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Wednesday 20 January 2010

7 days of library news:

Workshops to help tackle new challenges to the cultural sector
MLA, Tuesday 19 January 2010

Review averts library closures
Northumberland.
MLA, Tuesday 19 January 2010

Authors 'confused' as Google opt-out deadline nears
theBookseller, Tuesday 19 January 2010

Search engines for ebooks
TeleRead, Tuesday 19 January 2010

The Library Ecosystem
LISNews, Tuesday 19 January 2010

British Library signs pounds 2.3m contract with Capgemini
"new Integrated Request Management and Delivery System (IRMDS)" (Via Google News.)
ComputerworldUK, Tuesday 19 January 2010

Old encyclopedias
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 19 January 2010

7 Lessons for Better Networking with Social Media
"Find a Person's Preferred Communication Channel"
iLibrarian, Tuesday 19 January 2010

Libraries and community health: new research project
MLA commissioned rsearch.
CILIP's Information and Advice Team, Tuesday 19 January 2010

Watching the librarians
"The Librarians screened in 2007 and 2009 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation"
From the Chief Executive's Desk, Tuesday 19 January 2010

The January/February 2010 Issue of D-Lib Magazine is Now Available
"the advancement of knowledge and practice on digital library research and related matters"
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 19 January 2010

Library 2.0: "the dark side."
MB post, "is our enhanced potential to have and share information and ideas throughout all levels of an organization leading to a flattening out of those orgs ... or are we seeing the reverse, with leaders struggling to assert control in response to the leveling influences of technology? Are libraries getting more bottom-up, or top-down?"
PUBLIB, Tuesday 19 January 2010

Where kids live can affect reading skills, study shows
US study, "children who live in wealthier neighbourhoods while in kindergarten did significantly better on standardized tests in Grade 7 than children from less affluent areas, regardless of where they lived when they wrote the same tests as teenagers" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
Vancouver Sun, Tuesday 19 January 2010

latest ed of Teen Librarian Monthly is available
teen librarian, Monday 18 January 2010

NutshellMail Lets Users Create Simple Email Newsletters For Facebook Fan Pages
TechCrunch, Monday 18 January 2010

News from the Director-General of the National Library of Haïti
ResourceShelf, Monday 18 January 2010

Dagger in the Library Award 2010 - APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING
Crime Writers Association.
LIS-PROFESSION, Monday 18 January 2010

Free workshops on Web2 and the social Web for museums, libraries and archives staff in Bath and Cambridge
LIS-WEB2, Monday 18 January 2010

Playstation 3s in libraries
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 18 January 2010

Cover Browser
"450,000 covers"
Phil Bradley's weblog, Monday 18 January 2010

When Does Tim Spalding Sleep? The New Services Keep Coming from LibraryThing
"Browse your library's shelves visually, just as you would do in the physical library. Shelf Browse lets your patrons see where a book sits on your actual shelves, and what’s near it."
ResourceShelf, Monday 18 January 2010

EMBRACING CHANGE for Continuous Improvement
US focus.
American Libraries Magazine, Monday 18 January 2010

How to Thrive by Design in Tough Times
US focus. "...an attractive alternative to the bookstores and internet cafés."
American Libraries Magazine, Monday 18 January 2010

Northumberland library closures on hold
theBookseller.com, Saturday 16 January 2010

Library Anywhere, a mobile catalog for everyone Library Anywhere, a mobile catalog for everyone
(Via @shanachietour.)
LibraryThing, Saturday 16 January 2010

To Know the Library Is To Love the Library -- But Who Knows the Library?
"One group consists of diehard fans. Another group seems to think we do nothing but read all day." (Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
Toby Greenwalt, Saturday 16 January 2010

Digitizing Rare Books in India
"while funding is not the issue, the absence of a clear-cut policy is" (Via Library Journal NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
Rare Book News.com, Saturday 16 January 2010

The TV Book Club
Sunday, 17th January at 7.30pm on More4. (Via @JeanetteCastle.)
The TV Book Club, Friday 15 January 2010

