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Wednesday 11 November 2009

7 days of library news:

Closing chapter of Google Books saga near
cnet, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Intel introduces new digital book reader for the blind
TeleRead, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Quick test drive: Kindle for PC looks promising—but is no match for Mobipocket in flexibility. And how about ePub?
TeleRead, Tuesday 10 November 2009

3 new ereaders from Dulin
TeleRead, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Read International and the British Library
"charity partners" (Via Google News.)
Third Sector, Tuesday 10 November 2009

OPSI review of the Public Library Subsidy
Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI).
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Google Wave: Better than Twitter for Conference Chatter?
iLibrarian, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Make Reading a Social Activity
Getting Boys To Read, Tuesday 10 November 2009

A free public library?
"Here is a little cat among the ILL request pigeons!"
Sintoblog, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Strategies for Innovation
Library Journal, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Britain's Digital Library passes half-million milestone
British Library.
IWR, Tuesday 10 November 2009

NextSpace: The OCLC Newsletter, The Ripple Effect: Extending the library's reach
"Today's librarians are engaging information seekers wherever they are--at the beach, in the street, on the stage, on the Web--to extend their impact and set in motion growing waves of relevance and usage"
OCLC, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Personalisation Allows Researchers to Create Online Bibliographies
Copac.
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Invitation to participate in a new project, Libraries for children and young adults
"to enable libraries from different countries to find a sister library so that they can build partnerships, exchange views and experiences, and develop joint reading programs for children and young adults" (Via IFLA-L.)
IFLA, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Is Wi-Fi harmful to health?
cilip Information and Advice Blog, Monday 9 November 2009

Introduction to Web 2.0
"Digital tools can help the sector build relationships with existing users, reach out in innovative ways to new users, and help maximise scare resources."
MLA, Monday 9 November 2009

Google's Plan B for books
(Via @e_reading.)
Good Morning Silicon Valley, Monday 9 November 2009

Entry level eBooks to retail under dollars 149 by Christmas 2010
(Via @e_reading.)
GLG News, Monday 9 November 2009

Open Book Alliance ready to see if Google acts in the public interest
(Via @internetarchive.)
Open Book Alliance, Monday 9 November 2009

Don't buy an ebook reader: The sorry state of digital slates
(Via @ricaird.)
cnet uk, Monday 9 November 2009

Wirral u-turn pre-empted inquiry findings
theBookseller.com, Monday 9 November 2009

New extension granted for Google Settlement
theBookseller.com, Monday 9 November 2009

E-books and P: How will publishers adjust to smaller markets for print books?
TeleRead, Monday 9 November 2009

New list LIS-WEB2
LIS-PREOFESSION, Monday 9 November 2009

Kindle readers beware - big Amazon is watching you read 1984
Guardian article.
LISNews, Monday 9 November 2009

Library staff overpaid by pounds 357,000
Wiltshire Council. (Via Google News.)
Salisbury Journal, Monday 9 November 2009

Well read
HeadSpace, "initiative aimed at making libraries more accessible to socially excluded teenagers". (Via Google News.)
Regen.net, Monday 9 November 2009

Uncovered: lost British accents from prison camps of first world war
British Library. (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 9 November 2009

Free workshops on Web2 and the social Web for museums, libraries and archives staff in Dulwich and Chelmsford early 2010
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 9 November 2009

Europeana: Think culture
Panlibus, Monday 9 November 2009

Interesting developments at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Panlibus, Monday 9 November 2009

Survival with the fittest: the story of a Google library partner
Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain.
Panlibus, Monday 9 November 2009

Library 2.0 Gang 11/09: The Cataloguing Services Landscape
ALA TechSource, Monday 9 November 2009

Hayward, CA Public Library Will Launch "Fines Free" Borrowing Packages Beginning at dollars 2.99/Month
ResourceShelf, Monday 9 November 2009

The Library as eBook Provider
"the growing popularity of eBook access from libraries"
ResourceShelf, Monday 9 November 2009

Google Book Search Settlement Filing Delayed Until November 13
Library Journal, Monday 9 November 2009

Public Letter to Ed Vaizey and Boris Johnson
London Libraries Change Programme.
The Good Library blog, Sunday 8 November 2009

Gruffalo nation's favourite bedtime story
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Sunday 8 November 2009

INTERNET LIBRARY FOR LIBRARIANS
Librarian resources.
InfoWorks Technology Company, Saturday 7 November 2009

Comic books are good for children's learning
(Via @BookishMagpie.)
Telegraph, Saturday 7 November 2009

How library practitioners view knowledge management in libraries: A qualitative study
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Saturday 7 November 2009

2nd gen e-book machine dropped by OLPC--but group will do a paperlike 3rd gen device
One Laptop Per Chlld.
TeleRead, Saturday 7 November 2009

As Seen At A Library
Donations.
LISNews, Saturday 7 November 2009

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Wirral's library closures U-turn was announced 24 hours before Government ruling
Wirral Globe, Saturday 7 November 2009

Photographing libraries
"law on this question"
Tom Roper's Weblog, Saturday 7 November 2009

In the pink
Official opening ceremony of the new Central Library in Newcastle, "Margaret Hodge in response to her invitation to write a 750 word 'think piece' about the future for public libraries".
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Saturday 7 November 2009

UK: Results of a Contest to Create Innovative Applications Using Library Data
University of Huddersfield.
ResourceShelf, Saturday 7 November 2009

The October, 2009 Issue of the IFLA Journal is Now Available
PDF.
ResourceShelf, Saturday 7 November 2009

