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  • Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:04 -0500

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Wednesday 13 January 2010

7 days of library news:

Library service spending
(Via @chriskeene.)
Openly Local, Tuesday 12 January 2010

ACTA, the 'copyright bubble,' and the perception of prevalent piracy
"the rejection of the traditional copyright system by an entire generation"
TeleRead, Tuesday 12 January 2010

The Madness of Crowds and an Internet Delusion
LISNews, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Icon author releases free e-book pre-publication
'X Marks the Box: How to Make Politics Work For You', 11th February.
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 12 January 2010

France to work with Google in book scanning
TeleRead, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Librarian responds to Seth Godin's blogpost on "The future of the library"
LISNews, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Evesham youngsters can help shape town library
(Via Google News.)
Evesham Journal, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Work starts on Mecanoo's new Birmingham library
"scheduled to open in 2013" (Via Google News.)
Building Design, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Union warns of city libraries threat
Belfast.
BBC News, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Questionnaire - BME groups
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Fines income from Self-Service Branches
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Bite-Sized Marketing Webinar
Joeyanne Libraryanne, Tuesday 12 January 2010

America's Star Libraries Respond to Customers' Economic Needs
US focus.
Library Journal, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Focus on Library Metadata
(See also Focus on Library Metadata.)
ALA TechSource, Tuesday 12 January 2010

ALA's Washington Office Releases Video About Library Advocacy Day
US focus.
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Malaysia: National Library to Expand Reading Campaign to Bus Stations, Overwhelming Response at Train Terminal
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 12 January 2010

The future of reference?
"Gigantic Double HD interactive touchscreen", Research Link of the Week, January 2010. (Via PUBLIB.)
Ocean State Librarian, Tuesday 12 January 2010

Mobile Technology and Libraries
Jason Griffey / Neal-Schuman / 2010 (Via IFLA-L.)
Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., Tuesday 12 January 2010

How museums, libraries and archives contribute to lifelong learning: IFLL Sector Paper
niace, Monday 11 January 2010

CILIP Gazette Buyers' Guide 2010
CILIPGazette, Monday 11 January 2010

"Horror! David Cameron says he can't afford to keep funding projects such as SureStart! Another good reason not to vote Torey"
@CazApr1, Monday 11 January 2010

Aberdeen Library closures halted
"Plans to close four Aberdeen libraries.
theBookseller.com, Monday 11 January 2010

Google apologises to Chinese writers for scanning books
theBookseller.com, Monday 11 January 2010

Open Source Saving Libraries Money
LISNews, Monday 11 January 2010

Marriage made in Heaven? Cats and Books
LISNews, Monday 11 January 2010

The actual future of the library
More follow up to Seth Godin's "The future of the library" post.
LISNews, Monday 11 January 2010

Liverpool 'mega-library' set to win green light
Architects Journal, Monday 11 January 2010

Protests over city library plans
"plan to close up to 15 branch libraries in the greater Belfast area"
BBC News, Monday 11 January 2010

enquiry and e-resources statistics
Research request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 11 January 2010

MLA supports strategic review of Northumberland's library service
MLANEWS Archives, Monday 11 January 2010

China-Uk Connections Development Grant
"The grant will enable one member of staff from an organisation to visit counterparts, with the aim of furthering the face-to-face discussions needed to develop projects."
MLANEWS Archives, Monday 11 January 2010

Learn how young volunteers can transform libraries
"CSV is celebrating the success of its Young Voices project at a conference in Manchester on January 28th 2010. The conference is for anyone with an interest in libraries, volunteering and young people, and includes national and local speakers as well as an address from the minister for libraries. At the conference we will be launching the project’s evaluation report. For more information please see www.csv.org.uk/youngvoices."
MLANEWS Archives , Monday 11 January 2010

The economic downturn and libraries
"new survey of 835 libraries worldwide"
Panlibus, Monday 11 January 2010

Union protest at Belfast library closures
librarytwopointzero, Monday 11 January 2010

BBC discusses our love of paper and not e-readers
librarytwopointzero, Monday 11 January 2010

San Francisco Public Library Hires Social Worker To Help with Homeless
Library Journal, Monday 11 January 2010

Library 2.0 Gang 01/10: Towards A New Decade
"the game changing influences on our world over the last ten years and then attempt to predict what we will see in the next ten"
ALA TechSource, Monday 11 January 2010

BL event will discuss issues in translating research findings into practice
British Library.
IWR, Monday 11 January 2010

