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Wednesday 16 December 2009

7 days of library news:

December edition of Teen Librarian Monthly is now available
teen librarian, Tuesday 15 December 2009

keynote presentation from "The Mobile Library Technology Conference"
(Via @libraryfuture.)
Prezi, Tuesday 15 December 2009

Closure threat to 14 Belfast libraries
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 15 December 2009

Whitby's 'huge savings' on Birmingham library amounts to just pounds 5m
(Via Google News.)
Birmingham Post, Tuesday 15 December 2009

Pounds 50m Liverpool Library scheme goes on show to public
(Via Google News.)
Click Liverpool, Tuesday 15 December 2009

Village accepts defeat on library
"cost-cutting review by North Somerset Council" (Via Google News.)
The Weston Murcury, Tuesday 15 December 2009

Computer taster sessions in libraries
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 15 December 2009

Top Ten Customer Service Skills for Library Staff
Libology Blog, Tuesday 15 December 2009

The Bookends Scenarios
"report looking at potential futures for the Library of New South Wales in Australia"
Library Journal, Tuesday 15 December 2009

Library 2.0 Gang 12/09: Social Software in Libraries
Podcast.
ALA TechSource, Tuesday 15 December 2009

Nicolas Sarkozy fights Google over classic books
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Telegraph.co.uk, Tuesday 15 December 2009

Designing Libraries Newsletter: Issue 19: The latest edition of the Designing Libraries Newsletter is now available
Designing Libraries, Monday 14 December 2009

South Gloucestershire libraries take a step forward
Big Lottery Fund.
MLA, Monday 14 December 2009

virtual books collection from the British Library - most recent additions
British Library, Monday 14 December 2009

War is declared in the world of ebooks
"digital rights" (Via @ijclark.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 14 December 2009

Boys switched on to books
"Government programmes, Boys into Books and Book Ahead"
MLA, Monday 14 December 2009

2 Self-Published Books in Kindle Top 25 Bestsellers
(Via @e_reading.)
iReader Review, Monday 14 December 2009

Subscription models for downloading audiobooks in libraries. Anyone have anything in place or looking at implementing this kind of service?
Information request.
Twitter, Monday 14 December 2009

Short stories aim to woo the iPod generation
(Via @e_reading.)
The Independent, Monday 14 December 2009

Richard & Judy to launch own book club
theBookseller.com, Monday 14 December 2009

Amazon launches Kindle iPhone app
theBookseller.com, Monday 14 December 2009

Random House US asserts digital rights to older titles
theBookseller.com, Monday 14 December 2009

A new WorldCat API available to all
WorldCat, Monday 14 December 2009

Has open source helped or hindered the e-book industry?
TeleRead, Monday 14 December 2009

Shortcovers teams up with Internet Archive
"Shortcovers' mobile apps"
TeleRead, Monday 14 December 2009

Quick Note: More digital children’s books coming from Hachette UK?
TeleRead, Monday 14 December 2009

Flat World Knowledge Partners with Bookshare to Make Free College Textbooks Accessible to People with Print Disabilities
TeleRead, Monday 14 December 2009

Evolution of Reading
UC-San Diego study "How Much Information?".
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 14 December 2009

Using Web 2.0 in Libraries
"A Guide to Using Web 2.0 in Libraries. Improving Libraries for Learners."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 14 December 2009

8 Things You Need to Know About Collaboration
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 14 December 2009

Scenarios for the Future of Public Libraries
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 14 December 2009

Mobile Libraries
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 14 December 2009

Have the learners leapfrogged the teachers?
"There are three great questions which in life we have to ask over and over again to answer: Is it right or wrong? Is it true or false? Is it beautiful or ugly? Our education ought to help us to answer these questions."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 14 December 2009

Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy
US report.
LISNews, Monday 14 December 2009

The one with the bad neighbor
Humour.
obnoxious librarian from hades, Monday 14 December 2009

