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Wednesday 13 October 2010

7 days of library news:

"The Finkler Question named the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction winner"
(Via @ManBookerPrize, RT @ricaird.)
Man Booker Prize news, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Libraries move past books, movies in embracing new technologies
"People tend to have this antiquated version of libraries, like there's not much more inside than books and microfiche" (Via @librarianchat.)
The Columbus Dispatch, Tuesday 12 October 2010

"Some musings on what Professionalism means today"
'"What libraries are about" is of course the key issue and one that must be constantly reviewed. It must be approached from a core of understanding and values. Customer care does not provide that core - professionalism does.' (Via @SINTOcarl.)
Sintoblog, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Up to three million searches a day for pirated e-books
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Lovereading starts selling e-books
"Online book recommendation site Lovereading.co.uk"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 12 October 2010

CAMBO needs you
"Campaign For Real Books"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 12 October 2010

You Must Focus on Connection Management Instead of Collection Management
Presentation.
Virtual Dave...Real Blog, Tuesday 12 October 2010

TWIL [hash]23: Media Literacy (Cathy Spierenburg and John Leek), Ellen Tise part two.
"the balance between AV and print"
This Week in Libraries, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Libertary: new book reading site
'free "book reading" site where you can find a selection of books that can be read on your PC or Mac for free.
Teleread, Tuesday 12 October 2010

The New Facebook Groups
"This post below is the one that seems to be the best primer"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Teamwork: Friday Fun
Humour.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Nominate a Library Journal Mover and Shaker
"50 or more up-and-coming individuals from around the world who are innovative, creative, and making a difference"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Accessibility and eBooks
"every library should have someone designated to be aware of these issues and strive to improve access for all"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 12 October 2010

The Calgary Herald on "Librarians We Love"
"You are the equal of anybody else and your options are unlimited. It's where people come not just for information and specific facts, but to understand the world."
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Now Available: Presentations/Keynotes from 2010 Best Practices Exchange: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Era
"state archivists, librarians and others with an interest in preservation of government digital information"
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Free Audiobooks: An Interview With Hugh McGuire, Founder of Librivox.org
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Briefing Paper: "The Semantic Web, Linked and Open Data"
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 12 October 2010

ebrary Announces New Patron Driven Acquisition E-book Model
"libraries may create collections of titles of their choice, provide full access to end-users, and have titles automatically added to their permanent collection in real-time based on usage"
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Sierra Leone Deputy Librarian in Corruption Scam
"There are so few corrupt librarians..."
LISNews, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Pick Up a Book or DVD With Those Groceries
"...using two grants totaling [dollars]36,500, has installed a vending machine anyone with a library card can use to check out materials"
LISNews, Tuesday 12 October 2010

'Smaller' Leeds libraries face closure threat
(Via Google News.)
guardianleeds, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Hampshire library charges changed as shake-up continues
"full review, designed to find savings of at least [pounds]1m per year, has recommended 66 jobs be cut" (Via Google News.)
Portsmouth Today, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Library of Birmingham could be city's grand design, says Kevin McCloud
(Via Google News.)
Birmingham Post, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Hampshire's mobile library service under threat
(Via Google News.)
This Is Hampshire, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Council to make library decision
"HAMPSHIRE County Council’s cabinet member for culture and recreation is due to make a decision on Monday on the future of the mobile library service." (Via Google News.)
Salisbury Journal, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Old man asks local library for a face book
Satire. (Via Google News.)
The Spoof, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Library review discussed in Ilminster and South Petherton
Somerset. (Via Google News.)
Chard and Ilminster News, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Short-staffed libraries across Bristol are having to close on Saturdays
Somerset, "The libraries service lost around 15 per cent of its workforce during a year long review aimed at cutting back on an annual [pounds]235,000 overspend." (Via Google News.)
Chard and Ilminster News, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Launch of British Library Management and Business Studies Portal
(Via Google News.)
Chartered Management Institute, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Responses: Public Entertainment Licences for Author Events in Public Libraries
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Photo booths
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Selling new books
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Meeting Rooms Policy
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Librarians as Teachers Network by Johanna Anderson
"librarians who teach, be they experienced teachers or new to the role, and librarians who are undertaking or thinking of undertaking a teaching qualification"
Information and Advice Blog, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Get Online day becomes a week
"The third annual Get Online October event involving 3,500 UK online centres runs this year from 18-24 October."
Information and Advice Blog, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Shocking Libraries News
Doncaster, "another nine libraries could be ear marked for closure".
Save Doncaster Libraries, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Howard Jacobson - The Finkler Question
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Emma Donoghue - Room
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Tuesday 12 October 2010

