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Wednesday 2 December 2009

7 days of library news:

Reding to step down as information society commissioner
"European Union (EU) information society commissioner Viviane Reding"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Amanda Ross unveils new Channel 4 Book Club
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Margaret Hodge defends late review at library launch
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Social reference: Toward a unifying theory
"online question answering services that are provided by communities of volunteers on question and answer (Q&A) sites". Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
ScienceDirect, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Search Engines Are Source of Learning
LISNews, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Will books survive? A scorecard...
LISNews, Tuesday 1 December 2009

In the thick of it: how the Digital Economy bill is trying to kill open Wi-Fi networks
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Why shouldn't libraries sell books, asks minister
Margaret Hodge. (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Public libraries: Stimulating? You bet!
"DCMS's not-quite-review of public libraries"
Library and Information Update, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Public libraries: Yaroo! Wirral sensation!
Library and Information Update, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Public libraries: DCMS review - go get it!
"Deadline for comments is 26 January - send to: libraryreview AT culture.gsi.gov.uk"
Library and Information Update, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Get your December Update early!
Library and Information Update, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Empower, Inform Enrich - DCMS Consultation paper
"The 3 things highlighted in the press release..."
cilip Information and Advice Blog, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Leader rejects library quit calls
Wirral.
BBC News, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Libraries 'must modernise' to secure future
Culture Minister Margaret Hodge.
BBC News, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Book Club to return to TV minus Richard and Judy
BBC News, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Oldest English recipes cooked up
Manchester library.
BBC News, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Middlemash
"the library mashup scene ... hosted by Damyanti Patel and her colleagues at Birmingham City University"
Panlibus, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Inquiring after Wirral
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Margaret's miscellany
DCMS Modernisation Review of Public Libraries (in England).
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Children's books on film
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Public Library consultation
"The Government's consultation report on Public Libraries - Empower, Inform, Enrich - has been published by the DCMS."
Sintoblog, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Graphic Novels Pose Challenges for Libraries
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 1 December 2009

British Library to Return Benevento Missal under Nazi Loot Law
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 1 December 2009

The December, 2009 (35.4) Issue of the IFLA Journal is Now Available
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 1 December 2009

UK: Libraries 'Must Modernise' to Secure Future
Culture Minister Margaret Hodge.
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Invisible Libraries Lift Veil on Content
"As the backbone of the UK’s information infrastructure, libraries have to work hard to keep pace with the rapid technology-driven changes..."
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Hitler's Forgotten Library
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Atlantic Monthly, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Reference Notes
"The References Notes blog is devoted to providing profiles of significant or substantive developments and news of potential interest to Reference and Research Librarians worldwide." (Via IRN Issue 178.)
blogspot, Tuesday 1 December 2009

Bite-sized marketing: Realistic solutions for the overworked librarian
Internet Resources Newsletter, Tuesday 1 December 2009

This is the last Internet Resources Newsletter...
Internet Resources Newsletter, Tuesday 1 December 2009

The Reading Agency lauches Chatabout
"growing number of reading groups for adults with literacy needs"
theBookseller.com, Monday 30 November 2009

Breaking news: Wirral library report
theBookseller.com, Monday 30 November 2009

In full: Wirral library report
theBookseller.com, Monday 30 November 2009

Open Archives content added to WorldCat.org
WorldCat Blog, Monday 30 November 2009

Wirral News
The Good Library blog, Monday 30 November 2009

Five Keys to Innovation
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 30 November 2009

Designing Websites for Kids
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 30 November 2009

THIS BOOK IS OVERDUE How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
Book review.
LISNews, Monday 30 November 2009

BREAKING NEWS: Wirral Council's 'lack of transparency' over library closures
Wirral Globe, Monday 30 November 2009

Wirral Council displayed 'lack of logic' on libraries closure issue
Liverpool Echo.co.uk, Monday 30 November 2009

