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Wednesday 17 February 2010

7 days of library news:

Libraries can charge for e-books, DCMS confirms: Government lawyers have confirmed that public...
@thebookseller, Tuesday 16 February 2010

If you want an insight into the whole ebook pricing shebang...
(Via @ivan007.)
all that's new(s) from A to Z, Tuesday 16 February 2010

iPhone apps for librarians
(Via @Fiona_Leslie.)
Musings about librarianship , Tuesday 16 February 2010

Whither rational thought: The responsibilities of the information and library profession in ensuring balance
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
IngentaConnect, Tuesday 16 February 2010

LBF to emphasise digital, graphic novels and the screen
2010 London Book Fair.
theBookseller, Tuesday 16 February 2010

Hodge says 'no ambiguity' over library statutory basis
theBookseller, Tuesday 16 February 2010

A Call for a New Librarianship
"The best days of librarianship are ahead of us."
Virtual Dave...Real Blog, Tuesday 16 February 2010

Top 7 Signs of Community
"libraries are non elite institutions that meet many of these criteria"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 16 February 2010

Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers
LISNews, Tuesday 16 February 2010

Podcast 98: Sharing and re-using catalogue records in a Web 2.0 worldfrom Podcasts selected for the CILIP community from CILIP and other websites
"Web 2.0 applications are making it easier for librarians to share their library catalogue records for re-use, but this comes with a new raft of legal and contractual issues. JISC has just published guidance for librarians to help them navigate these challenges..."
JISC Podcast, Tuesday 16 February 2010

Are Council Gritter Twitters leading the way?
"library and museum staff who are frustrated at not being able to engage with their user communities through use of Social Web technologies may be able to use the Gritter Twitter story to persuade local authorities to liberalise their access policies"
LIS-WEB2, Tuesday 16 February 2010

200 object to Exeter library plan
"to fund traffic improvements at the site the owners want to change the building into a retail unit" (Via Google News.)
This Is Exeter, Tuesday 16 February 2010

RFID aerials and Speed Gate exit control
Information request.
LIB-RFID-UK, Tuesday 16 February 2010

Renewals Policy - summary of library responses
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 16 February 2010

Protest over planned Cambridgeshire County Council cuts
"Social care, libraries and children's services will be 'redesigned' and 300 jobs could be cut." (Via Google News.)
BBC News, Tuesday 16 February 2010

Mashing it up at Middlemash
"the latest Mashed Libraries event"
Joeyanne Libraryanne, Tuesday 16 February 2010

The Price of Ebook Access
"BT's George Coe and OverDrive's Steve Potash ... are working to convince publishers that library lending won't inhibit retail sales but, in fact, will help publishers market books and ereading."
Library Journal, Tuesday 16 February 2010

Super Bowl, Olympics, Super Mario: How games help teach
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
he Christian Science Monitor, Tuesday 16 February 2010

2010 RFID Survey
Survey results.
RFID – Changing libraries for good, Monday 15 February 2010

What is the best site for tracking books you have read?
Unshelved Answers, Monday 15 February 2010

Whither rational thought: The responsibilities of the information and library profession in ensuring balance
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Monday 15 February 2010

The cost/value continuum. Or something.
"job evaluation"
shhhh!, Monday 15 February 2010

Don't Forget About Us
"we are failing to engage people who are a huge portion of our tax base and potential advocates"
LISNews, Monday 15 February 2010

Do you limit the number of renewals you allow customers to make for an item on loan?
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 15 February 2010

Limit Google results to Q&A
Search tip.
Phil Bradley 's weblog, Monday 15 February 2010

Kenya: The Camel Mobile Library Service
ResourceShelf, Monday 15 February 2010

NEW BOOK: Web 2.0 Tools and Strategies for Archives and Local History Collections
facet publishing, Monday 15 February 2010

Community Information Services through Public Libraries in Bangladesh: Problems and Proposals
http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/lpp2010.htm, Monday 15 February 2010

Official Cuba Tour for Librarians
"Cuban librarians and educators warmly invite you to join an official one-time tour to the island." (Via PLGnet−L.)
Cuba Education Tours, Monday 15 February 2010

The Nation’s Memory Digitised
The National Library of Ireland. (Via @NLIreland.)
Komplett Blog, Saturday 13 February 2010

Lebrary.com, lebrary is the premier online portal for aspiring writers.
(Via @http://lebrary.com/.)
Lebrary.com, Saturday 13 February 2010

Unshelved: The Magicians, by Lev Grossman
Cartoon strip.
Unshelved, Saturday 13 February 2010

Mobile social networking as information ground: A case study
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
ScienceDirect, Saturday 13 February 2010

"Rotating" Stock in public libraries
Comment.
The Good Library Blog, Saturday 13 February 2010

Library chart: The most borrowed books of 2009
"If you put Nielsen's 2009 bestsellers chart and the PLR library rankings side by side..." (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 13 February 2010

Google Argues for Approval of Book Search Settlement
"•Creating 'the greatest library in history'"
Library Journal, Saturday 13 February 2010

Studies Cite Argument for, Resistance to Increased Digital Library Collections
Library Journal, Saturday 13 February 2010

NYPL's Paul LeClerc and Nine Other Luminaries Look Ahead to the Business of Reading
"president and CEO, New York Public Library"
ResourceShelf, Saturday 13 February 2010

E-Library Economics
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
Inside Higher Ed, Saturday 13 February 2010

Patterson crowned most borrowed author for third year running
Public Lending Right (PLR).
theBookseller, Friday 12 February 2010

