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Wednesday 16 June 2010

7 days of library news:

"WOW! Classical Comics Romeo&Juliet unabridged GN ebook preview has been viewed 20,000 times!"
(Via @classcom.)
Myebook, Tuesday 15 June 2010

"KPMG, Idea Stores, libs as 'National Health of t Mind'- all in a 12-min item on BBC R4..."
(Via @MatthewMezey.)
The World This Weekend, Tuesday 15 June 2010

"Graphic novel newbie Rachel Cooke reveals how she discovered great writing and great art in 'comics' "
(Via @MancLibraries.)
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 June 2010

"A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet." ... Samuel Niger
@Somers_Library, Tuesday 15 June 2010

Mashed Library 2010 – Chips and Mash
University of Huddersfield Friday 30th July 2010. (Via @daveyp.)
Mashed Library 2010, Tuesday 15 June 2010

"The professional librarian & the evidence base - new blog posting re KPMG report & pub lib'y funding"
LIS Research Coalition, Tuesday 15 June 2010

"is your college/uni/company website mobile-friendly? Find out here..."
(Via @paulbrichardson.)
w3c, Tuesday 15 June 2010

cilip, 'Defining Our Professional Future Survey'
(Via @LISResearch.)
CILIP, Tuesday 15 June 2010

Library Tourism - What have you observed?
"What interesting things have y'all seen in libraries around the country or the world?"
Unshelved Answers, Tuesday 15 June 2010

Unshelved, Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Comic book humour, "You have ghosts...."
Unshelved, Tuesday 15 June 2010

Does DRM mean that Google has won the ebook war?
"Google Editions ... I can access them from any internet capable device, be it a reader, a tablet device or even a laptop: my ebooks suddenly become platform agnostic"
Teleread, Tuesday 15 June 2010

Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 15 June 2010

The Cloud and Libraries
"What’s the library angle?"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 15 June 2010

Reading Group Provision
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 15 June 2010

Idea Lab In The Library
"Librarians like to talk about innovation. We want to be innovative, we believe innovation will lead to a better library future, and we even have a journal dedicated to it..."
Designing Better Libraries, Tuesday 15 June 2010

The Information Professional versus Google
CILIP.
Rubbish librarians, Tuesday 15 June 2010

Emphasising Library Resources in Search
"Some ideas..."
Information Twist, Tuesday 15 June 2010

Milestones: Over 9 Million Items Now in Europeana Database
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 15 June 2010

University of Sheffield and OCLC Awarded Money to Research Recommender System
"Recommender systems suggest items to users that are likely to be of interest to them but have not yet been considered. Sites like Amazon.com use similar systems to great effect."
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 15 June 2010

Austria National Library Announces Plans With Google to Digitise All Books From 16th to the 19th Century
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 15 June 2010

WorldCat lists for Dads and Grads
"WorldCat lists are a great way to remember what you've already read, keep track of what you want to read next, or even hint at what you'd like to receive"
WorldCat Blog, Monday 14 June 2010

CIPFA
"figures for 2009-10 ... comparisons between councils in the most difficult budget round anyone can remember"
The Good Library Blog, Monday 14 June 2010

Edmonton Public Library Presentation
"one of the most innovative Canadian public libraries ... the future of libraries"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 14 June 2010

A question of heritage
Murdoch v the British Library, "the issue is about neither proprietorship nor money – but British heritage."
guardian.co.uk, Monday 14 June 2010

Income Generation in UK Public Libraries: Now and in the Future
Research request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 14 June 2010

Why Libraries in 1 minute or less
"register with the site which takes a few moments, and then - if you have a microphone (either a dedicated one, or one attached to a webcam) you can record what you want to say for everyone else to hear"
Phil Bradley's weblog, Monday 14 June 2010

Hot topic! CILIP and the Media
"BBC Newsnight debacle"
thewikiman, Monday 14 June 2010