Ringing the changes: phone box becomes mini-library
Westbury-sub-Mendip.
guardian.co.uk, Monday 30 November 2009

Public libraries: Wirral wimp-out
Library and Information Update, Monday 30 November 2009

Public libraries: Wirral will wriggle...
Library and Information Update, Monday 30 November 2009

Saving Africa's precious written heritage
Timbuktu.
BBC News, Monday 30 November 2009

'Shopping for Books Is Like Shopping for Clothes, or a Husband'
Quotation of the Day.
Shelf Awareness, Monday 30 November 2009

Mix and mash for librarians
Book review.
IWR, Monday 30 November 2009

The latest edition of LIBRES ( Volume 19, Issue 2) is now available
LIBRES, Monday 30 November 2009

Libraries As Represented in Art
Quilts.
PUBLIB, Monday 30 November 2009

ENTITLE guidelines & recommendations for Lifelong Learning in Libraries
(Via @Entitle_LLL.)
ENTITLE Libraries Lifelong Learning, Sunday 29 November 2009

The BBC's Click on ebook Readers
"The pros and cons of eBook readers" (Via @ijclark.)
BBC Audio and Video, Sunday 29 November 2009

ScrollMotion to publish ebooks for kids
TeleRead, Sunday 29 November 2009

Phone box has new life as library
Somerset, "books, DVDs and CDs"!
BBC News, Sunday 29 November 2009

Costa Book Awards 2009
"Shortlists Revealed for Prestigious Book Prize" (Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
suite101.com, Sunday 29 November 2009

Wirral's libraries decision due on Monday
Liverpool Echo.co.uk, Saturday 28 November 2009

A book lover's guide to building a brilliant children's library
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Saturday 28 November 2009

'Sound poetry' gets a voice
Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh.
BBC Audio and Video, Saturday 28 November 2009

Google and the New Digital Future
(Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
The New Yourk Review of Books, Saturday 28 November 2009

63336 Launches its First TV Advertising Campaign in the UK
"the UK's first and most accurate text question and answer service" (Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
PRWeb, Saturday 28 November 2009

"'Social Computing' guidelines -great template for big cos. looking for social media policies"
(Via @elsua.)
IBM, Friday 27 November 2009

Social media 'could transform public services'
(Via @karenblakeman.)
BBC News, Friday 27 November 2009

New Designation fund
"Designated collections are those recognised as being of national and international importance held in England's non-national museums, libraries and archives."
MLA, Friday 27 November 2009

OUP looks at history of print with 'book of books'
theBookseller.com, Friday 27 November 2009

All-women shortlist for BBC Short Story Prize
theBookseller.com, Friday 27 November 2009

Lawyer predicts another round of negotiations for Google Settlement Agreement
TeleRead, Friday 27 November 2009

How does Qualcomm's Mirasol display work?
E-book reader technology on the horizon.
TeleRead, Friday 27 November 2009

Ludlow Library wins award for servies to blind people
(Via Google News.)
Ludlow Advertiser, Friday 27 November 2009

StoryCorps & Your Best Listener
"the most ambitious oral history projects ever undertaken in the US" (Via Google News.)
BBC News, Friday 27 November 2009

New Birmingham library given the go ahead
Birmingham Post, Friday 27 November 2009

Wirral libraries announcement to be made on Monday
Wirral News, Friday 27 November 2009

Wirral libraries: Government to publish its findings on Monday
Wirral Globe, Friday 27 November 2009

Mix and mash for librarians
Review, Library Mashup by Nicole Engard.
IWR, Friday 27 November 2009

Self Issue Libraries
Information request ("self issue libraries without the presence of any staff").
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 27 November 2009

It's CILIP's fault! (Library modernisation review latest)
Library and Information Update, Friday 27 November 2009

Karen Calhoun completes a conversation with Talis
OCLC.
Panlibus, Friday 27 November 2009

Innovation, with information
"scheme to increase book loans by paying more attention to borrowers' reading habits"
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Friday 27 November 2009