"News from Swindon"
'IF the Walcot Library is "a flagship community library"...' (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Swindon Advertiser, Tuesday 12 October 2010

Collaborative Librarianship Vol 2, No 3 (2010): Volume 2, Issue 3
"Frustrations, Challenges and Opportunities in Public Library Collaboration: An Interview with George Jaramillo, Library Director, Taos Public Library, Taos, New Mexico"
Collaborative Librarianship, Tuesday 12 October 2010

"Post-apocalyptic films tend to feature library in ruins as a metaphor for the end of culture..."
@supercasio, Thursday 7 October 2010

Photo: Lovely library wedding shots!
(Via @walkyouhome.)
Walk You Home, Thursday 7 October 2010

Lit-snobs, hot librarians, and the rise of the literary tattoo
(Via @librarianchat.)
Boston Pheonix, Thursday 7 October 2010

Clare and Coates in 'bullying' row
'director of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council has accused library campaigner Tim Coates of "bullying"'
theBookseller.com, Thursday 7 October 2010

Plan for industry-wide message on libraries
"An ambitious plan to bring library bodies, author societies, book trade groups and campaigners together to deliver a united message to local authority leaders about the importance of the public library service was being finalised this week."
theBookseller.com, Thursday 7 October 2010

Google readies UK Editions
"most of Europe in the first half of 2011"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 7 October 2010

EU Prize for literature winners announced
"The aim of the prize is to highlight the wealth of European literature"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 7 October 2010

UK Publishers Association says turn on text-to-speech
"The option is sometimes disabled in order to protect the rights of the audio-book publisher."
Teleread, Thursday 7 October 2010

Revised "50 Benefits of Ebooks" issued
"now available in PDF and EPUB - is priced at [dollars]3.99"
Teleread, Thursday 7 October 2010

Quick Note: one third of new German books available as ebooks
Teleread, Thursday 7 October 2010

Libraries at the Tipping Point Online Conference: eBooks and the Library User Experience by Sarah Houghton-Jan
Teleread, Thursday 7 October 2010

Study shows smartphone owners reading fewer newspapers but more newspaper content
Guardian.
Teleread, Thursday 7 October 2010

Roll your own ebooks wiki - courtesy of Wired
"guide to creating a digital copy of just about any book - whether it’s your own masterpiece or an old paper copy of Cervantes - into a digital book"
Teleread, Thursday 7 October 2010

Friday Fun: Libraries and The Matrix
"library videos"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 7 October 2010

Library Marketing Tip [hash]1: SHUT UP AND LISTEN
Guest post.
shiny forager, Thursday 7 October 2010

OCLC Adds Music Metadata from All Music Guide to WorldCat.org
ResourceShelf, Thursday 7 October 2010

"'World's Biggest Book' Goes on Sale For [dollars]100,000"
ResourceShelf, Thursday 7 October 2010

This Year "Enhanced E-Books" are a Hot Topic at the Frankfurt Book Fair
ResourceShelf, Thursday 7 October 2010

Study: E-Book Piracy Is on the Rise
LISNews, Thursday 7 October 2010

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa Wins Nobel Literature Prize
"his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt and defeat"
LISNews, Thursday 7 October 2010

