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Wednesday 10 March 2010

7 days of library news:

Just Who is Reading eBooks?
(Via @shedsue.)
Resource Shelf, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Librarians Are Experts In Failing
(Via @MatthewMezey.)
Information Tyrannosaur, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Bookmarked: Flickr: The Library of Congress' Photostream
(Via @ijclark.)
Flickr, Tuesday 9 March 2010

The 'M' Word - Marketing Libraries: Another Idea for Partnering and Fundraising
(Via @ALALibrary.)
The 'M' Word - Marketing Libraries, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Why do we read what we read?
Question!
Unshelved Answers, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Library Wars! And other manga in the March previews
"the Library Defense Force"
TangognaT, Tuesday 9 March 2010

UK Library book lending goes up: Libraries are in fashion again.
The Good Library Blog, Tuesday 9 March 2010

We have lost 1000 libraries worth of books
"What libraries are getting rid of their books?"
The Good Library Blog, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Read an E-Book Week 2010 is on!
Teleread, Tuesday 9 March 2010

'Cyberbooks' author Ben Bova on the current state of e-books
"Ninety percent of a book publisher's expenses are the cost of hauling paper across the countryside: from paper mill to printing plant, from printing plant to book distributors' warehouses, from warehouses to book stores."
Teleread, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Ebooks and ereader help save the planet
"paper book created four times the greenhouse gas emissions of an e-book reader"
Teleread, Tuesday 9 March 2010

"The Electronic Book" from The Oxford Companion to the Book
1945.
Teleread, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Burning questions
Comment.
shhhh!, Tuesday 9 March 2010

FW: Family Reading Groups
Information request.
READER-DEVELOPMENT, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction
Humour.
obnoxious librarian from hades, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Harry Potter tops poll of books to pass on
"survey, commissioned to mark World Book Day"
LISNews, Tuesday 9 March 2010

The World Without Public Libraries
Essay.
LISNews, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Google should lower the Jolly Roger
Google Books Library Project.
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Library saviour to appear in national press
Shirley Burnham.
Swindon Advertiser, Tuesday 9 March 2010

The battle of Britain's libraries
Birmingham's new pounds 193m Library of Birmingham.
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Ellie has designs on building a library
"will help build a library in one of India’s poorest regions"
Press and Journal, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Upper Norwood library was a hotbed of blackmail and treachery, records reveal
Croydon.
This Is Local London, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Rare books saved for Wales
"collection includes 175 incunabula (early printed books before 1500), around 500 rare Bibles, Restoration and Quarto drama volumes, including a rare collection of early Shakespeare volumes, and a large quantity of high quality, limited edition British 19th and 20th century private presses"
News Wales, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Leicester library users fear merger will lead to fewer books
this is leicestershire.co.uk, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Barriers to using Web 2.0 in libraries
Phil Bradley.
LIS-WEB2, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Evaluating use of Web2.0 in Libraries - UX2.0 project
User Experience 2.0
LIS-WEB2, Tuesday 9 March 2010

8 Must-Have Twitter and Facebook Add-Ons
"- Nested Twitter Replies which displays tweets in a nested conversation format. / - Facebook Purity which removes third-party games such as Mafia Wars and FarmVille itens from your newsfeed."
iLibrarian, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Social Media Cheat Sheet
"the best ways to leverage today’s popular social media websites"
iLibrarian, Tuesday 9 March 2010

The battle of Britain's libraries
"next week's publication of the Library Review"
cilip Information and Advice Blog, Tuesday 9 March 2010

National Library of Wales to reopen on Saturdays
Aberystwyth.
BBC News, Tuesday 9 March 2010

"To assemble, testify, preserve"
"Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire"
SHINY FORAGER, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Information Literacy; E-readers
"7 Things You Should Know About E-Readers"
INFORMATION LITERACY WEBLOG, Tuesday 9 March 2010

25 Barriers to using Web 2.0 technology: solutions
Phil Bradley's weblog, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Finding dead websites
FreezePage, Wayback Machine, UK Web Archive.
Phil Bradley's weblog, Tuesday 9 March 2010

What boys like
"small survey to discover what boys from 6-9 years old liked to read about"
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Remembering Our Challenge
International Women's Day, "the gender imbalance within library technical positions".
Library Journal, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Librarians speak up about Ebooks – HighWire Press Survey Results
"some familiar and consistent themes" (Via Library Journal's 'NEWS FROM THE WEB'.)
No Shelf Required, Tuesday 9 March 2010

What Might Happen with Google Settlement? "March Madness" Maps Convoluted Future
Resource Shelf, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Chicago Public Library Site a Hot New Social Media Hangout for Teens
Resource Shelf, Tuesday 9 March 2010

