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Wednesday 24 March 2010

7 days of library news:

Public Libraries must be a birth right for all, as guardians of ‘this country’s greatest gift to world civilisation’
"Margaret Hodge reaffirms Government backing for ‘life transforming’ libraries" (Via @LISResearch.)
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Friday 23 March 2012

MLA tender: Northumberland Libraries Review Phase 2. Due date: 1st April 2010.
"MLA would like to commission consultants to work with Northumberland County Council to inform its development of a robust vision for its library service..." (Via @LISResearch.)
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Tuesday 23 March 2010

MLA supports national mandate for library development
"Responding to the government's library review, MLA Chair Sir Andrew Motion..."
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council , Tuesday 23 March 2010

Help UK libraries define new protocols for LMS/ILS/RFID integration - your help needed!
RFID – Changing libraries for good, Tuesday 23 March 2010

Tag cloud summary of government's Modernisation Review Public Libraries report
(Via @TheoryTestPro.)
Well Informed, Tuesday 23 March 2010

CILIP welcomes government review: Now it’s time for action
(Via @CILIPinfo.)
CILIP, Tuesday 23 March 2010

US Inst Museum & Lib Services invites discussion on wiki on Future of Museums and Libraries
US focus. (Via @LISResearch.)
INSTITUTE of Museum and Library Services, Tuesday 23 March 2010

Campaign to save mobile library service in East Dunbartonshire
(Via @librarydigress.)
Heral Scotland, Tuesday 23 March 2010

Perkins pounces
"Critics pounce on Library Review"
The Good Library Blog, Monday 22 March 2010

Libraries must not 'sit back' Government review says
theBookseller.com, Monday 22 March 2010

Library Review published
"Culture minister Margaret Hodge today (22nd March) published her Library Modernisation Review."
theBookseller.com, Monday 22 March 2010

A view from the floor: Participating in the 2009 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Conference
"The paper aims to present a short explanation of the complexity of the IFLA organization and specifically a descriptive account of the 2009 IFLA Congress held in Milan, Italy, 23-27 August." (Abstract, via ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service.)
IngentaConnect, Monday 22 March 2010

"Why should the library collect immigrants' memories?": A study of a multicultural memory group at a public library in Oslo
(Abstract, via ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service.)
IngentaConnect, Monday 22 March 2010

Mentoring interactively (MIing): new tools for librarian recruitment and retention
"This paper aims to explore the viability of social networking software as a new tool for librarian recruitment and retention." (Abstract, via ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service.)
IngentaConnect, Monday 22 March 2010

Disastrous collapse in library use
"NI9"
The Good Library Blog, Monday 22 March 2010

Library 2.0 Gang 03/10: The Semantic Web and Linked Data
cilip podcasts, Monday 22 March 2010

Macmillan CEO on ebooks in libraries
"You get the book, read it, return it and get another, all without paying a thing. It's like Netflix, but you don't pay for it. How is that a good model for us?"
LISNews, Monday 22 March 2010

Texts Without Context
"How the Internet and mash-up culture change everything we know about reading."
LISNews, Monday 22 March 2010

The most important things in libraries are people
Including the "Provactive Statments thing".
LISNews, Monday 22 March 2010

Father and daughter read together for nine years
LISNews, Monday 22 March 2010

LISNews Librarian Essay Contest Winners!
The Unspeakable Truth, Patron Expectations vs. Librarian Expectations in Library Service, Don't Forget About Us.
LISNews, Monday 22 March 2010

Letters; Make libraries a place for books, as well as for communities
"If we ignore the importance of books, we undermine our own arguments in defence of our public library service." (Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 March 2010

Central library to cut back opening hours and staff
"Portsmouth's main library will have its opening hours slashed and staff levels cut back in a bid to save cash."
Portsmouth Today, Monday 22 March 2010

Big Sheets archiving software helping British Library
"Web archiving technology, preserving information on events such as Antony Gormley’s Trafalgar Square fourth Plinth Project, the credit crunch and the 2010 General Election for the future" (Via Google News.)
Suaju Lean Management, Monday 22 March 2010

Companies must plan for digital preservation, says British Library
(Via Google News.)
Computer Weekly, Monday 22 March 2010

EDI cancellations
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 22 March 2010

Local Government Library Technology website launched as Government issues policy statement on the future of public libraries
Ken Chad Consulting Ltd.
LIS-LINK, Monday 22 March 2010

