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Wednesday 24 February 2010

7 days of library news:

Kobo launches UK-specific e-book store
theBookseller, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Orion chief executive: 'don't get distracted by e-books'
"although e-book sales were growing fast, they represented only a tiny part of Orion’s business, and may only account for 2% by the end of this year"
theBookseller, Tuesday 23 February 2010

A really shocking idea
Comment, "...well-maintained buildings, open long hours, with knowledgeable staff, quiet places for study, and a wonderful book collection."
The Good Library Blog, Tuesday 23 February 2010

TOC Report: Afternoon keynote – A future for ebooks: Bookserver, by Brewster Kahle
"Bookserver can also work with libraries and restrict number of copies of books loaned out at the same time."
TeleRead, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Why are we so deeply attracted to vampires? Nancy Kilpatrick reveals the secret...
LISWire, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Little Kids and Public Libraries
Essay, "There is a tremendous opportunity for public libraries to take ownership of learning in the most important years of a child's life."
LISNews, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Earning Your Keep and Bragging about It
Essay, "the worth of public libraries".
LISNews, Tuesday 23 February 2010

IDE Bookmarks New life for old cables
Commercial memorabilia.
LISNews, Tuesday 23 February 2010

In 2009 I read dollars 1,239.27 worth of books from the library.
LISNews, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Brain food: when does a fine become a fee?
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Bristol library staff threaten action over shake-up
Bristol News, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Thousands of authors opt out of Google book settlement
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Amazon Kindle get free literary classics from British Library
(Via Google News.)
Stuff.tv, Tuesday 23 February 2010

How a love of reading impacts on educational attainment
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 23 February 2010

On being a righteous freedom-fighting librarian
Blog post.
the bluestocking librarian, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Editorial: Not Yet Equal
"...pointing out that paraprofessional is just a shortening of paraprofessional librarian."
Library Journal, Tuesday 23 February 2010

[IFLA] Statistics & Evaluation Section Newsletter - January 2010 now abailable
IFLA, Tuesday 23 February 2010

IFLA Literacy and Reading Section's Newsletter
IFLA, Tuesday 23 February 2010

OverDrive To Feature More Open Content and Catalog
Library Journal, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Michael Powell: 'Provide People with Books'
Quotation of the Day.
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 23 February 2010

Story Competition for 8-11 Year Olds (Closes: 15 March 2010)
(Note since this post the story competition deadline has been extended to 23 April 2010.)
Elise Harter, Tuesday 23 February 2010

British Library to capture oral history of science
Reuters, Monday 22 February 2010

Libraries dealing with homeless try new approaches; San Francisco hires a social worker
(Via @wlbooks.)
Los Angelese Times, Monday 22 February 2010

Qhub: A simple way to create a Q&A website. This is a system to allow anybody to build a Q&A website in minutes.
Phil Bradley 's weblog, Monday 22 February 2010

The Fight over the Google of All Libraries: An (Updated) Wired.com FAQ
(Via @MancLibraries.)
Wired.com, Monday 22 February 2010

Music in libraries in March
"Get It Loud In Libraries"
MLA, Monday 22 February 2010

OCLC eNews for libraries in Europe, Middle East and Africa
OCLC, Monday 22 February 2010

The Big Question: Is Google gaining a monopoly on the world's information?
(Via @MLA_gov.)
The Independent, Monday 22 February 2010

New version of @mfenner's comparison chart of reference management tools (2)
(Via @tomroper.)
Gobbledygook, Monday 22 February 2010

New version of @mfenner's comparison chart of reference management tools (1)
(Via @tomroper.)
Flickr, Monday 22 February 2010

Owning a book means an intellectual curiosity, not blind allegiance to what's inside it
(Via @nataliafay.)
Los Angelese Times, Monday 22 February 2010

Overdrive adds new features to e-lending service
theBookseller, Monday 22 February 2010

Libraries in transition: How librarians in Mongolia are re-visioning the role of libraries in the new democracy, a case study
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
ScienceDirect, Monday 22 February 2010

The electronic book: a transformational library technology?
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Monday 22 February 2010

The electronic book: a transformational library technology?
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Monday 22 February 2010

The Public Library by David McMenemy
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Sage Journals Online, Monday 22 February 2010

On library fines: Ensuring civic responsibility or an easy income stream?
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Monday 22 February 2010

Knowledge management and its potential applicability for libraries
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Monday 22 February 2010

Public management means strategic management: How can libraries fulfil the requirements of the new public management?
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Emerald, Monday 22 February 2010

A comical and catastrophic failure of the Institutions of Government
Comment, continuation from previous post 'People and parasites'.
The Good Library Blog, Monday 22 February 2010