New Peer-Reviewed, Open Access Journal About Academic Librarianship Debuts
(Not public libraries, but enough overlap of interest to warrant posting - ed.)
ResourceShelf, Monday 11 January 2010

Google's Goal: Digitize Every Book Ever Printed
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
PBS News Hour, Monday 11 January 2010

The Evolution Of The Book Infographic
LISNews, Sunday 10 January 2010

Page-turning passion
"This year is being touted as the year of the electronic book, but the gadget won't change people's passion for the printed page"
BBC News, Sunday 10 January 2010

Focus on Library Metadata: RDA Vocabularies for a Twenty-First-Century Data Environment
FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records).
ALA TechSource, Sunday 10 January 2010

Just call me Tenzing Norbook, I guess.
Reply to Seth Godin's post 'how libraries should remain relevant in the digital age'.
theanalogdivide, Sunday 10 January 2010

teen librarian
"website for Librarians and those that work in a library environment whose primary (and sometimes secondary) role it is to work with Teenagers" (Via @mattlibrarian.)
teen librarian, Sunday 10 January 2010

Absolutely right thinking, and good news from The Reading Agency
The Good Library Blog, Sunday 10 January 2010

Project Gutenberg starts its 40th year
TeleRead, Sunday 10 January 2010

Kindle savings per book: dollars 1.86 for Stephen Windwalker
TeleRead, Sunday 10 January 2010

LIBRARY BAN ON SERMONS OF HATE
Tower Hamlets. (Via Google News.)
Express.co.uk, Sunday 10 January 2010

Old get cold in Uk and turn to burning books
librarytwopointzero, Sunday 10 January 2010

the importance of greedily grabbing at transdisciplinary opportunities…
"the way we market ourselves"
thewikiman, Sunday 10 January 2010

The Advance of Computing From the Ground to the Cloud
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Information Today, Inc., Sunday 10 January 2010

Read.gov Explore New Worlds. Read.
Free e-books on the web.
Library of Congress, Sunday 10 January 2010

Samsung To Offer E-Books That Allow Handwriting On Screen
Biblio Tech Review, Sunday 10 January 2010

Programming Librarian
ALA resource: "online resource center for all things related to presenting cultural programs for all types and sizes of libraries".
ALA, Saturday 9 January 2010

Seth Godin on future of libraries. Librarian as sherpa.
(Via Kathryn Greenhill.)
Seth's Blog, Saturday 9 January 2010

Resources for selecting popular music recordings
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Saturday 9 January 2010

Web 2.0 Policies
Information request.
LIS-WEB2, Saturday 9 January 2010

Why do Librarians use Facebook?
(Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
David Lee King, Saturday 9 January 2010

More Authors Selling E-Books Direct ... How will libraries stay in the loop?
(Via @libraryfuture.)
TBIResearch, Saturday 9 January 2010

Stop the App Madness
"The mobile web is growing big time ... What should librarians and library vendors do about this?!" (Via @Fiona_Leslie.)
Krafty Librarian, Friday 8 January 2010

Any cataloguing heroes out there?
"CILIP's Gazette journal is starting two new series to kick off the New Year - and is seeking contributors..."
cilip, Friday 8 January 2010

Baby, Let's Play House - Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him by Alanna Nash
Cartoon review.
Unshelved, Friday 8 January 2010

"Deluge" of devices threatens e-market
E-book readers.
theBookseller.com, Friday 8 January 2010

West Sussex County Council
The Good Library Blog, Friday 8 January 2010

Let's just take everybody's money and have a good time
Edge 2010.
The Good Library Blog, Friday 8 January 2010

Zorba's Guide to Free Ebooks
"most comprehensive guide to free ebooks that I’ve seen so far"
TeleRead, Friday 8 January 2010

Content and context in concept-oriented catalogs
LISNews, Friday 8 January 2010

Understanding Open Access Through A Concept Map
LISNews, Friday 8 January 2010

The Network
"...supports libraries, museums, archives, galleries and other cultural and heritage organisations (as well as individuals) who are working to tackle social exclusion"
The Network, Friday 8 January 2010

Hollywood Librarian 2 in London
Stuart Hall Library.
librarytwopointzero, Friday 8 January 2010

Jacqueline Winspear - Among the Mad
Book Talk Bournemouth, Thursday 7 January 2010

Anna Davis - The Jewel Box
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Thursday 7 January 2010

Deanna Raybourne - Silent in the Sancuary - Silent on the Moor
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Thursday 7 January 2010