Mythbusting the ISBN
(Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
LJNDawson.com Blog, Saturday 7 November 2009

ScanRobots for Mass Digitisation - even for Delicate Books
Bavarian State Library. ((Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
Goethe-Institut, Saturday 7 November 2009

Google Settlement Due in Court November 9; Open Book Alliance Issues "Requirements"
Library Journal, Saturday 7 November 2009

New Gazette out today
CILIP, Friday 6 November 2009

Publishing 2.0: What Would Apple Do?
The Next Web, Friday 6 November 2009

List of magazines available on Google Books
TeleRead, Friday 6 November 2009

Libraries to introduce speed reading cameras
Humour.
NewsBiscuit, Friday 6 November 2009

In Charleston Conference Keynote, Lankes Urges Librarians To Embrace Social Action, Conversation
Library Journal, Friday 6 November 2009

"New Librarianship"–Slides, Audio, and Screencast of R. David Lankes Keynote @ Charleston Conference
ResourceShelf, Friday 6 November 2009

The Global Antitrust Battle Over Google's Library
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Time, Friday 6 November 2009

Ten years of library buddies
"volunteer buddy service" (Via @JeanetteCastle.)
Information and Libraries Scotland, Thursday 5 November 2009

What is Web 2.0: Seminal article (2005) from Tim O'Reilly. Still of value if you're interested in the web.
(Via @scotlibraries.)
O'Reilly, Thursday 5 November 2009

Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On
(Via @scotlibraries.)
Web 2.0 Summit 2009, Thursday 5 November 2009

Copyright 5th edn - Interpreting the law for libraries, archives and information services
New publication.
Facet Publishing, Thursday 5 November 2009

How to Give Your Users the LIS Services they Want
New publication.
Facet Publishing, Thursday 5 November 2009

The Second Generation of e-Book Readers is on the Way
(Via @e_reading.)
geeks.co.uk, Thursday 5 November 2009

LIS-Web2 mailing list to discuss Web 2.0 and it's uses in libraries
(Via @alisonmbarlow.)
JISC, Thursday 5 November 2009

Read How You Want and Humanware partner to help those with disabilities
"partnering to help individuals with reading disabilities and visual impairments discover the book reading device and the format that suits them best"
TeleRead, Thursday 5 November 2009

Publishers and Booksellers Rally to Support eBooks and eReaders
LISNews, Thursday 5 November 2009

Library digital black hole
Bodleian Library, "the first UK library to sign up with Google to allow 'digitisation' of its out-of-copyright historic books".
Witney Gazette, Thursday 5 November 2009

Requests process
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 5 November 2009

Re: UK Public Library Initiative
"universal membership" and the MLA Reference Online Framework Agreement.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 5 November 2009

How To: Build Your Personal Brand on YouTube
iLibrarian, Thursday 5 November 2009

The Grown Boy and Reading
"boys seem more interested in reading when young and then the desire tappers off"
Getting Boys To Read, Thursday 5 November 2009

Riding High Amongst the Waves
Google Wave, "in-browser communication client".
Thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian, Thursday 5 November 2009

Social Networking in the Public Sector: Developing a Business Case
Via @JeanetteCastle.)
ricaird's ramblings, Thursday 5 November 2009

Can e-books halt the decline in library lending?
Radio 4, You and Yours. (Via @janeite.)
BBC Audio and Video, Thursday 5 November 2009

Joint-use Library and Health Cente Building in Bolton: A new partnership between Bolton Council and NHS Bolton
Breightmet Library, "funded by a pounds 1.1 million Big Lottery grant".
Designing Libraries, Wednesday 4 November 2009

BIG Funded Library in Cheshire officially opened
Wharton.
Designing Libraries, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Last chance to book a place on the free Preston (13th Dec) Web 2 workshop for museums & library staff
(Via @mariekeguy.)
UKOLN, Wednesday 4 November 2009

23 library authorities now participating in the Nielsen LibScan Panel email: libraries.book AT nielsen.com for more info
@NielsenBook, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Are dollars 0 ebooks inevitable?
(Via @e_reading.)
iReader Review, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Liverpool's pounds 50m central library redevelopment
MLA, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Wouldn't it be nice if the books which were used the least were the ones which fell apart?
@katie_fraser, Wednesday 4 November 2009

The future of eReaders is under dollars 100...
(Via @e_reading.)
eBook Rumours, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Denbighshire libraries face pounds 90,000 cut
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Haynes launches iPhone app
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 4 November 2009

A Kindle for kids?
TeleRead, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Quick Note: TOC Fall online conference transcript available
E-books.
TeleRead, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Dollars 89 e-reader can display zillions of books from Google, Feedbooks, Manybooks and Gutenberg--aided by Calibre
TeleRead, Wednesday 4 November 2009

The one where we launch TWOOTER!
Humour.
Obnoxious Librarian from Hades, Wednesday 4 November 2009

How our literary tastes have changed over the years
LISNews, Wednesday 4 November 2009

The Global Antitrust Battle Over Google's Library
LISNews, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Library-Themed Christmas Cards
LISNews, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Denbighshire libraries to be hit by £90,000 cuts
Your Vale, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Organising your library day
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Government information in the Google Age
tfpl blog, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Social networking and Web 2.0
Information Literacy Weblog, Wednesday 4 November 2009

CILIP honours info pros for business information and mobile library services
IWR, Wednesday 4 November 2009

Bibliotheca Alexandrina: A Digital Revival
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 4 November 2009

October Rankings Published: The Most Popular Downloaded eBooks and Audiobooks from Libraries Using OverDrive
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 4 November 2009