PUBLIC REJOICING??? First reactions to the DCMS Modernisation Review
Libary and Information Update, Monday 22 March 2010

Free internet access planned to boost library use
"review by the Department of Culture"
BBC News, Monday 22 March 2010

Springnote
"basically a wiki"
I want to, Monday 22 March 2010

EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing
"meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more"
I want to, Monday 22 March 2010

SimilarSiteSearch finds similar sites
Phil Bradley's weblog, Monday 22 March 2010

The situation is far from tragic.
Cataloguing records: "Value versus price".
Library Journal, Monday 22 March 2010

Librarians, vendor tackle wide-ranging issues
RFID in libraries (US article).
Library Journal, Monday 22 March 2010

MARC Horrors
Simon Spero of iBiblio.org.
Library Journal, Monday 22 March 2010

Taking Pictures and Telling Stories at Our Libraries, Part I
"tips for using and reusing photos to record and relate the stories of our libraries and our communities"
ALA TechSource, Monday 22 March 2010

One Reason We Need Librarians: To Teach Research Skills
"Closing libraries is always a bad idea, but for the Google generation, it could be disastrous. In a time when information literacy is increasingly crucial to life and work, not teaching kids how to search for information is like sending them out into the world without knowing how to read." Librarians can help -- but only if they have jobs." (Via Library Journal - NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
ArtsJournal, Monday 22 March 2010

National Library of India To Offer eBooks and Other Electronic Resources
"rare books available on the website will be a treat for readers"
Resource Shelf, Monday 22 March 2010

The YouTube Channel from The National Library of Scotland
Resource Shelf, Monday 22 March 2010

National Library of Malaysia to Provide Online Borrowing, Service Begins in July
"select books online and have them delivered by mail to their doorstep"
Resource Shelf, Monday 22 March 2010

A New Issue of Code4Lib Journal (no. 9) is Now Available
"the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future"
Resource Shelf, Monday 22 March 2010

United Kingdom: Major Review Published: The Modernisation of Public Libraries
"The paper includes several proposals. Here are a few of them..."
Resource Shelf, Monday 22 March 2010

Libraries, Hospitals Join Forces to Promote Wellness
US focus, "An outreach program eases children's anxiety and kindles their interest in books".
American Libraries Magazine, Monday 22 March 2010

BL publishes book about 20th century British publishing
The British Library.
Information World Review, Monday 22 March 2010

PUBLIC LIBRARY USERS SAY: WHY DIDN’T YOU TALK TO US?
"The government has (at last) published its modernisation review'".
The Library Campaign, Monday 22 March 2010

The Modernisation Review of Public Libraries: A Policy Statement
Available for download.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Monday 22 March 2010

Key to saving libraries: free internet access and Sunday opening
"In a foreword to the review the culture minister, Margaret Hodge, warns that 'the context in which libraries operate is changing starkly and at speed'." (Via UNISON.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 March 2010

Thriller writer John Grisham ends holdout on e-books
(Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Washington Post, Monday 22 March 2010

Culture ... Shak Chung Shan: to maintain the quality of literature is to keep the human
(qq.com is one of the biggest Chinese portals, similar to Yahoo in the West, accept on the front page they have a link to a 'Reading' section of the website, all the different genera, authors, discussions, etc. It's absolutely full of content, including this article.)
qq.com, Saturday 20 March 2010

Book scanner scans 500 frames per second
LISNews, Saturday 20 March 2010

The perennial problem
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Saturday 20 March 2010

Social Media Best Practices for Libraries
iLibrarian, Saturday 20 March 2010

Resetting "Normal"
"forces that I think will be forcing libraries to a new 'normal'"
Library Journal, Saturday 20 March 2010

9 Killer Tips for Location-Based Marketing
(Via @librarydigress.)
Mashable, Friday 19 March 2010

Libraries are vital community hubs
(Via @theatregrad.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 19 March 2010

Crowdsourcing: How and Why Should Libraries Do It?
(Via @LISResearch.)
D-Lib Magazine, Friday 19 March 2010

Really liking this "guide to exceptional books" ... Looks like a great resource for my Reading Group.
(Via @Emma7114.)
BookBrowse.com, Friday 19 March 2010

