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Wednesday 19 May 2010

7 days of library news:

"FREE [hash]ALCTS E-Forum on Web 2.0 tools and tech services"
(Via @ALALibrary.)
Association for Library Collections and Reference Services, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Enquire helps meet the vision of future outlined in DCMS 'Modernisation Review
Ask a Librarian 24/7, free online information seminar (webinar). Via @EssexLibraries.)
OCLC eNews, Tuesday 18 May 2010

"Shazam’s One Billionth Song Identified Is.. ...The impact that apps like Shazam have on reference needs is growing"
"It's easy to use; you just hold your phone out where its mic can hear the music, tap a button and wait a few seconds to learn which song is playing." (Via @libraryfuture.)
Mashable, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Half of UK consumers buy books online
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Vintage sets up online reading groups
"with independent charity The Reading Agency"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Longshots [hash]237 A Love Letter to Librarians
Podcast, "Marilyn Johnson, author of The Book is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All".
http://www.librarybeat.com/longshots/play/237?utm_source=feedbur, Tuesday 18 May 2010

One Book, One Twitter...It's Not Your Grandmother's Book Club
'"This summer, thousands of people from all over the world are reading Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods.' They will then discuss the book using Twitter'
LISNews, Tuesday 18 May 2010

30 Libraries, Million Books for Liberia
"Liberian organization based in the American State of North Dakota, Liberian Center for Growth and Development"
LISNews, Tuesday 18 May 2010

First teen library targets computer gamers
Westminster. (Via Google News.)
standard.co.uk, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Calculating time savings
Information request, RFID.
LIB-RFID-UK, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Nominations are now open for the Jodi Awards 2010
"The Jodi Awards are for museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage venues which use digital technology to widen access to information, collections, learning and creativity for disabled people."
cilip Information and Advice Blog, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Give way to digital format? Not yet, we're British......
Telegraph.
LIBRARYTWOPOINTZERO, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Perspective on Information Literacy
"how Information literacy is the basis for all learning"
INFORMATION LITERACY WEBLOG, Tuesday 18 May 2010

DAVID NICHOLAS ON THE GOOGLE GENERATION
"Everyone has a choice and can be their own librarian. We are no longer the gatekeepers."
Tom Roper's Weblog, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Catching up with Liver and Mash (Mashed Libraries 2010)
Multimedia Information Technology Group, Tuesday 18 May 2010

The Independent on the future of the paperback
"It's Too Soon to Write Off the Paperback"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Hampshire's Yinnon Ezra responds
Director of Culture, Communities and Rural Affairs.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Milestones: Directory of Open Access Journals Passes 5,000 Journal Mar
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Take Green Inside: Sustainable Operations Save Energy and Money, and Put the Library Out Front
Library Journal, Tuesday 18 May 2010

ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Award 2010
"contribution towards building an inclusive and more equitable Information Society" (Via IFLA-L.)
International Telecommunication Union, Tuesday 18 May 2010

World Information Society Day
"Today, May 17, it was celebrated the World Information Society Day. This celebration was proclaimed to be on 17 May by a United Nations General Assembly resolution, following the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis. In some places, this day is also known as Internet Day" (Via IFLA-L.)
UNDEMOCRACY.com, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Announcing: Free Audiobook Webinar
Tuesday, June 8.
Booklist, Tuesday 18 May 2010

Preserve Memories: Create a Family Time Capsule
(Via @ALALibrary.)
@AtYourLibrary, Monday 17 May 2010

"A longer version of the socionomics clip that @andrewey posted before -- Social Media Revolution"
(Via @PaigeLibrarian.)
YouTube, Monday 17 May 2010

"Want a great view on global librarianship? Check out..."
(Via @shanachietour.)
This Week in Libraries, Monday 17 May 2010

"Want a great view on global librarianship? Check out..."
(Via @shanachietour.)
This Week in Libraries, Monday 17 May 2010

Socialnomics: Social Media Revolution (Short 2:30 version 9-27-2009)
(Via @Emma7114.)
YouTube, Monday 17 May 2010

"blog post about Orkney librarian's visit to [hash]cilipc10"
(Via @Emma7114.) "librarian's salute ( make an L with your right hand..."
ORKNEY ARCHIVE - GET DUSTY, Monday 17 May 2010

The best children's books ever
(Via @leedslibraries.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 17 May 2010

If Public Libraries Didn’t Exist, Could You Start One Today?
(Via @shedsue.)
Freakonomics, Monday 17 May 2010

"Can you tell a story in just six words? Arvon Foundation six word story competition."
(Via @plymlibraries.)
@plymlibraries, Monday 17 May 2010