Bad times just around the corner
"...there are people who think that cuts to library funding are not only inevitable they are desirable. Many genuinely believe that libraries no longer have a function in today's world."
Sintoblog, Monday 14 June 2010

Library world responds to KPMG report
Nicholas Clee, The Book Brunch ("information site and daily news service for the book industry").
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 14 June 2010

Unison Local Government conference
"libraries fringe meeting of the public service union Unison's Local Government conference in Bournemouth"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 14 June 2010

Calls for cross-industry campaign to save library service
"The Bookseller ... Figures across the book trade are looking to join forces in a bid to save library services from disproportionate cuts, expected to be announced as part of the Budget on 22nd June."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 14 June 2010

New Video: An Introduction to Linked Data
"Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup"
ResourceShelf, Monday 14 June 2010

OverDrive Alerts Us to iPad Parody Video, Concludes With Important Message About Public Libraries
ResourceShelf, Monday 14 June 2010

Latest Issue, World Libraries
"international, online journal focusing on libraries and socio-economic development"
World Libraries, Monday 14 June 2010

Metadata everywhere
New edition of NextSpace, "OCLC's magazine for our members and information managers."
OCLC, Monday 14 June 2010

"Wow, incredible paper art"
(Via @joeyanne.)
Oona Patterson ... Paper Artist, Sunday 13 June 2010

"Blocking online platforms says 'we don't trust our employees to be responsible and professional'"
@Kate_Millin, Sunday 13 June 2010

"I'm pleased to say there'll be a free Mashed Library event at Huddersfield on Friday 30th July! Registration available soon :-)"
@daveyp, Sunday 13 June 2010

"really helpful, gave me websites to go to and books to look for, everything i need to help my son with reading"
@AskALibrarianUK, Sunday 13 June 2010

Making the case for librarians and libraries
cilip, Sunday 13 June 2010

CILIP (not) on Newsnight
"I understand that CILIP was actually offered a chance to talk on Newsnight..." (Via @CILIPinfo.)
Aurlog, Sunday 13 June 2010

'social media is like "CCing the world"'
@onrl, Sunday 13 June 2010

Top 5 Social Media Myths Debunked
"Myth [hash]3: I don't have time to manage social media" (Via @lisaburscheidt.)
Social Media Examiner, Sunday 13 June 2010

The Public Libraries Debate
"Newsnight on Tuesday"
Thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian, Sunday 13 June 2010

Why Do Innovation Initiatives Fail?
56 reasons.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 11 June 2010

On being a qualitative research kind of girl
"...if you need qualitative research then you need to employ qualitative data collection techniques. Not online fill-in-the-boxes type surveys."
The Shiny Forager, Friday 11 June 2010

Push-Data: Alex Passant talks about sparqlPUSH
Scripting for the Semantic Web challenge winners.
talis, Friday 11 June 2010

Google's New Secure Search Might Force Schools to Block Google
"encrypted searches mean that data cannot be logged, filtered, or blocked"
LISNews, Friday 11 June 2010

Librarian Sets Up First Childrens Library in Liberia
"There are no public libraries in the entire country and there has never been a children’s library."
LISNews, Friday 11 June 2010

What Happens When People Migrate To The Internet?
"Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age"
LISNews, Friday 11 June 2010

Volunteers to staff extra hours at Haltwhistle Library
Northumberland.
Journal Live, Friday 11 June 2010

Andrew Motion attacks 'catastrophic' plan for volunteers to run libraries
(Via Google News.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 June 2010

Information Literacy in Public Libraries
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 11 June 2010

Augmented Reality Explained by Common Craft
"new and growing way to use smartphones to learn about the world around you"
LIS-LINK, Friday 11 June 2010

KPMG is a red herring. It's time to face facts
Library and Information Update, Friday 11 June 2010

The "Thinking" In Design Thinking
"reading that helps librarians to better grasp what design thinking really means"
Designing Better Libraries, Friday 11 June 2010

Libraries vs. Recession
"SINTO seminar about what public libraries can do during These Economic Times..."
Walk You Home, Friday 11 June 2010

