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Wednesday 10 February 2010

7 days of library news:

Libraries could shut in wave of spending cuts, under Government plans
"The Government believes that the spread of the internet and other social changes may mean that councils should be free to close libraries." (Via @MLA_gov.)
Telegraph, Tuesday 9 February 2010

Vaizey and Hodge clash over library future
theBookseller, Tuesday 9 February 2010

Google appeals ruling of the French court
"euro 300,000 in damages and euro 10,000/day for its breach of French copyright law in digitizing La Martinière books"
TeleRead, Tuesday 9 February 2010

Libraries Change Lives Closing date 15 Feb
CILIP.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 9 February 2010

Film Institute launches first digital archive in Wales
Wrexham.
BBC News, Tuesday 9 February 2010

Reviews of Marilyn Johnson's book
"This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All"
librarytwopointzero, Tuesday 9 February 2010

National Library of Ireland Now Twittering
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 9 February 2010

Final few free places on Nottingham Web 2 workshop for museums and libraries
UKOLN, Monday 8 February 2010

...additions to list of UK LIS research centres
LIS Research Coalition, Monday 8 February 2010

e-cards for the Chinese Year of the Tiger
British Library.
British Library, Monday 8 February 2010

e-cards for Valentine's Day
British Library.
British Library, Monday 8 February 2010

Guardian article about the Wimbledon Station Bookswap.
"Finding the cut-and-paste PR of the Metro newspaper barely lasted him two stops to Clapham Junction, Fairclough set up the book-swap last November." (Via @calire.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 February 2010

Small Island fans - live webchat next Thursday 18th Feb with Andrea Levy on Waterstones.com - post a question now
Waterstones, Monday 8 February 2010

DOJ Still Has Problems With the Google Book Settlement, But Wants to Resolve Them
(Via HotStuff 2.0: Word of the Day: "antitrust".)
Law Librarian Blog, Monday 8 February 2010

Evolution of the Book
Timeline.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 8 February 2010

Bookmark Collectors...Mark Your Calendars
"On February 20 and 21, 2010 the first convention for bookmark collectors will take place online."
LISNews, Monday 8 February 2010

A Search Engine That Relies on Humans
"a new paradigm for Web searches that taps into social networks"
LISNews, Monday 8 February 2010

Google book scanning: Cultural theft or freedom of information?
LISNews, Monday 8 February 2010

If The Digital Economy Bill Fails, We'll All Pay
"An open letter signed by, among others, the British Library..." (Via Google News.)
booktrade.info, Monday 8 February 2010

Romance readers will love event
South Shields, "special Valentine treat" (Via Google News.)
Shields Gazette, Monday 8 February 2010

Tutor lists via the web
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 8 February 2010

How Social Gaming is Improving Education
iLibrarian, Monday 8 February 2010

Reading as a Competitive 'Sport' with Kids' Lit Quiz
"The Kids' Lit Quiz (KLQ) is a literature competition for kids age 10-13 that takes place in the UK, China, New Zealand - and I just learned - South Africa!"
Getting Boys To Read, Monday 8 February 2010

The Oxford Companion to the Book
"the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times"
CILIP's Information and Advice Team highlight, Monday 8 February 2010

Starting afresh in a foreign city
"Hogar Salim was 16 when he arrived in Birmingham."
BBC News, Monday 8 February 2010

Campaign encourages 'silver scribblers' to write books
"government-funded campaign"
BBC News, Monday 8 February 2010

Charles Leadbetter discussing cloud computing
"piece for the British Council"
librarytwopointzero, Monday 8 February 2010

why the new BL e-books announcement is important
Comment.
thewikiman, Monday 8 February 2010

For the Kindle: British Library Will Begin Providing Free Digital Access to 65,000 Rare First Editions of 19th Century Fiction
ResourceShelf, Monday 8 February 2010

Author Interview: Opening the Book on Librarians
"This Book is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All" (Harper, 288 pp. dollars 25)
ResourceShelf, Monday 8 February 2010