People and parasites
DCMS, CILIP, Audit Commission, LGA, etc.
The Good Library Blog, Monday 22 February 2010

Get it Loud in Libraries
MLA programme to be rolled out nationwide.
The Good Library Blog, Monday 22 February 2010

Alberto Manguel on Ereading
"In Alexandria for instance, the model of the ideal library perhaps, there was a will to collect every book in the world"
TeleRead, Monday 22 February 2010

Do It Yourself
"One of the more interesting ideas was that public services should be run by the staff themselves, with less centralisation, and thus a more local service provision."
shhhh!, Monday 22 February 2010

Stitching for Literacy
"Needle and ThREAD, Stitching for Literacy"
LISNews, Monday 22 February 2010

Is Google Building a Library of Babel?
Essay, "It becomes the responsibility of librarians, therefore, to ensure that the research process is used to generate scholarship of value, instead of mere lists upon lists of keyword frequencies."
LISNews, Monday 22 February 2010

Google Books - "My Library" search disappears
LISNews, Monday 22 February 2010

The Most Amazing Libraries In The World Part Two
LISNews, Monday 22 February 2010

The Case Against Public Libraries
LISNews, Monday 22 February 2010

Librarian Joke Contest Coming Next Month
>From LISNews.
LISNews, Monday 22 February 2010

Anger at writer exhibit while library faces axe
Southampton.
This is Hampshire, Monday 22 February 2010

Britain's First Strip Library To Open In Grays, Essex
Humour.
The Spoof, Monday 22 February 2010

Gwanwyn - small grants available - for Public Libraries in Wales
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 22 February 2010

Iconic signage - public libraries
Information request, "To make the area more inclusive of people whose first language is not English."
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 22 February 2010

Leasing (Renting) Best-seller Fiction
Summary of responses for the list.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 22 February 2010

Terrorism and libraries
Research request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 22 February 2010

Catch up on the last 20 years of the Virtual Revolution...
"How 20 years of the web has re-shaped our lives"
CILIP's Information and Advice Team highlight, Monday 22 February 2010

Library 2.0 ning site may close
librarytwopointzero, Monday 22 February 2010

Kate Ellis - Playing with Bones
Review.
Book Talk Bournmouth, Monday 22 February 2010

Beatrice Colin - The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite
Review.
Book Talk Bournmouth, Monday 22 February 2010

Would partner libraries be a sufficient check on institutional subscription pricing?
Google settlement.
Library Journal, Monday 22 February 2010

RDA Vocabularies for a Twenty-First-Century Data Environment
Latest edition of Library Technology Reports.
ALA TechSource, Monday 22 February 2010

Google Buzz
"Buzz is a combination of a few different existing ideas..."
ALA TechSource, Monday 22 February 2010

In the UK Today: Lapdances ... Yes, Libraries ... No
The Daily Mail. (Via Library Journal, NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
january Magazine, Monday 22 February 2010

The Day After the Google Hearing: Rounding Up Coverage and Statements
ResourceShelf, Monday 22 February 2010

Now Available: IFLA Compilation of News About Hatian Libraries
ResourceShelf, Monday 22 February 2010

Well Done! Salon.com Interviews Marilyn Johnson, Author of "This Book is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All"
ResourceShelf, Monday 22 February 2010

Few Professionals Keep Current: New Research from Sweden
ResourceShelf, Monday 22 February 2010

Coaching in the Library
"Library leaders need to direct the continuous redevelopment of libraries."
American Libaries Magazine, Monday 22 February 2010

Books as the 'Irreplaceable Repository of Our Collective Wisdom'
Quotation of the Day.
Shelf Awareness, Monday 22 February 2010

IFLA and Social Responsibility: A Core Value of Librarianship
Paper, Al Kagan, 2005 (found somewhat serendipitously).
IFLA, Monday 22 February 2010

Homeless survey for public librarians
"Edwin-Michael Cortez at ecortez AT utk.edu" (Via ifla-l, 21 Feb 2010.)
The University of Tennesse - Knoxville, Monday 22 February 2010

Blog for work with vulnerable groups
Dundee.
Vulnerable Groups in Dundee City Libraries, Monday 22 February 2010

Unshelved on Friday, February 19, 2010
'Mad Science, experiments you can do at home but probably shouldn't'
Unshelved, Saturday 20 February 2010

ISBN: 9781555706807 Now Available: 'Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trend'
Virtual Dave...Real Blog, Saturday 20 February 2010

What digital natives want from their library
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 20 February 2010

Old School Pro-Reading Posters / Ads
Stephen's Lighthouse, Saturday 20 February 2010

How a Book Is Made (Old Skool)
LISNews, Saturday 20 February 2010

Stephen Foley: It's good not to throw the book at Google
(Via Google News.)
The Independent, Saturday 20 February 2010