More library futurism: my one post in 30 days
"the future of libraries"
Semantic Library, Friday 11 June 2010

Share your reading online!
"If you want to keep a record of what you’ve read, share your thoughts about a book, get recommendations and see what others have in their collections, then there’s a whole online community waiting for you to join them."
LibeRaCe's Library Blog, Friday 11 June 2010

Why libraries? Why librarians? And why CILIP needs your help...
'The KPMG report can be easily dismissed. I call it "half-baked" because it consists, so far as libraries are concerned, of one paragraph of unfounded assertions all of which are highly questionable and none of which are supported by any evidence from KPMG ... show us your evidence or withdraw your damaging and misleading comments.'
Bob's Blog - from the desk of CILIP's Chief Executive, Friday 11 June 2010

Children's and young people's digital literacies in virtual online spaces
"In this final conference, speakers will consider the nature of literacy in virtual worlds..."
Information Literacy Weblog, Friday 11 June 2010

What would you do if you were invisible? Teenage writing competition
Booktrust Teenage Prize writing competition.
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Friday 11 June 2010

Stephen Booth in Solihull
"MANIL [Make a Noise in Libraries] is an annual campaign from RNIB to bring blind and partially sighted people and public libraries together."
David Viner's Blog , Friday 11 June 2010

Update - you can now remove creators from Facebook Pages!!
"general advice on setting up a Library Facebook presence - Go with the Pages - you get better functionality and you get all the advertising options and statistical data that Groups just don't give you"
When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Librarian!, Friday 11 June 2010

Lorrie Moore - A Gate at the Stairs
Review.
Book Talk Bournmouth, Friday 11 June 2010

David Hewson - Blue Demon
Review.
Book Talk Bournmouth, Friday 11 June 2010

KPMG is a red herring. It’s time to face facts
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 11 June 2010

Sharing Metadata With Everyone: New Plans to Open Up UK Resources Revealed
JISC project, "library, archive and museum collections".
ResourceShelf, Friday 11 June 2010

New For LibraryThing Members: New "OverCat" Database Provides Access to 32 Million Bibliographic Records
Including Talis Base.
ResourceShelf, Friday 11 June 2010

OverDrive Introduces New and Improved Search Engine
Full-text searching.
ResourceShelf, Friday 11 June 2010

New York Public Library Beings Offering Do-It-Yourself Interlibrary Loan
ResourceShelf, Friday 11 June 2010

WorldCat Keeps Growing: Five Million Files on the Way from Japan’s National Diet Library
ResourceShelf, Friday 11 June 2010

Now Available (Free) Complete Proceedings: Mobile: M-Libraries 2007 (First Annual)
'foreward by Lorcan Dempsey from OCLC Research titled, "Always on: libraries in a world of permanent connectivity."'
ResourceShelf, Friday 11 June 2010

Science: Databases: New Beta from WorldWideScience.org Offers Real-Time Translation of Content; Powered by Microsoft
"non-English scientific literature from databases in China, Russia, France, and several Latin American countries and have your search results translated"
ResourceShelf, Friday 11 June 2010

Reform services, but uphold the right to books for all
Sir Andrew Motion, MLA Chair.
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Friday 11 June 2010

Ballard archives saved
"HM Government's Acceptance in Lieu scheme ... one of the primary ways of ensuring that important cultural treasures pass into the UK's public collections."
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Friday 11 June 2010

World Wide Science Alliance launches translation tool
"simultaneously search and translate over 400 million pages of scientific research published in 65 countries"
Information World Review, Friday 11 June 2010

"Collaborative Librarianship has just published its latest issue..."
Inc. 'Review of Libraries Got Game: Aligned Learning through Modern Board Games'.
Collaborative Librarianship, Friday 11 June 2010

Things Librarians Fancy, Chapter II
"the hidden world of librarians"
100 Scope Notes, Friday 11 June 2010