Open-source software's hidden snags
(Via @ricaird.)
Computerworld, Monday 17 May 2010

Book covers with "interesting" fonts.
Research request.
Unshelved, Monday 17 May 2010

French publishers to launch digital hub
"Leading French book publishers have agreed to pool their resources for distributing digital books in order to provide booksellers with a one-stop shop."
theBookseller.com, Monday 17 May 2010

60 jobs could go in Hampshire library cuts
theBookseller.com, Monday 17 May 2010

Panorama to tackle library cuts tonight
"titled "The Cuts--Can You Fight Back?" and will explore what will happen to frontline services, including local libraries, now that councils are tightening their budgets"
theBookseller.com, Monday 17 May 2010

Library Review
Index/TOCs, Volume 1 Issue 1 to Volume 59 Issue 7.
IngentaConnect, Monday 17 May 2010

Theory, research and practice in library management 8: Market orientation
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
IngentaConnect, Monday 17 May 2010

The role of flexible job descriptions in succession management
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
IngentaConnect, Monday 17 May 2010

Conducting focus groups with library staff: best practices and participant perceptions
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
IngentaConnect, Monday 17 May 2010

Relationship among leadership style, organizational culture and employee commitment in university libraries
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
IngentaConnect, Monday 17 May 2010

Managing change and transitions: a comparison of different models and their commonalities
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
IngentaConnect, Monday 17 May 2010

Interest-based bargaining: achieving improved relationships through collaboration
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.) "The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the use of interest-based bargaining as opposed to traditional adversarial bargaining when negotiating collective agreements in unionized libraries."
IngentaConnect, Monday 17 May 2010

Improve libraries and cut their cost
Comment.
The Good Library Blog, Monday 17 May 2010

Record your own Children's eBook with Ripple Reader and Red Chair Press
'...press release, "the first safe and free eBook reader for kids."'
TeleRead, Monday 17 May 2010

Good books that almost nobody has read; The Neglected Books Page
TeleRead, Monday 17 May 2010

UK Booksellers Association produces Digital Guide
"websites, audiobooks, e-books, e-readers, print-on-demand, social networking, tweeting, blogging, and internet marketing"
TeleRead, Monday 17 May 2010

Amazon Kindle 'Bestseller' List to Split
"will soon divide the bestseller lists into free and paid categories"
LISNews, Monday 17 May 2010

Open day for 'reluctant readers'
"A wide range of reading material specially created for dyslexics, or anyone who has difficulty reading, is on display..."
isleofman.com, Monday 17 May 2010

Bournemouth scoops top library award
"International Association of Music Libraries (IMAL)" (Via Google News.)
Lynn News, Monday 17 May 2010

Water firm steps in to keep community library running
"A Cambridge children’s library has been rescued from closure - thanks to a cash handout from a city-based company." (Via Google News.)
Cambridge News, Monday 17 May 2010

Summer opening for library shaped by community
Halifax. (Via Google News.)
Yorkshire Post, Monday 17 May 2010

Royal date for library staff in flood-hit Cockermouth
"Royal tea party at Buckingham Palace"
BBC News, Monday 17 May 2010

Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography, Version 1
"This bibliography presents over 360 selected English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding digital curation and preservation."
LIS-LINK, Monday 17 May 2010

Service reductions in Hampshire
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 17 May 2010

DCMS Ministers
"Ed Vaizey and John Penrose have been appointed Ministers at the DCMS"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 17 May 2010

"CLOSED LIBRARY SAW TRADE DIP"
"Shopkeepers who say business slumped while a nearby library was closed are calling for money back from their rent."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 17 May 2010

BBC coverage Hampshire library crisis
"Sixty staff are set to lose their jobs across Hampshire's library service..."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 17 May 2010

Webcast Report: Understanding the New Discovery Landscape
'"Web-scale discovery" promises to take researchers beyond the simple search and retrieval options of yesterday and expand access to library collections'
Library Journal, Monday 17 May 2010

When Open Source Projects Go Wrong
Library Journal, Monday 17 May 2010

Close the Perception Gap
'A high-level city library administrator told me of his frustration when branch staff said to a patron, "They won't let us do that." He was outraged. No such prohibition had been delivered.'
Library Journal, Monday 17 May 2010

Let "Green" Creep
"Ten steps to sustainable library operations"
Library Journal, Monday 17 May 2010

Video games score one for literacy
"video game induced a teenage boy of average coolness (he had a skateboard and was sporting a Bieber) to read..."
Game Couch, Monday 17 May 2010

FOILED by Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro
Comic strip book review.
Unshelved, Friday 14 May 2010