Library Gift Tags
Xmas.
LISNews, Monday 14 December 2009

Hidden mural unveiled as centrepiece at historic Liverpool library
"The library was originally opened in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie, who described Liverpool as the pioneer city of free libraries." (Via Google News.)
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk, Monday 14 December 2009

Wakefield: Libraries set for a review and revamp
(Via Google News.)
Yorkshire Evening Post, Monday 14 December 2009

Tabloids' online archives provide a fascinating insight into social history
"the British Library – which has already done sterling digitisation work with 19th-century papers - says it wants to be able to satisfy most newspaper requests digitally by 2017" (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 14 December 2009

Free energy monitors available at Malvern Library
(Via Google News.)
Malvern Gazette, Monday 14 December 2009

Six Ways You Should Be Using Twitter...
(Via Lifehacker's Most Popular How-To Features of 2009.)
Lifehacker, Monday 14 December 2009

End of Year Survey
RFID -- Changing libraries for good, Monday 14 December 2009

Could libraries do with a Steve Jobs in the changing information world?
"Can we re-invent the library?"
librarytwopointzero, Monday 14 December 2009

Delivery service makes up for physical, fiscal limitations
Southlake Public Library (SPL), TX.
Library Journal, Monday 14 December 2009

Let Your Developer Friends Know! It’s Here! The Basic WorldCat API
ResourceShelf, Monday 14 December 2009

Resouce of the Week -- A Freebie for Info Pros from ebrary
"The financial aspect only comes in to play if you want to print or save a page."
ResourceShelf, Monday 14 December 2009

Can ‘Living Stories' Bring Newspapers Into the 21st Century?
Google labs.
Information Today, Inc., Monday 14 December 2009

10 Websites for Book Lovers
(Via @ijclark.)
iLibrarian, Sunday 13 December 2009

Cat Burglar Black by Richard Sala
Plot summary.
Unshelved, Sunday 13 December 2009

AWOL from new Sony Reader desktop app: Better reading software and easier downloading from public libraries
TeleRead, Sunday 13 December 2009

Gay fiction for men
Information request.
READER-DEVELOPMENT, Sunday 13 December 2009

End of year survey
LIB-RFID-UK, Sunday 13 December 2009

Germany to create digital library, will join Europeana
(Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
Open Access News, Sunday 13 December 2009

Apparently public health act 1984 states that a person with rabies may not return their library books.
@lynncorrigan, Saturday 12 December 2009

Smart Bitch Sarah becomes a poet – and does a good job too
TeleRead, Saturday 12 December 2009

How the Grinch Stole the iPhone
"a review of an interactive e-book"
TeleRead, Saturday 12 December 2009

Offline system just the ticket for library users
"BOOK-KEEPING on board the Department of Education's Mobile Library..." (Via Google News.)
Linex Legal, Saturday 12 December 2009

Leeds: British Library to house world's biggest newspaper collection
(Via Google News.)
Yorkshire Evening Post, Saturday 12 December 2009

Questions about standards in public libraries for hash RFID being asked in UK Parliament
TheyWorkForYou.com, Friday 11 December 2009

Preserve our past and create a better future
(Via @MLA_gov.)
Telegraph.co.uk, Friday 11 December 2009

The Role Of Social Media In The Organization
(Via @MatthewMezey.)
slideshare, Friday 11 December 2009

'Transforming Your Organization' - great new paper from respected 'Centre for Creative Leadership' (US)
CCL, Friday 11 December 2009

Digital diversity
"2010 is going to be a great year for online creativity within the book industry"
theBookseller.com, Friday 11 December 2009

Aiptek children's ebook reader in Taiwan
TeleRead, Friday 11 December 2009

SLA Military Librarians Workshop
PowerPoints, 'Librarians and Collaboration: Library 2.0 to 3.0', 'From Information to Intelligence.'
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 11 December 2009

Sarkozy throws France into a war on Google
The City Herald, Friday 11 December 2009

