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Wednesday 28 October 2009

7 days of library news:

Light Touch Peer Review to help museums, libraries and archives improve services
MLA, Monday 26 October 2009

Independent: Tomorrow's world: The gizmos about to change the way we live...includes 'The Future of Books'
"Profile has recently teamed up with Spotify to stream an audio version of The 50th Law by Robert Greene and Curtis Jackson (aka 50 Cent)" (Via @MLA_gov.)
The Independent, Monday 26 October 2009

"Books are the new magazines"
(Via @e_reading/a>.)
The Book Report, Monday 26 October 2009

Why you probably should NOT buy an e-reader this year
(Via @ijclark
TeleRead, Monday 26 October 2009

Looking for people very well read in specific book genres to do "Best of 2009" lists. Interested? Email me: info AT flashlightworthy.com
@FLWbooks, Monday 26 October 2009

Unshelved, Monday, October 26, 2009
Humour.
Unshelved, Monday 26 October 2009

Four percent of British have read an e-book
theBookseller.com, Monday 26 October 2009

Critics want longer to consider new Google Settlement
theBookseller.com, Monday 26 October 2009

Are you ready for Halloween?
OCLC, Monday 26 October 2009

Podcast 91: Open Access - Harvard's Success Story with Robert Darnton
"In October 2008 Harvard University in the US adopted an open access policy for all its research papers to be made available in their university repository, in an opt out basis. 12 months on, since the policy was adopted, JISC's Rebecca O'Brien..."
JISC Podcast, Monday 26 October 2009

The one where we invent the best search engine ever
"Read my mind and give me what I want NOW"
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Monday 26 October 2009

Cory Doctorow Interview
"the future of libraries, access and technology"
LISNews, Monday 26 October 2009

Birmingham City Council to axe 800 jobs to reduce pounds 2.2bn deficit
"Major projects including the new pounds 193 million library building were not under threat"
Birmingham Post, Monday 26 October 2009

EU says Europe must scan books like Google
MacVideo, Monday 26 October 2009

Can you trust wave-and-go cash cards?
"Bolton"
Times Online, Monday 26 October 2009

Film show is window into past
"UNESCO World Audiovisual day on October 27"
Evening Times, Monday 26 October 2009

EPPING FOREST: Hi-tech 'f'obs' introduced to libraries
East London and West Essex Guardian Series, Monday 26 October 2009

Free workshops on Web2 and the social Web for museums, libraries and archives staff in Preston, Devizes, London, Leeds, Leicester
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 26 October 2009

RFID Alliance to unlock library potential
RFID - Changing libraries for good?, Monday 26 October 2009

Will Linked Data mean an early end for Marc & RDA
Panlibus, Monday 26 October 2009

Open Source Newbie Tells All
ALA TechSource, Monday 26 October 2009

U.K.: Public Libraries and eBooks
ResourceShelf, Monday 26 October 2009

Judge Urged To Not Restrict Comments on Google Settlement
Library Journal, Monday 26 October 2009

At last, some good publicity for Libraries
"Chris Evans had 5 minutes of chat with Fiona Williams (Head of Libraries and Heritage at York and current President of the Society of Chief Librarians)"
CILIP, Sunday 25 October 2009

Switched On: Making book with ePUB
(Via @e_reading.)
Engadget, Sunday 25 October 2009

Nook and Vook are poised to make eReading interesting
(Via @e_reading.)
eXaminer.com, Sunday 25 October 2009

Two-faced gadget is e-reader plus netbook
(Via @e_reading.)
CNN.com, Sunday 25 October 2009

School libraries in Chile
Chile, reader development.
READER-DEVELOPMENT, Sunday 25 October 2009

Lending Librarians Team on Kiva
"micro-loans to entrepreneurs around the world"
LISNews, Sunday 25 October 2009

The first era of photography
British Library. (Via Google News.)
FT.com, Sunday 25 October 2009

Israel's National Library adds a final twist to Franz Kafka's Trial
(Via Google News.)
FT.com, Sunday 25 October 2009

Video: 800 jobs going at council
Birmingham, "rumours that plans for a new library and Olympic-sized swimming pool in the city will be scrapped"
BBC Audio and Video, Sunday 25 October 2009

