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Wednesday 9 December 2009

7 days of library news:

Swindon Local Studies Collection's photostream
(Via @SwindonLocal.)
flickr, Tuesday 8 December 2009

Nintendo DS launches first eReader for children
(Via @leedslibraries.)
Peter Scott's Library Blog, Tuesday 8 December 2009

Great Web Sites for Kids
(Via @ALALibrary.)
ALA, Tuesday 8 December 2009

US magazine publishers launch digital newsstand
"common standards for presenting newspapers and magazines on portable devices ranging from smartphones to electronic readers to laptops" (Via @e_reading.)
AlterNet, Tuesday 8 December 2009

How U.S. publishers differ from Europeans on DRM issues: The Yanks are tougher
TeleRead, Tuesday 8 December 2009

Montgomery County Libraries
PowerPoints, 'Future Library Stuff: What are the Top 5?'.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 8 December 2009

San Antonio Public Library
PowerPoints, 'Innovation and Libraries: What is at the Heart of Libraries?'.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 8 December 2009

Establishing libraries to help children gain a love of books
Laos.
FT.com, Tuesday 8 December 2009

Pounds 25,000 iHub opens at Central Library
"unique area within Library for young people"
St Helens Star, Tuesday 8 December 2009

London Libraries Change Programme
Comment.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 8 December 2009

Media Security in Self Service Libraries
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Tuesday 8 December 2009

Libraries win Jodi Awards
Leeds.
CILIP's Information and Advice Blog, Tuesday 8 December 2009

Power to the People in Digital Age: A Chat with the Head of the National Library of Scotland
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 8 December 2009

King County Library System Opens Unstaffed "Express" Branch
US focus.
Library Journal, Tuesday 8 December 2009

The outdated concept of library 'members' should be replaced with 'customers' says MLA
(Via @SINTOcarl.)
MLA, Tuesday 8 December 2009

Sony Reader and OverDrive Sign Library Marketing Agreement
(Via @ijclark.)
OverDrive, Tuesday 8 December 2009

9 million deaf or hard of hearing people in the UK - that's a lot of people...
@chris_hall62, Monday 7 December 2009

Clanchy clinches short story prize
BBC National Short Story Award.
theBookseller.com, Monday 7 December 2009

Amazon improves e-reader for visually impaired
theBookseller.com, Monday 7 December 2009

High speed broadband for libraries
theBookseller.com, Monday 7 December 2009

From ‘Black Silk’ to ‘His Robot Girlfriend’: The five top freebie originals at Feedbooks
"thousands of public domain books and original books from new authors that you can read on any mobile device"
TeleRead, Monday 7 December 2009

More text to speech conversion
TeleRead, Monday 7 December 2009

German Cabinet approves digitization plan
"The Germans are taking on Google..."
TeleRead, Monday 7 December 2009

New Kindle features for the blind and vision-impaired coming
TeleRead, Monday 7 December 2009

NAG Servicing Guidelines - Update
National Aquisitions Group, Servicing guidelines: best practice for public libraries, "Please send any comments you may wish to make".
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 7 December 2009

"A library is total generosity"
LISNews, Monday 7 December 2009

Empower.
"Commentable version of Empower, Inform, Enrich: The Modernisation Review of Public Libraries"
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 7 December 2009

More free workshops on Web2 and the social Web for museums, libraries and archives staff in Newcastle, Birmingham, Sheffield and Nottingham
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Monday 7 December 2009

Wirral - a costly victory
Sintoblog, Monday 7 December 2009

China: Library Goes Digital for Visually Impaired
ResourceShelf, Monday 7 December 2009

Google to limit free news access
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
BBC News, Monday 7 December 2009

100 best last lines from novels (PDF)
(Via @BloomsburyPress.)
American Book Review, Sunday 6 December 2009

Where are The Audit Commission and the Culture Select Committee?
The Good Library blog, Sunday 6 December 2009

Searchable: British Library Database of Book Bindings
Response Source, Sunday 6 December 2009

Is the writing on the wall for our public libraries?
Wirral, modernisation review. (Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 6 December 2009

The Library- delivered to your door - take part in our consultation (on page 3 of Talking Point) open until 13th...
Leeds Libraries, Saturday 5 December 2009

Online tools
"some of the online tools available to librarians" Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Saturday 5 December 2009

Following the launch of the SLIC web2 guidelines ... we have launched an online guide to accompany
slainte, Friday 4 December 2009

Digital Inclusion Champion, Martha Lane Fox, praises Jodi Award winners, including musuems and a library.
"Across the Board: autism support for families, Leeds Library and Information Service"
MLA, Friday 4 December 2009

Library Christmas Tree Decoration made of Books
LISNews, Friday 4 December 2009

The book as multi-tool: You can't snuggle up to an E-Reader
LISNews, Friday 4 December 2009

Should you become a librarian?
Humour.
LISNews, Friday 4 December 2009

Survey
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Friday 4 December 2009

Mobile library team's new chapter
"bringing the internet to remote rural areas near Aberystwyth"
BBC News, Friday 4 December 2009

Library ban for 'pungent body odour' man
Leicestershire.
BBC News, Friday 4 December 2009

CILIP to launch positive action trainee scheme
"a positive action trainee scheme to encourage black and minority ethnic community members to choose a career in library and information work" (Via Issue 305 MLA News EBulletin.)
CILIP, Friday 4 December 2009

Broadband in libraries
"Greater access to high speed broadband for the public in libraries across England is now possible thanks to an agreement brokered by the MLA."
MLA, Friday 4 December 2009

Best books of 2009
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Friday 4 December 2009