"That Times article on BL ebooks says that they won't disclose how much MS gave them. Suprised the BL is allowed to withold info on donations"
(British Library to offer free ebook downloads.)
@ostephens, Sunday 7 February 2010

Open-source cataloging system for personal use?
"What open-source/free cataloging system would you recommend for geeky personal use?"
Unshelved Answers, Sunday 7 February 2010

A major scandal in the public library service
"the possibly virtuous idea of 'supplier selection' for public libraries has been completely misunderstood and distorted into this nonsense"
The Good Library Blog, Sunday 7 February 2010

British Library to offer free ebook downloads
(Via Google News.)
Times Online, Sunday 7 February 2010

ILS Turnover
Library Technology Guides.
Libology Blog, Sunday 7 February 2010

Roald Dahl Museum
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Sunday 7 February 2010

"Did you know all CDs and DVDs are hire one get one free for the last two hours of opening on a Saturday. Treat yourself for the weekend."
@plymlibraries, Saturday 6 February 2010

"Our rather lovely new Chatterbooks website is up and runng."
"national network of reading groups for children, coordinated by The Reading Agency"
Chatterbooks 2010, Saturday 6 February 2010

Reading comic books on the iPad – some great software
TeleRead, Saturday 6 February 2010

Google spreads misinformation about the Settlement
TeleRead, Saturday 6 February 2010

Publishing and Books in 10 years
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 6 February 2010

The global scope of library activity
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 6 February 2010

Battle to save Britain's Brutalist buildings from the bulldozer
"Brutalist-style Birmingham Central Library"
The Independent, Saturday 6 February 2010

London Libraries Change Programme
"The latest London Library Change Programme bulletin can now be downloaded."
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Saturday 6 February 2010

FW: Overdue notifications
Discussion.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Saturday 6 February 2010

Coming soon: more films of children's books
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog , Saturday 6 February 2010

The Library Shanty is one of 20 temporary structures by artists on Medicine Lake
Library Journal, Saturday 6 February 2010

PREPRINT: Facebook as a Library Tool: Perceived v. Actual Use
ResourceShelf, Saturday 6 February 2010

Why is braille dying?
(Via @ALALibrary.)
Salon, Friday 5 February 2010

Explore the book vaults of Central Library & glide through 22 miles of shelving in 6 minutes in this video on Vimeo
(Via @shedsue.)
Manchester Libraries, Friday 5 February 2010

4 Social Media Questions Answered ... Socialnomics
(Via @ALALibrary.)
Socialnomics, Friday 5 February 2010

Vaizey on libraries: 'We can't go on like this'
"Shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey"
theBookseller, Friday 5 February 2010

Great Graphic Novels for Teens
TangognaT, Friday 5 February 2010

Why are you for killing libraries?
"Publishers will never allow a library to 'own' an ebook absolutely."
LISNews, Friday 5 February 2010

Pounds 4.8m county library refurbishment programme unveiled
"FOURTEEN Notts libraries are set to be modernised in a pounds 4.8m scheme..."
this is nottingham.co.uk, Friday 5 February 2010

US Department of Justice objects to Google book plan
BBC News, Friday 5 February 2010

7 Things You Should Know About Next-Generation Presentation Tools
iLibrarian, Friday 5 February 2010

Books For Boys - The 8 Most Popular Topics
Books For Boys, Friday 5 February 2010

Delay (at minimum) likely if parties and other stakeholders make major revisions; sunset clause for book database suggested
"In a serious blow likely to delay, if not kill, the Google Book Search Settlement..."
Library Journal, Friday 5 February 2010

Social Bookmarking in Switzerland: Swiss National Library Now Using Delicious
ResourceShelf, Friday 5 February 2010

Jaron Lanier on the limits of Web 2.0, intellectual property, and libraries as a place of refuge
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Library Journal, Friday 5 February 2010

Postively, Absolutely the Best Young Adult Books of 2009. Guaranteed.
Flashlight Worthy, Thursday 4 February 2010

The number of new books published in the UK in 2009 was 133,224, an increase of 3.2 percent over the previous year's total of 129,057.
@NielsenBook, Thursday 4 February 2010