New Zealand: Library Delivery in the Digital Age: An Editorial from the National Library Te Puna Newsletter
Resource Shelf, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Riverside, CA Library System Begins Print-on-Demand Service Using Espresso Book Machine
"patrons will now have the option to request titles, have the book printed for free, read it and return it to the library collection, or they may choose to keep the book and pay a printing fee"
Resource Shelf, Tuesday 9 March 2010

UK Culture Minister, "[Libraries] Have to Change", Major Review Will Be Published Next Week
Resource Shelf, Tuesday 9 March 2010

British Library and IBM Team Up on Web Archiving Project
Information Today, Inc., Tuesday 9 March 2010

The Liberations of Librarians: Breaking the Stereotypes in Film and Pop Culture
(Thank you to Kara who emailed this link and librarians and stereotypes.)
coolspotters, Tuesday 9 March 2010

Library History Buff Blog: Charles Martel's Classification System ... Happy Birthday to the father of LC call numbers.
(Via @ALALibrary.)
Library History Buff Blog, Saturday 6 March 2010

Found on Youtube - great 'unofficial' video of Central Library
(Via @MancLibraries.)
You Tube, Saturday 6 March 2010

Mar. 7-13 is International Read an eBook Week. For free & deeply discounted ebooks check out...
(Via @LornaSuzuki.)
Read an E-Book Week, Saturday 6 March 2010

New chapter as novel library takes shape
"new pounds 2.2million Wolverhampton library"
Express and Star, Saturday 6 March 2010

Family Reading Groups
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Saturday 6 March 2010

Schmap.it
"create a little map to go with your party/reception/event"
I want to, Saturday 6 March 2010

World Book Day - the Scottish story
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Saturday 6 March 2010

Google Books--What's It Got For Teenagers
(Via Library Journal 'NEWS FROM THE WEB'.)
suite101.com, Saturday 6 March 2010

Judging a library by its cover
"We polled librarians, library science students and experts, travellers and book lovers to build our own vision of the modern library." (Via Library Journal 'NEWS FROM THE WEB'.)
The Coast, Saturday 6 March 2010

The great surprises of lucky-dip reading
Resource Shelf, Saturday 6 March 2010

Archiving Britain's Web: The Legal Nightmare Explored
The British Library.
Resource Shelf, Saturday 6 March 2010

Spalding Speaks! LibraryThing's Tim Spalding Delivers a Keynote at LIANZA Conference
"What is Social Cataloging?"
Resource Shelf, Saturday 6 March 2010

NPR Reviews "This Book is Overdue"
Marilyn Johnson.
Resource Shelf, Saturday 6 March 2010

A closer look at Apple's iPad and iBooks
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Baltimore Sun, Saturday 6 March 2010

Outsourcing in Slough: library authority is testing the private sector model
CILIP Gazette.
Gazette, Friday 5 March 2010

"38 percent of delegates think protectionism or silo working is biggest barrier to change in local govt"
Rhona Arthur, Assistant Director, SLIC and CILIPS.
@RhonaEA, Friday 5 March 2010

Dundee City Libraries - Web 2.0
"Dundee City Council Libraries recently started experimenting with the use of Web2.0 tools to promote their services." (Via @scotlibraries.)
SLAINTE, Friday 5 March 2010

Why haven't other libraries followed the road to Discovery?
Gosport Discovery Centre. (Via @MLA_gov.)
Portsmouth Today, Friday 5 March 2010

Perkins' view of the library service in your council
"annual 'CIPFA' [Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy] data for public libraries is about to be published"
The Good Library Blog, Friday 5 March 2010

The MLA (again)
Comment.
The Good Library Blog, Friday 5 March 2010

Longshots #216: Bringing Graphic Novels to the Library
Podcast, "Robin Brenner, creator and editor of the "No Flying, No Tights" graphic novel blog and librarian".
Library Beat, Friday 5 March 2010

Longshots no. 217: The Future of Innovation is In the Clouds
Podcast, "cloud computing is and why libraries might want to take advantage of this rapidly growing trend".
Library Beat, Friday 5 March 2010

The one with the office supplies
Humour.
obnoxious librarian from hades, Friday 5 March 2010

BigSheets at the Library
"Using IBM's insight engine, BigSheets, British Library employees are able to transform web pages into analyzable form." (Via Google News.)
Telecoms and Software News, Friday 5 March 2010

New hope for library campaign
North Somerset. (Via Google News.)
The Weston Murcury, Friday 5 March 2010

Library usage data visualisation - new report launched
Leicestershire.
Library & Information Update, Friday 5 March 2010

Cites and Insights 10:4 (April 2010) Now Available
"Web-based journal of libraries, policy, technology, and media"
LISNews, Friday 5 March 2010

Book Review: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
LISNews, Friday 5 March 2010

Major Competition Launched To Find UK's Best Management Writers
British Library and Chartered Management Institute (CMI). (Via Google News.)
booktrade.info, Friday 5 March 2010