A new issue of IFLA Journal is available online: 1 December 2009; Vol. 35, No. 4
SAGE journals onlines, Friday 27 November 2009

Children can read their way to a better future
(Via @readingagency.)
Times Online, Friday 27 November 2009

EThOS service from the British Library
"Most of UK's theses online"
British Library, Friday 27 November 2009

The dark side of the internet
"Deep web" (Via @SINTOcarl.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 27 November 2009

Newcastle library plays a part in city regeneration
MLA, Friday 27 November 2009

Online Reference Library (OnRL)
"a selection of 100s of websites chosen, organised and maintained by library professionals"
your Lancashire, Friday 27 November 2009

video on the magic of reading
(Via @ijclark.)
Wired.co.uk, Friday 27 November 2009

Transmedia tales and the future of storytelling
(Via @ijclark.)
Wired.com, Friday 27 November 2009

TwitterLit
"Twittering the first lines of books so you don't have to." (Via @southendlibrary.)
TwitterLit, Friday 27 November 2009

Spring release for library review
"consultation document about the future of the public library service"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 26 November 2009

Royal Mail awards announced
Scotland.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 26 November 2009

Online game for Ripley
"bizarre facts compendium Ripley's Believe It Or Not 2010"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 26 November 2009

Libraries and crowdsourcing - 6 examples
(Via HotStuff 2.0.)
Musings about librarianship, Thursday 26 November 2009

Professional and scholarly ebooks account for 3 times the rest of the ebook market combined
TeleRead, Thursday 26 November 2009

Google collection: A start toward TeleRead?
"The most ambitious solution would transform Google’s digital database into a truly public library."
TeleRead, Thursday 26 November 2009

Small Business Marketing
Social Media for Small Business
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 26 November 2009

1000 Years from Now
"what could happen if libraries devolve and future historians depend on Google for their research"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 26 November 2009

Microsoft Bing's Antonio Gulli Talks with Talis
cilip podcasts, Thursday 26 November 2009

Dame Wendy Hall - The Semantic Web Revolution
cilip podcasts, Thursday 26 November 2009

Augmented Reality to Be a dollars 732 Million Market by 2014?
LISNews, Thursday 26 November 2009

The new issue of the Code4Lib Journal is now available.
LISWire, Thursday 26 November 2009

Libraries to help mental health patients
South Essex. (Via Google News.)
Basildon Recorder, Thursday 26 November 2009

Libraries have flood support information
Cumbria. (Via Google News.)
Times & Star, Thursday 26 November 2009

Cartoon Classroom
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 26 November 2009

Re: Policies/protocols for social networking sites
Summary of results.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 26 November 2009

E books and E audio books
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 26 November 2009

FW: Policies/protocols for social networking sites
Summary of results.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 26 November 2009

RFID and self-service holds
Summary of responses.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Thursday 26 November 2009

Plan for pounds 193m library approved
"Birmingham's new pounds 193m library"
BBC News, Thursday 26 November 2009

International children's reading groups
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Thursday 26 November 2009

The Future of Books: A World of Format Choice
"the question about whether digital books will kill print"
Library Journal, Thursday 26 November 2009

Pirates find easy new pickings in open waters of e-book publishing
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Times Online, Thursday 26 November 2009

7 Tips To Make Your Web Site Mobile-friendly
(Via AL Direct, November 25, 2009.)
sitepoint, Thursday 26 November 2009

Does Chrome OS Spell the End of Desktops?
(Via AL Direct, November 25, 2009.)
ExtremeTech, Thursday 26 November 2009

Collaborative Librarianship -- new issue published
v.1, no.4 (2009).
Collaborative Librarianship, Thursday 26 November 2009

British Library Online Shop
British Library, Thursday 26 November 2009

Libraries As Represented in Art
PUBLIB, Thursday 26 November 2009

Libraries as represented in art
(Via PUBLIB.)
moja historia czytania, Thursday 26 November 2009