He died 60 years ago but this series is STILL great, especially for getting Tween boys to read.
'Tarzan of the Apes' (Via @flwbooks.)
Amazon, Friday 19 March 2010

Out now! IFLA Presidential Newsletter No. 2 February 2010
IFLA, Friday 19 March 2010

[hash]FollowFriday Alexander McCall Smith [at]McCallSmith - author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith on twitter.
@BookishMagpie, Friday 19 March 2010

Power Up by Doug Tennapel
Comic strip review.
Unshelved, Friday 19 March 2010

Announcing the Open Library redesign
Internet Archive, Friday 19 March 2010

Year of the Librarian: Of the People
"Keynote Pennsylvania District Library Center/Library Systems Meeting"
Virtual Dave…Real Blog, Friday 19 March 2010

Syrup and cakes
CILIP.
The Good Library Blog, Friday 19 March 2010

Rip off councils
"councils in which the council central overhead recharged to the library service is more than a quarter of the library budget"
The Good Library Blog, Friday 19 March 2010

The iPad will NOT 'kill' e-books
Teleread, Friday 19 March 2010

Psychology of the bookplate
"small print or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the inside front cover, to indicate its owner"
LISNews, Friday 19 March 2010

King's Park library users call on council to spare axe
South Lanarkshire. (Via Google News.)
Rutherglen Reformer, Friday 19 March 2010

MP makes case for saving Cloughfern Library
North Belfast. (Via Google News.)
Newtownabbey Times, Friday 19 March 2010

Library temps facing the axe
Worcestershire. (Via Google News.)
The Worcester Standard, Friday 19 March 2010

UK [RFID] data standards - the 5 minute guide
RFID - CHANGING LIBRARIES FOR GOOD, Friday 19 March 2010

ebook public library loans
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 19 March 2010

5 Easy Steps to Creating Reusable Social Content
"cut down on the time you spend creating content for social media"
iLibrarian, Friday 19 March 2010

What Social Media Users Want
"the interest areas of MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Digg users"
iLibrarian, Friday 19 March 2010

World wakes up to digital divide
"Finland, which currently has around 13 percent of its population offline, is so confident it can solve its digital inclusion problems it has recently declared internet access to be a basic human right ... Its public libraries have moved beyond being places where people can gain their first experiences online to offering laptop doctors who trouble-shoot a wide range of technology issues.
BBC News, Friday 19 March 2010

Book Bursary - Undergraduates
"chance to apply for a book bursary worth pounds 100"
LibeRaCe's Library Blog, Friday 19 March 2010

Overdrive’s New Program for Visually Impaired Readers
(Via Library Journal, NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
Librarian In Black, Friday 19 March 2010

Article: Information Commons: Meeting Millennials’ Needs
Journal of Library Administration.
Resource Shelf, Friday 19 March 2010

Designing Space for Children and Teens
American Libraries, Friday 19 March 2010

Culture cuts at the heart
MLA Chair Andrew Motion, "these are the things that are of enormous practical and spiritual benefit to society"
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Friday 19 March 2010

Try to Remember to Forget
"Using books to unlock a brain with a mind of its own."
Urbanite, Friday 19 March 2010

Automated Indexing: The Key to Information Retrieval in the 21st Century
Paper.
Library Philosophy and Practice, Friday 19 March 2010

The best thing about librarianship is…
(Via @CILIPCDGEM.)
thewikiman, Thursday 18 March 2010

Engaging, involving and empowering communities
The Museums, Libraries and Archive Council, Thursday 18 March 2010

First rise in library borrowing for 20 years
theBookseller.com, Thursday 18 March 2010

Hodge asks: should library authorities merge?
Newsnight.
theBookseller.com, Thursday 18 March 2010

Crap Detection 101
"determining the credibility of information found on the Internet"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 18 March 2010

The Kindle and Magazines/Newspapers
US focus.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 18 March 2010

The Future of Museums and Libraries: A Discussion Guide
36 page PDF.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 18 March 2010

Fiction suggestions
Information request.
READER-DEVELOPMENT, Thursday 18 March 2010

Outbreaks, Attacks, Sackings, and Fires
Book review, "the history of Egypt’s famous Library of Alexandria and the contradictory accounts of what happened to its books"
LISNews, Thursday 18 March 2010