Google Wave and libraries: a snapshot
LIS-WEB2, Friday 11 December 2009

Encourage Boys to Read by Limiting their Alternatives
Encouraging Boys to Read, Friday 11 December 2009

British Library and BBC sign archive access deal
BBC News, Friday 11 December 2009

format is dead! The end of 5 Days, 5 Facts...
thewikiman, Friday 11 December 2009

Seth Grahame- Smith and Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 11 December 2009

Andrew Davidson - The Gargoyle
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 11 December 2009

Institutional Subscriptions to Google Books with Advertising? Google Won't Rule It Out
Library Journal, Friday 11 December 2009

Text Message Reference: Is It Effective?
Library Journal, Friday 11 December 2009

Reading while rolling Cuba's famous cigars
"She added that she had never read a book at home before starting work here."
BBC News, Friday 11 December 2009

Book Fairs and Bookmobiles inspire the reading spirit
librarygarden, Friday 11 December 2009

Economic Impact of Public Libraries
(Via Geek the Library.)
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Thursday 10 December 2009

Widening your Nets, Decentralizing your Web Services
David Lee King, Thursday 10 December 2009

Concern about London libraries 'cuts'
theBookseller.com, Thursday 10 December 2009

The 10 strangest books in the English language
The Times.
LISNews, Thursday 10 December 2009

British Library show marks 150 years since Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat poem
Culture24, Thursday 10 December 2009

Stunning library picks up another award
Newcastle.
JournalLive, Thursday 10 December 2009

Making the business case
Information request.
LIB-RFID-UK, Thursday 10 December 2009

Class Journal on Libraries and Open Movements
Opensource.
iLibrarian, Thursday 10 December 2009

UCL Professor David Nicholas in BBC's Digital Revolution Documentary - and other cool stuff
Library & Information Update Blog, Thursday 10 December 2009

Usability Testing Toolkit: Resources, Articles, and Techniques
iLibrarian, Thursday 10 December 2009

New: A Guide to Using Web 2.0 in Libraries
ResourceShelf, Thursday 10 December 2009

Librarians of the Future Discussed at Online Information
ResourceShelf, Thursday 10 December 2009

Video: Internet Public Library Founding Director, Joe Janes, Discusses IPL’s Legacy and IPL 2.0
"In 2010 the Internet Public Library and the Librarians' Internet Index will merge to become: ipl2: Information You Can Trust."
ResourceShelf, Thursday 10 December 2009

ebrary Adds New Technology for People With Physical Disabilities
"provider of digital content products and technologies"
Information today, Inc., Thursday 10 December 2009

How HTML5 Will Change the Way You Use the Web
(Via AL Direct December 9, 2009.)
Lifehacker, Thursday 10 December 2009

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." -- Ray Bradbury
@JenKnox2, Wednesday 9 December 2009

Reading: Information Literacy framework for Wales: report from Gregynog
"Information literacy in public libraries - the lifelong learning agenda"(Via @Emma7114.)
RSCs, Wednesday 9 December 2009

Library automation wiki
(Via @tomroper.)
lglibtech, Wednesday 9 December 2009

France set on massive book digitisation project
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 9 December 2009

Best Book Covers of the Year
LISNews, Wednesday 9 December 2009

Cool library picture
LISNews, Wednesday 9 December 2009

Villagers to have say on threatened library
North Somerset. (Via Google News.)
The Westom Mercury, Wednesday 9 December 2009

Training Day. Web 2.0 and your Library / Museum
Edinburgh.
LIS-WEB2, Wednesday 9 December 2009

Baker & Taylor E-Book Technology
"the 'next big things'"
Libology Blog, Wednesday 9 December 2009

Online09 and H1N1
Twitter101 for Librarians.
Phil Bradley's weblog, Wednesday 9 December 2009

Report: Folio on Taxonomies and Tagging
FUMSI, Wednesday 9 December 2009