Confessions of a Used-Book Salesman
"My customer is anyone who needs a book that I happen to find and can make money from."
LISNews, Thursday 7 October 2010

National Library of Wales relocation to Wrexham marked with series of events
(Via Google News.)
Flintshire Chronicle, Thursday 7 October 2010

Library closures report 'flawed'
Leeds. (Via Google News.)
Yorkshire Post, Thursday 7 October 2010

A big FAT library
"proclaims its function (LIBRARY) to the world in solid concrete supergraphics facing in three directions" (Via Google News.)
London Evening Standard, Thursday 7 October 2010

More on e-books: recent blog post from Martin Palmer
"here is an interesting new blog post on e-books from Martin Palmer at Essex Libraries. He summarises the position '6 years on'"
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 7 October 2010

E-books technical specification
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 7 October 2010

Libray guide
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 7 October 2010

Book vending machines
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 7 October 2010

Coates/Clare ding dong diverts attention from the real issues
"library campaigner Tim Coates' 'Good Library' blog'"
Library and Information Update, Thursday 7 October 2010

Four Digital Alternatives to the Resume
Video Resumes / The VisualCV / The Social Resume / Your LinkedIn Profile
iLibrarian, Thursday 7 October 2010

Web Preservation the UKOLN Way
"UKOLN’s [United Kingdom Office for Library and Information Networking] current Web preservation work"
UKOLN, Thursday 7 October 2010

Advanced search tips and tricks
Karen Blakeman's Blog, Thursday 7 October 2010

eBooks - Is Now The Time?
"As more and more services offer them to their users, the answer appears to be ‘yes’. Yet there seems to be some resistance to their introduction..."
thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian..., Thursday 7 October 2010

Free proof copies...
The Girl Who Chased The Moon by Sarah Addison Allen, My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares, The To-Do List by Mike Gayle, Temptation by Olivia Darling, You're The One I Don't Want by Alexandra Potter.
The Reading Agency, Thursday 7 October 2010

Live web chat with Catherine Ryan Hyde
"bestselling Richard & Judy author"
The Reading Agency, Thursday 7 October 2010

Can UK Public Libraries Survive RFID?
"the value of a common data standard remains largely unrecognised by library communities both in the UK and beyond"
RFID - Changing libraries for good, Thursday 7 October 2010

Local libraries need your help!
(Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
Mature Times, Thursday 7 October 2010

Axe set to fall on Highbridge Library
Highbridge. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
Burnbridge and Highbridge Weekly News, Thursday 7 October 2010

Richmond library-users face major shake up of services
Richmond. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
Richmond and Twickenham Times, Thursday 7 October 2010

20 Leeds libraries face axe
(Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
Yorkshire Evening Post, Thursday 7 October 2010

E-books: the end of the word as we know it
(Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
The Independent, Thursday 7 October 2010

NextSpace: The OCLC Newsletter: The future of publishing
"What do the changing roles of consumers and creators mean for libraries?"
OCLC, Thursday 7 October 2010

Bailey Solutions launches enquiry tracking system for librarians
"resource is aimed at improving and proving the value of librarians to their organisations and communities by helping them record, re-use, monitor and manage enquiries as well as keep track of costs"
Information World Review, Thursday 7 October 2010

latest adult book, "Dewey's Nine Lives"
Vicki Myron's 'latest adult book, "Dewey's Nine Lives"' (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The Des Moines Register, Thursday 7 October 2010

Mobile Technologies in Libraries
"There are different levels at which libraries can enter the world of mobile friendly services..."
FUMSI, Thursday 7 October 2010

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Finding Your Information
"No matter how much training and experience an information professional has, luck often plays an important part in tracking down the precise information required."
FUMSI, Thursday 7 October 2010

Gadgets For Your Library
"how to compare gadgets and decide which you should purchase or allow use of in the library"
Crossroads, Wednesday 6 October 2010