Do public libraries contribute to social capital?: A preliminary investigation into the relationship
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
ScienceDirect, Friday 12 February 2010

Let them eat Haggis
Edge 2010 (25-26 Feb), Edingburgh.
The Good Library Blog, Friday 12 February 2010

Amazon offers free downloads of government documents to the Kindle
US focus.
TeleRead, Friday 12 February 2010

LISNews Librarian Essay Contest
"issues that impact librarianship"
LISNews, Friday 12 February 2010

E-Readers and Eye Strain
LISNews, Friday 12 February 2010

Tracy Chevalier on library loans
Books Podcast. (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 12 February 2010

Catherine Cookson drops out of library charts
Public Lending Right (PLR). (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 12 February 2010

Act against the digital economy bill
"organisations as diverse as the British Library ... are getting worried" (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 12 February 2010

Mobile library replacement by two permanent sites
Slough. (Via Google News.)
Maidenhead Advertiser Online, Friday 12 February 2010

Library turns over pounds 1.4m green leaf
"A Leeds library is starting a new chapter as one of the city's greenest buildings after a pounds 1.4m revamp." (Via Google News.)
Yorkshire Evening Post, Friday 12 February 2010

FW: Stock rotation and smartsm
"stock management solution"
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 12 February 2010

Another libraries champion in Parliament
Library and Information Update, Friday 12 February 2010

Julia Donaldson's tale Tiddler is most-borrowed book
"most borrowed work from Scotland's libraries last year", Public Lending Right (PLR).
BBC News, Friday 12 February 2010

Sefton Council staff vote over job losses
"...redundancies, with at least 150 jobs under threat ... More than 90 of these come from the borough's libraries."
BBC News, Friday 12 February 2010

Jacqueline Wilson most loaned author of the decade
"figures released by Public Lending Right (PLR)"
BBC News, Friday 12 February 2010

Talis News for Public Libraries February 2010
Panlibus, Friday 12 February 2010

Google Liquid Galaxy
"I'm just imagining GIS departments in libraries getting their hands on one of these!"
American Libaries Magazine, Friday 12 February 2010

Affidavit says 12 million books digitized, dollars 2.5 million a year spent on metadata
"several statistics of interest to the library community"
Library Journal, Friday 12 February 2010

IFLA Genealogy and Local History Newsletter January 2010
IFLA, Friday 12 February 2010

Portsmouth Central Library to close for one day a week to cut public spending.
(Via @neiljohnford.)
Portsmouth Today, Thursday 11 February 2010

Reading and Health: The National Context
The Reading Agency, Thursday 11 February 2010

Libraries and community health: new research project launches
The Reading Agency, Thursday 11 February 2010

Books stimulate pictures of health for dementia sufferers
(Via @readingagency.)
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 February 2010

NEW Gazette
CILIP, Thursday 11 February 2010

Links to Library and information research resources
CILIP, Thursday 11 February 2010

Library supply arrangements
Tim Coates, Alan Gibbons, Roy Clare.
The Good Library Blog, Thursday 11 February 2010

OverDrive audio app now available for Android
"audiobook app"
TeleRead, Thursday 11 February 2010

Florida Libraries Rock
"Florida Public Libraries ROI Increases"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 11 February 2010

Ministers launch library campaign
(Via Google News.)
LocalGov.co.uk, Thursday 11 February 2010

Councils agree to savings and council tax freeze
"north east and Northern Isles ... Opening hours at libraries ... will be cut."
BBC News, Thursday 11 February 2010

10 Technology Ideas Your Library Can Implement Next Week
American Libaries Magazine, Thursday 11 February 2010

IFLA Presidential Newsletter No. 1 January 2010
IFLA, Thursday 11 February 2010

The Times says these are 10 best crime novels of the decade...
(Via @leedslibraries.)
Times Online, Wednesday 10 February 2010

A graphic novel about a Librarian.
Rex Libris Volume One: I, Librarian (Rex Libris) (Via @flwbooks.)
Amazon.co.uk, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Solihull LIbraries ... Book Doctor
"Take the hassle out of selecting your next read" (Via @davidviner.)
Solihull Council, Wednesday 10 February 2010

The International Children's Digital Library
(Via @missbrownsword.)
ICDL, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Coverage of the work of the LIS Research Coalition in Information World Review interview with Hazel Hall
(Via @LISResearch.)
IWR, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Great Hamster Massacre wins Waterstone's children's books prize
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Whatever happened to LISU?
"Libraries Information and Statistics Unit at Loughborough University"
The Good Library Blog, Wednesday 10 February 2010

The supply chain of books to public libraries
"Better Stock, Better Libraries"
The Good Library Blog, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Power sharing with local people will result in a public services lottery
"local volunteers" (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Councils 'face pounds 300million in cuts'
"Library opening hours ... in line to be reduced." (Via Google News.)
STV News, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Worcester Library Reaches Financial Close
"fully-integrated public and university library" (Via Google News.)
pppFocus.com, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Library opening hours cut across Denbighshire
"Six out of eight community libraries will collectively lose 37.5 hours each week." (Via Google News.)
Your Vale, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Mongolian author uses camel library to encourage reading
(Via Google News.)
The London Book Fair, Wednesday 10 February 2010

23 Things
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Council cash agreed amid cuts row
"West Dunbartonshire ... considering plans to close four libraries"
BBC News, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Book to help children of addicts
Northern Ireland.
BBC News, Wednesday 10 February 2010

Libraries Australia Using Ning to Build Their Own Social Network
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 10 February 2010