Trade support for coalition government
"library campaigners are anticipating progress on a Library Development Agency under the new regime, though a minister responsible for this department has not yet been named..."
theBookseller.com, Friday 14 May 2010

A study of Web 2.0 applications in library websites
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
ScienceDirect, Friday 14 May 2010

Bringing poetry and technology together
Teleread, Friday 14 May 2010

Video games promote classic literature
LISNews, Friday 14 May 2010

Village volunteers save library
Congresbury
The Weston Murcury, Friday 14 May 2010

E-books and E-book readers
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 14 May 2010

Online Tools Your Library Needs Now and Why
iLibrarian, Friday 14 May 2010

Children's public library borrowing jumps but adult lending is down
"The newly released CIPFA statistics"
cilip Information and Advice Blog, Friday 14 May 2010

Carlos Ruiz Zafon - Shadow of the WInd
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 14 May 2010

Alan Gibbons wins inaugural Hackney Short Novel Award
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 14 May 2010

Nobody Plays Second Life (Part Two)
"the expectations that prospective participants bring to Second Life, and how that may be playing out for libraries and librarians"
Library Journal, Friday 14 May 2010

Nobody Plays Second Life (Part One)
"No one plays Second Life! It's not a game! You participate in Second Life."
Library Journal, Friday 14 May 2010

From the Field: (More Than) Ten Reasons Why "Professional librarian" Isn't an Oxymoron
'My post "Ten Reasons Why 'Professional Librarian' is an Oxymoron" was an experiment in shadow boxing--an opportunity to challenge myself, and to put my own beliefs to the test...'
Library Journal, Friday 14 May 2010

The Bookstore: 'A Place Where Ideas Are Exchanged'
Quotation of the Day.
Shelf Awareness, Friday 14 May 2010

Savage Cuts Will Lead to Worse Library Service - Hampshire
"Yesterday library management began consultation with UNISON and the other trades unions over their proposals for the Library Service Restructure, which if implemented would result in a total reduction of 65.32 full time equivalent (FTE) posts." (Via UNISON.)
Hampshire UNISON, Friday 14 May 2010

Diversity Group conference 2010 - "An Inconvenient truth: Race, Class and Libraries"
Friday 28th May 2010.
CILIP, Friday 14 May 2010

Hot Guys Reading Books
"the blog that scours the internet for examples of luscious literary men and gathers the evidence in one place" (Via AL Direct May 12, 2010.)
tumblr, Friday 14 May 2010

Traditional Measures of Quality: Irrelevant, Miscast, Outdated, and Inhibiting?
"What's hot and cooking in scharlarly publishing" (Via AL Direct May 12, 2010.)
the scholarly kitchen, Friday 14 May 2010

Digital-rights restrictions on e-books vex users
(Via AL Direct May 12, 2010.)
eSchoolNews.com, Friday 14 May 2010

Why internet filters don’t work and why libraries who filter are wrong
'A Washington State Supreme Court decided yesterday in a 6-3 decision that public library internet filtering is not censorship, because filtering is "collection development."' (Via AL Direct May 12, 2010.)
Librarian in Black, Friday 14 May 2010

Spain's top librarian quits in protest
May 12, 2010.)
Edonton Journal, Friday 14 May 2010

Milwaukee Public Library installs green roof
May 12, 2010.)
JSOnline, Friday 14 May 2010

Ten of the greatest: Maps that changed the world
British Library. (Via AL Direct May 12, 2010.)
Mail Online, Friday 14 May 2010

Boys and Reading
AL Direct, Friday 14 May 2010

How to create a collaborative physical space
"how Stanford's d.school is creating a collaborative physical space to enhance creativity/learning"
Jane's Pick of the Day, Friday 14 May 2010

One Hell of a change
Tim Coats, "The death of the public library service is slow."
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Southampton library workers threaten strike over volunteers
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Google Settlement could create 'diplomatic stress', claims OBA
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Children's library lending jumps in latest CIPFA stat
"annual library survey conducted by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy for 2008-9 - the National Year of Reading"
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 12 May 2010

The Ethics of Archiving "Murderabilia"
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
McFarland, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Locating Agency Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Professional Ethics and Archival Morality
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
McFarland, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Teaching, Researching, and and Preaching Archival Ethics Or, How These New Views Came to Be
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.)
McFarland, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Judging quality in the Internet Age
Teleread, Wednesday 12 May 2010

mediaIDEAS does new ereader/content forecast
"From 2011 onwards, their research shows that the availability of large format, high quality color, e-paper e-readers will promote the sale of magazine and newspaper content, as well as other types of paid content and e-books."
Teleread, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Open Book Aliance says that Google Books Settlement violates international laws and treaties
Teleread, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Do we own the ebooks we buy?
Teleread, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Gartner' 10 Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2010 and 2011
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Update: Social Media Revolution
"Erik Qualman's excellent Socialnomics video"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 12 May 2010