Why do you love the library? See new winning video from Taiwan
(Via @ALALibrary.)
Library Connect News, Thursday 7 January 2010

100 Best Blogs for Library Science Students
(Via @MaineLibAssoc.)
Online Degree Programs.org, Thursday 7 January 2010

Cool! LibraryThing Releases Free iPhone App Named "Local Books"
ResourceShelf, Thursday 7 January 2010

Copia to introduce ereaders with social networking
TeleRead, Thursday 7 January 2010

Don’t ignore the reader: E-book pricing models and theories of value
"digital versus print reading in terms of the value proposition for readers, libraries and publishers"
TeleRead, Thursday 7 January 2010

Ask Tangognat: Manga for boys who like Archie
TangognaT, Thursday 7 January 2010

Digital Trends for 2010
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 7 January 2010

Reading Group provision
Information request.
READER-DEVELOPMENT, Thursday 7 January 2010

Himachal Pradesh for first ever Hi-Tech Multilingual Braille Libraries
LISNews, Thursday 7 January 2010

A Library At The End Of The World
"the library in Timbuktu and its ancient texts"
LISNews, Thursday 7 January 2010

Blio: Perhaps The Future Of Books?
Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
LISNews, Thursday 7 January 2010

Programming skills could transform librarians' roles
"for real innovation to occur within the library community we will require more expert skills"
LISNews, Thursday 7 January 2010

REDBRIDGE: Plan for big cuts to library archiving service
(Via Google News.)
East London and West Essex Guardian Series, Thursday 7 January 2010

Library closure will give residents better service
Swansea. (Via Google News.)
this is south wales.co.uk, Thursday 7 January 2010

Work of Asian women goes on display at library
Essex. (Via Google News.)
Echo, Thursday 7 January 2010

West Sussex County Council Plans To Deliver 21st Century Library Services
(Via Google News.)
eGov monitor, Thursday 7 January 2010

Anger at plan to cut library visits
Staffordshire. (Via Google News.)
this is thesentinel.co.uk, Thursday 7 January 2010

Pounds 20k bill for Sky Sports package in Blackburn Library
(Via Google News.)
Blackburn Citizen, Thursday 7 January 2010

Morgan Stanley ...The Mobile Internet Report
LIS-WEB2, Thursday 7 January 2010

3 Ways to Create a Lifestream For Your Brand
"aggregate all of your organization's social media"
iLibrarian, Thursday 7 January 2010

Unison to hold 'People's Inquiry' into libraries
cilip, Thursday 7 January 2010

Work starts on Birmingham's pounds 193m library
BBC News, Thursday 7 January 2010

Wearing the shirt
Arnarchy!
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Thursday 7 January 2010

We're All Fools On This Planet
Predicting the future.
Library Journal, Thursday 7 January 2010

From Aya to Zapt!: 24 Graphic Novels for African American History Month
Library Journal, Thursday 7 January 2010

Libraries Use Video Games to Attract Teens
ResourceShelf, Thursday 7 January 2010

Video: Who Uses Libraries Anymore? A Brief Visit to the New York Public Library
ResourceShelf, Thursday 7 January 2010

Review of the Year 2009 and Trends Watch--Part 2
Information today, Inc., Thursday 7 January 2010

Participatory Librarianship
Website.
The Information Institute of Syracuse and ALA's Office for Infor, Wednesday 6 January 2010

Website archives to be fast-tracked
British Library and National Museum of Scotland. (Via @MLA_gov.)
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 6 January 2010

Bid to enthuse boys about books
National Year of Reading schemes. (Via @MLA_gov.)
TES, Wednesday 6 January 2010

The healing power of books should be taken as read
'Get Into Reading' conference.
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 6 January 2010

Trends and Technology Timeline
"forecasts out to 2050"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 6 January 2010

Netherlands Library Book Tagging Project Killed By Lazybrarians
Bookdrop tagging!
LISNews, Wednesday 6 January 2010

Freedom of Information Act revelations recalled
British Library featured. (Via Google News.)
journalLive, Wednesday 6 January 2010

Plans for Liverpool’s Central Library set to get approval
Pounds 50m refurbishment. (Via Google News.)
Liverpool Echo, Wednesday 6 January 2010

Pensioners rally to save Bedlington Station library
Northumberland. (Via Google News.)
Northumberland communities - Bedlington, Wednesday 6 January 2010

Survey - and another question
Information request.
LIS-RFID-UK, Wednesday 6 January 2010

Australia (Queensland): Libraries: Dissatisfied Library Staff Vent Frustration
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 6 January 2010




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