The Future of Libraries Begins with a Focus on the User Experience...
(Via @CILIPinfo.)
Library Beat, Thursday 4 February 2010

Library service
Tim Coates, "Publishers should invest in the British Public Library service and save it. It is in their commercial interest to lead the restoration."
theBookseller, Thursday 4 February 2010

Do you get Manybooks RSS feeds?
"free ebook site"
TeleRead, Thursday 4 February 2010

Plan to cut library hours in West Sussex to save money
(Via Google News.)
Shoreham Today, Thursday 4 February 2010

Bouncer hired to guard library
"Bournville estate" (Via Google News.)
The Weston Mercury, Thursday 4 February 2010

Library & Information Research 105 now published
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 4 February 2010

Community Outreach
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 4 February 2010

Do Library Staff Know What The Users Want?
"the most basic premise for delivering a great library user experience is knowing what members of the user community want from the library"
Designing Better Libraries, Thursday 4 February 2010

LIBRARIANS IN THE MOVIES
(Via ResourceShelf.)
Martin Raish, Thursday 4 February 2010

How Video Games Can Help
"They may be able to teach problem-solving skills better than textbooks." (Via Library Link of the Day.)
FRONTLINE, Thursday 4 February 2010

New Book ... Folksonomies: Indexing and Retrieval in Web 2.0
"summarizes the extensive scientific discussion about folksonomies and points out the value of folksonomies in the areas of knowledge representation and information retrieval" (Via ifla-l, email libweb AT ibiblio.orgfor a full copy of the post, including full table of contents.)
Amazon.co.uk, Thursday 4 February 2010

LIRG Library and Information Research Resources
CILIP's Information and Advice Team highlight, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Potentially dangerous waffle
"Empower, Inform, Enrich..."
Sintoblog, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Apple's iPad coming to UK 'in late March'
"Wi-Fi model would be "shipping in late March" ... just beginning to work on deals with Wi-Fi and 3G operators internationally, indicating that he didn't expect the deals to be in place until June."
theBookseller, Wednesday 3 February 2010

New York Times blog features WorldCat mashup
US focus, "if you're looking to see what the rest of the U.S. thinks is worth reading--from titles available at your library."
WorldCat, Wednesday 3 February 2010

The one with the helpdesk (again)
Humour.
obnoxious librarian from hades, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Residents "disgusted" with council over library
Nottingham. (Via Google News.)
this is nottingham.co.uk, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Amnesty on overdue Wirral library book fines
"library books that are more than three months overdue" (Via Google News.)
Wirral News, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Terminology!
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Nothing is the Future by Wayne Bivens-Tatum (Academic Librarian)
"web 2.0/library 2.0"
librarytwopointzero, Wednesday 3 February 2010

iCyte - Home
"enables you to highlight and save text on any webpage"
I want to, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Darien Library, One Year Later
"SOPAC [Social OPAC] is software that integrates the library catalog and website into a uniform whole along with social features that make the user the center of the experience."
ALA TechSource, Wednesday 3 February 2010

How to Clip, Sort, and Cite the Entire Web with Zotero
Firefox addon. (Via AL Direct February 3, 2010.)
Lifehacker, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Calgary library ads target grocery shoppers
"Calgary's public libraries are trying to catch the attention of supermarket shoppers by placing advertisements right in with the bananas and pastrami." (Via AL Direct February 3, 2010.)
CBC News, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Baltimore's Enoch Pratt library on Foursquare
" Foursquare, a mobile location-based network/game that allows users to 'check in' to a spot, collect points and fun badges, and share tips and information about locations ... Many think that Foursquare (and other apps like it) represents the next phase of the mobile Web" (Via AL Direct February 3, 2010.)
The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Enterprising Ankeny librarian builds money-saving kiosk
"Self check-out could have cost dollars 23,000, but employee, found a solution for dollars 1,500 and now lines are shorter to borrow books." (Via AL Direct February 3, 2010.)
The Des Moine, Wednesday 3 February 2010

Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section's latest newsletter, December 2009 issue, is released
IFLA, Wednesday 3 February 2010