Anger over library closures
Angus. (Via Google News.)
Press and Journal, Saturday 20 February 2010

Anger at plan to turn Leicester central library into job centre
Leicester, "14 full-time posts cut". (Via Google News.)
this is leicesterchire,co.uk, Saturday 20 February 2010

Inkling lets textbook makers embrace the iPad
"The book will never die. But the textbook probably will"
VentureBeat, Saturday 20 February 2010

Finally published UK Library ... overall supplier performance table
(Via @mickfortune.)
RFID – Changing libraries for good, Friday 19 February 2010

Please complete my survey twitter for information service provision
Lynn Loudon, Friday 19 February 2010

UKeiG offers awards to enable UK library/info students attend relevant UK conference, no closing date
(Via @LISResearch.)
UKeiG, Friday 19 February 2010

14th may will see a Liverpool mashed libraries event. need a catchy name. Ideas? ... open to all, more info to follow
@ostephens, Friday 19 February 2010

if the MLA was funded voluntarily out of neccessity by the local councils themselves
theBookseller, Friday 19 February 2010

Why the MLA has failed so badly
"...if the MLA was funded voluntarily out of neccessity by the local councils themselves"
The Good Library Blog, Friday 19 February 2010

Ebooks in a library context: much confusion still reigns
TeleRead, Friday 19 February 2010

The Internet in 2020 – What the Experts Predict
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 19 February 2010

Longshots no. 213 YA Books: Exciting, Contemporary, and Exploding in Popularity
Podcast.
Library Beat, Friday 19 February 2010

Longshots no. 214 Building Cross-Cultural Bridges in Diverse Communities
Podcast.
Library Beat, Friday 19 February 2010

The one with the admin account
Humour, "re-outsourcing".
obnoxious librarian from hades , Friday 19 February 2010

Essay - The Unspeakable Truth
"How close is the library to death?"
LISNews, Friday 19 February 2010

Essay - Deconstructing Library 2.0
LISNews, Friday 19 February 2010

Essay - The Library Rules
LISNews, Friday 19 February 2010

Borough archives cuts blasted as 'disgrace'
"local studies and archives floor" (Via Google News.)
Ilford Recorder, Friday 19 February 2010

Fears over Exeter library cash
"pledge to provide pounds 10m towards a new city library" (Via Google News.)
This Is Exeter, Friday 19 February 2010

Author: Save Wilford library
Nottingham. (Via Google News.)
this is nottingham.co.uk, Friday 19 February 2010

Thief targets rare books in theft from Northwich Library
(Via Google News.)
Northwich Guardian, Friday 19 February 2010

Malaysia's National Library implements new home delivery system
(Via Google News.)
The London Book Fair, Friday 19 February 2010

Google Adsense
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 19 February 2010

Public lending right consultation
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 19 February 2010

Services for visually impaired users
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 19 February 2010

Telephones and floor walking
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 19 February 2010

10 Things to Avoid In Social Media
Includes a useful diagram on "where we are in terms of social media tool adoption".
iLibrarian, Friday 19 February 2010

11 Ways to Promote a Great Top 10 Book List
iLibrarian, Friday 19 February 2010

What the Users Want: Guessing vs. Knowing
"If I asked my customers what they wanted, they would have asked for a faster horse", Henry Ford.
Designing Better Libraries, Friday 19 February 2010

Google books plan still in limbo as judge delays ruling
BBC News, Friday 19 February 2010

Echo chamber? All I hear is good news about libraries
"Recently Wikiman had an interesting blog discussing the echo chamber within libraries."
librarytwopointzero, Friday 19 February 2010

why libraries need to be more like BP and the Carphone Warehouse...
LISNews Library Essay Contest.
thewikiman, Friday 19 February 2010

Library of the future
YouTube video.
Phil Bradley 's weblog, Friday 19 February 2010

Barbara Kingsolver - The Lacuna
Review.
Book Talk Bournmouth, Friday 19 February 2010

P.C. and Kistin Cast - Marked
Review.
Book Talk Bournmouth, Friday 19 February 2010

Lauren Kate - Fallen
Review.
Book Talk Bournmouth, Friday 19 February 2010

Christopher Fowler - Bryant and May on the Loose
Review.
Book Talk Bournmouth, Friday 19 February 2010

The Word on Street Lit
"One thing I appreciate about this genre is that it continuously defines itself and is uncompromising in its presentation and message: 'It Is What It Is.'"
Library Journal, Friday 19 February 2010

Objectors Outnumber Supporters in First Half of Google Settlement Fairness Hearing
Library Journal, Friday 19 February 2010

February 2010 Smart Libraries Newsletter... 'some of the major technology trends'
ALA TechSource, Friday 19 February 2010