Piercing Curtains
"Instead of having a global architecture for the exchange of information that might otherwise be converted into knowledge and/or wisdom, we see perhaps a divided virtual realm that looks less cohesive than the FIDONET sharing network between dial-up bulletin boards of old."
LISNews, Thursday 18 March 2010

Turning Green With Literacy
"Long, long ago the Irish pulled off a remarkable feat: They saved the books of the Western world and left them as gifts for all humanity."
LISNews, Thursday 18 March 2010

Internet of Things Explained
"If we can actually begin to see the patterns in the data, then we have a much better chance of getting our arms around this. That's where societies become more efficient, that's where more innovation is sparked."
LISNews, Thursday 18 March 2010

Retired librarian has his say on the shake-up of Bristol's library service
(Via Google News.)
this is bristol.co.uk, Thursday 18 March 2010

BID TO SAVE LETHAM LIBRARY FROM THE AXE
Angus. (Via Google News.)
Forfar Dispatch, Thursday 18 March 2010

Bristol libraries staff fear 'quality of libraries is at real risk'
"the equivalent of five full-time posts are likely to be lost - about 10 people" (Via Google News.)
this is bristol.co.uk, Thursday 18 March 2010

King's Park library users call on council to spare axe
South Lanarkshire. (Via Google News.)
Rutherglen Reformer, Thursday 18 March 2010

social networking sites for children
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 18 March 2010

New Issue of Information Research
Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield.
LIS-LINK, Thursday 18 March 2010

Open Access Hold collection
Information request.
LIS-LINK, Thursday 18 March 2010

Mash-Up the OPAC
"way to embed various media into OPAC search results"
Libology Blog, Thursday 18 March 2010

CILIP launches its Library and Information Manifesto today
"six priorities for government action"
cilip Information and Advice Blog, Thursday 18 March 2010

Book returned to South Yorkshire library 45 years on
South Yorkshire.
BBC News, Thursday 18 March 2010

Think the unthinkable
"We should resist damaging cuts in library and other vital local services and think of new solutions to alleviate the impact on people and communities"
The Museums, Libraries a The Museums, Libraries and Archives Cou, Thursday 18 March 2010

Tools of Our Trade (2010)
"talk entitled Tools of Our Trade on Resource Description and Access (RDA) to library and information science students at London Metropolitan University"
UKOLN, Thursday 18 March 2010

State of the Art of Web Archiving
"report on the state of the art of Web archiving by Alex Ball of UKOLN"
UKOLN, Thursday 18 March 2010

Edge 2010: Building the library of the future in Newcastle…
Tony Durcan, Head of Culture, Libraries and Lifelong Learning, Newcastle Council.
The Library of Digress, Thursday 18 March 2010

I read the news today, oh boy
BBC Newsnight, "Has the public library had its day?"
Paige Turner - Librarian, Thursday 18 March 2010

IMLSTP
Conference, The Future is Now: Libraries and Museums in Virtual Worlds, "In the future, libraries and museums probably will collaborate more than they have in the past."
ALA TechSource, Thursday 18 March 2010

Library 2.0 Gang 03/10: The Semantic Web and Linked Data
Podcast.
ALA TechSource, Thursday 18 March 2010

CILIP calls the government to action
"...called on the next government to commit to 'making information fundamental to the success of our society' and building a knowledge economy"
Information World Review, Thursday 18 March 2010

Book Themed Cafe
(Via Library Journal, NEWS FROM THE WEB.)
Walking Paper About Walking Paper, Thursday 18 March 2010

The Internet Public Libraray With a Useful Guide to Photo Sharing Services
"focus is on Flickr"
Resource Shelf, Thursday 18 March 2010

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice has just published its latest issue
"forum for librarians and other information professionals to discover research that may contribute to decision making in professional practice"
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, Thursday 18 March 2010

Cutbacks at councils could wipe libraries off the books
"With local libraries high on the list of targets in swingeing cuts to council budgets, many more branches could face closure unless they are run by volunteers" (Via UNISON.)
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 March 2010

Acquisitions in the New Information Universe Acquisitions in the New Information Universe: Core competencies and ethical practices
New publication, "How do you meet user-access needs? What do users' digital demands suggest about a proactive practice for acquiring content? How will you perform acquisitions in the future?"
facet publishing, Thursday 18 March 2010

Associates March 2010 Issue
"forum for and about library support staff issues"
Associates: The Electronic Library Support Staff Journal, Thursday 18 March 2010