Boy Lifts Book; Librarian Changes Boy's Life
ResourceShelf, Sunday 25 October 2009

Library Love
"discovery and adventure and beauty and delight" (Via PUBLIB.)
Brown Alumni Magazine, Sunday 25 October 2009

Citizens' Advice Bureau and Libraries information portal
Leeds.
Business and Patent Information Services News, Saturday 24 October 2009

Can Astak's EZ Reader Pocket Pro compete with the big boys?
(Via @e_reading.)
cnet, Saturday 24 October 2009

Southern California SirsiDynix Users Group
"Innovation and Libraries: What is at the Heart of Libraries?"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 24 October 2009

Dagger in the Library
Feedback request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Saturday 24 October 2009

Reading and language
Book Trust report.
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Saturday 24 October 2009

Nova Scotia Makes Public and Academic Library Holdings Available to All
Canada, "potentially path-breaking partnership called 'Borrow Anywhere, Return Anywhere,' all public, college, and university libraries in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, will lend all their materials to any library card-holder in the province".
Library Journal, Saturday 24 October 2009

"A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert."
Carnegie. (Via @CILIPInfo.)
Facebook, Friday 23 October 2009

6 Children's Books Grownups Will Love
Flashlight Worthy, Friday 23 October 2009

Free workshop on Web2 for museums, libraries and archives in Leeds
UKOLN, Friday 23 October 2009

E-book fans are proving to be enthusiastic readers
"some sellers and owners of electronic reading devices are making the case that people are reading more because of e-books" (Via @jbnann.)
STLtoday.com, Friday 23 October 2009

The Kindle reviewed
theBookseller.com, Friday 23 October 2009

Is there really wisdom in crowds?
The Internet.
theBookseller.com, Friday 23 October 2009

Twitter lacks noise with serious readers
Publishing industry.
theBookseller.com, Friday 23 October 2009

Edinburgh's librarians "completely demoralised" after service restructure
theBookseller.com, Friday 23 October 2009

Personal vs professional: two views of WorldCat lists
"'Library Users and Non-Users - A Bibliography from the OCLC Library.' This is a collection of studies on how -- or whether -- libraries fit into people's information-seeking behavior"
WorldCat Blog, Friday 23 October 2009

The end of the MLA
Comment.
The Good Library blog, Friday 23 October 2009

Global Trends
15 years ahead.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 23 October 2009

The Virtue Of Hitting 'Delete,' Permanently
LISNews, Friday 23 October 2009

Amazon unveils Kindle book reader for PCs
LISNews, Friday 23 October 2009

Earliest wedding video revived for public viewing in digital age
National Library of Scotland. (Via Google News.)
Times Online, Friday 23 October 2009

Manga library planned for Japan
BBC News, Friday 23 October 2009

Digital Futures: adapting to new e-environments conference
9th Annual E-Books Conference.
Scottish Libraries, Friday 23 October 2009

How e-Books Could Smarten Up Kids and Stretch Library Dollars: A National Plan
"calls for a National Digital Library System"
ResourceShelf, Friday 23 October 2009

Free Book Repair Training Manual
(Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
Bookfinder.com journal, Friday 23 October 2009

Promoting the Library Service
Presentation, "how libraries can use social networking to develop their service"
flickr, Thursday 22 October 2009

Launched today: Northern Ireland Children's Book Award - the first in NI plus CILIP-funded too
(Via @MatthewMezey.)
The Northern Ireland Drewett Book Award, Thursday 22 October 2009

Slides & Audio from CILIP_LAM Conf are now here
(Via @Fiona_Leslie.)
OCLC, Thursday 22 October 2009

Factories gear up in race for e-readers
(Via @ijclark.)
FT.com, Thursday 22 October 2009

Issue 12 of OCLC eNews
(Via @Fiona_Leslie.)
OCLC Europe, Thursday 22 October 2009

Fresh opportunities
"They [readers of the future] will also want to receive their future content in the form of downloads to their hand-held entertainment systems. These systems may not exist this year but they will certainly do so in a very short time."
theBookseller.com, Thursday 22 October 2009

Chinese society to oppose Google
"infringing on the copyrights of at least 570 Chinese authors by scanning and uploading their books into their digital library without seeking consent"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 22 October 2009