March 2010 Smart Libraries Newsletter: Coming to Terms with Mobile
ALA TechSource, Friday 19 February 2010

Library 2.0 Gang 02/10: The Open Source Library System Market
Library 2.0 Gang, Friday 19 February 2010

The Day After the Google Hearing: Rounding Up Coverage and Statements
Library Journal, Friday 19 February 2010

Google Settlement Fairness Hearing, Part Two: DOJ Expresses Opposition; Parties Mount Vigorous Defense
Library Journal, Friday 19 February 2010

Wow! Updated list of 1100plus Web 2.0 apps
ResourceShelf, Friday 19 February 2010

Online Lectures: 20 Worthwhile Talks on the Future of Information
ResourceShelf, Friday 19 February 2010

Magazine Shares Stories of Libraries Helping in Tough Economic Times
"Woman's Day"
ResourceShelf, Friday 19 February 2010

Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ Digitised and Now Available from National Library of Australia
ResourceShelf, Friday 19 February 2010

Digitization Time: A German Library for the 21st Century
ResourceShelf, Friday 19 February 2010

pics from the working meeting at ... IFLA_HQ and a tour to the dok Library Concept Center
(Via @shanachietour.)
Flickr, Thursday 18 February 2010

The latest edition of Teen Librarian Monthly is available for download
teen librarian, Thursday 18 February 2010

LIBRARY TIP NO. 63: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR
Cartoon strip.
Unshelved, Thursday 18 February 2010

Trade hangs on Google ruling
"fairness hearing, which takes place late this evening (18th February) UK time"
theBookseller, Thursday 18 February 2010

A Challenge To Linked Data Developers
(Via HotStuff 2.0, Word of the Day: "dbpedia".)
UK Web Focus, Thursday 18 February 2010

Restoring Order: The Ecole des Chartes and the Organization of Archives and Libraries in France, 1820–1870.
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Chicago Journals, Thursday 18 February 2010

The Evaluation and Measurement of Library Services
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Chicago Journals, Thursday 18 February 2010

Gay Men's Book Clubs versus Wisconsin’s Public Libraries: Political Perceptions in the Absence of Dialogue
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
Chicago Journals, Thursday 18 February 2010

Public library information
"CIPFA figures" (Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants).
The Good Library Blog, Thursday 18 February 2010

Pingdom on: How old are social network users?
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 18 February 2010

Is technology to blame for everything?
(Includes the the issue of the effect of the Internet on reading ability.)
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 18 February 2010

2010 from 1972
"small project that reviews a 1972 book’s view of what libraries would be like in 2010"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 18 February 2010

Q&A: Google Books in court
"Search giant Google is in court in New York arguing about the merits of its plan to scan millions of books and create a digital library."
BBC News, Thursday 18 February 2010

TEDx Librarians - Librarians as Thought Leaders.
LISNews, Thursday 18 February 2010

Dispatches from a Public Librarian: A Free eBook
LISNews, Thursday 18 February 2010

A history of media technology scares, from the printing press to Facebook
"Worries about information overload are as old as information..."
LISNews, Thursday 18 February 2010

New pounds 2 million library on the way
Derbyshire. (Via Google News.)
Ashbourne News, Thursday 18 February 2010

Ruling due on Google's book plan
"plan to digitise and sell books online" (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 February 2010

New books to build links with Chinese community in Liverpool
"first in the UK to be part of the 'Window of Shanghai' book programme." (Via Google News.)
Liverpool Echo.co.uk, Thursday 18 February 2010

Scan your own books at Scarborough Library
"It [RFID] is not being introduced with the intention of having any impact on jobs. It will allow staff more time to do creative jobs in the library and help with people's questions" (Via Google News.)
Scarborough Evening News, Thursday 18 February 2010

rural success story
"example to villages that need a library"
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 18 February 2010

Terminology summary
"A couple of weeks ago I asked you what you called the different areas of your library..."
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 18 February 2010

Study: Ages of Social Network Users
iLibrarian, Thursday 18 February 2010

Google books deal heads to New York court
"fairness hearing to listen to arguments for and against a controversial deal between Google and US authors and publishers"
BBC News, Thursday 18 February 2010

New library to open at Woolworths in Southsea
Portsmouth.
BBC News, Thursday 18 February 2010

Issue 62 of Ariadne Now Available
"digital library initiatives as well as technological developments further afield"
UKOLN, Thursday 18 February 2010

Union protest at Belfast library closures part 2
librarytwopointzero, Thursday 18 February 2010

Please rob me - a danger of social networking
Phil Bradley 's weblog, Thursday 18 February 2010

On Eve of Google Book Search Settlement Hearing, Some Library Voices
Library Journal, Thursday 18 February 2010