseller.com, Monday 19 October 2009

New launch targets non-readers
theBookseller.com, Monday 19 October 2009

EU books could be removed from Google deal
theBookseller.com, Monday 19 October 2009

EU launches new consultation into digital copyright
theBookseller.com, Monday 19 October 2009

NELA Conference
PowerPoints, "From Information to Intelligence: Using the SocialWeb to Transform Communities".
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 19 October 2009

Community is the new content
LISNews, Monday 19 October 2009

Why you should resist the lure of book clubs
LISNews, Monday 19 October 2009

Where To Start With Young Adult Science Fiction
LISNews, Monday 19 October 2009

Revamp of York Central Library to begin on October 31
(Via Google News.)
York Press, Monday 19 October 2009

Yate Library reopens after pounds 1.5m revamp
South Gloucestershire.
Gazette Series, Monday 19 October 2009

EU Bookshop Digital Library Goes Live Bringing All EU publications in one place
(Via Google News.)
eGov monitor, Monday 19 October 2009

Online services - a free lunch?
National membership.
New Eyes Each Year, Monday 19 October 2009

Are we due a wave of book piracy?
BBC News, Monday 19 October 2009

Trailfire
"a community of people helping each other cut through the clutter on the web"
I want to, Monday 19 October 2009

Latest presentations on SlideShare...
'A Look at the Role of Public Libraries in Times of Recession', 'A Joined Up Approach to Social Media'.
The Library of Digress, Monday 19 October 2009

Authenticity and the next generation catalogue
Internet Librarian International.
Panlibus, Monday 19 October 2009

Pode - The crafty catalogue
Internet Librarian International.
Panlibus, Monday 19 October 2009

Book Groups: The 'Slow Food' Movement for Reading
Quotation of the Day.
Shelf Awareness, Monday 19 October 2009

Webcast: Cory Doctorow Interviewed about the Copyright and Libraries at Internet Librarian International
ResourceShelf, Monday 19 October 2009

Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending - New York Times
(Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
Reading Rockets, Monday 19 October 2009

Open Access to Research Is Inevitable, Libraries Are Told
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Wired Campus, Monday 19 October 2009

Unshelved, Sunday, October 18, 2009
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Unshelved, Sunday 18 October 2009

EU Makes 50 Years of Historical Documents Available Online for Free
"EU Bookshop's digital library" (Via Google News.)
The Next Web Europe, Sunday 18 October 2009

Digital Literature Taking Books From Dead Trees to Electronic Screens
E-books.
ResourceShelf, Sunday 18 October 2009

SLA CEO Janice Lachance Speaks to Info Pros in India
"Many librarians have perception that they are no longer needed in today's era of information and technology, which is not the reality..."
ResourceShelf, Sunday 18 October 2009

Library Use of E-books: 2008-2009 Edition Reviewed in Learned Publishing
US report.
ResourceShelf, Sunday 18 October 2009

Google Unveils New e-Book Service
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
FOX News, Sunday 18 October 2009

Third IFLA-Presidential Meeting: access to knowledge: networking libraries: Exploring library issues in Arab speaking states
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Saturday 17 October 2009

Using Kidder's dilemma paradigm to resolve conflicts in library core values
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Saturday 17 October 2009

Balancing both lives: issues facing librarians working in Second Life and real life worlds
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Saturday 17 October 2009

Quick potted guide to RSS
Phil Bradley's weblog, Saturday 17 October 2009

Library 101 - Coming to a Screen Near You!
"Music videos about libraries!" (Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
David Lee King, Saturday 17 October 2009

Middlemash
"doing interesting stuff with libraries and technology" (Via @ostephens.)
Middlemash, Friday 16 October 2009

IREX unveils DR 800SG wireless ebook reader (updated with hands-on!)
(Via @ricaird.)
Engadget, Friday 16 October 2009

Libraries and Web 2.0
Wiki.
Wetpaint, Friday 16 October 2009

MLA Tender: Scoping Public Libraries' activities in the area of Health and Well-Being
MLA, Friday 16 October 2009

MLA response to Department for Culture Media and Sport Consultation on the Extension of Public Lending Right to Rights Holders of Books in Non-print Formats
MLA, Friday 16 October 2009

Better World Books Readers' Choice Literacy Grant
BetterWorldBooks, Friday 16 October 2009

Pounds 33m saves the World's Greatest Newspaper Collection for the Nation
British Library, Friday 16 October 2009

Wired This Day in Tech--Oct. 16, 2002: Second Great Library Opens in Alexandria
(Via @internetarchive.)
Wired.com, Friday 16 October 2009

Will all books be 'e'?
"the Bloomsbury Library Online"
theBookseller.com, Friday 16 October 2009

FEP calls for Euro books to be excluded from Google deal
Federation of European Publishers.
theBookseller.com, Friday 16 October 2009

Using Social Media in Libraries
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 16 October 2009

Provocative Essay: "The Electronic Book Burning"
LISNews, Friday 16 October 2009

Does the Brain Like E-Books?
LISNews, Friday 16 October 2009

Google takes on Amazon with book downloads
"potentially giving readers in America and Europe access to around half a million titles including best-sellers and back catalogue books"
guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 October 2009