Library Review out 'in November'
Library Service Modernisation Review.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 22 October 2009

Ten Technologies You Can't Afford to Ignore
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 22 October 2009

New Pew Report on Twitter
"three groups are driving the growth of this activity..."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 22 October 2009

The Three Faces of Social Media
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 22 October 2009

The one with the publisher's e-book strategy
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Thursday 22 October 2009

Central library earns national commendation
Swindon. (Via Google News.)
SWINDONBUSINESSNEWS, Thursday 22 October 2009

City council eyes library advertising in an attempt to balance the books
Birmingham. (Via Google News.)
AboutMyArea, Thursday 22 October 2009

New mobile libraries for Keighley
"award-winning solar-panelled mobile library" (Via Google News.)
Keighley Library, Thursday 22 October 2009

Council defends under-fire library cuts
"proposals to cut jobs and introduce self-service" (Via Google News.)
Hamstead and Highgate Express, Thursday 22 October 2009

3M Complaint against Envisionware
RFID.
LIB-RFID-UK, Thursday 22 October 2009

Don't miss CILIP's RFID in Libraries Conference
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 22 October 2009

Forget the post - read your Gazette online today!
"23 October issue of [CILIP] Gazette"
Library and Information Update, Thursday 22 October 2009

3M, Envisionware and the future of library self-service
RFID - Changing libraries for good?, Thursday 22 October 2009

Co-authored article on blogging for librarians now available
"Blogging: an opportunity to communicate, participate and collaborate on a global scale"
Joeyanne Libraryanne, Thursday 22 October 2009

More online resources for Reader Development
Andrew Eynon's Library Blog, Thursday 22 October 2009

Going International!
"An experienced expat librarian shares what to know about working overseas, how to go, and why you should do it..."
Library Journal, Thursday 22 October 2009

Article: Missing Links: The Enduring Web
ResourceShelf, Thursday 22 October 2009

Public Libraries' Potential Grows Even Larger in Digital Age: A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial
ResourceShelf, Thursday 22 October 2009

Social media strategy: How I Became an Expert in Three Days
(Via FreePint 22nd October 2009.)
FUMSI, Thursday 22 October 2009

Best MP3 players for audiobooks
cnet, Thursday 22 October 2009

Google Editions Embraces Universal E-book Format
(Via AL Direct October 21, 2009.)
PC World, Thursday 22 October 2009

Librarian joins 'plinther' army
Antony Gormley's One And Other art project. (Via AL Direct October 21, 2009.)
Henley Standard, Thursday 22 October 2009

Barnes & Noble Nook's first close-up (now with video!)
(Via @ijclark.)
Engadget, Wednesday 21 October 2009

What is "Library Bypass"?
E-books and libraries. (Via @ijclark.)
the scholarly kitchen, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Barnes & Noble's Shiny, Sharing-Friendly 'Nook' eBook Reader
LISNews, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Barnes & Noble unveils its nook
E-book reader.
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Staff morale 'at all-time low' as librarian numbers plummet
Edinburgh, "audience development officer".
LISNews, Wednesday 21 October 2009

October 2009: The Semantic Web Gang discuss RDF
Web 3.0
cilip podcasts, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Two left in chase for pounds 50m Liverpool library
Contract Journal, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Birmingham Council backs down after library free-pitch furore
Design Week, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Fury at cuts to libraries' open hours
Thurrock.
Thurrock Gazette, Wednesday 21 October 2009

How to Market an Offline Event Online
iLibrarian, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Re: UK Public Library Initiative
'cyberLibrary'
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Importance of library services
"MLA publishes guidance to help library services meet wider local priorities and maintain a comprehensive and efficient service."
MLA, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Series of Free Web 2.0 and Social Web Workshops
UKOLN, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Barnes & Noble Unveils the Nook, a New 3G/Wi-Fi Digital Reader
Library Journal, Wednesday 21 October 2009

New from OCLC: Helene Blowers' Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation,"Finding the Phoenix: Feathers, Flight & the Future of Libraries,"
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 21 October 2009

Library 101 Project Website is up!
New community and resources. (Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
David Lee King, Wednesday 21 October 2009

8th IFLA International Marketing Award
IFLA, Wednesday 21 October 2009