More on "Opportunity for All"
"How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 12 May 2010

The one with the new IT hardware standard
Humour.
obnoxious librarian from hades, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Planets Releases Market Survey White Paper
"long-term management of digital content"
LIS-PROFESSION, Wednesday 12 May 2010

One Search Engine, All Your Messages: Silentale Launches Public Beta
"archives your messages - all of your messages, including every single email, Twitter reply or direct message, Facebook message and more and then makes those searchable from one location"
LISNews, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Try the Bookulating Suggest-O-Mometer
"Enter in your information and hit go and books are suggested."
LISNews, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Ireland names Siobhan Parkinson first children's laureate
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Southampton library staff balloted over strike
"local council's decision to replace at least six full-time staff with volunteers" (Via Google News.)
Personneltoday, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Children's Fiction Is Major Growth Area For UK Libraries
"latest UK library survey issued by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)" (Via Google News.)
booktrade.info, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Library picks graffiti art winners
Worcester. (Via Google News.)
Worcester News, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Rallying call against library closure threat
Wick. (Via Google News.)
John O'Groat Journal, Wednesday 12 May 2010

23 Things volunteers required
"Portsmouth and Surrey Library Services (with co-operation from Kirklees and Devon)"
LIS-WEB2, Wednesday 12 May 2010

knowledge base software
Information request.
LIS-LINK, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Phil Bradley's 'Internet Q and A' column - May
"A taster from this month's [CILIP] UpdateDigital (member only) issue."
Library and Information Update, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Introducing Design Thinking To Librarians
Designing Better Libraries, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Web 3.0......the video
LIBRARYTWOPOINTZERO, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Guardian article on free labour
"entitled Council services in our hands, which looks at public services going to volunteers"
LIBRARYTWOPOINTZERO, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Baby Names search engine
Phil Bradley's weblog, Wednesday 12 May 2010

LibrayThing - new books display
"I have now started a LibraryThing page for new children's books added to the library."
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Puffin at 70
"70 favourite childrens' books"
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Multimedia Information and Techology: journal news 12 May 2010
EU, Netherlands Literary and Documentation Museum, PalgraveMacmillan, Africa, CIPFA, CSG Information Literacy Award.
mmIT blog, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Jenna Burtenshaw - Wintercraft
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Unison ballots Southampton City Council library staff for industrial action
"...intends to replace six full time staff with volunteers"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Doing the cam cam
"confirmation of an extra pounds 6billion pounds of cuts"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Children's books lending rises sharply
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Wednesday 12 May 2010

LIBRARY NEWS: Pressure on CIPFA from MLA
"to improve its annual collection and publication of public library statistics"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Children’s library lending jumps in latest CIPFA stats
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Acountancy.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Score!
"Video games. High literature. They have nothing in common. True or False?"
Library Journal, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Doing Research the Mendeley Way
'Mendeley is "a research management tool for desktop and web,"'
Library Journal, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Library 2.0 Gang 05/10: RFID - Connecting with the physical world
"how RFID is providing a better experience for library users, and what challenges and opportunities greater adoption of the technology will bring"
ALA TechSource, Wednesday 12 May 2010

The Lowdown on Audio Downloads
"The downloadable landscape, plus what works, what doesn't for libraries and patrons"
Library Journal, Wednesday 12 May 2010

New York Public Library Budget: Proposed Cuts of Nearly Dollars 37 Million, More than 700 Staff Positions Would Be Lost
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 12 May 2010

10 Tips for Tracking Trends
"Libraries can stay relevant to their users by strategically riding the wave of societal trends"
American Libraries, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Children's Literature: 'Foundations of the Imaginative Life'
Quotation of the Day.
Shelf Awareness, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Obama Thinks Information Is A Diversion
Information in the digital age. (Via Library Link of the Day.)
DRScoundrels, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Reforming or Rejecting the Reference Desk: Conflict and Continuity in the Concept of Reference
Paper, "human-mediation is fundamental to references services".
Library Philosophy and Practice, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Changing Needs of Library and Information Science Curricula in India
Paper, "The history of LIS curricula in India and efforts to reform, modernize, and standardize are discussed."
Library Philosophy and Practice, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Next generation catalogues, discovery interfaces and their role in helping meet changing user needs
Article.
FUMSI, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Innovations in Reference Management 2
Free event, Birmingham.
Telstar, Wednesday 12 May 2010

Power to the User: Interactive Online Reference Sources
Free webinar.
Booklist, Wednesday 12 May 2010