Wirral Tories anger about who saw secret library closures report
(Via Google News.)
Liverpool Echo.co.uk, Friday 16 October 2009

Boyd Tonkin: Kindling our debts to the digital elite
E-books. (Via Google News.)
The Independent, Friday 16 October 2009

Tories demand answers on Wirral libraries report
(Via Google News.)
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk, Friday 16 October 2009

Fwd: Games consoles in libraries - Playstation vs. Wii
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 16 October 2009

Leeds Libraries launch Facebook and Twitter
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 16 October 2009

Bags for Re-Sale
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 16 October 2009

DVD/CD cleaner/repairer
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 16 October 2009

Internship survey
"The London Museums Hub, the GLA and MLA London"
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 16 October 2009

How To: Organize an Event on Facebook
iLibrarian, Friday 16 October 2009

Text Message Reference: Is It Effective?
iLibrarian, Friday 16 October 2009

Encouraging Brown Boys
Getting Boys To Read, Friday 16 October 2009

From Gatekeepers To Gate Openers
"how librarians can create a unique user experience for their library"
Designing Better Libraries, Friday 16 October 2009

Kate Summerscale - The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 16 October 2009

The EOD (E-Books on Demand) Network
"Established in 2007, the network now involves over 20 libraries in 10 European countries..."
Panlibus, Friday 16 October 2009

TRA to extend reading partners project after first-year success
The Reading Agency.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 15 October 2009

goodreads
Reader Development resource. (Via The Reader Friendly Library Service by Riel et al.)
goodreads, Thursday 15 October 2009

Watching Internet Librarian International Livestream
@JeanetteCastle, Thursday 15 October 2009

Bolton library co-locates with health centre
MLA, Thursday 15 October 2009

What is Cloud Computing?
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 15 October 2009

Click by Click, Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending
US focus.
LISNews, Thursday 15 October 2009

New E-Book Company to Focus on Older Titles
LISNews, Thursday 15 October 2009

Worries grow over Birmingham library plan
(Via Google News.)
Building Design, Thursday 15 October 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Wirral Tory leader piles pressure on council law chief over libraries report
(Via Google News.)
Wirral Globe, Thursday 15 October 2009

The Unused Complexity of MARC
(Via Google News.)
Library Journal, Thursday 15 October 2009

Mal Peet wins Guardian prize
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Thursday 15 October 2009

Dame Lynne Brindley at Senate House
Chief Executive of the British Library.
librarytwopointzero, Thursday 15 October 2009

Disabled Students Need Accessible Books
"Bookshare, World's Largest Online Library for People with Print Disabilities"
ResourceShelf, Thursday 15 October 2009

eBooks and eAudiobooks Becoming More Popular With the Public
ResourceShelf, Thursday 15 October 2009

Library Events Calendar Roundup
"An important function of the library is communicating our upcoming events to the community..." (Via AL Direct, October 14 2009.)
Swiss Army Librarian, Thursday 15 October 2009

Hodge's vision for tomorrow's libraries
(Via AL Direct, October 14 2009.)
LGC, Thursday 15 October 2009

US Library of Congress' Digital Collection Among World's Largest
(Via AL Direct, October 14 2009.)
AL Direct, Thursday 15 October 2009

Borrowing Library Books Online
Public consultation. (Via @HelenDahlke.)
MLA, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Mayor of London opens Merton's pounds 1m library
MLA, Wednesday 14 October 2009

"He not busy being born is busy dying"
E-book readers. (Via @MancLibraries.)
O'Reilly Radar, Wednesday 14 October 2009

First Photos of Barnes & Noble's E-Reader
(Via @ricaird.)
Gizmodo, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Google plans 'buy anywhere, read anywhere' offer
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Libraries and Transliteracy
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Request for Comments on Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind
LISNews, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Syria - Islam's most important Library to reopen in Aleppo
(Via Google News.)
Global Arab Network, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Wirral lawyer reveals who saw top-secret letter about library closures
(Via Google News.)
Liverpool Echo.co.uk, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Birmingham Library tender reignites free pitching debate
"unpaid creative work" (Via Google News.)
Design Week, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Does your social class determine your online social network?
iLibrarian, Wednesday 14 October 2009

What makes a good library service? New guidelines issued by CILIP
Panlibus, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Emotional Inteligence
Camila Alire, president of the American Library Association.
Sintoblog, Wednesday 14 October 2009

An Interview with Info Literacy Expert Sharon Weiner from Purdue University
"In layman's terms what is information literacy?"
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Librarians Still Have Vital Role in the Web 2.0 Era
"The more info, the more important the info pro"
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 14 October 2009

At "D is for Digitize" conference, keynoter disagrees with settlement defender Courant
Library Journal, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Ebook Accessibility Issues Trouble OverDrive and Adobe
Library Journal, Wednesday 14 October 2009

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science - September 2009 Special Anniversary Issue
SAGE publications, Wednesday 14 October 2009