Library Application Program Interfaces (APIs)
(Via @neiljohnford.)
TechEssence.info, Friday 15 January 2010

Got library card barcode working on Cardstar app for iPhone, very excited (although won't work for self-issue laser scanning) mycardstar.com
(Via @joeyanne.)
CardStar, Friday 15 January 2010

Contrasting Controlled Vocabulary and Tagging: Do Experts Choose the Right Names to Label the Wrong Things?
(Via @ALALibrary.)
ResourceShelf, Friday 15 January 2010

How do public libraries function as meeting places?
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
ScienceDirect, Friday 15 January 2010

More on library results within RedLaser iPhone app
WorldCat, Friday 15 January 2010

Just about libraries
"Someone said the library is a place people seek their communities. I don't- I just look for things to read."
The Good Library Blog, Friday 15 January 2010

LG shows 19" flexible e-ink display
"almost as big as an A3-sized newpaper"
TeleRead, Friday 15 January 2010

Longshots no. 203: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data
Podcast. (Via cilip podcasts.)
Library Beat, Friday 15 January 2010

New mobile library for Woodgrange Estate
Southend-on-Sea. (Via Google News.)
YELLOW ADVERTISER TODAY, Friday 15 January 2010

Lifeline for doomed library?
North Somerset. (Via Google News.)
The Weston Murcury, Friday 15 January 2010

LIBRARY WILL COST POUNDS 1.1M A YEAR
"controversial 'inverted pyramid' library at Canada Water" (Via Google News.)
Southwark News, Friday 15 January 2010

Six Northumberland libraries spared the axe
(Via Google News.)
News Post Leader, Friday 15 January 2010

Library campaign continues
Library closure, North Somerset.
The Weston Murcury, Friday 15 January 2010

Policy / customer charter regarding public access terminals
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 15 January 2010

20 Real-World Uses for Google Wave
iLibrarian, Friday 15 January 2010

We'd do well, says Steven Bell, to explore beyond libraries for the ideas that will sustain us.
"It's one thing to talk about finding new ideas and quite another to actually discover them."
Library Journal, Friday 15 January 2010

IFLA Posts Letter Re: Earthquake in Haiti
President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
ResourceShelf, Friday 15 January 2010

Cambridge Imaging Systems to Help Build British Library Moving Image Archive
ResourceShelf, Friday 15 January 2010

Collaboration Time! OCLC's QuestionPoint and Mosio's Text a Librarian
"a comprehensive virtual reference solution for libraries"
ResourceShelf, Friday 15 January 2010

Hayward libraries to borrow Netflix model
US focus. "For a monthly fee, library users will be able to check out a limited number of materials for an unlimited amount of time."
American Libraries Magazine, Friday 15 January 2010

"...survey on library inductions, only 4 short questions, happy to share results after with all"
(@ScottHibberson.)
SurveyMonkey, Thursday 14 January 2010

Comments on the MARBI January 2010 agenda items
CILIP, Catalogue and Index blog.
cilip, Thursday 14 January 2010

January 'Library and Information gazette' out
CILIP publication.
CILIPGazette, Thursday 14 January 2010

Who is your library hero? nice suggestions so far but I deal in words not syllables and I want 400 of them! DM me
CILIPGazette, Thursday 14 January 2010

Had any good ideas for simple things that make your job in library / information a bit easier? Tips sought for new Gazette series. DM me
CILIPGazette, Thursday 14 January 2010

"More & more libs r using Google Voice 4 SMS ref"
(Via libraryfuture.)
Google, Thursday 14 January 2010

Books shortlisted for Waterstone's prize
theBookseller.com, Thursday 14 January 2010

LISNews Librarian Essay Contest Some Details
The contest will run for the entire month of February, 2010.
LISNews, Thursday 14 January 2010

Frederick W. Huff, R.I.P.
"it's all right to take an interest in intellectual pursuits" (US focus).
LISNews, Thursday 14 January 2010