16 Facebook Applications to Boost Popularity of Facebook Fan Pages
iLibrarian, Friday 5 March 2010

Edge 2010 – The Power of the Blog!
"21st Century public service delivery for the digital generation"
The Library of Digress, Friday 5 March 2010

Local Government Library IT Wiki
(Via LIS-PUB-LIBS.)
Ken Chad Consulting Ltd, Thursday 4 March 2010

Digital Participation plan
"target of 60 per cent reduction in the 12.5 million people who are not online in the UK, over the next 4 years"
MLA, Thursday 4 March 2010

look round the very first books printed in various places across Scotland from 1508 to 1800
National Library of Scotland, Thursday 4 March 2010

Makinson: "the definition of the book is up for grabs"
Penguin Group chairman and c.e.o.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 4 March 2010

Library RageToon (libragetoon.jpg)
LISNews, Thursday 4 March 2010

Why World Book Day matters more than ever
LISNews, Thursday 4 March 2010

End of chapter for Abersychan Library
Torfaen. (Via Google News.)
Free Press, Thursday 4 March 2010

Reviewing mobile library services
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 4 March 2010

Mashed Library wiki and event
"University of Liverpool - 14th May 2010"
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 4 March 2010

Staffordshire Police job losses 'are inevitable'
"ideas include basing officers in existing buildings such as libraries and hospitals"
BBC News, Thursday 4 March 2010

yesterday's librarians, tomorrow’s information professionals - 8 differences
"what yesterdays libraries did, and what tomorrow’s libraries will have to do"
thewikiman, Thursday 4 March 2010

A Ph.D. in Library Science?
"...the poster should get a Ph.D. in anything but library science"
librarygarden, Thursday 4 March 2010

Future library goes on display in Abu Dhabi
"The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage is modernising the emirate’s library service with the introduction of book vending machines." (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The National, Thursday 4 March 2010

Measuring the Contribution of Culture and Sport to Outcomes
"local priority outcomes"
Communities of Practice for Local Government, Thursday 4 March 2010

Appraisal of Culture and Sport's Position within the 2009 CAA
Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) reports.
Communities of Practice for Local Government, Thursday 4 March 2010

The role of culture and sport in supporting adult social care to deliver better outcomes
IDeA (Improvement and Development Agency for local government) in association with the National Culture forum.
Communities of Practice for Local Government, Thursday 4 March 2010

New CILIP Gazette
CILIP Groups and Branches news.
CILIP, Wednesday 3 March 2010

UpdateDigital free content: Information Pro of the Year 2009, Hazel Hall, interview with Elspeth Hyams ... podcast
CILIP, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Pro Con Lists: Pro Con Lists can help you make more informed decisions by weighing all the positives and negatives...
Phil Bradley.
I want to, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Howwl: Howwl is a place to have natural, threaded conversations. Think of it as casual blogging. It's easy...
Phil Bradley.
I want to, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Foyles to launch wireless e-book reader
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Libraries and Transliteracy
"The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting..." (Wikipedia.)
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Books Outnumber Games in the App Store
iPhone.
LISNews, Wednesday 3 March 2010

MUSLIMS HELP LIFT LIBRARY'S BAN ON CHRISTIAN POSTER
Sunderland.
Express.co.uk, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Re: Fw: Evaluating use of Web 2.0 in Libraries
"statistics from Manchester Libraries and our use of social media"
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Library Anywhere - a mobile catalogue for any library
>From LibraryThing.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Submit your nomination for the world’s largest children’s and youth literature prize
cilip Information and Advice Blog, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Threat to '25,000 council jobs'
"Libraries and nurseries ... Roads, libraries, the arts and leisure appear most at risk of cutbacks."
BBC News, Wednesday 3 March 2010

West Yorkshire councils predict 5,000 job cuts
"adult social services, environmental services, economic development, libraries, leisure and the arts would take the brunt of the cuts"
BBC News, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Warrington Council services under threat due to cuts
"Recycling centres, libraries and funding for the borough's swimming team..."
BBC News, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Fears of possible budget cuts at Torbay Council
"highways, libraries, leisure, the arts and environmental services"
BBC News, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Berkshire councils face 'axing 1,000 jobs'
"libraries and leisure centres are likely to be worst-affected"
BBC News, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Threat to '25,000 council jobs'
"Library hours are being reduced at Thurrock in Essex."
BBC News, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Universities protest against government wi-fi plans
"Libraries and universities are protesting about plans to make them police users of wireless networks."
BBC News, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Council's try innovative ways to cut spending
"Libraries, the arts and leisure appear most at risk."
BBC News, Wednesday 3 March 2010

Edge 2010 Conference – all killer, no filler!
"conference devoted to 21st Century public service delivery for the digital generation"
The Library of Digress, Wednesday 3 March 2010

The Brads – Why DRM Doesn’t Work
Humour.
Americal Libraries Magazine, Wednesday 3 March 2010