RDA Publication Month Announced
Resource Description and Access.
Library Journal, Friday 4 December 2009

A New British Library Building Opens Today and It's Airtight
ResourceShelf, Friday 4 December 2009

British Library's 'robot' system unveiled
"the library is about preserving the knowledge of the past and the present for the future"
BBC Audio and Video, Friday 4 December 2009

Networking: Overcoming Your Hesitation
FUMSI, Friday 4 December 2009

Information Architecture Principles: Use in a Library Setting
FUMSI, Friday 4 December 2009

Stop, You’re Killing Me! (crime fiction)
(Via FreePint Newsletter 291.)
Stop, You’re Killing Me!, Friday 4 December 2009

Addictive Books (crime fiction)
Addictive Books, Friday 4 December 2009

Stop, You’re Killing Me!
"a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books"
Stop, You’re Killing Me!, Friday 4 December 2009

Top 10 Semantic Web Products of 2009
(Via @OCLC.)
ReadWriteWeb, Thursday 3 December 2009

Plymouth Libraries and Web2.0
(Via @calire.)
slideshare, Thursday 3 December 2009

Picked up from one of the library twitter lists - an American sarcastic view in defence of librarie
(Via @GrahamDash.)
San bernardino County Sun, Thursday 3 December 2009

Uni of Sheffield library floorplan overlaid on GMap
(Via @ostephens.)
Mapping the library, Thursday 3 December 2009

Comics ... The value of a library card!
(Via @ALALibrary.)
SHGate -- Comics, Thursday 3 December 2009

New Web 2.0 guidelines for libraries, by SLIC/CILIPS
(Via @ricaird.)
slainte, Thursday 3 December 2009

Children who use technology are 'better writers'
(Via @ScottHibberson.)
BBC News, Thursday 3 December 2009

Today is the International Day of People with Disability
(Via @ALALibrary.)
Facebook, Thursday 3 December 2009

Faber author wins Guardian First Book Prize
"short stories by Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 3 December 2009

FutureBook: Digital growth could drive out RRP
theBookseller.com, Thursday 3 December 2009

FutureBook: "People love shelf space"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 3 December 2009

Library subsidy cuts could threaten public access
"50 percent discount to all public libraries on print copies of official materials"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 3 December 2009

DailyLit is now free
"the hash 1 Book Website (as selected by The Sunday Times)"
TeleRead, Thursday 3 December 2009

China and Taiwan agree on Epub standard
TeleRead, Thursday 3 December 2009

The LibVid Awards
"Recognising the Best Library Videos on the Web"
LISNews, Thursday 3 December 2009

Manchester library win sparks row over fee bid Read more: http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3154430&channel=426&c=1#ixzz0Ye1ezFA2
(Via Google News.)
Building Design, Thursday 3 December 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOLLY - DOLLY PARTON’S UK IMAGINATION LIBRARY CELEBRATES 2ND ANNIVERSARY
UK Imagination Library. (Via Google News.)
Response Source, Thursday 3 December 2009

Chiefs brought to book over planned library closures
Northumberland. (Via Google News.)
JournalLive, Thursday 3 December 2009

Robots used at pounds 26m British Library store
BBC News, Thursday 3 December 2009

What is Social Cataloging?
(Via @librarytwopointzero.)
YouTube, Thursday 3 December 2009

Ostrich or opportunity?
"The closed shop of a professional priesthood is being replaced by an open, inclusive and expanding occupational eco-system of information-related work."
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Thursday 3 December 2009

Notes: Amazon's Google Motion Nixed
Shelf Awareness, Thursday 3 December 2009

Notes: E-Reader's 8-Track Moment; Gaiman on Audiobooks
Shelf Awareness, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Innovations in Reference Management
"Milton Keynes on the 14th January 2010"
Telstar, Wednesday 2 December 2009

What Does the Future Hold for Digital Reading?
"reading content on non-reading-optimized devices [e.g., iPhone] ... will provide a 'good enough' experience for the majority of consumers."
WSJ.com, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Statutory basis of library service 'outdated', says LGA
Local Government Association, Wirral.
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 2 December 2009

MLA wants 'local' and 'modern' library network
DCMS Modernisation Review, Wirral.
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Bookseller Survey: Cheaper e-books needed to drive digital growth
"At the moment publishers price e-books at the same price as the prevalent print edition"
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Children's information seeking in coping with daily-life problems: An investigation of fifth- and sixth-grade students
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
ScienceDirect, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Quick Note: Overdrive's most downloaded ebooks for November
TeleRead, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Online International: London
PowerPoints: 'Open Systems in Libraries: Stepping up to the Experience Plateau'.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Book It
"the state of the book industry and what can we expect in the coming years"
LISNews, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Books 2.0
LISNews, Wednesday 2 December 2009

On The Media - Book Episode
LISNews, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Wirral Council criticised by Government inspector over library closure plans
(Via Google News.)
Wirral News, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Now you can join libraries even younger
"CitizenCard" (Via Google News.)
This Is Wiltshire, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Loan of Console Games
Information request.
lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Next-Gen Libraries Presentation
iLibrarian, Wednesday 2 December 2009

How To Create the Perfect Facebook Fan Page
iLibrarian, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Empower, Inform, Enrich 1
Sintoblog, Wednesday 2 December 2009

Empower, Inform, Enrich 2
Sintoblog, Wednesday 2 December 2009

'Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age' - Presentations from the IFLA event at the Frankfurt Book Fair
PowerPoints, "lively discussion on current legal frameworks, licensing, emerging technology and technological protection measures, digitisation and the promotion of reading and access to knowledge".
IFLA, Wednesday 2 December 2009