Age-inappropriate literature
"No one under thirty could finish anything by Chekhov or Proust..."
LISNews, Thursday 14 January 2010

Big freeze puts hold on library fines
Bolton. (Via Google News.)
The Bolton News, Thursday 14 January 2010

e-books
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 14 January 2010

Library provision to LGBT families
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 14 January 2010

Twilight leads boost in children's book sales
"In helping to stage events which changed libraries from places which 'just have books in a row', publishers were also gaining a 'no-risk free-trial for published products'"
BBC News, Thursday 14 January 2010

Paper on Exploiting the Potential of the Social Web
"Empowering Users and their Institutions: A Risks and Opportunities Framework for Exploiting the Potential of the Social Web"
UKOLN, Thursday 14 January 2010

Mash up Podcast for librarians
"how libraries can utilise mashups"
librarytwopointzero, Thursday 14 January 2010

Next Week From EDUCAUSE Live: Library in Your Pocket: Strategies and Techniques for Developing Successful Mobile Services
January 20, 2009 at 1pm EST, "This live webinar is free but registration is required."
ResourceShelf, Thursday 14 January 2010

Webcast: Digital Accessibility for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals and Free Talking Books
ResourceShelf, Thursday 14 January 2010

The future of reference?
Movie. The Time Machine - The Vox Machine. (Via PUBLIB.)
YouTube, Thursday 14 January 2010

Stuck at home? Access Leeds library and information services online from our PCs or from home.24 hour library
(Via @leedslibraries.)
Leeds City Council, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Feds to universities: don't buy Kindles until they work for blind
Shortfalls of Kindle for visually disabled. (Via @e_reading.)
TechFlash, Wednesday 13 January 2010

"What's the best think about the reference desk?"
Comic strip.
Unshelved, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Beginner’s Guide to Calibre
"open source ebook management tool"
TeleRead, Wednesday 13 January 2010

OverDrive growth in 2009: numbers and most downloaded
"digital catalog for libraries grew to 300,000 titles".
TeleRead, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Are "enhanced ebooks" the CD-Rom era all over again?
"the publishing failures of books on CD-ROM in the 1990's"
LISNews, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Review: Those new-fangled paper books
Blog post, the plus and minus of ebooks (quite detailed).
LISNews, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Biometrics & RFID
Information request.
LIS-RFID-UK, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Return bins
Information request.
LIS-RFID-UK, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Red Tags
Information request, "using Red Tags to secure our DVDs and CDs in the cases".
LIB-RFID-UK, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Supply of MARC records
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Wednesday 13 January 2010

The Complete Guide to Getting the Most Out of Twitter
iLibrarian, Wednesday 13 January 2010

5 Social Media Secrets for 2010
iLibrarian, Wednesday 13 January 2010

International library conference to take place in Edinburgh in February 2010...
The Library of Digress, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Digital Maoism for beginners
"the idea that the collective is all-wise, that it is desirable to have influence concentrated in a bottleneck that can channel the collective with the most verity and force. This is different from representative democracy, or meritocracy..."
librarytwopointzero, Wednesday 13 January 2010

library apps
Blog post: "...I think the majority of phones in say three year's time will support apps, so it would be good to be ahead of the game ... e-books aren't just a compromise for when the real thing isn't available"
thewikiman, Wednesday 13 January 2010

After Ereaders: Getting Down to Content
Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Library Journal, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Bibliotheca Alexandria: Egyptian library merges modern technology with ancient relics
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Mucho Cool for iPhone Users from OCLC! RedLaser iPhone app and WorldCat, Find Books in Local Libraries
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 13 January 2010

Skokie Public Libraries Toby Greenwald on Who Really Knows the Library?
"people can't use what they don't know about"; continued discussion on Seth Godin's post 'what libraries should do to remain relevant in the digital age.'
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 13 January 2010

British Library launches tools to 'unlock the scientific knowledge'
IWR, Wednesday 13 January 2010