What Do You Think Libraries Will Look Like in 2015?
"organizational culture, work conditions, service models, sustainability and people" (Via AL Direct June 9, 2010.)
Librarian by Day, Friday 11 June 2010

Do bus fumes damage books?
American Libraries, Friday 11 June 2010

HOW TO: Update Your Nonprofit’s Wikipedia Page (and Why You Should)
"Facebook Community Pages have Wikipedia Tabs that pull in your organization’s information directly from Wikipedia" (Via AL Direct June 9, 2010.)
Nonprofit Tech 2.0: A Social Media Guide for Non Profits, Friday 11 June 2010

Comics Spotlight On: Library Wars
"Library Wars is based on a collection of novels written by Hiro Arikawa that were extremely popular in Japan, selling more than one million copies." (Via AL Direct June 9, 2010.)
GeekDad, Friday 11 June 2010

The Step-by-Step Guide to Digitizing Your Life
"paper, images, audio, video, ... storage and organization" (Via AL Direct June 9, 2010.)
lifehacker, Friday 11 June 2010

Librarian gives new spin to storytelling by 'reading' in water
Underwater World Singapore. (Via AL Direct June 9, 2010.)
Cannel News Asia, Friday 11 June 2010

Science vs. Zealots, 1,500 Years Ago
Review, Agora, '"... [it is] the Christians who are the fundamentalists" whose zealotry leads them to destroy one of the libraries of Alexandria, perhaps the greatest center of learning in the ancient world.' (Via AL Direct June 9, 2010.)
The New York Times, Friday 11 June 2010

Evaluating your reference collection
Guidelines.
American Libraries, Friday 11 June 2010

Don't Forget Your Break Room When Thinking Green
"low-cost, eco-friendly options"
American Libraries, Friday 11 June 2010

Unshelved - Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Library comic strip.
, Thursday 10 June 2010

New iPhone improves i-reading experience, say reviewers
"Retina display's pixel density is so high, your eye is unable to distinguish individual pixles"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 10 June 2010

You are the Future
"You are part of an ongoing conversation about improving our communities through knowledge that has lasted over three thousand years..."
Virtual Dave...Real Blog, Thursday 10 June 2010

The Foundation Stone
"my firm belief is that step one is for Ed [Vaizey] to make a strong robust working coalition with a minister in the DCLG [Department of Communities and Local Government]. In this way policy can then come to councils through the DCLG and be placed in a proper order of priority."
The Good Library Blog, Thursday 10 June 2010

New Twilight novella free to read on-line for 30 days
Stephenie Meyer.
Teleread, Wednesday 9 June 2010

IEEE working group forges ahead with ‘Digital Personal Property’
"The idea is to use DRM to make electronic property act more like physical property—you can lend it to a friend, but you lose access to it while your friend has it and your friend might choose not to give it back."
Teleread, Wednesday 9 June 2010

Web-based Conferencing for Libraries
Web conferencing tools.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 9 June 2010

Library Thing on Why eBooks are Bad for Libraries
LISNews, Wednesday 9 June 2010

Look how new library is coming on
"a joint project by the University of Worcester and Worcestershire County Council, is not only the first library of its kind in Europe, serving the public and academic users" (Via Google News.)
Worcester News, Wednesday 9 June 2010

Top 10 Twitter Tutorials on YouTube
iLibrarian, Wednesday 9 June 2010

Save your library: open up a Twitter feed
KPMG report.
Rubbish librarians, Wednesday 9 June 2010

Payment for success
KPMG's report.
Optimus Librarian, Wednesday 9 June 2010

World Cup Resources
"World Cup resources for teachers and librarians to help encourage young people's reading through the power of football"
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog, Wednesday 9 June 2010

Alan Gibbons on Booked Up list
"run by Booktrust, Year Seven pupils can choose one free book from a list of 19 titles"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Wednesday 9 June 2010

Libraries - where next?
KPMG report.
Phil Bradley's weblog, Wednesday 9 June 2010